The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-05-08

after that nfy school numbered sovpei-
ty..six, and the Sabbath school from
thirty-six to forty every Sabbath. Tho
greatest need now is books and papers
for my day and Sabbath. school,"
The following year Maggie wrote
thus about her school:
"lIad any ono from tho North, who
knew nothing of slave State, passed
through here two years ago, thev
would have had little hope for these
people and their children. The men
would actually como to church in
cloths which looked rs though they
had not been washed for weeks, with
no coats OH and in their bare feet. The
women, OF course, correspond with
tho men iii their untidy dress, and all
chewing and smoking around tho place
OF worship. l wish / could picture
Just how they looked and acted when
! first came among them. The change
bus BEEN wonderful for SO short q thine.
Toh may still, now and then, find II
man no comes TO church without his
coat, but not Que without his shoes.
The women will wash their cloths Oh
Saturday night, if necessary, that they
and their children may come clean 60
Sabbath school: was atrHid ut first
TO tell fho old people about coming TO
church in their nntidy clothes, and so
spoke through tho children to the
old ones about clcanlincss. The little
hurt which | spoke Of can bear that
namc no longer, for have patched it
up with pieces Of planEs and logs, and
little mud too. SO that it is almost
comfortable now. | wonder how |
wintcrcd in this miserable open place,
with from scvcnty-siX to eighty schol-
ars, and no fire OK ccpt what had kim
died outside in the yard, so that the
children could warm their little bare
feet rs they passed in and out, for one
third Of them had no shoes. I have
managed to get a little stove for this
winter, and had il put up. Last week
u number Of tho children and myself
were caught in n rain storm, aud whom
VIC reached the school room we looked
us though We had been immersed, aud
it was cool enough for November. I
made up a fire in the stove. Tho chile
ren had never seen q stove before, and
they stood off aud looked on with rs
much aStonishmcnt as the natives did
at Columbus, and asked all sorts of
questions about il, which | took pleas
lirc in answering.
"Whcn came here, there was not
II
many can read and write. | have a
splendid Bible class, but only three
Bibles among them, which we pass
from one to another ill oil in the class
have read. Iou will be surprised
when | tell you that these children
have learned to read Will out books
had one Applcton's rirst Reader and
Il small blackboard, and would print
each lesson on the board and round
the room on tho old black plank which
had been used 20 stop cracks. Then l
would call up fifteen Or twenty sGliol-
ans and go over the words two or three
I"SSS Inc Il GfrEttRNyo Would MH"f ccoREES{s cso@TRES{s1{pSy 1{phy
words Oh tho board. BY tho time
their parents were able to get few
books l had no trouble whatever, for
they would recognize the words in the
lInoi's us they had done on tho board.
There were thirty little readers sent to
the children last week, which were
received with many thanks. / wish |
had room to tell what each child said.
[ am sure it would have made YOU
weep for these little seemingly cast
away clildrcns but my Futl or e g
them, for Ills Spirit is now evidently
among them. l have about ten old
persons in the Sabbath school; one old
man scvcnty-cight years of age, who
sits and laughs and cries ut the same
time, and every now and then cries
out, do Lord be praiSclll Did ever
spec! to see dis dayI D gloryl my
soul feels ncwW l stop talking till
the Old man quicts down. The women,
too, say 'Amcn, Amcn!' while | am
reading to them. l think of having
the old people meet at a different hour
n greater part of them believe in
dreams and visions in their religion,
and think | can teach them better by
having them alone. n more supcr-
stiti"ns people l have never seen, and
do not think can be found. O! pray
that they may rise above dreams and
supcrsiltions"
Miss Bclfa 4. Nassna, q we'll known
missionary in Africa, after reading
Maggic's first letter, sent tho following
message to her:
81 am glad your way was shut ilp
about going TO Africa Just now; but
40 not give up the hope Of going some
day. In the meantime, talk to votr
pupils and your friends about Africa.
Tell them how their brothers and sis
tcrS there are even more degraded than
they arc; have never heard Of the Cos
p'i, ait nave never seen bOOS on
teacher. Tell them, too, what n beau
tilul land the country of their fore
fathers is; but that its great need is the
Bible, to bring hope for this Iifo and
that to come. Now, they have no hope,
no joy, no light beyond the gravc-no
word of promise to remove one shadow
OF the fear that, like ar impcnotrablc
cloud, overl,angs their lives from BIRTH
to death"
Who will help the Institution that
educated Maggie Chappclfc ta send out
many such girls to carry the light into
the dark places Of "hcathcn Africa i'm
onH own land?" One speciality Of
Fairfield Institute is to train coiorf&
teachers for the schools OF tho State;
and another is to train workers for
Africa. a pupil can be educated here
for $40 pcr year.
Hc Had Two Balls In His Stomach.
lie put them there because it was the
fashion at his b0arding-hOusc. They were
goldfish balls. But the boardcrs found chat
putting too many Goldfish balls I'm their
stnmachs produced dyspepsia, especially
when washed down wifi ao1t mo ,S,t4Sl n =, Il