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A colored missionary teacher in one of the most desolate parts of North
Carolina writes us as follows:

"In making out my bill, you will perhaps not understand what I mean by
the amount to be 'deducted.' I desire to give one-tenth of all my
earnings to God. Of course it is His by right. Our missionary has
brought the matter plainly before me, so I desire that you will deduct
$2.00 every month, which will be one-tenth of my entire salary, and put
it where it will be used for the service of Christ."

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Rev. Frank G. Woodworth writes from Tougaloo University.

The school is progressing well. If we have the necessary accommodations,
I see no reason why the school should not enrol 500 pupils within the
next two years. We have had nearly 340 thus far, and probably will reach
375 by the end of the year, and we have refused between 30 and 40 girls
because we had no room for them.

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In the last MISSIONARY we gave quite an account of special religious
services held in connection with the Le Moyne Institute, Memphis, Tenn.
In the brief extract below, from a letter of Prof. Steele's, we see some
pleasant results:

"Our special meetings in connection with Mr. Wharton's stay of two weeks
are closed. There have been some eighty or more conversions in church
and school; over sixty are students in school. The work seems very
genuine."

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The announcement of the winners of the Tunis Quick prize for grammar and
spelling has been made by the faculty of Rutgers College. The prize was
equally divided between James E. Carr of New York City, and Milton
Demarest of Oredell, N.J. Carr is colored. Last year he took the highest
honor at the grammar school commencement, delivering the valedictory and
winning a prize scholarship. He has only one eye.

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We would continue to remind pastors and churches of our Leaflets, which
we will be happy to furnish, on application, to those taking collections
for our Association.

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NOTES FROM NEW ENGLAND.

I recently spoke in a manufacturing town in New England. In the forenoon
service, a man, evidently an operative in one of the mills, sat in a
front pew with a whole row of little children beside him, his wife at
the end of the line with a baby in her lap. In the evening