e, they have not been found wanting, but have proven
themselves worthy of offices of trust and honor in every sphere
of life and as good Christians as God has ever granted His divine
grace to. His promises are for all nations and for all times, and
necessarily for the negro as for the white man, all of whom in
their souls are created in His own image and likeness from the
beginning.

Apropos of Romanism among the colored people, Archbishop Janssens,
of New Orleans, writes:

Last year there were baptized 3,705 colored children and 297
colored adults, which I estimate forms a population of about
75,000 Catholics in this Diocese.

We have six convents of colored Sisters, of which four are
schools, one an asylum for 74 girls, and the other an asylum, for
21 old women. There are, besides, nine schools conducted by white
Sisters, and eleven schools conducted by lay teachers--in all,
twenty-four schools with 1,330 scholars. It is not bad.

At Emmetsburg, Maryland, the Roman Catholics report the following:

_The Sisters are putting up a large and fine edifice_ which will
be ready for business in September, and will accommodate all the
Catholic children, both white-colored and black-colored in the
town and vicinity. I am curious to know if this is the first
instance in which children of both the dominant races will be
educated under one roof.

Says the editor: "How quickly the color-line disappears in the Catholic
Church."

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NOTES BY THE WAY.

BY DISTRICT SECRETARY C.J. RYDER.

Not long ago, I met a Frenchman in the halls of the Congregational
House, who was looking for Secretary Coit of the Massachusetts Home
Missionary Society. He evidently had a very limited knowledge of the
English language, for he accosted me as follows:--"You--eh, you
somewheres? Ah! I begs my pardon."

This amusing bungle of the French brother fairly represents my condition
during the past few weeks. I have not been altogether sure that I was
even "somewheres." Preaching one Sunday in Dover, N.H., the next in
Talladega, Ala., the next at Santee Agency, Neb., the next on the
Cheyenne River, Dak., then enjoying a communion season with Brother Hall
at Fort Berthold, and the next standing beside the pastor of a New
England Church at the same Lord's table.

The days between these Sabbaths were filled wit