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secured, that there may be no delay in the erection of the building.
The University symbolises its great purpose in the name selected for its second building. It is consecrated to the Christian education and training of the emancipated slaves of America, in a firm conviction and faith that, in the providence of God, many will return to Africa as missionaries, carrying the gospel of Christ and the blessings of Christian civilisation.
E. M. CRAVATH, M.A.,
President of Fisk University.
Rooms of the Freedmen's Missions Aid Society,
18, Adam Street, Strand, London,
April 20, 1877.
President.
Earl Of Shaftesbury, K.G.
Treasurer.
Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P.
Secretaries.
Rev. O. H. White, D.D.
Rev. J. Gwynne Jones.
