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SHERBRO MISSION. 
teachers to labor among the thousands of freed- 
men whose fetters had been just broken off by 
the Union army. Such was the din and strife and 
anxiety of the time that the Church had its atten- 
tion partially drawn away from Africa. Meantime 
Mr. Billheimer, again committing the charge of 
the mission to Mr. Williams, sailed for America, 
arriving at home about the first of May, 1864. 
They were both quite feeble, and suffered much 
after their return, but finally regained their wonted 
health. 
