religion and philanthropy for the help that must come to redeem their
lost minds and souls. The South cannot give them a Christian
education. The cry goes up to the great, warm heart of the North. We
crave the crumbs that fall from your God-given, bountiful table.

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A PASTOR'S FIRST VIEW.

A pastor who was educated at the North and who was graduated at the
Hartford Theological Seminary, has for the first time made the
acquaintance of his race in the South. He had never met his own
people as a race until he entered into the service of the American
Missionary Association. His impressions and testimony have,
therefore, an additional interest.

In reference to the field: it is large and interesting, and requires
more {133} than ordinary attention, both to that part of it under
cultivation and that which is not yet. I have arranged my visits in
such a way as to make it practicable for me to do justice to both;
visiting church members the last week in each month (except in case of
sickness), and using the rest of the time (apart from other necessary
duties) for visits outside.

I am thus brought into direct contact with our people and learn a
great deal about their condition. In some places it does seem actually
as if liberty and civilization are still mysteries to them.

When I was in the North and heard or read descriptions of the
condition and mode of living of the colored people of the South, I