The Newtown bee., 1901-09-06
g, most of them are in our midst, and
THEY ARE HERE TO STAY.

THEY ARE HERE TO STAY,
 too! They. occasion problems that increase in number and per- plexity every year.
 The single problem of the negro in the south is an appalling one, one that is taxing our resources and ingenuity more and more. Thoughtful people find it difficult to escape from pessi- mlSm, as they reflect upon the urgent questions to which our very hetero- geneous population gives rise, and these questions are not diminished by the hordes of foreigners that swarm into our land every year. Fortunate is it for us that there are systematic efforts being made by $ the American Missionary Association and other sim liar organizations to meet these prob lems. Such societies merit the most generous support, they ought never to be financially embarrassed in the ac- complishment of their plans. But as d matter of fact, they are constantly so embarrassed, here in this land of untold wealth. It is a crying shame, TOT which we shall have to answer to Almighty God!
 The American Missionary Associa- tion is splendidly organized. It car ries on it's work in accordance with the most enlightened methods, care full economy, prudent foresight, sound and practical judgement, characterize all it does. It sedulously avoids terri tory occupied by any other society and strives nightly to make every dollar lntruSted to it accomplish all that is possible. The general summary of its statistics speaks volumes. It main- tains wholly or in part l06 schools, 243 churches, 708 missionaries Who can estimate the streams of influence that flow through these channels!
 wish time permitted me to speak departments @k of Work. '"f Take Het that among the co1ored people and moun- tain whites of the South land. There are 222 churches organized under this association and v schools. Among the latter are five colleges, all but one of which are larger than Amherst, my own beloved Alma Mater. In many of the schools industrial training is af- forded, indeed, such training was first introduced among the southern negros by the American Missionary Associa- tion. Practical instruction is given young men in agriculture, blacksmith ing, carpentering, printing, etc. Young woman are, carefully instructed in dresSmaking, millinery, cooking, nursing, etc. Perhaps it may not be a fact familiar to you that
 THIS ASSOCIATION FOUNDED HAMPTON INSTITUTE,
 from which Booker T. Washington was graduated. What superb prod uct of it's consecrated labor! But many other young men, as noble in spirit, though not as gifted, have gone forth from those schools to devote their lives to the emancipation of their race from sin and degradation. Lincoln freed the negro from slavery to man. It remains for us to liberate him from the still more terrible thral- dom to immortality and mental dark ness.
 An educated Southern white man, a careful observer of the schools, writes as follows: Rarely, if ever, have any | of the students been before the courts. l Never within the past Is years has 1 there been a graduate convicted of l any crime, nor are they ever found l among those who create friction be- 1 tween races" Is this not magnifi- cent tribute? Iris a pity that the same cannot be said of the graduate of l Yale, Harvard, Amherst and Cornell! Have we not here key to the solution of the perplexing race problem in the south?
 A fieldworker from Kentucky | writes: ''Six years ago we opened a mission in wild mountain region of this state. Then it was whiskcy, guns, cards and fighting, and scarcely Sunday. Now quiet reigns through the whole section and Sunday is known and respected in every home. The old settlers testify to the changes and bless the day when the American
 Missionary Association sent it's mis- sionaries to help them.'' Does not such testimony speak volumes, with elOQuence more than human?
 | And now just sentence concerning
 the work among the Chinese. The
 Association Report says: "In missions among the Chinese of America, the Association was pioneer. This work
 began in 1852. Thousands of pagans have been converted in it's missions, many of them have gone back to China carrying the gospel. The Chin csc missionary society, composed of these converts, was organized in 1886, and has sent missionaries to their na- tive land. They have established headquarters at Canton and also have property at Hong Kong. They have organized church, occupying a chap el at Ci Ming City," There are 21 | schools and 43 teachers.
 l have endeavOred in the foregoing