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 Society form themselves into companies, and that each company hold prayer meetings as best suited them as to time and place; to gather children wherever they could be obtained, form them into classes, teach them the truths of the Bible, assist them in every possible way by storing their minds with useful Christian instruction, such as committing to memory passages of Scripture, selections of hymns, and sacred poetry. In this true labor of love they were successful, and from what has been known to result from this effort, we assume not too much when we say that it was the future in embryo of the Presbyterian churches in the city, and in many places contiguous to it, and from which many precious jewels of God have been brought into the fold of Christ, who in their day were to fill up the waste places in Zion, and, like their fathers, labor diligently in the vineyard of the Lord.

Among the objects brought before the Society by Dr. Alexander, was the religious training of the colored people. He pointed to them as special subjects of attention from the Society. He regarded this class of the community with deep interest. Surely it was Godlike in him to look after these sheep of the house of Israel; it was a consideration worthy of him, and it was one toward which he gave his powerful influence, and lent the powers of his giant intellect. Considering the times and the circumstances that then surrounded the colored people, I would say it was a great undertaking; but Dr. Alexander was a great man. He did not stop "to confer with flesh and blood" upon the matter; he saw his duty plain, and knowing it, he did it. His God and his own large heart sustained him in his effort From his known interest toward the welfare of the