DURING the past winter the Southern Missionary Society has been erecting two church-school houses for the colored people,—one at Nashville, the capital city of Tennessee, and the other at Jackson, the capital city of Mississippi. These two buildings are planned after the same design, and are alike in nearly all particulars. The picture of the design was printed in the REVIEW several weeks ago. The building at Nashville is twenty-two by forty-eight feet in size, while the one at Jackson is twenty-four by forty-eight feet. Both these buildings are now nearly finished, and are not only well adapted for school and church purposes, but are a credit to our work for the colored in both these important cities. In the matter of seating, it has been thought best to fit out each building partly with school seats, partly with regular church benches, and partly with folding chairs. The cost of each building thus seated, and with proper provisions for heating and lighting, will be between five hundred and six hundred dollars. A definite statement of cost can not be given until the work is finished, and the bills are all in. But the strictest economy has been exercised throughout all parts of the work. The colored people have lifted nobly in both these places. Business firms have assisted, our white people in the South have helped, quite an amount has been received in donations from the North, and hundreds of copies of the “Story of Joseph” have been sold, and the proceeds used in these buildings. Yet, as nearly as can be estimated, it will require about four hundred dollars to finish the buildings, and seat, light, and heat them. We are opposed to the dedication of either of them until they are finished and paid for. Friends of the work, will you not rally immediately and help clear up the indebtedness still hanging over these churches? If something more than the first cost of the building is received, it will be applied upon paying for the lots on which the churches stand. The amounts received during the month of January are as follows:— Mrs. E. J. Wheeler, 50 cents; Minnie Wills, $1; G. W. Copley, $1; D. Brown, $1; a friend, $1; Anna C. Carlson, $20; Frank Christy, $4.35; Lydia J. Dodd, 50 cents; Mrs. H. B. Hayward, $2; W. L. and G. L. Edgerton, $10; Hans Peterson, $5; J. W. Dotson, $2; S. Zollinger, $2; Mrs. M. Erickson, $1; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Colburn, $5; C. E. Knight, $2.50; Mrs. A. E. Stewart, $6; J. P. Cornell, $1; Alex. Paton, $5; Miss M. L. Howlett, $2; L. W. Smith, $2.65; Mary More, $6; Delia M. Briggs, $2; Mrs. C. C. Gear, 50 cents; A. and S. Miller, $10; C. Gillson, 25 cents; G. N. Rich, $20; Wm. Humphries, $10; C. E. Rosenberger, $2; Mrs. Elma A. Powers, $50; G. E. Risley, $5; Luke M. Twing, $1.36; Misses M. V. and R. C. Housen, $7; Mrs. M. G. Gorham, $2. Total, $140.06. Please send all remittances direct to the Southern Missionary Society, Station K, Nashville, Tenn.