The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-12-19
For the National Era
FAREWELL MISSIONARY MEETING.

As a large number of the readers of the Era
take n deep interest in the missions under the
care of the american Missionary ASS0ciqfioH they
will be glad to read an account Of the Farewell
Meetings recently held in this city and neigh Dor
hood, of eight missionaries aud teachers, who
have embarked for Western Africl, with view
TO strengthen the mission at Kaw-Mend in the in
terror, and establish a new mission at Tissana,
which is between one and two hundred miles in a
direct line from the ocean, and about three hum
dred in direct line southeast from Sierra Leone
The names of these missionaries and teachers
are Rev J. Cutter Tefft and wife, and Rev
Franklin l.. Arnold and wife, of Ohio Miss Jo-
anna Alden, of Lowell, Massachusetts,; Miss
Hannah More, of Holland county, Connecticut !;
Mr.. William G. Brown, of Louisiana and Mr..
Samuel Gray, of Kentucky They have conse-
Grated themselves 10 the cause of Christ, ardenty
desire to labor for the education Of the colored
man, and to be connected with Missionary So
ccty that sympathizes so deeply with the down
troddcn and oppressed at home and abroad MIR.
Brown l. the son of a stakeholder; and, having
witnessed the degradation and privatons of Amer
lean slaves feels called in Providence to devote
his life to the instruction of the Afric race. Mr.
Gray is self.emancipated slave; and, b wing la
bored and studied many years at n manual labor
seminary, desires to engage in instructing the
sionary among the Cherokee Indians six years,
under he care of the a. b. C. f. NJ and left
that post because the Board did not take what
she and many others consider right ground on the
subject Of slavery
Rev. George Thompson, missionary TO kaw-
Mendi, and who has recently arrived from his
field of Labor, WAS present at these meetings, and
gave great interest TO them by imparting interest
Ing facts respecting the climate, soil, minerals
productions, and people Of Africa; their customs
habits supers;itions capacity of improvement
and the remarkable success that has attended the
preaching Of the Gospel Mt the mission and the
neighboring districts of country AMI the estab-
lishment of schools He exhibited iron ore and
manufactured iron implements of labor and war
fare cotton cloth, white and variegated of ma
tive cotton and the manufactures Of the natives
dresses Of chiefs and of the people, grce-grees
straw hats fur caps, an idol, with sundry other
articles lie describes the head men in the inte-
rior as having manly forms, broad chests largo
foreheads, and the people altogether different
from the degraded nations on the coast. lie
spoke Of the bright intellccts of The children
their readiness to learn the English Language,
and their rapid improvement Ia answer to AN
inquiry on this head he read letter addressed
To Sunday School in this country, written by a
boy ten years of age, and said that he was almost
ashamed to carry back replies that had been made
to it by boys here who are much older.
Mr. Il. said he had gathered a church Of forty
members, most If whom were devoted Christians
hmong them are some 81 the A1is'ad Africans,
whose perlous condition, and final recovery of
their liberty so greatly Interested the benevolent
people of the United States ten or eleven years
since Mr.. T. has happily been instrumental in
bringing many hostile chiefs to abandon war, and
form equitable terms Of peace. For several years
destructive wars had prevailed all around the
mission and among chiefs Mt n distance Looking
upon the mission rs peace institution, and upon
the missionaries az men Of peace, those tired Of san.
culinary conflicts solicited the good offices Of Mr.
Thompson. He brought the parties in his neigh
borhood to terms and then undertook a fatguiug
Journey still farther into the interior to bring the
chiefs in that region TO terms Of amiiy. lie was
eminently successful and received the thanks Of
those on :" both sides Of the war" while he had
opportunity TO preach the Gospel AMI become ac-
qanted with the people in the billy and beautiful
country which he visited The King invited him
TO establish mission there, and engaged to erect
all the necessary buildings
Al DR. Pennington's church, Prince street New
York, December lst, Sunday evening public
meeting was held, which was numerously attend
ed by both the white and colored friends Of the
mission Messrs. Tappan, Jocelyn, Thompson,
Cornish Ray, and Teft, took part in the services.
On Monday evening, meeting was held in the
Broadway Tabernacle. The building was filled
by respectable and attentive audience, who took
much interest In the whole proceedings Several
addresses were made, and the intervals were en-
livened with several select and appropriate hymns
which were sung. by Mr.. Bradbury's choir, the
members Of which volunteered their services for
the occasion Prayer was offered by Rev. s, s..
Iocalvn uav Geov0e Whipple CORRESPONDING
Secretary of the A. M. A, read the 6ist chapter
of Isaiah.
Mr. Teft addressed the meeting. lie spoke
Of the motives that Influenced him 10 90 to Africa
of the duty Of every Christian to be missionary,
In fact or In snirif, and Of the rich raNard that