THE WORK IN VICKSBURG, MISS.
From Brother J. E. White, of the southern missionary steamer, Morning Star, now at Vicksburg, Miss., we have encouraging words regarding the work among the colored people. He says the interest is increasing all the time; he acknowledges receipt of a “nice bundle of SIGNS” each week, with an assurance that they are “gratefully received, and are being read by those who receive good from them.” The people are very poor, but “they are lifting nobly in the work.” Acknowledging receipt of a bundle of Our Little Friend also, Brother White says: “This is very opportune assistance, for we have so much to supply in starting our night school and other matters, that it keeps us guessing for funds for the long work, and such assistance as this is a wonderful aid.” This work deserves encouragement. It was begun in personal self-sacrifice, and the steamer set afloat in the midst of trying circumstances, yet it has been signally blessed of God in opening the door to a new phase of the work among the millions of colored people in the southern Mississippi Valley.