. The ... annual report of the American Colonization Society ... s has selected for mission purposes the great plateauof Bihe, represented to be 5,000 feet above the level of the Atlantic,healthful, populous, a radiating centre and where no other missionaryorganization contemplates an entrance. A glowing missionary spirit has manifested itself in several of theinstitutions for the higher education of young Christian Freedmen: andalready the first fruits of this militant zeal are in Liberia and other mis-sion fields. 18 SIXTY-THIBD ANNUAL REPORT. With the steady stream of emigration, the gradua
. The ... annual report of the American Colonization Society ... s has selected for mission purposes the great plateauof Bihe, represented to be 5,000 feet above the level of the Atlantic,healthful, populous, a radiating centre and where no other missionaryorganization contemplates an entrance. A glowing missionary spirit has manifested itself in several of theinstitutions for the higher education of young Christian Freedmen: andalready the first fruits of this militant zeal are in Liberia and other mis-sion fields. 18 SIXTY-THIBD ANNUAL REPORT. With the steady stream of emigration, the gradual growth of com-merce, the constant accession of capital, the prospects of obtaininggold, and the opening of coffee and sugar plantations, the star of Liberiagrows brighter, and its power will be increasingly felt in extendingChristianity and civilization among the uncounted millions of Westernand Central Africa. TREASURES 8 REPORT. 19 M T3 CT> 0 Oj H 1 CO O — o 6 | Oi £ 0 ?. PL, m o D w e 3 !z| p co H w o 0 O 5 M H CO © V, a e. c </. 3 (9 ss CO -1. *.l-«00«QOOl-CO
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