Part 6

Amboy. Mrs. D. W. Slauter 1.50 Canton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00 Chicago. Sab. Sch. of Plymouth Cong. Ch., $25, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._—Mrs. S. P. H. 50c. 25.50 Hutsonville. C. V. Newton 2.00 Ivanhoe. R. Osgood 5.00 Lafayette. Mrs. D. J. H. 2.00 Lake Forest. Mrs. S. B. Williams, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00 Moline. F. H. Williams 14.00 Morrison. Cong. Ch. 21.51 Newark. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Oak Park. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 10.00 Odell. Cong. Ch. 8.25 Payson. Cong. Ch. (of which $50 from J. K. Scarborough) 80.00 Peoria. Cong. Ch. (in part) 22.92 Solon Mills. R. R. C. 1.00 South Holland. Rev. A. B. 0.50

MICHIGAN, $290.60.

Ada. T. I. H. 1.00 Adrian. Stephen Allen 5.00 Allegan. J. M. McCord, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00 Almont. Ladies of Cong. Soc. $5; Mrs. H. G. (Romeo) $1, _for a Missionary, Memphis, Tenn._ (Incorrectly ack. in August Mag.) Alpena. “A Friend,” _for Indian Boy, Hampton N. and A. Inst._ 25.00 Ann Arbor. First Cong. Ch. $23.50; Isaac Elliott $5 28.50 Armada. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.48 Battle Creek. Mrs. Dr. J. B. Chapin 3.00 Benzonia. W. B. $1; “A Friend” 50c. 1.50 Bellevue. “A Little Band of Cheerful Givers in First Cong. Soc.” $11.30, by Mrs. H. L. Berry. (Ack. incorrectly in Sept. number from Bellevue, Ohio.) Detroit. Rev. H. D. Kitchell $25; “A Friend” $21.40; Miss H. $1, _for Missionary, Memphis, Tenn._ 47.40 Galesburg. First Ch. of Christ, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 35.00 Grand Haven. Cong. Ch. 1.00 Leland. Rev. G. T. 1.00 Litchfield. Cong. Ch., to const. F. C. MEAD L. M. 31.00 New Baltimore. Miss Hattie Milton, _for Missionary, Memphis, Tenn._ 7.00 Northport. Cong. Ch. 11.72 Rochester. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., _for Missionary, Memphis, Tenn._ 3.00 Union City. “A Friend,” (in part) to const. AARON C. HENDERSON L. M. 40.00 Vermontville. L. P. D. 1.00 White Lake. Robert Garner $10; John Garner $5 15.00

WISCONSIN, $103.78.

Burlington. Plymouth Ch. (in part) 11.35 Delavan. Cong. Ch. 12.00 Elk Grove. Cong. Ch. 8.25 Fort Howard. Cong. Ch. 15.00 Fox Lake. Cong. Ch. 6.00 Leeds. Cong. Ch. 3.85 Milwaukee. Spring St. Cong. Ch. 19.10 River Falls. Cong. Ch. 9.66 Waukesha. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 7.00 Windsor. Cong. Ch. 11.57

IOWA, $200.84.

Burlington. Cong. Ch. 34.11 Davenport. Edwards Cong. Ch. 72.00 Fort Madison. Francis Sawyer 10.00 Grinnell. Cong. Ch. 60.00 McGregor. Woman’s Miss. Soc. 14.56 Oskaloosa. M. B. Turner, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 2.17 Wintersett. Sarah Dinsmore 8.00

MINNESOTA, $109.30.

Afton. Cong. Ch. 3.50 Audubon. Cong. Ch. 2.84 Minneapolis. Sab. Sch. of Plymouth Cong. Ch. $25; Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. $17, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._—Plymouth Ch. $17.55 59.55 Northfield. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 39.41 Sleepy Eye. Cong. Ch. 4.00

KANSAS, $2.

Burlington. John Morris 2.00

NEBRASKA, $15.50.

Brewer Crossing. Mrs. E. T. 1.00 Omaha. Cong. Ch. 14.50

MISSOURI, $1.50.

Ironton. J. Markham 1.50

NORTH CAROLINA, $93.54.

Raleigh. Public Fund. $75; Washington Sch. $18.54 93.54

GEORGIA, 45c.

Woodville. Pilgrim Ch., _for Mendi M._ 0.45

ALABAMA, $567.11.

Montgomery. Public Fund $181.26; H. A. L. 50c. 181.76 Talladega. Talladega College. $185.35; Rev. E. P. Lord $200 385.35

MISSISSIPPI, $5.

Tougaloo. Rev. G. S. Pope 5.00

SCOTLAND, $105.

Edinburgh. Adam Parsons $100; Mrs. Wm. Lillie $5 105.00

TURKEY, $5.

—— “A Wanderer” 5.00 —————————— Total 9,086.64 Total from Oct. 1st to August 31st. $151,757.14

H. W. HUBBARD, _Ass’t Treas._

RECEIVED FOR DEBT.

Goffstown, N. H. M. A. Stinson 5.00 Conway, Mass. Rev. A. Shirley 1.00 Collinsville, Conn. “Friends” 3.00 Fairfield, Conn. First Cong. Ch. 5.00 New Haven, Conn. E. Pendleton 20.00 Putnam, Conn. “A Friend” 17.50 South Britain, Conn. P. B. Averill 10.00 West Hartford, Conn. M. A. Ellsworth 5.00 New York, N. Y. “A Friend” 100.00 Andover, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Case, $10 ea. 20.00 Bell Brook, Ohio. Daniel Holmes 10.00 Berea, Ohio. J. S. Smedley 10.00 Cleveland, Ohio. “A Memorial” 250.00 Sandusky, Ohio. Mrs. S. B. Caldwell 10.00 Toledo, Ohio. Mrs. M. A. Harrington 10.00 New Corydon, Ind. Geo. Stolz 10.00 Logansport, Ind. Mrs. J. C. Merriam 5.00 Dwight, Ill. J. C. Hetzel 25.00 Elgin, Ill. W. G. Hubbard 50.00 Milan, Ill. Mrs. J. M. N. Daniels 1.00 Moline, Ill. John Deere 25.00 Plymouth, Ill. L. A. Cook 5.00 Polo, Ill. Mrs. R. M. Pearson 5.00 Princeton, Ill. Mrs. A. R. Clapp 50.00 Princeton, Ill. Mrs. P. B. Corss 20.00 Alpena, Mich. “Friends” 25.00 Hillsdale, Mich. Mrs. H. I. Mead 5.25 Imlay, Mich. Mrs. N. D. Glidden 5.00 Olivet, Mich. W. B. Palmer 50.00 Olivet, Mich. Mrs. H. L. Porter 5.00 Marion, Iowa. Mrs. R. D. Stevens 25.00 Marion, Iowa. Miss Mary Stevens 5.00 Marion, Iowa. Miss Louise Stevens 5.00 Marion, Iowa. Master Redman Stevens 5.00 Appleton, Wis. Miss Ann S. Kimball 20.00 Appleton, Wis. “Ruth” 10.00 Bristol, Wis. Charles M. Fowler 10.00 Fort Howard, Wis. Mrs. C. L. A. Tank 50.00 —————— 892.75 Previously acknowledged in July Receipts 13,215.47 —————————— Total $14,108.22

RECEIVED FOR TILLOTSON C. AND N. INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS.

Bridgeport, Conn. MRS. MARY BISHOP, to const. herself L. M. 50.00 Bridgeport, Conn. S. C. KINGMAN, to const. herself L. M. 30.00 Chester, Conn. Dea. E. C. Hungerford 30.00 Greenwich, Conn. Miss Sarah Mead 100.00 Greenwich, Conn. Dea. Josiah Wilcox 25.00 Greenwich, Conn. Miss Hannah Mead 20.00 Greenwich, Conn. Richard B. Carpenter 10.00 Greenwich, Conn. E. A. Knapp 10.00 Greenwich, Conn. Mrs. Eliza Clark 5.00 Greenwich, Conn. Mrs. A. S. Downes 1.00 Harwinton, Conn. Mrs. F. S. Catlin 10.00 New Hartford, Conn. Dea. H. W. Brown 10.00 New Hartford, Conn. Mrs. H. W. Brown 3.00 Plymouth, Conn. George Langdon 10.00 Rocky Hill, Conn. Mrs. A. Williams 1.00 Winsted, Conn. C. J. Camp 25.00 Rockland, Mass. Mrs. Rachel B. Reed 30.00 Pekin, N. Y. MISS A. PECK, to const. herself L. M. 30.00 Purchase, N. Y. Mrs. Maria Willets 10.00 Purchase, N. Y. Mrs. Sarah W. Collins 10.00 Purchase, N. Y. Miss Sarah Collins 1.00 Onargo, Ill. Mrs. L. C. Foster 20.00 Olivet, Mich. William B. Palmer 200.00 —————— 641.00 Previously acknowledged April Receipts 824.00 —————— $1,465.00

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.

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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.

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