. An autobiography [electronic resource]: the story of the Lord's dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith, the colored evangelist : containing an account of her life work of faith, and her travels in America, England, Ireland, Scotland, India, and Africa, as an independent missionary . have been. The schools at Old Calabar under the Scotch PresbyterianMissionary Society, and the schools and missions at Lagos, and theEpiscopal, Baptist and Wesleyan Schools in the Republic of Libe-ria, and then in Sierra Leone the United Free Methodists, theEpiscopals, the Lady Huntington Society, the U. B. Mission, and

. An autobiography [electronic resource]: the story of the Lord's dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith, the colored evangelist : containing an account of her life work of faith, and her travels in America, England, Ireland, Scotland, India, and Africa, as an independent missionary . have been. The schools at Old Calabar under the Scotch PresbyterianMissionary Society, and the schools and missions at Lagos, and theEpiscopal, Baptist and Wesleyan Schools in the Republic of Libe-ria, and then in Sierra Leone the United Free Methodists, theEpiscopals, the Lady Huntington Society, the U. B. Mission, and Stock Photo
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. An autobiography [electronic resource]: the story of the Lord's dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith, the colored evangelist : containing an account of her life work of faith, and her travels in America, England, Ireland, Scotland, India, and Africa, as an independent missionary . have been. The schools at Old Calabar under the Scotch PresbyterianMissionary Society, and the schools and missions at Lagos, and theEpiscopal, Baptist and Wesleyan Schools in the Republic of Libe-ria, and then in Sierra Leone the United Free Methodists, theEpiscopals, the Lady Huntington Society, the U. B. Mission, andthe English Baptist Mission, all were established, supported andsuperintended by white missionaries; but just in proportion asthey have died, or on account of poor health have had to retirefrom the work, the schools and mission property have declined. Many of them in the work have developed good native teachersand preachers, who are lojal, and faithful, and true; and thewhite missionary feels that he, or she, could not do without thesenative helpers. But when the whole work is left to them theinterest seems to flag, and the natives themselves seem to losetheir interest, which the teacher feels, but cannot help. I do not attempt to make any explanation of this; I simply. Amanda Smith. 423 state the facts as I met them. And as I mingled with the people, old and young, and as the older people, who knew more about it, would tell me what it had been in former years, the remains ofwhich were left, in the mission house and grounds, it was not dif-ficult to see the difference. Then, the white missionaries, as a rule, give better satisfaction, both to the natives and to the church or society which sends themout. I suppose no church or society ever gave a salary to a coloredman, no matter how efficient he was, as large as they give to a whiteman or woman, no matter how inefficient he or she may be in thestart; and I think they are generally expected to do more work.This I think is a great m