. Southern heroes;. socia-tion have outgrown the denominational schools, andpublic interest is more general in the cause of educa-tion. The struggling New Garden Boarding Schoolhas grown into the flourishing Guilford College, char-tered in 1888, and the normal school which was firstheld by this band of workers in North Carolina hasbecome a State institution, and the percentage of thepopulation who can read and write is largely in-creased. 480 SOUTHERN HEROES. The church of the Friends has grown from sonearly a dependent body to an organization extendingits Christian work beyond its own limits.

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. Southern heroes;. socia-tion have outgrown the denominational schools, andpublic interest is more general in the cause of educa-tion. The struggling New Garden Boarding Schoolhas grown into the flourishing Guilford College, char-tered in 1888, and the normal school which was firstheld by this band of workers in North Carolina hasbecome a State institution, and the percentage of thepopulation who can read and write is largely in-creased. 480 SOUTHERN HEROES. The church of the Friends has grown from sonearly a dependent body to an organization extendingits Christian work beyond its own limits. NorthCarolina Yearly Meeting now cooperates with hersister yearly meetings in the great work of sendingmissionaries to foreign lands, and in working for theIndians and colored people in our own land. She isstriving to do her part to hasten the day when theknowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as thewaters do the sea ; and when nation shall not liftup sword against nation, neither shall they learn warany

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