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They now owe on Howard College, so I am informed, some $30,000 or $40,000 in the form of a bonded debt, the interest on which they find it hard to pay. Indeed, I very much regret to hear that they are thinking of making an assignment in the interest of their creditors. On careful examination of the records of the Convention, we come upon the following important facts and lessons:

1. The blindness of the leadership as to the work to be done.

In the jubilee meeting, Rev. H. Stevens, said: “When I resolved in 1868 to meet the call of the Montgomery Church for a Convention of delegates, I didn’t see what we could do. I went only out of some sort of curiosity to meet other brethren and to look on. I got a little light before I reached Montgomery, as I listened to some things Brother McAlpine had to say along the way. And I was not much better off when the Convention closed. I did not know what they were talking about one-half the time.” But few saw one inch ahead. The horizon increased only as we advanced. We grew up with the growth of the work.