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in his home, and laid before him the various finan-
cial enterprises which it was thought best to under-
take, he showed a deep interest, and scarcely ever let
the Secretary go on his way without a pledge of some
amount. In all this giving his wife cheerfully joined
him; and having once been enlisted in benevolence
they thought of other objects as well as the college;
the Missionary Union, Publication Society, (and pos-
sibly the Home Mission Society) shared in their be-
neficence. To the college they gave, in all, over $23,-
000.
It is at once a pleasure and a profitable study to
review such cases as those of James Forsythe, of the
Mount Zion, and Jonathan Allen, of the Friendship
Association. They and their wives were plain, indus-
trious, economical people, genuine in their love for
God and good men, and were ready to give freely of
their means when they were sure that the gift would
be pleasing to their Heavenly Father. It leads us to
hope and expect that there are many such families
in our goodly state, who, if they could be led by
brethren whom they know and in whom they thor-
oughly trust, to see the great privilege of helping the
causes of missions and education, as these two fami-
lies are led, they would be as ready to give and as
liberal as they. And this does not assume large
wealth; - it is possible with the hundreds of Baptist
families of Indiana who are simply well to do. These
were not what are called learned, men and women
getting their inspiration from broad reading; their
local surroundings were not of the most inspiring
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kind; but they believed in God and their own denom-
ination, and so when the privilege and duty were made
plain they were prompt and glad in their response.
Families of larger means and more liberal learning
may well feel the inspiration of the example set by
Brother and Sister Forsythe and Brother and Sister
Allen.
INDIANA ASSOCIATION--(NEGRO).
This Association was organized in 1858; three
churches with a total membership of eighty-three went
into the organization. The next report accessible is
for 1864 when there were eight churches and 306
members. The principal churches were at Charles-
town, Cicero, Indianapolis, Madison and New Albany,
and the principal pastors were the Revs. R. Bassett,
Moses Broyles, J. Young, L. Artis, and A. Brown;
the Rev. Moses Broyles was chosen moderator. In
1867 there were fifteen churches and 918 members,
and 150 had been baptized during the year. Other
ministers in the Association at that time were the
Revs. Green McFarland, Chapman Harris, William
Singleton and Charles Edwards. The records for 1872
give forty-two churches, 2,314 members, 244 baptized,
and the following names of ministers: The Revs.
Travis Ford, S. Clay, G. Field, Isaac Stewart, J. R.
Raynor, Z. T. Robinson, G. M. Davis, P. Pool, G. J.
Gann and P. Simco. In 1877 there were fifty-three
churches, 3,482 members, 231 baptized and the two
largest churches were Second Indianapolis, 645, and
Liberty church, Evansville, 656. In 1884 two Negro
