h At Byron, Ga.
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Words fail to express the pleasant time we had at Byron, in dedicating our
new house of worship to the service of God. We had a very large attendance
of people from Bibb, Houston, Taylor and Sumter counties. Nearly two
hundred people came from Andersonville, a large number came from Macon and
quite a company from Rutland. One brother was present from the Savannah
church. Altogether there were five of our Congregational churches
represented by their members and several others were heard from. I should
think that there were nearly, if not quite, four hundred people on the
grounds. Of course the building could not hold them all. Rev. J.R. McLean
preached the sermon, which was pronounced by a leading white man present,
to be the best he ever heard. Altogether the occasion was an inspiring
one. The hundreds of black faces so attentively listening to the words of
truth, so orderly and quietly, could not fail to impress us deeply. The
occasion was one that brought four of our churches into a very close
relationship, closer than they have ever been before; I mean, so many from
each church meeting face to face and forming each other's acquaintance.

It is our wish and prayer to do well the work that is committed to our
hands. We are not afraid of hard work, we want time and means to do all
that we see is needed, and there is so much to be done. I feel like going,
going all the time with the message of God's love to dying men. The
opportunities are constantly increasing for usefulness.



Promising Opening In Georgia.
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I came to the place where the people wanted a Sunday-school. They were
ready for it, with a rude building erected by the people themselves, and
waiting for me to begin work, and I have promised to organize a
Sunday-school on the second Sunday of next month. A young married woman,
the wife of a well-to-do farmer, and a former student in the Ballard
School, has promised to superintend it.