2.  A Life Member is entitled to THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY and to the ANNUAL REPORT gratuitously, if desired.

3.  The highest privilege is that of being a live member, doing all that he can to promote the interests of the Association and of the needy peoples for whom it labors.

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THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

We have two objects in printing this magazine.  First, to have it read, and, secondly, to have it paid for.  The main purpose is the first, of course, for we wish to have it read if it is not paid for, yet we greatly prefer to have it both read and paid for.  We believe that those who pay for it are most likely to read it, and for this reason we fear that this item will be seen only by those who do not need this reminder, but we draw the bow at a venture and tell our readers that the price of the magazine is 50 cents a year.

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We wish to inform the pastors and churches that we have just issued a new Annual Leaflet, brief and packed with facts, and suitable for distribution in the pews before collections are taken for the Association.  We shall be glad to furnish a supply gratuitously whenever called for.

Our Annual Report, also, is ready for distribution.  Those who wish it will please send us a postal card requesting it.

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THE ROMAN CATHOLICS AND THE FREEDMEN.

Soon after the war the Roman Catholics seemed to have made a strong effort to win the Freedmen to their faith, and many Protestants felt a good degree of apprehension that the splendors of the ceremonial and the absence of race distinction might captivate the Negro.  But the effort was unsuccessful and appeared for a time to have been abandoned.  It has often been said, however, that the Church of Rome never surrenders an undertaking; it may delay and wait for more auspicious times, but in the end it perseveres.  There are some indications of the renewal of the zeal of the Papacy for the Negro.  The article in another part of the magazine, entitled “The Colored Catholic Congress,” is an evidence.

One thing is certain.  The Roman Catholic Church deserves praise for its disregard of the color-line.  The rich and the poor, the white and the black, bow at the same altar, and one of the highest dignitaries of the church is not ashamed to stand side by side with the black man on a great public occasion.  Protestants at the North and the South must not allow the Romanists to surpass them in this Christ-like position.

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We ask our friends to read Mr. Dodge’s article about the school at Pleasant Hill, Tenn.  One thousand dollars has already been pledged for this building, on condition that the remainder of the $5,000 be secured.  We ask that this remainder be given by individuals, and not taken from Church or Sunday-school contributions—­all of which are needed for current work.