A church was organized in
November, 1849, with eight members from the church in Monrovia.
They have since increased to fourteen. Here, too, is a flourishing
Sabbath school. The citizens, and especially the poor natives in
the neighbourhood, are extremely anxious that a boarding school
should be established. To this the Committee having charge of this
mission objects, as the expense for buildings and for the support
of pupils would be great, and would absorb funds that can be more
profitably expended on day schools.
The third station is on the Sinou river, 150 miles down the coast
from Monrovia, where, at the mouth of the river, is the town of
Greenville, and a few miles higher up, the newer settlements of
Readville and Rossville. It is under the care of the Rev. James M.
Priest. The number of communicants, at the latest date, was thirty,
and the field of labor was rapidly enlarging by immigration. The
station is new, and it does not appear that any mission school had
yet been organized.
The fourth station is at Settra Kroo, where there are five or six
miles of coast, to which the native title has not yet been
extinguished.
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