Part 6

Albany. First Cong. Ch. 75.00 Batavia. Mrs. Anna V. S. Fisher 20.00 Berkshire. BEQUEST of Mary H. Allen, to const. LUCY E. ALLEN, L. M, by James Allen 30.00 Binghamton. Mrs. Harriet Halbert 5.00 Black Creek. J. S. and M. T. $1 ea 2.00 Brooklyn. Miss M. E. Horton $3; Mrs. Rev. George Hollis $2 5.00 Canastota. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Childs 5.00 Chestertown. R. C. C. 1.00 Cohoes. Mrs. I. Terry 5.00 Coxsackie. Rev. M. Lusk. 3.00 Deansville. “L.” 5.00 Dryden. S. O. C. 0.50 Dutchess Co. “A Friend,” _for Mobile, Ala._ 75.00 East Otto. Mrs. D. T. 0.35 Fulton. J. C. Galispie, Almon Bristol and T. W. Chesebro $5 ea.; Dea. S. 50c 15.50 Gouverneur. B. R. S. and E. R. B. 1.00 Greenport. O. H. 0.50 Homer. B. W. Payne and wife, to const. DEA. EBENEZER RANNEY, L. M. 30.00 Hudson. Mrs. D. A. Jones $10; A. S. P. 50c 10.50 Kiantone. Mrs. E. C. Hall’s Young Ladies’ Bible Class 8.00 Kinderhook. W. I. 0.75 Lebanon. Thomas Hitchcock, Marvin Day and Alfred Seymour $5 ea.; J. H. W. $1 16.00 Lockport. Cong. Ch. $32.57; Cong. Sab. Sch. $30, to const. MISS FANNIE HAMILTON, L. M. 62.57 Moira. Mrs. A. Dickinson. 1.25 Morrisville. A. B. DeForest 50.00 Mount Sinai. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.67 Newark Valley. Cong. Ch. 19.09 New York. Mrs. Hannah Ireland $15—“A Friend” $10.50.—Wm. H. Ferrier $5, _for Ind. Sch., Talladega C._—L. W. S. 35c 30.85 North Walton. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. $8.09; Missionary Soc. $19.42 27.51 Orient. Miss K. M. W. 0.75 Penn Yan. W. W. Taylor $5; W. T. $1 6.00 Perry Centre. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., by Belle J. Sheldon, Sec. 15.50 Perrysburgh. Rev. Wm. Hall 18.00 Pharsalia. “A few Friends,” by Rev. J. Clements 2.00 Phœnix. Rev. H. P. Bake and family 5.00 Rochester. Mrs. A. E. Albright $5; A. H. 55c 5.55 Sag Harbor. Mrs. A. E. W. 0.50 Sidney Plains. Rev. S. Johnson, bal. to const. HON. O. C. WYMAN, L. M. 2.00 Smyrna. Sab. Sch. Missionary Soc. of Cong. Ch. 20.00 Sodus. D. T. 1.00 Spencerport. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 18.25 Syracuse. Rev. J. C. H. 0.50 Tarrytown. “A Friend” 70.00 Tompkinsville. Mrs. M. S. 1.00 Troy. M. and M. F. C. 0.50 Volney. First Cong. Ch. $1.60, and Sab. Sch. $6.18 7.78 Walton. First Cong. Ch. $62.05.—Chas. S. Fitch $5, _for Mendi M._ 67.05 Warsaw. Cong. Ch. 20.70 West Bloomfield. Cong. Ch. 5.00 West Camden. Mrs. A. L. C. 1.00 West Farms. J. A. 0.50 Westford. Mrs. G. R. 1.00 West Greece. S. B. B. 0.50 Westmoreland. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 3.30 Whitestown. James Symonds 5.00

NEW JERSEY, $52.25.

Bound Brook. Ladies’ Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for freight_ 2.75 Irvington. Mrs. W. H. C. 1.00 Morristown. Individuals 1.00 Newark. Belleville Ave. Cong. Ch. (100 subscribers _for Mag._) $30; Robert D. Weeks $6; David Owen $1, and bundle Song Rolls 37.00 Newfield. Rev. C. Willey 10.00 Paterson. Mrs. W. F. 0.50 Raritan. Miss S. Provost, package of Papers.

PENNSYLVANIA, $668.75.

Centre Road Station. J. A. Scovil 5.00 Cherry Ridge. M. D. 1.00 New Athens. A. B. McC. 1.00 Philadelphia. Benjamin Coates 500.00 Philadelphia. Rev. Geo. Morris $100, _for a Teacher_.—W. P. F., $1.00; Miss M. E. M. 50c.; Rev. H. L. P. 50c. 102.00 Pittsburgh. Third Presb. Ch. _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 15.00 Pittston. Meth. Prot. Ch. 3.65 Riceville. Cong. Ch. 2.85 Washington. Dr. F. Julius Le Moyne, _for Le Moyne Sch._ 38.25

OHIO, $427.06.

Alliance. Welsh Cong. Ch. 3.55 Andover. O. B. Case 6.00 Ashland. John Thompson 2.28 Brighton. Mrs. L. A. Strong 2.00 Cleveland. Miss M. J. Weaver 5.00 Cuyahoga Falls. Cong. Ch. 2.50 Delta. Mrs. M. B. Tanner 2.00 Dover. Second Cong. Ch. 15.00 Freedom. Cong. Ch. 6.65 Four Corners. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.30 Hudson. D. Trowbridge 3.00 Germano. J. P. 0.50 Granville. G. P. Bancroft 2.00 Kingsville. Myron Whiting $12.50; Rev. Mr. Cummings $10; Mrs. Sarah Cummings $2.50, _for Ag. Dept., Talladega C._ 25.00 Lenox. A. J. Holman 5.00 Marietta. Mrs. E. W. Burgess 5.00 Medina. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., _for Ind. Sch., Talladega C._ 10.00 Morgan. L. C. 0.50 Moss Run. M. B. F. 0.50 Nelson. Mrs. M. A. Fuller 3.00 North Bloomfield. “Friends,” _for Ag. Dept., Talladega C._ 62.37 Norwalk. A. N. 1.00 Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch. $25.45.—Mrs. Jane Miller $10.00, _for Ag. Dept., Talladega C._—Mrs. J. S. B. 25c. 35.70 Painesville. Cong. Ch. $36.43 ($2 of which from Mrs. Morley, _for Straight U._).—R. and R. C. Marshall $15; E. Ames $5.—D. E. Gove $1.50, _for Talladega C._ 57.93 Peru. “Friends,” _for Ag. Dept., Talladega C._ 46.50 Radnor. Edward D. Jones 5.00 Ravenna. Ira B. Cutts $5; S. H. $1 6.00 Ripley. Mrs. Mary Tweed 2.50 Ruggles. Mrs. S. T. 0.25 St. Clairsville. Wm. Lee, Sr. 5.00 Salem. A. W. A. 1.00 Sandusky. H. C. 1.00 Savannah. W. K. 1.00 Saybrook. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.00 Springfield. Children’s Mission Circle $17, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._—First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $11.28 ($5 of which _for Mendi M._) 28.28 Steubenville. “Friends” 35.00 Sullivan. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Toledo. Mrs. P. G. H. 0.50 Twinsburgh. Cong. Sab. Sch. $4.75; J. R. Parmele $2 6.75 West Andover. Mrs. M. S. B. 1.00 Wellington. N. D. B. 50c.; C. F. 50c 1.00 Xenia. W. S. S. 0.50

INDIANA, $6.50.

Dublin. H. M. 0.50 Madison. G. W. Southwick 5.00 Newville. A. D. 1.00

ILLINOIS, $1,004.91.

Chicago. New Eng. Ch. Sab. Sch. $69.36, _for a Student, Fisk U._—N. E. Ch. M. C. Coll. $11.72; Union Park Cong. Ch. $31.49; Mrs. Wm. Balthir $1.50; W. S. 50c. 114.57 Collinsville. J. F. Wadsworth and wife 10.00 Crete. Sab. Sch., _for freight_ 2.10 Elgin. First Cong. Ch. $14.20; Mrs. G. B. $1 15.20 Galesburg. First Ch. of Christ 58.50 Galena. Miss Anna Bran 2.00 Geneseo. Mr. and Mrs. C. Perry 20.00 Greenview. H. W. W. 0.50 Hamlet. L. C. 1.00 Kewanee. Cong. Ch. $51; Mrs. I. A. T. 60c.; C. L. C. 50c. 52.10 Macomb. Rev. G. H. S. 1.00 Millington. Mrs. D. W. Jackson $1.50; Mrs. C. I. O. V. $1 2.50 New Windsor. Cong. Ch. 15.00 Oak Park. Cong. Ch. 16.70 Onargo. Mrs. L. C. Foster 100.00 Payson. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for a Student_ 20.00 Quincy. First Union Cong. Ch. 37.45 Rochelle. Mrs. A. C. F. 1.00 Rockford. First Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 25.00 Saint Charles. W. B. Lloyd 5.00 Seward. First Cong. Ch. 24.02 Tonica. V. G. Lutz $5; W. B. 50c. 5.50 Waukegan. First Cong. Ch. 2.37 Wheaton. “Friends” 23.40 —— “Friends” 450.00

MICHIGAN, $135.38.

Adair. Henry Topping 5.00 Alamo. J. H. 1.00 Benzonia. “A Friend” 5.00 Birmingham. Rev. J. McC. 0.50 Columbus. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Detroit. “F. M. S.” 60c.; S. Z. 50c.; Mrs. H. A. 50c. 1.60 East Saginaw. Mrs. Mary W. Wilder 4.00 Grand Blanc. Cong. Ch. (with $13 ack. in Dec. receipts), _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 20.00 Grand Rapids. Rev. Geo. A. Pollard 2.00 Grass Lake. Joseph Swift $15.50; W. G. R. 25c. 15.75 Hersey. Cong. Ch. 7.57 Lansing. R. B. 0.50 Newaygo. Rev. J. N. Hicks 5.00 Oakwood. Cong. Ch. 6.05 Olivet. Y. M. C. A. of Cong. Ch. $12.41; P. A. Stone $5 17.41 Port Huron. Individuals 1.00 St. Johns. A. J. B. 0.50 St. Joseph. J. S. 0.50 Richmond. Cong. Ch. 5.00 Romeo. Miss T. L. C. 0.50 Union City. Andrew Lucas and family 5.00 Vermontville. Mrs. C. M. S. 1.00 White Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Garner $20; Mrs. W. G. 50c. 20.50

WISCONSIN, $201.37.

Beloit. Second Cong. Ch. $28.35.—Second Cong. Sab. Sch. $12.01, _for a Student, Fisk U._—W. P. 50c. 40.86 Fort Atkinson. Mrs. Caroline Smith 5.00 Geneva Lake. Presb. Ch. 20.00 Oshkosh. H. S. M. 0.50 Madison. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for a Student_ 25.00 Menasha. “A Friend” $15; Cong. Ch. $12.31 27.31 Milton. Cong. Ch. 7.67 Milwaukee. Plymouth Ch. 28.03 Raymond. T. Sands $5; C. S. Davis $1 6.00 Ripon. Rev. H. W. C. 0.50 Sheboygan. Mrs. L. H. Chase 10.50 Union Grove. Dr. A. 1.00 Waukesha. Cong. Ch. $24; V. Tichenor $5. 29.00

IOWA, $67.81.

Burlington. Mrs. Hannah Everall 5.00 Carroll. Rev. G. W. P. 0.50 Chester. Ladies’ Missionary Soc., bbl of C. and $2, _for freight_ 2.00 Clay. Cong. Ch. 5.50 Cresco. Cong. Ch. 6.40 Eldora. “Busy Bees” Cong. Sab. Sch. $10; Woman’s Cent. Soc. $4.85 14.85 Kellogg. Cong. Ch. 7.00 Lyons. “E. L. H.” 2.00 Muscatine. E. W. 0.50 Monroe. Cong. Ch. 3.56 Seneca. Rev. O. Littlefield and wife. 7.00 Sherrills’ Mount. Rev. J. R. 0.50 Sioux City. Wm. K. Smith. 3.00 Waltham. Wm. Mason 10.00

KANSAS, $47.38.

Albany. C. B. S. 0.50 Atchison. Cong. Ch. 18.00 Burlingame. M. S. L. 0.25 Manhattan. Cong. Ch. $16.43; Cong. Sab. Sch. (Missionary Gardens) $7.88; Rev. Roswell Parker $2.00 26.31 Reno Centre. Cong. Ch. 2.32

MINNESOTA, $113.46.

Austin. Cong. Ch. $16.08.—Cong. Sab. Sch. $8.55, _for a Student_ 24.63 Faribault. Cong. Ch. 19.60 Hamilton. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 28.33 Northfield. Cong. Sab. Sch. $10, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._—First Cong. Ch. $8.90 18.90 Spring Valley. Cong. Ch. 12.00

NEBRASKA, $8.50.

Fontanelle. By Rev. R. Gaylord 5.00 Wayland. Miss S. P. Locke 3.50

CALIFORNIA, $25.

San Francisco. Mrs. N. Gray 25.00

OREGON, $17.10.

Forest Grove. Cong. Ch. 7.50 The Dalles. Cong. Ch. 9.60

MARYLAND, $20.50.

Baltimore. W. K. Karson $10; R. K. H. 50c. 10.50 Federalsburgh. Sarah A. Beals 10.00

TENNESSEE, $412.50.

Chattanooga. Rent $112; Cong. Ch. $29 141.00 Memphis. Le Moyne Sch. 101.85 Nashville. Fisk University 169.65

NORTH CAROLINA, $212.14.

Raleigh. Public Fund $76.18; Washington Sch. $20.38; Cong. Ch. $2.50 99.06 Wilmington. Normal Sch. $106.75; Cong. Ch. $6.33 113.08

SOUTH CAROLINA, $186.50.

Charleston. Avery Inst. 186.50

ALABAMA, $305.05.

Athens. Trinity Sch. 68.50 Huntsville. Mr. J. H. C. 0.50 Mobile. Emerson Inst. 155.50 Selma. Cong. Ch. $7.75; First Cong. Ch. $6 13.75 Talladega. Talladega College 66.80

GEORGIA, $107.37.

Macon. Lewis High Sch. 23.50 Savannah. Beach Inst. 83.87

LOUISIANA, $107.25.

New Orleans. Straight University 107.25

MISSISSIPPI, $1,067.00.

Tougaloo. Public Fund 988.00 Tougaloo. Tougaloo University 79.00

MISSOURI, $5.00.

Saint Louis. Mrs. P. Chapman 5.00

INCOME FUND, $197.32.

Graves Library, Atlanta University 150.00 Avery Fund, _for Mendi Mission_ 47.32

SCOTLAND, $100.00.

Kilmarnock. John Stewart, _for a Teacher_ 100.00

CANADA, $4.04.

Paris. Mrs. N. Hamilton 4.04 —————————— Total $16,751.93

Total to Dec. 31st, 1877 $42,305.54 Of which for Debt 1,693.02 ——————————

Total, excluding amount for Debt 40,612.52 —————————— Total from Oct. 1st to Jan. 31st. $57,364.45

H. W. HUBBARD, _Ass’t Treas._

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RECEIVED FOR DEBT.

Wentworth, N. H. Ephraim Cook 5.00 Andover, Mass. John Smith 500.00 Springfield, Mass. “H. M.” 500.00 —— Mass. “A Worshipper at Indian Orchard” 500.00 Oxford, Mass. “S. C. P.” 100.00 Newburyport, Mass. “A Friend” 5.00 Hartford, Conn. Erastus Collins 200.00 Stanwich, Conn. Wm. Brush 100.00 Guilford, Conn. Mrs. Mary G. Chittenden 20.00 Chattanooga, Tenn. Band of Hope, No. 1. 30.00 Nashville, Tenn. Teachers, Workers and Students of Fisk University (ad’l) 8.00 Charleston, S. C. Avery Inst., Proceeds of Concert 38.60 Orangeburg S. C. Ladies’ Miss. Assn’n of Cong. Ch. 1.00 Florence, Ala. Cong. Ch. 5.00 Savannah, Ga. First Cong. Ch. 10.31 Louisville, Ga. First Cong. Ch. 0.40 —————————— $2,023.31 Previously acknowledged, Oct. 1st to Dec. 31st 1,693.02 —————————— Total to Jan’y 31st $3,716.33

FOR TILLOTSON C. AND N. INST., AUSTIN, TEXAS.

Exeter, N. H. Mrs. F. F. Olden $100.00 East Hampton, Mass. Mrs. Emily G. Williston 100.00 Middletown, Conn. Mrs. Anna H. Phillips. 22.00 —————————— Total $222.00

BUILDING FUND.

Kewanee, Ill. “A Friend,” _for Emerson Inst., Mobile, Ala._ 108.00 Talladega, Ala. Rev. E. P. Lord 10.00 —————————— Total $118.00

GREAT BRITAIN.

London, Eng. Freedmen’s Missions Aid Soc. £290 $1,422.45

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_The American Missionary Association._

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AIM AND WORK.

To preach the Gospel to the poor. It originated in a sympathy with the almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has devoted its main efforts to preparing the =FREEDMEN= for their duties as citizens and Christians in America and as missionaries in Africa. As closely related to this, it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted =CHINESE= in America, and to co-operate with the Government in its humane and Christian policy towards the =INDIANS=. It has also a mission in =AFRICA=.

STATISTICS.

=CHURCHES=: _In the South_—In Va., 1; N. C., 5; S. C., 2; Ga., 11; Ky., 5; Tenn., 4; Ala., 12; La., 12; Miss., 1; Kansas, 2; Texas, 4. _Africa_, 1. _Among the Indians_, 2. Total, 62.

=INSTITUTIONS FOUNDED, FOSTERED OR SUSTAINED IN THE SOUTH.= _Chartered_: Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega, Ala.; Atlanta, Ga.; Nashville, Tenn., Tougaloo, Miss.; New Orleans, La.; and Austin, Texas, 8; _Graded or Normal Schools_: at Wilmington, Raleigh, N. C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S. C.; Macon, Atlanta, Ga.; Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala; Memphis, Tenn.; 11; _Other Schools_, 7. Total, 26.

=TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS=—Among the Freedmen, 209; among the Chinese, 17; among the Indians, 16; in foreign lands, 10. Total, 252. =STUDENTS=—In Theology, 74; Law, 8; in College Course, 79; in other studies, 5,243. Total, 5,404. Scholars taught by former pupils of our schools, estimated at 100,000. =INDIANS= under the care of the Association, 13,000.

WANTS.

1. A steady =INCREASE= of regular income to keep pace with the growing work in the South. This increase can only be reached by _regular_ and _larger_ contributions from the churches—the feeble as well as the strong.

2. =ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS= for our higher educational institutions, to accomodate the increasing numbers of students; =MEETING HOUSES=, for the new churches we are organizing; =MORE MINISTERS=, cultured and pious, for these churches.

3. =HELP FOR YOUNG MEN=, to be educated as ministers here and missionaries to Africa—a pressing want.

Before sending boxes, always correspond with the nearest A. M. A. office, as below.