s of the pupils closely from day to day, and have been
brought constantly in contact with the people in their cabins, in
their work, and in their trials.

But many of the teachers have been there for years and in different
locations, and their representation of the state of affairs is as
reliable as any that can be found from any source whatever. If the
observations and experiences of this corps of teachers could be set
forth, they would furnish, with all its lights and shades, the most
accurate picture that could be presented of the state of affairs in
the South. Pastors and churches would do well to give these returned
teachers an opportunity to present in the prayer-meeting and elsewhere
the exact facts as they have found them in the South.

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MR. WHARTON, THE EVANGELIST.

Under the head of "_Church Work_" will be found in these pages a
sketch of the work of an evangelist in our churches during the past
year, written by himself. That evangelist is so unselfish and
consecrated to his work, and has been so long and so successfully
employed in it that we are sure our readers will be glad to have some
account of the man himself.

Mr. James Wharton is an Englishman, resident at Barrow-in-Furness,
near to Furness Abbey and the English lakes. He is not an ordained
minister, but a lay preacher, as Mr. Moody is. He accepts no salary
for his services, and consents to receive only the amount of his
traveling expenses. For over twenty years he has been thus engaged,
residing at his home in the summer but busy in gospel work, and in the
winters traveling to distant places. His labors have been in England,
Ireland, Scotland, the Shetland Islands, Wales, Canada, Spain and
America. During these ministrations he has traveled 88,000 miles, and
has made eleven trips to America.

In 1876, he learned of the condition of the emancipated slaves of this
country, and entered into correspondence with this Association with
reference to work here. He has spent eleven years here, and has
evinced great wisdom, good judgment and, as will be seen by the report
of his work this past year, has had great success. He was the first
man to attempt an open-air service in New Orleans after the war. He
stood on a cotton bale at the foot of Canal St., and continued the
service for several weeks, although the white people threatened to
shoot him. In his labors among the blacks of the South, he strikes the
happy