of my early visit to the mountain and the bullet still in my possession.
I talked with him about his teachers, his struggles for self-help, his
aim to work for the progress of the church and his consecration to the
duties of the Christian ministry. I conversed with him in reference to
others of his acquaintance and believe that his experience serves to
illustrate the ingenuity of the colored people in seeking their own
advancement.

"They climb like corals, grave on grave,
But pave a path that's sunward,
They're beaten back in many a fray,
Yet newer strength they borrow;
And where the vanguard rests to-day,
The rear shall camp to-morrow."

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RECEIPTS FOR JANUARY, 1888.

MAINE, $977.34.

Auburn. SAMUEL J.M. PERKINS, to const.
himself L.M. ...$30.00

Bangor. Hammond St. Ch. ...15.50
Bangor. Center Ch., _for Oahe Ind'l Sch._ ...5.00

Bath. Winter St. Ch., 100; Central Cong.
Ch. and Soc., 34 ...134.00