The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1861-03-20
Report of the Board of Managers Of
the 5. g. Conference Missionary So
oiety, rendered at the last Annual
Sesaion


The reports from the various missions
furnish the following statistics there are
thirty eight mis-, lions within the bound.
OF our Conference Of these, twelve are
TO the whites in destitute parts Of The
country, aud t~enty'six to the colored
people In these uissiuns there are one
thousand four hundred and eighty three
whites IA full connection, and three hun
dr-d ard ;hr-c Gu probation Ioored in
full connection, nine thousand three hun.
dred Hnu niu-ty two; on probation, one
thousand nine hurdred aud sixty eight
children under catechelical instruction,
sia thous ,nd one hundred and seventy
eight, To supply Ihis work, forty three
zealons aud i.ilh!ul men have been de
tailed from the regular pastoral work.
We feel thankful to God that the lives
of our brethren have been spared in these
h-lds "f exposure and that their labors
have been attended with encouraging sue
Gers.
The missionary work among the ne
groes has long engaged the prare'tu! NJ
tention AMI generous support OF ths So
ciety. lhe fist to begin ANYTHING like
systematic effort for the improvement of
the slaves IN the South. ours shall be the
last Conference to desert the work. lav.
ing passed through the period when our
mnrives we're suspected aud our operations
je lousy -cruiIuZed, uo one can thluk Ui
Teirlug nov, when We are every where
hailed with welcome hy masler aud slave.
The work IN ~ longer an experiment.
TIE success has become matter of history.
The fml Is abundant and "ur rejoicing
is this the poor have the gospel preach
ed ubto them" In this enterprise we
have not sought the communications of
the irrel'gious world We have no, waited
the approval "f conceiled ph,lanthropist>;
nor have Ne courteG place in the herald,
ed glo les of n spreading Church but
our hearts have swellcd with silent JOY.
ns We have watched the sgnHs OF dnin.
approval in tie re igious Improvement Of
the negro. Our eyes though oh' n dim
usl with ,ears, have been fixed OH the
coming harvest, "wh-n they who 90 forth
weeping shall douuliess come again re
j"icing. bringing their shaa'es With shem.'
The unxd crusade Of Northern fansti.
c's'" S''"'' ""' ""s'e our '",e'eH'S =, w '"eSe
"'eee"""".s VI ''""'' ""'e" i,'.'"e"'e
mo eo'pui''e' W our 'Ne' ''"''""'
nav onfse our ms''tu''"hs' Al" Fs"eo"
ph iau,h:op',is howl over our s'ns W.
regard not me ma'e''ic''ohs OF 'he one,
TOR tn. duv'iAng pity OF the oa'er. o"is
shall s'iil te ,IIe pleasing task Of break
Ing the "etd ~ NE '" III. eager h"nds
~ 'he negr" We shall 1'i' weep WIN
HIN I" his p.n''enual gret, AND cheerful
" JOIN in his hearty songs OF praise and
:" the dying hour, when the glory "' the
heavenly word oec'ns to da"" upon h'm'
ours he the pleasure 10 w''"es" W" hg"t
OF 'mmort~hty k'ndi'"g upon Is duSky
brow. and ours the privilege to see how
G"d can make the negro cabl" the gate
"t heaven.
We Cannot close THE part OF our re.
port without expressing the belief, that
brighter day "a about To open upon our
domestic missions All Who have ,s6ored
in .h.se he.ds, rs we'll as those who have
had mny pastoral charge Of our colored
people, know full we'll the smbnrrassments
which have beer thrown in the way OF
evangsliz'og this class, by the fanntical
sgiis,ions Of Northern politicians. Ex
posed to the wicked in,erneddIing Of ab
"liti"nis,s, we have been compelled TO re.
s'ric, 'he liberties Of tho eolored people,
and s'en those privileges which have bee"
g,srn,h@d 10 he 90 guarded a"c ~stch
Cd, No TO allow but an imperfect Develop
"ent OF 'edeem,ng agency. Ihs Pote"
cy OF the Gospel has heen but partially
sxsrted t"r the salvation OF the sulJec,
race. Nor has this been fault OF our
home government. nor yet 's y sn inhe.
rent difficulty OF slavery, but !. has been
the necessary protection against an ng'
tation which has taken up passions as
maI'gn as those which excited the inqu'
si''on' and ' led by blindness as delu
ded MS that which guided the ctusades.
The great, persistent effort has Ieen 10
array the Nv" classes OF our social organ