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tinued to assist in sustaining the following schools, under the
care of their respective teachers; who, well knowing all the
attendant privations, rejoicingly accepted their appointed posi-
tions.

VIRGINIA SCHOOLS.
At Fairfax C. H., Fairfax Co., mrane by Mary E. McBride.

Vienna, a Catharine E. Hall.
Herndon, a xe f Frances E. Gauze.
Falls Church, - ‘¢—s~ Philena Heald.
Lewensville, Rt a Sarah M. Ely.
Woodlawn, ie ef Sarah EH. Lloyd.
Gum Spring, ff ‘© = Deborah K. Smith.
Leesburg, Louden Co., ‘: Caroline Thomas.
Waterford, ff +s Sarah A. Steer.

Manasses, Prince William Co., “ Mary B. Perry.

SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOLS.

At Mount peseeont, taught by Cornelia Hancock.
c i Mary A. Taylor.
i: :. Isabel Lenair, (col’d.)

Extracts from letters written by our teachers, after the
season of refreshment during the summer vacation, show the
‘readiness with which these patient, earnest toilers returned to
their fields of labor, and also the character of the work before
them. Philena Heald, Falls Church, Va., describing her arrival
at the dilapidated station platform, with no one to meet or wel-
come her, with “no sign of life, save one man of rough exterior,
in no way connected with the railroad,” who kindly answered
‘her inquiries as to what could be done towards conveying her and
her baggage to the village, adds, ‘‘I thanked him kindly, and sat
myself down on the steps, as there was no choice of seats or
rooms. AsIsat in a strange country in that novel position,
with the blue heaven above me, and the free air around me, there
was peace in my soul; and I felt strong and willing; and, though
far from friends and home, I felt that God was near. A spirit
of prayer seemed also there, and it was to me a season of bless-
ing.’

In a later letter she says, ‘Though a stranger i in a strange land,