it and are glad. The Massachusetts Principal gave us welcome, the
Oberlin Vice-Principal endorsed it, while the Matron materialized the
spirit of welcome in a way calculated to excite gratitude, from the fact
that missionaries cannot live absolutely on faith.

Next the young men were introduced. One of them was seized with
undisguised curiosity to behold a minister whose theological system some
institution had found it necessary to doctor. It is, perhaps, the first
instance on record in modern times where these semi-lunar fardels have
been looked upon with respect and curiosity. When "Brother Dodge" came,
congratulations were in order over his Church, his School and his Hall,
but he would have none of it. He was seeing another building floating in
the clouds, and could only talk of the invisible. It will, however, soon
be among things visible, for the missionary has his grapples out. It is
to be a Boarding Hall and Industrial Home for girls who will come into
it and learn to live and to be. "But, Pleasant Hill is not a town, it is
not a village, it is only by courtesy a hamlet. Where are your pupils?"
"The woods are full of them and they will come from near and from far,"
replies their young missionary of more than three score and ten years.
On Sunday, the church was filled; on Monday, the school was full; and
our heart was full of thanksgiving that God had come to these mountain
people, that hope would enter their lives and their cabins, and that
these boys and girls would now step up in Christian manhood and
womanhood.

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One of the impressive thoughts which a visit to an institution like Fisk
University is sure to excite, is the relation of all this work to the
future. Apropos of this, the Rev. J.O.A. Clark, D.D., LL.D., of Macon,