Tillotson is far away and needs friends who will give it help.  It needs scholarships and professorships.  It needs a library, chemical and philosophical apparatus, and a printing press.  It needs gifts of bedding, tableware for the halls, and clothing for needy students.  Friends, it needs your Christian sympathy and Christian prayers, that the great and blessed Teacher may dwell within its walls and in the hearts of the inmates.

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DEATH OF DR. TAYLOR.

Nine years ago we were called upon to record the death of Governor Washburn, President of this Association.  While he was seemingly in the fullness of life and while on the platform at the meeting of the American Board he suddenly and unexpectedly fell asleep in death.  In a far different way did his successor, Rev. William M. Taylor, D.D., meet in quietude and with patient resignation the summons that called him home.  The premonition of death came three years ago, and the march has been steady to the close.  During these months his patience and sweet assurance have been as marked illustrations of the power of the Gospel as other graces were in his more active career.

Dr. Taylor, long before he became President of this Association, took a deep interest in its work and brought to it his own personal influence and that of his large and wealthy congregation.  As a presiding officer he was constant in his attendance, and by the dignity of his manner and his great force of character gave guidance and strength to the gatherings of our annual meeting.  But Dr. Taylor was broad, and his sympathies went forth to every form of endeavor for the spread of the Gospel and the benefit of mankind.  With a strong character derived from his Scottish ancestry, he had made his mark as a pastor in the growth of a church under his care in the old country.  Nearly a quarter of a century ago he came to this city, and by his commanding eloquence, his pastoral gifts and the books which flowed from his pen, he has exerted a wide and salutary influence.  On great occasions, at college anniversaries and at missionary and ecclesiastical gatherings, Dr. Taylor was one of the most acceptable and efficient speakers.  One marked characteristic of Dr. Taylor came from his great heart, and mellowed and sweetened all his other powers.  He has finished a glorious course, and has gone to his reward.

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REV.  CHAS. C. PAINTER.

The recent death of Prof.  Painter has removed a most useful and efficient worker in behalf of the Indians.  He died at his home in Washington, of heart disease, after an illness of only twelve hours.  He was sixty-two years old, born in Virginia, but resident for most of his life in New England, where he was an acceptable pastor.  He was called from that position into the service of the American Missionary Association, acting for a time as Professor in Fisk University.  He, however, soon gave his life to promoting the education and civilization of the Indians, and for ten years was connected with the Indian Rights Association.  It was a tribute to his knowledge and service in the Indian work that about a year ago he was appointed a member of the Board of Indian Commissioners.