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cess may attend the labors of our missionaries 
there. 
2. That in view of the enlarged fields of nse- 
fnlness providentially opened to us, we recognize 
the unmistakable call of God to go forward 
and occupy these fields to the full extent of our 
ability. 
3. That two additional missionaries be sent to 
Africa as soon as suitable persons can he found 
and the condition of our treasury shall justify, 
and that seven thousand dollars be appropriated, 
to our African work for the ensuing year.’’ 
At the annual meeting of 1877 the Board 
adopted the following, which shows that it began 
to realize more and more the importance and 
magnitude of the work which it had on hand in 
Africa : 
Our large, important, and successful mission- 
work in western Africa, with favorable openings 
for almost indefinite enlargement, place us under 
the stron<^est oblio:ations to consecrate ourselves 
fully to the Christianization of that country. 
With two regular mission-stations, three chapels, 
four day-shools, three Sunday-schools, and an 
industrial school lately commenced, a large force 
of missionaries and active helpers must be kept 
in the field and the means put into their hands to 
enable them to wo^k advantageously. Our obli- 
