Part 6

Benzonia. First Cong. Ch. 22.50 Charlotte. First Cong. Ch. 61.44 Chelsea. John C. Winans 5.00 Grand Rapids. “Friends.” 7.00 Ludington. Cong. Ch. 7.75 New Haven. Cong Sab. Sch. _for Lady Missionary, Memphis, Tenn._ 5.05 Romeo. Miss T. S. Clark, $5; Mrs. Reed’s S. S. Class, 20c. _for Lady Missionary, Memphis, Tenn._ 5.20

WISCONSIN, $24.21.

Brandon. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.50 Fox Lake. Cong. Ch. 14.21 Genoa Junction. Cong. Ch. 4.00 Racine. S. M. D. 0.50

IOWA. $99.66.

Anamosa. Cong. Ch. $9.13, and Sab. Sch. $4.07 13.20 Centre Point. Cong. Ch. 1.50 Cincinnati. L. B. Holbrook 5.00 Cresco. Cong. Ch. 5.00 Danville. Mrs. Harriet Huntington 5.00 Earlville. Cong Ch. 10.00 Grinnell. Prof. F. P Brewer, _for Washington School, Raleigh, N. C._ 5.00 Humboldt. L. K. Lorbeer, $2; Mrs. L. A. W., $1 3.00 Muscatine. Cong. Ch. $22.60; and Sab. Sch. $15 37.60 Toledo. Cong. Ch. 4.36 Winterset. Mrs. Esther Burroughs 10.00

KANSAS, $10.00.

Quindaro. Rev. E. L. Hill 5.00 Waushara. Cong. Ch. 5.00

MINNESOTA, $44.14.

Alexandria. Q. L. Dowd 5.00 Faribault. Cong. Ch. 30.12 Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 9.02

COLORADO, $18.27.

Colorado Springs. Cong. Ch. 18.00 Idaho Springs. A. R. J. 0.27

CALIFORNIA, $562.50.

San Francisco. Receipts of the California Chinese Mission 562.50

TENNESSEE, $163.50.

Chattanooga. Cong. Ch. 1.75 Memphis. Le Moyne Sch. 161.75

NORTH CAROLINA, $100.65.

Raleigh. Washington Sch. 23.85 Wilmington. Normal School 76.80

SOUTH CAROLINA, $271.19.

Charleston. Avery Inst. 269.10 Charleston. Cong. Ch., _for Mendi M._ 2.09

GEORGIA, $574.18.

Atlanta. Storrs School 205.85 Atlanta. Atlanta U. 113.25 Brunswick. Risley Sch., _for Mendi M._ 1.34 Macon. Lewis High Sch. 60.90 McIntosh. Richard Waring, $3; N. J. Norman and J. Ashmore, $2 each; J. O., L. D., P. W. and J. W. R., $1 each _for Dorchester Academy_ 11.00 Savannah. Beach Inst., $159.24; Cong. Sab. Sch., $2.60; “A Friend,” $20 181.84

ALABAMA, $306.86.

Marion. Cong. Ch. 8.51 Mobile. Emerson Inst. 123.35 Montgomery. Public Fund 175.00

MISSISSIPPI, $538.70.

Forest. Alfred Strong, _for Tougaloo U._ 5.00 Tougaloo. Pub. Sch. Fund 500.00 Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., $31.45;--I. C. Barnes, $2.25, _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 33.70

LOUISIANA, $214.50.

New Orleans. Straight U., $164.50; Cong. Ch., $50 214.50

CANADA, $5.50.

Sherbrooke. Rev. A. Duff 5.50

SCOTLAND, $200.

Glasgow. Mrs. Ann McDowall, _for a Teacher_ 200.00 --------- Total 12,678.17 Total from Oct. 1st to June 30th $117,276.72

H. W. HUBBARD, _Asst. Treas._

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RECEIVED FOR DEBT.

Lee, Mass. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 100.00 Jersey City, N. J. “A Friend” 30.00 ------- Total $130.00 Previously acknowledged in May receipts 25,718.72 -------- Total $25,848.72

FOR TILLOTSON NORMAL AND COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS.

East Windsor, Conn. Miss Semantha Wells 25.00 Hartford, Conn. Roland Mather 100.00 New Britain, Conn. J. A. Kelsey 1.00 New Haven, Conn. Mrs. T. D. Wheeler, $30; Atwater Treat., $10 40.00 Princeville, Ill. MRS. CLIVE L. CUTLER, to const. herself L. M. 30.00 -------- Total 196.00 Previously acknowledged in April receipts 2,201.17 -------- Total $2,397.17

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FOR NEGRO REFUGEES.

Saint Albans, Vt. Mrs. J. Gregory Smith 10.00 Andover, Mass. Students of Phillips Academy 3.00 Sherman, Conn. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.19 Jefferson, N. Y. Mrs. Susannah Ruliffson 2.00 Langsingville, N. Y. Mrs. M. T. Fletcher 5.00 Ludlowville, N. Y. Sydney S. Todd 5.00 Chicago, Ill. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. of New Eng. Cong. Ch. 25.32 Jacksonville, Ill. Rev. Eli Corwin 5.00 Woodworth, Wis. Cong. Ch. 7.00 Dover, Iowa. Mrs. C. P. Atkinson 5.00 -------- Total 74.51 Previously acknowledged in May receipts 236.88 -------- Total $311.39

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FOR ARTHINGTON MISSION.

Union Falls, N. Y. Francis E. Duncan $15.00 Previously acknowledged in April receipts 20.00 -------- Total $35.00

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RECEIPTS OF THE CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION.

E. PALACHE, Treasurer.

_From March 20th to June 20th, 1879._

1. From Auxiliary Missions: Petaluma (Miss M. C. Waterbury) $15.00 Sacramento (Chinese) 30.00 Santa Barbara: Chinese Collection $15.00 Annual memberships (Gin Ah Foy, $2; Yee Ling Foung, $2; Gin Ah Toy, $2; Gin Ah Soo, $2; Gin Ah Sing, $2; Gin Ah Foo, $2) 12.00 ------ 27.00 Stockton: Mrs. M. C. Brown 2.00 Chinese 5.50 ------ 7.50 ------ Total 79.50 2. From churches: Oakland (First Cong.) 12.00 San Francisco: First Congregational 30.00 Third Congregational 5.50 Bethany Congregational 7.50 ------ 43.00 ------ Total 55.00

3. From individuals: Grass Valley, Mrs. H. Scott 2.00 Rio Vista. Mrs. A. J. Gardner 1.00 San Francisco: A. J. S., _for Barnes’ Mission House_ 5.00 Rev. John Kimball 10.00 Messrs. Balfour Guthrie & Co. 100.00 S. Williamson, Esq., of Liverpool, Eng. 50.00 Alexander Balfour, of Liverpool, Eng. 50.00 Messrs. C. Adolphe Low & Co. (two donations) 45.00 Hon. F. F. Low 25.00 ------ 285.00 ------ Total 288.00

4. From Eastern Friends: Amherst, Mass., Mrs. Rhoda A. Lester (a thank-offering) 100.00 Bradford, Mass., Miss E. M. Benson 10.00 Groveland, Mass., Mrs. E. Merrill 5.00 Norwich, Conn., Mrs. Sarah A. Huntington (_for Barnes’ Mission House_), to const. REV. L. T. CHAMBERLAIN a L. M. 25.00 ------ Total 140.00 ------ Grand Total $562.50

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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., 12; Ky., 7; Tenn., 4; Ala., 13; La., 12; Miss., 1; Kansas, 2; Texas, 5. _Africa_, 1. _Among the Indians_, 1. Total 66.

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_, 18. Total 37.

TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS.--Among the Freedmen, 231; among the Chinese, 17; among the Indians, 17; in Africa, 14. Total, 279. STUDENTS--In Theology, 88; LAW, 17; in College Course, 106; in other studies, 7,018. Total, 7,229. 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 accommodate 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.

NEW YORK H. W. Hubbard, Esq., 56 Reade Street. BOSTON Rev. C. L. Woodworth, Room 21, Congregational House. CHICAGO Rev. Jas. Powell, 112 West Washington Street.

MAGAZINE.

This Magazine will be sent, gratuitously, if desired, to the Missionaries of the Association; to Life Members; to all clergymen who take up collections for the Association; to Superintendents of Sabbath Schools; to College Libraries; to Theological Seminaries; to Societies of Inquiry on Missions; and to every donor who does not prefer to take it as a subscriber, and contributes in a year not less than five dollars.

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OUR ANNUAL MEETING.

The Thirty-third Annual Meeting of the American Missionary Association will be held in Chicago, Illinois, by invitation of the Congregational churches of that city, commencing on Tuesday, October 28th, at 3 P. M.

The local Committee of Arrangements, representing each Congregational Church in the city, has already at a preliminary meeting decided to hold the meetings in the First Congregational Church (Rev. E. P. Goodwin, D. D., Pastor), which has been offered with most cordial unanimity for the use of the Anniversary.

The sermon will be preached by the Rev. Richard S. Storrs, D.D., of the Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Further announcements of arrangements and programme will be made later.

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YESTERDAY’S WORK.

We point to the record of results of our work among the Freedmen during the last fifteen years, as indicating a degree of progress and an amount of fruitage rarely equaled in the same length of time. We base our claims for generous gifts, now and in the years to come, upon this showing, confident that this is the best argument we can make. Is it too much to claim to have been faithful over a few things, or to ask that we be trusted with what may be needful for the many which are at hand?

TO-MORROW’S WANT.