One of the true friends of Missions has hit upon a plan for gaining information that is worthy wider adoption than in her own church.  She has organized a club of those who desire to read the magazines of the various Congregational Societies.  This plan puts the magazine of each society into the hands of a large circle of readers, and the expense to each is very small.  Are there any other clubs of this kind?  Cannot one be organized in each church?

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Few books would be of more real and lasting value in the libraries of our schools than “The Deathless Book,” by Rev. David O. Mears, D.D.  Dr. S.E.  Smith says of it:—­“It contains more items of knowledge in many a field than are often brought together, and all legitimately associated with the precious Book of Divine Revelation.”  A pledge has been given for a part payment in the purchase of one hundred volumes of this book, to be paid when the whole is pledged.  It would be a great addition to our school libraries if this book were put into them.  The publishers offer special rates.  Will not some one make a special gift to complete this fund?

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A letter just received from Corpus Christi brings the glad news of a deep and far-reaching revival in progress there.  Many have been hopefully converted and the interest still continues.

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FREDERICK DOUGLASS.

Few colored men in the United States have occupied a more prominent position than Frederick Douglass; and there are none whose opinions are more worthy of respect.  His address delivered at the celebration of the Twenty-seventh Anniversary of the Emancipation of the Slaves in the District of Columbia was thoughtful, well-expressed and emphatic in its utterances.  While we might not accord with every sentiment, we wish we could publish the whole.  We content ourselves with a few pointed extracts.

THE IRREPRESSIBLE CONFLICT STILL IN PROGRESS.

“From every view I have been able to take of the present situation in relation to the colored people of the United States, I am forced to the conclusion that the irrepressible conflict, of which we heard so much before the War of the Rebellion and during the war, is still in progress.  It is still the battle between two opposite civilizations—­the one created and sustained by slavery, and the other framed and fashioned in the spirit of liberty and humanity, and this conflict will not be ended until one or the other shall be completely adopted in every section of our common country.”

THE CONDITION OF THE PLANTATION NEGRO.