of the churches in the interior.

Just a word concerning the plan adopted. A campaign of five weeks was
planned. Jubilee Field Day Rallies were to be held twice every weekday
except Saturday, and as many times on the Sabbath as possible. Ohio,
Michigan, and Indiana were the States to be reached.

The purpose of the campaign was to instruct and stimulate the churches
and congregations reached. It was also hoped that the collections
would pay all the expenses of this effort to scatter missionary
information and enthusiasm, and that the regular collections of the
churches would be largely increased.

The speakers consisted of the pastors of the several churches and
missionaries from the fields, and the writer of this article. Just a
word in reference to these friends who presented the work to the
churches. The value of the address of the pastor in each case was very
great. Standing on the vantage ground that an honored and beloved
pastor occupies in any church and community, his indorsement and
earnest and discriminating commendation carried greatest weight. I
desire thus publicly to recognize the service of those generous
brethren in the ministry to the American Missionary Association. That
service was large.

The colored work was represented by Rev. George V. Clark, pastor of
the Congregational Church at Memphis, Tenn. Born a slave, rescued by
an American Missionary Association missionary from the degrading
influences of a saloon into which he drifted as a lad when freedom
came and no other opening was before him, his testimony and earnest
appeal stirred the deepest convictions of his hearers. The quaint old
slave melodies, which Mr. Clark sometimes heard as a boy in slave
times, and often since by those who are freemen now, he rendered with
peculiar effect. The weird and quaint pathos of these songs coming
originally from the crushed and bleeding hearts of slaves, held the
large audiences in hushed and sympathetic attention. Is there anything
in the world like these slave songs sung by those who have known the
bitterness of slavery?

From far-away Dakota Miss Dora K. Dodge brought the message to these
several gatherings, of the discouragement and want, the hopefulness
and progress, of the Christian work among the Indians. Her mission,
seventy-five miles out on the prairie, with only Christian
Indians--John Bluecloud and his wife--for associates, is of unique
interest and importance. No one could have told the sto