Excerpt from The Home Missionary, Vol. 58: For the Year Ending April, 1886

God. When I came to Winter Park, a year ago last December, I was surprised and pained to see no colored people in the congregation Soon I had opportunity for conversation with a prominent colored man. I asked him how he felt toward the Northern churches. I was some what surprised at his reply. He said he had nothing against white churches, but he preferred to worship with his own people. He had no complaint to make. He took upon himself the responsibility of neglect, to attend white churches. The colored people have had religious ser vices more or less regularly, by themselves. One of the deacons of our Congregational church held a Sunday-school among them last summer. Recently, a general meeting of whites and colored was held, to plan for the building of a house to serve the double purpose of a church and} school-house. The whites pledged themselves to raise as much as the colored people would give, up to the sum of $200. The meeting ap pointed the two Congregational deacons and another prominent Con gregational member present trustees to receive the money and build the house. The work is well under way. One of the deacons has vol unteered to teach a free evening school. That will be in operation in a few days. The colored people are divided between two denominations, Baptist and Methodist. Each party is to have one of its own preachers, to serve a portion of the Sabbaths of each month. This is a work that. Is wholly practicable. Our colored brethren welcome it. The free evening school will soon become a public school. Public money can be had toward the support of a teacher. Money can be raised by subscrip tion. Is not this Christian common sense?

Hungry for sabbath Wonsmp. - Although I have two and a half miles to go to our school-house, with the mercury 10 to 20 below, we have not missed a Sabbath service. Going to meeting for the worship of God becomes a habit, as. Well as a pleasure and a duty. Christians get hungry, and go to meeting for food; or they get tired, and go for rest. I try to make my people feel how blessed is the Sabbath, and the privi lege of worshiping God collectively, and hearing from him out of his Word. For this we have largely to thank the A. H. M. S. It is a richer mine of blessing to our country than its mines of silver and gold. I try to appreciate, and to make my people appreciate your Society. During the past quarter three members of my congregation have become personally interested in religion. - Rev. J. H. Gurney, Dover, Dale.

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