PREFACE. 
In order to obey the command, u do 
good unto all men" it is indispensable 
that we have a knowledge of the 
wants of all men, so far as this is 
practicable, — and that we also know 
how those wants may be supplied. 
To know that a brother is in need, 
whether of temporal or spiritual 
blessings, in this or any other part 
of the world, and to appropriate 
means and labors to the utmost of 
our ability for the good of such, is 
no inconsiderable part of Christian 
duty. 
If these unpretending pages will 
throw additional light upon the 
wretched condition of the African 
race, and call forth more vigilant ef- 
fort on the part of the reader to "do 
