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Oar Ps$er.To tbe friends of progress ar

intelligence we présent this firissue of tue MISSION AKV RECO*und ír a now direction-and mai

i-gement, while it, continues tisaree name, and the same Edi has Chid o; a new si ah', and ne

organization, it will now be u:

«1er the auspice** of the Publish it

Association of the À. Air. E. (Conference of*ti C. The need <

a medium of communicatioiamong the ministers of th;denomination, as well as thc nee

of a means of defence or the riyJimid zcfcmgx of the colored peopof this country so har as tinportion of them in this Stateconcerned, demands the estailigament, and continuance cipaper that shall speak their sei

tituents, and disemínate sue

truths as shall enlighten thmasses, while it shall guide to

higher, moral, social, políticaand religious devehpement of thtace; The Pen and the Pres¿re the two great modern lever:which are Utting up the masse

of humanity iroin degredatiorto a «obie, progressive civilizationThe Negro, being an integra.part of this humanity, must takpar.t in this civilization, and thsame -appliances which, mark thdevelopment of otuer race:

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must be his only means. Tue ptc.uliar C'rcumstances of the Sout]ern people, [for there are tw<

nature of things.] demand <

peculiarity of treatment, uuliki«ny other, they are decidedlyprejudice, to race, casto, and p.diical interest- these often connie*and become a source of mistrustand retardation to the wholeThese divisions cannot be brokerdown in a d:-y, because there i:such a disparity between the twt

people, the pride of race on t htone side, will ever prevent thcpresent generation of the Saxon.'of the 6 >uth, recognizing the fuimeed of justice to their formelvassels and bond mer., a commorinterest, ought to bind these tweraces together, dwelling upou thcsame soil, breathing the same

air, basking beneath the raes olthe same congenial, fructifvin"Sun, bounded by all the sacredrelations of life, there ought notto be a barrier, to their completeunification as a gre it, happy,prosperous people; the d'íferenceíwhich now divide them, are theresnlts of the systems of educationwhich have been allotted each, intheir different sphere of activity,one has been educated above theother, upward; the other educateddownward, far beneath the other;Each have acquired, habits andsentiments, opposite to the other,ar d now m the new condition ol

things they do not understandeaeli other, by reason oí theirpast conditiono.The work of the present age

and the duty of the instructors oíthe public are to un-educate,the educated, instruct the igno¬rant, moulding and fashioningthe former into harmonious,beautv and grandeur, keepingpace with the mandi of christiancharity, and truth; while theylilt np the latter to the high

i comprehension oí their sublimerelût ions to the peuple, and the

I age in which they live; anti íhasI uniting, these seeming di scord .tnt.[elements, and giving a new impe¬tus to the rising-South, andperpetual reunion and peace to

the couatrv, binding the whole¡into a mighty tinny invincible in

[human developemeiit; such shallj bo the effort and work of our

little messenger, under its new

direction. Every interest whichj effects the the people 01 the South«ns well as the nation at large,shall receive our earnest efforts,

j As those into whose hands haveI been placed the moral, social, and[religious training ci" the people ofI ourChurch in this State,, we shall(eel it cur espe¿8ü<Iiity to watch

j that- interest, untiringly. Theeducational work and the traiu-ing of the you'll shall be a speci¬alty of this paper, while thesocial and m atenal ..prosperity oftile masses shall bo guarded withsleepless vigilance. Politics willnot be left ont, and honesty andintegrity in government shallfiave a large considere tion; withthese declarations, we launch our

j Craft upon the great andI troubled Sea of Journalism, withlull spreading Sails, we take our

chances.

I Edúcale the Masses assd aidCivilizalion.

The safety of States, dependson tiie intelligence and virtue ofthe people; on these two conteraiprinciples, rest, the whole struc¬ture of society. The most re¬

nowned nations of antiquity,boasted of their powers and pro-ess, through the mighty develope-menfc of intelligence among thewhole people, and the consequentvirtue, through that intelligence.AU modern nations who_. sland,

j forward in thc progress in humanaila i rs pride themselves on thecontinual progress, being madethrough Educational meosur s.

It bas been, and still is, theboast ol* Amer.ca, that they de-voie much time and means to theEducation of the masses, theircommon school syslcms aie prov*erbal. This applies to The northand wes!; the touth prior to thewar had no common school svs-

Lem that deserved the name.The result is, that, she has

now a vast hoard of illiterates, ofboth races, who are the mostready material 'hrough which tomake paupers, thieves, jail birds,rowdies, blackgaurds, ruffiansassasians and foot pads.

fi he report of the City Councilof New York, on compulsoryeducation, gives tne followingfacts and statements, relative iothat subject :

k:The American doctrine is, that'-'the 2)roPerty °f rf'e fSiafo shaltedúcale the children, of the /Statt."This benefits equally the ricbaudthe poor, lt decreases crime,reduces taxes, improves labor, in¬creases the value of property, andelevates the whole community.One of the first and deceisivequestions asked in seeking a

permanent location for one's famHy is: What are the means provided for education? A vil'iage,town or State, with gcod freeschools, is the resort of families;without them ¿I is the home ofcriminais.

In this city it costs more to

support police and police courts torestrain and punish a few . thou¬sand criminals, nearly all of whombecame such from want ol' educa¬tion, than to educate our-¿0,000children.

CRIME X% CON SEO L'EN CE OE IO NOE

f ANCE.In Frhnee, fruin ISG7 io I860,

one hawthe inhabitants couh]neitlier Kurd nor write; and thisone halfurnished ninety-five percent, oí'the persons arrested forcrime, afed eighty seven percent,of l!i<iscc%ivïcted. In other words,an ignorant person,, on the aver

age, committed seven times theitu/?thereof crimes that on3 not

it/no/añadid.In the six IVew Er gland States

of our o#ñ conn try on1\ teven uer

cení, ofi&e inhabitants, above theage of tén years, can neither readnor wiit^ yet eighty- per cent ofthe criiuî in tho.-e States, is com-

niitted^g^t'his small //lúicrt/jj; inother wjrds. a person lhere with-¡out eduction commits fifty threetimes as Immy crimes as one witheducation

In Ne)/ York and Penr.slyva«nia an ighcrant person commitson tue alerao'e seven times the

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number if crimes that one whoeau rcaaWMd to/¡te commits, andin the whole United States theilliterate- person commits tentimes tht number of'crimes thatthe educated one does.The albve facts are derived

from oilfaTai statistic:'The ai)ov<; is a lair statement

of fasts fas it relates to SouthCarolinarto-day. Thrte-fbrth ofall thc cammais, who iii! our jailsand penlenary to-day are the cfT-

¡ spring\s u ignorance, the result ofslavery Ind its concomitant evils.If our legislators and the politicalpai ties wbuid give more attentionto the gineroi education of themasses hv compulsory educationforcingerery child into the schoolhouse, th\y would do more to save

the enoiioous expenditures, and.ation, than ar ything inr

lower tailtheir

The approaeîung General Comíerence \viil sit in Allanta Ga,May l>t making the SixteenthSession, marking seventy louryears, of the organization of theGeneral Conference, during theselong years-great has bean thework íicüomplished by our

thurch-iu-evangelizing and enilihgtening our race, it would be-a pleasant review, to recountthe victories, and sorrows, ofthose who labored, fought andsuffered, in this glorious cause, ifwe could make pa^s in reviewall those noble warriors, who, forthe cause of Christ, were willingto suffer for humanity and ex*

empliîy their faith in truth, itwould, indeed, be an encouragingeffort. We must content ourselves,witn contemplating the presentgreat progress, which is now thejust boast of the Sons Daughtersand successors, of 'he first foun¬ders of our connietioti, and makesuch advances, as will bc cern

mensúrate willi thc demands oftheale. I ne work acaomplhdied,is the reAi it of a e mliict, sue

cessivelyr waged by the votariesof the ca ise ol Uhri>tia;j Liberty,and Efun an Progress, as appliedto the Colored race under our

guidance. The question is now

propounded; are we satisfied-with the progress already made?have we accomplished as muchas could be, under the circum¬stances? and eau we make anyimprovement on the foundations,laid by our predecessors? whoever,looks over the vast held of theChurch to day will concludeat once that there must be othermeasuro.^more advanced, andcomprehending the wide ranges

and niigiitv strides oí* nation;developement, which this ( ountris making daily. The fact, th;the colored people of this colintrhave been enveloped in the .are;nation, by law, and human intoests, precludes the possibility t

their ever hmm seoc-rated, fror¡ali the interest, which belong t

the whole people; this being tru<whatever advancement is madby tue nation must effect, thAfrican in all his interests. Tl;Genero 1 Conference, being thlaw making power of the Churo!must lav foundations in harmonwith the work before us, thuwork is the perpetual unfoldinof our race, out of the night c

ignorance and degradation, intwhick two hundred and iiic;years of abject slavery ant

outrage have imposed upon ttlrace, we are to co-operate witJall other agencies, under God, t<lift np, and mould this great bodjof humanity into that harmonizailion, necessary, to a fud, am

equal recognition of manhoodthis will Lo accomplished, irproportion to the wise legislatioiof that august body.

lt will be appal cut, througlthe measures adopted for ou

future guidance, financially, am

the wise direction of o .r BoolDepartment, our Publishing in?forest,cur Educational work, aiu

the choice of men to carry intisuccessful operation all of om

measures adapted; the regaltaiomia the past, have been good iithemselves, but the complet*fulfillmentj of the design by tnos<who have been appointed to mak(them a success, has been in some

instances, a failure, then thenhave been, misinterpretations o;

the law in some instance?, wm iel.have led to, ûteria on the part o.

some whose du tv it was io nus!..>

their care. Our new Hymn Bookhas been prepared ov« r Ibmyears, and yet we are waiting luiits appearance from the Bookdepartment, lhere is a ''Jtitcft'*somewhere that prevents, itsappea ance, that work aloneproperly pot upan the churchmarket, would bri mr to thc con¬

nection ono hundred thousanddolhus properly managed, to us

this is a criminal neglect on thepart of some party, or parties

j whose duty it is to control our

Publishing department; thenj there is the Sunday-school de¬partment of our Church, whichshould be a mighty power, it is

almost entirely neglected so faras the direction of a <rreat enter¬

prise and an important auxilaryto the prosperity of our cou-

noes ion, we should have this partj of our work thoroughly crganized¡ and in operación, a church withj three hundred thousand members,and an army of ministers,stretching their lines of operationfrom the Atlantic to the Pacific;and from th** iiockv mountains to

the irulf t>i Mexico, should not

tjcirlect the vast wons of Sabbathschools, in thc literary depart¬ment, a vast revenue, would flow

j into the Church and enable it tomove in solid columns towardsuccess.Then there is the Educational

work still lingering by tl e way,demanding renewed efforts on thepart of thc church, Wilberforcestill warts the more substantialand which the connection shouldgive it, Cokesbury is crying foraid, i i Florida, we have lose a

golden opportunity, for lack ofmeans. Every Southern Statedemands a High schoul under the

.control and interest of Education^

in our Church, we shall be calledun to educate tne nrinistty, youngmen ric now cru .v cling our

Coulereoces asking .-fid n educatethemselves, we canner l<-t thesedemands pass un bee led. thisdemand must bc met by the wiseaction of the G« lieral Conference.The work ol' missions looms upbefore ns as a mighty s-a wave,chiin.ing every care, the ou stumof Bishops will demand Ihr lessattention than all of these greatmo asures.

Let the General Conic: encelook these great subjects in theluce and prepare to do all theycan to meet them ad best theycan, wi di a broad comprehensive'policy, and we shall have accom¬

plished a woithy work in our day.

Church Work.Wc call the attention ci the

ministry to the great importanceut a renewed energy on their part,in extending the power and influ¬ence ot the church work. Theworld's progress in morality de¬pends en the higher religiousculture of the people. The moraland religious trainings are-in-seperable, and the one is dependent on the other. The efforts ofreligious teachers, are to be madeon i ll, and every held whePsTÖiöymay accomplish any good formankind. There are thousandsii persons, who do got visitchurches-who live beyond theinfluence of Sal bath services.

Yee these ought, to be reached,they have immortal souls, lorwhich the saviour died: now shallthey be reached-and influenced?How shad limy be made to feelthe iievd of a savior's love? Theywill not visit the church, then thc»church must go to them, go, wheretiley -Jie, ano demand a, hearing,for tile divine master. This can .

"bc diTTrC by ini> îiï'Oïer~1- ii. KlO B ? Ol- ".

gan'zatiou. of visiting committees'in the church whose duty, shallbe to visit tamides and read tballoh scriptures, and instruct thosein the way of hf-, who now,neglect the dury of church ser¬

vice-and this interest themin the work of religious improve¬ment, and of morai, worth. Themembers of the church, have noe

looked into the great importancewhich is attached to their calimoas members of Christ's body.These subjects must be ui¿ed bythe ministry-constan riv uni il hrbecomes a part of the life Wot k ofthe whole churoli to bc co-work¬ers with Christ amt the ministry,in aavidg souls. Each memberhas a neighbor, or friend possibly,who do not come to chut eli.whose circumstances, of discour¬agement are such, that thev haveno heart to come to service, go,speak to them, words, ol encour¬

agement, console them in theirdesolation, and help them to riseup above discouragements; youmay thus, save a sinking sinner,you riKiy aid a lodging saint to

overcome surrounding trouble^,and tio.ior God. "Society will thusbe-benefiited. Romes will bemade cheerful and happy.Then there are the hundreds ot

children, who are out of the Sun¬day school, who never receivebenefits, These are to be caredfor and instructed.

This is the ministers work-inpless than his labors in the pul-¡pit. He should-with the mern-

hers of his church seek the chil¬dren of the distressed and needy,¡and bring them into the pale of¡ the church, and under its happyand cheernig influences. The instructions of the Sabbath Schoolare ot vital importance to the