standing so close to this letter refusing board to a young lady because
she is teaching these very negroes! "How long, O Lord, how long?"

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The semi-annual meeting of the Woman's Home Missionary Association met
in the Beneficent Congregational Church, or "Old Round Top," as the
street car conductor called it, Providence, April 3d. The weather was
extremely unfavorable, as New England weather has been lately, as a
rule, but there was a good attendance and deep interest. All the
missionary societies of the Congregational churches which do work in
America were represented. The field work of the Woman's Association has
passed into the control of the national societies. The future looks very
bright for its increasing usefulness.

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And now Pleasant Hill, Tenn., rejoices in the sweet music of one of the
Smith organs. Mr. S.D. Smith is making many schools happy and adding
greatly to their efficiency by his generous gifts of organs.

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WHAT THE WORLD SAYS.

BLACK SAINTS AND WHITE.

Do colored folks retain their complexion when they go to heaven? This is
a question of some importance to the members of the Diocesan Convention