Part 5

Abington. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l), $3; S. P. L. 50c. 3.50 Amherst. Church in Amherst College 35.30 Andover. Chapel Cong. Ch. $75.39; “A Friend,” $10; Miss H. E. Whittier, bbl. of C. 85.39 Beverly. Dane St. Ch. and Soc. 8.15 Boston. Eliot Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 20.00 Brimfield. Second Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00 Brockton. 2 bbls. C. by Lizzie F. Trow, _for Tougaloo U._ Brookline. Harvard Cong. Ch. 97.29 Charlestown. Winthrop Cong. Ch. and Soc. _for Hampton N. and A. Inst._ 70.00 Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 63.38 Curtisville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.75 Dover. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.00 East Hampton. Payson Cong. Sab. Sch. 50.00 England. Miss S. L. Ropes 10.00 Falmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.50 Fall River. Central Cong. Ch. 1.50 Framingham. Plymouth Cong. Sab. Sch. 24.50 Gardner. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 Georgetown. Memorial Cong. Ch. 27.05 Hadley. Thomas P. Carleton 2.00 Haverhill. John Kendrick, $10; Mrs. L. P. F., 50c.;--Industrial Soc. of North Ch., bbl. of valuable bedding, _for Tougaloo U._ 10.50 Holliston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.60 Holyoke. Second Cong. Ch. 17.90 Hingham. Ev. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.98 Lexington. Hancock Cong. Ch. 14.24 Lowell. Kirk St. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 224.55 Lowell. High St. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.83 Malden. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 44.25 Maplewood. Free Christian Ch. 2.25 Middlefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.00 Millbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 56.49 North Adams. Cong. Ch. 81.66 New Bedford. North Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 10.00 Newburyport. Whitfield Cong. Ch. 10.87 Newton. Eliot Ch. 125.00 Newtonville. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc., $26.17; Mrs. J. W. Hayes, $25 51.17 North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00 Northbridge. Phebe S. Marsh 5.00 North Somerville. “A Friend” 2.00 Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 34.70 Petersham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.25 Pittsfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.47 Reading. Rev. W. H. Willcox, _for Emerson Inst._ 20.00 Rockland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 70.00 South Abington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.73 Southborough. P. E. Ch. and Soc. 16.99 South Deerfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.50 South Hadley. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.00 South Weymouth. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc., $40; Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., $45, bal. to const. MRS. MARIA J. LOUD and FRANK W. WALLIS, L. M.’s 85.00 Springfield. First Cong. Ch., $39.85; South Ch., $23.02; Mrs. Bowdoin, $10; Ira Merrill, $5; Mrs. A. C. Hunt, $5 82.87 Sterling. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.39 Sturbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $32.45, and Sab. Sch., $14.15 46.60 Templeton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $20.15; L. R. and C. C. Shattuck, $3; Mrs. W., $1 24.15 Waltham. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $82.74; N. Scamman, $2 84.74 Waverley. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.66 West Barnstable. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 Westborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ($5 of which from Mrs. Samuel Griggs), 12.31 West Boylston. Miss Polly Ames and Geo. W. Ames, $3 each 6.00 West Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.72 Wilbraham.--by Chas. Marsh. Treas. H. B. A. 10.70 Williamsburgh. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.52 Williamstown. First Cong. Ch., $15.57; A. M. M., 50c. 16.07 Winchendon. “F. T. J.” 5.00 Wollaston Heights. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00 Worcester. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc. 145.99 Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $50;--Cong. Sab. Sch., $10.07, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 60.07

RHODE ISLAND, $85.65.

Central Falls. Cong. Ch. 85.65 Pawtucket. Robert Cushman, Organ and freight

CONNECTICUT, $1,500.26.

Berlin. Second Cong. Ch. 19.79 Bethel. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00 Bethlehem. H. B. 0.50 Bristol. Mrs. J. R. H. 0.50 Colchester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.00 Durham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 28.00 East Haven. Cong. Ch. 30.00 East Hartford. First Ch. 30.00 Farmington. Cong. Ch. 40.08 Glastenbury. First Cong. Ch. 125.00 Gilead. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Brown 5.00 Goshen. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00 Granby. First Cong. Ch. 6.50 Guilford. Daniel Hand 100.00 Hanover. Cong. Ch., to const. JAMES W. CUTLER, L. M. 37.52 Hartford. First Cong. Ch., $295; Asylum Hill Cong. Ch., $135; Windsor Ave. Cong. Ch. $22 452.00 Lebanon. First Ch. 56.67 Meriden. First Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 1.25 Millington. Cong. Ch. 3.63 New Haven. Amos Townsend, $50; B. P., $1; Third Cong. Ch., $24.71 75.71 Northfield. Cong. Ch. 28.75 North Stonington. Cong. Sab. Sch. 2.00 Norwich. First Cong. Ch. (in part) 112.00 Old Lyme. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.00 Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch. 14.76 Poquonock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.25 Salisbury. Cong. Ch. 59.91 South Coventry. Cong. Ch. 37.50 Terryville. Elizur Fenn and Mrs. Elizur Fenn, $5 ea. 10.00 Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 41.55 Vernon. Mrs. E. P. 1.00 West Haven. Mrs. Kimball and Mrs. Coe, $5 ea.; Dr. Painter’s S. S. Class, $1.13 11.13 Wilton. Cong. Ch. 27.09 Windsor. Cong. Ch. 50.00 Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. 13.17

NEW YORK, $2,471.35.

Binghamton. Chas. A. Beach 25.00 Brooklyn. Central Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., $30, to const. HON. W. W. WHEELER, L. M., _for Missionary at Charleston, S. C._; also $50 _for Rev. Geo. Henry, Fernandina, Fla._ 80.00 Camden. Cong. Ch., $23.61; and Sab. Sch., $10 33.61 Carthage. Cong. Ch. 2.03 Champlain. Pres. and Cong. Ch. 21.60 Columbus. Box of books and papers by O. S. Williams East Bloomfield. Cong. Soc. 39.00 Fairport. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00 Freeport. Rev. C. F. Boynton, _for Emerson Inst._ 6.00 Gaines. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $27.21, and Sab. Sch., $8.61, to const. MRS. LEANDER BIDELMAN, L. M. 35.82 Harlem. Cong. Ch. 11.46 Kingsborough. J. W. 1.00 Lima. Chas. D. Miner, Geo. Thayer and Geo. W. Thayer, $5 each; Mrs. A. E. M., $1; Mrs. L. T. B., $1 17.00 Madison. Cong. Ch. 7.00 Marcellus. “A Friend.” 20.00 Newark Valley. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.18 New York. Tabernacle Ch. (ad’l), $1; J. A. V. A., 65c.; A Deceased Friend, by E. S. H., bag of C. 1.65 North Bergen. Rev. S. Carver 10.00 Onandaga Valley. A. L. G. 1.00 Owasco. Mrs. A. S. 1.00 Perry. “A Friend.” 10.00 Poughkeepsie. Mrs. M. J. Myers 25.00 Randolph. Mrs. Diantha C. Bush, deceased 2000.00 Rensselaer Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.00 Spencerport. Sarah Vannest 15.00 Syracuse. “An Old Friend,” to const. G. B. DOUD, L. M. 30.00 West Farms. Mrs. A. Woods, pkg. of books

NEW JERSEY, $29.35.

Newark. Belleville Av. Cong. Ch. 19.35 Parsippany. Mrs. Jane W. Force 10.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $131.

Canton. H. Sheldon 5.00 Millbrook. Rev. G. S. 1.00 Philadelphia. Mrs. S. L. Chester 5.00 ---- “For Jesus” 120.00

OHIO, $332.59.

Ashland. John Thompson. 2.28 Berea. Cong. Ch. 3.80 Charlestown. Cong. Ch. 9.50 Cincinnati. Columbia Cong. Ch. 14.10 Cleveland. Euclid Av. Cong. Ch. 14.04 Cuyahoga Falls. Cong. Ch., $13.85, and Sab. Sch., $8.51 22.36 Grafton. Mrs. Sally Tuttle 5.00 Harmar. Cong. Ch. 54.60 Hudson. By H. E. Riker 4.95 Huntsburgh. Cong. Ch., _for Emerson Inst._ 0.50 Jersey. Mrs. Lucinda Sinnet, $50; Mrs M. H., $1 51.00 Lodi. Cong. Ch., $9; Ladies’ Miss. Soc. $1 10.00 Mantua. Cong. Ch. 4.00 Mesopotamia. S. O. Lyman 15.00 Newark. “A Friend” 1.00 Oberlin. Second Cong. Sab. Sch. $30, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._;--Second Cong. Ch. $10; Mrs. J. F. B. $1 41.00 Painesville. First Cong. Ch. (of which $1.50 from Mrs. Albert Morley _for Straight U._). 30.21 Randolph. W. J. Dickinson 10.00 Ravenna. Cong. Ch. 22.67 Rootstown. C. S. S. 0.51 Springfield. O. H. Anderson, $10; First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $6.07 16.07

INDIANA, $86.12.

Fort Wayne. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 15.00 Michigan City. Cong. Ch. 71.12

ILLINOIS, $919.97.

Belvidere. M. C. Foote 2.00 Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. 4.00 Chicago. Col. C. G. Hammond. _for Howard U._ 500.00 Creston. A. B. McCrea 5.00 Elmwood. Cong. Ch. $24.05; Mrs. I. B. Reede, $10 34.05 Farmington. Cong. Ch. 80.14 Greenville. Cong. Ch. 2.00 Hennepin. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Hutsonville. C. V. Newton 2.00 Kewanee. Woman’s Miss. Soc. _for Tougaloo U._ 2.00 Malden. Cong. Ch. 20.00 Mendon. Cong. Ch. 29.00 Newark. Horace Day and Wife 5.00 Oak Park. Cong Ch., $45.10; Geo. Van Zant, $10 55.10 Ottawa. Cong. Ch. 35.28 Paxton. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Shaw 5.00 Peru. First Cong. Ch. 16.50 Port Byron. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. 5.50 Providence. Benj. Dexter 10.00 Saint Charles. Dean Ferson 2.00 Sparta. P. B. Gault 2.00 Sycamore. First Cong. Ch., $85.90; “A Friend,” $3 88.90 Wayne Station. Cong. Ch. 4.50

MICHIGAN, $473.06.

Canandaigua. Cong. Ch. 4.60 Homestead. Morris Case 5.00 Jackson. “A Friend,” $300; Cong. Ch., $38; Miss Eliza Page, $30, to const. MISS S. LOUISE OVIATT, L. M. 368.00 Littlefield. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. of Cong. Ch. 11.55 Morenci. Cong. Ch. 6.00 Northport. Cong. Ch. 5.08 Port Huron. First Cong. Ch. 42.00 Saint Clair. Cong. Ch. 15.83 Warren. Rev J. L. Beebe 5.00 White Lake. Robert Garner 10.00

WISCONSIN, $402.67.

Alderly. Mrs. E. Hubbard, $3; Mrs. Ann Reid, $2 5.00 Appleton. Mrs. Ann S. Kimball 25.00 Beloit. First Cong. Ch. 170.57 Brant. Mrs. E. W. Scott 4.45 Burlington. Cong. Ch. 4.91 Clinton. Cong. Ch. 23.75 East Troy. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Genesee. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Geneva Lake. Presb. Ch. 12.00 Leeds. Cong. Ch. 5.04 Madison. First Cong. Ch. 50.00 Milwaukee. Spring St. Cong. Ch. 22.58 New Richmond. First Cong. Ch. 22.06 Racine. Mrs. E B 0.51 Waukesha. First Cong. Ch. 20.00 Windsor. Cong. Ch. 16.80

IOWA, $466.02.

Bellevue. Cong. Ch. 3.25 Davenport. Edwards Cong. Ch. 100.00 Denmark. Cong. Ch., $28.37, and Sab. Sch., $21.63 50.00 Dubuque. Cong. Ch. 13.00 Farragut. Cong. Ch. 17.85 Franklin. Cong. Ch. 5.37 Grinnell. Ladies, proceeds sale of lace work 17.55 Keokuk. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $31;--N. N. M., 50c., _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 31.50 Manchester. Cong. Ch. 21.00 McGregor. Women’s Miss. Soc. 15.78 New Hampton. Women’s Cent. Soc. 2.00 Orchard. Cong. Ch. 4.30 Osage. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. 5.53 Postville. Cong. Ch. 13.89 Tabor. ESTATE of D. E. Woods, by Rev. John Todd 165.00

KANSAS, $14.25.

Manhattan. Mrs. Mary Parker 2.00 Onaga. Cong. Ch. 7.25 Wildcat. Mrs. S. D. Pierce 5.00

MINNESOTA, $261.93.

Austin. Cong. Ch. 16.96 Minneapolis. “Friends,” $150; Plymouth Ch., $22.11; Second Cong. Ch., $3 175.11 Northfield. First Cong. Ch. 52.66 Paynesville. By R. C. L. 1.00 Spring Valley. C. W. M. and Wife, $9.20; Cong. Ch., $7 16.20

DAKOTA, $1.12.

Valley Springs. Jubilee Concert Exercise 1.12

CALIFORNIA, $50.

San Francisco. Rev. J. Rowell 50.00

WASHINGTON TERRITORY, $9.25.

White River. Cong. Ch. 9.25

TENNESSEE, $156.

Memphis. Le Moyne Sch. 156.00

NORTH CAROLINA, $55.10.

Dudley. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Raleigh. Washington Sch. 45.10

SOUTH CAROLINA, $265.90.

Charleston. Avery Inst. 265.90

GEORGIA, $210.16.

Atlanta. Storrs Sch. $190.50; Coll. $1 191.50 Macon. Lewis High Sch. 8.30 Liberty Co. Judge A. E. Fulton $5; Sam’l Osgood $2; Dorchester Cong. Sab. Sch. $1.06; Others, $2.30, _for Dorchester Academy_ 10.36

ALABAMA, $466.70.

Athens. Pub. Sch. Fund 158.00 Mobile. Emerson Inst. 160.80 Montgomery. First Cong. Ch. 100.00 Talladega. Talladega Coll. 47.90

LOUISIANA, $1.50.

Carrollton. Mrs. C. J. 0.50 New Orleans. Mrs. B. C. 1.00

MISSISSIPPI, $35.75.

Durant. E. W. _for Tougaloo U._ 0.50 Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., $27.25; M. H. Scott, $5;--K. K. Koons for Student Aid, $3 35.25

MISSOURI, $46.54

Amity. Cong. Ch. 4.50 Saint Louis. Mrs. Rebecca Webb, $25; First Cong. Ch. $17.04 42.04

INCOME FUND, $295.50.

Avery Fund 195.50 C. F. Dike Fund 50.00 General Fund 50.00

CANADA, $1.

Guelph. Rev. J. H. 1.00

SCOTLAND, $79.86.

Perth. North United Presb. Ch., Subscriptions, £14; “Friend,” 10s.; I. Balman, _for Chinese M. in Cal._, £2, by D. Morton 79.86 ---------- Total 11,970.60 Total from Oct. 1st to July 31st $129,247.32

H. W. HUBBARD, _Asst. Treas._

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RECEIVED FOR DEBT.

Greenville, Conn. Cong. Ch. $25.00 Jersey City, N. J. “A Friend” 20.00 Scotland. “A. P.” 1,000.00 --------- Total 1,045.00 Previously acknowledged in June receipts. 25,848.72 --------- Total $26,893.72

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FOR NEGRO REFUGEES.

Meriden, Conn. Centre Cong. Ch. $25.00 Paw Paw, Ill. First Union Ch. 10.00 ------ Total 35.00 Previously acknowledged in June receipts 311.39 ------- Total $346.39

Constitution of the American Missionary Association.

INCORPORATED JANUARY 30, 1849.

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ART. I. This Society shall be called “THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.”

ART. II. The object of this Association shall be to conduct Christian missionary and educational operations, and to diffuse a knowledge of the Holy Scriptures in our own and other countries which are destitute of them, or which present open and urgent fields of effort.

ART. III. Any person of evangelical sentiments,[A] who professes faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, who is not a slaveholder, or in the practice of other immoralities, and who contributes to the funds, may become a member of the Society; and by the payment of thirty dollars, a life member; provided that children and others who have not professed their faith may be constituted life members without the privilege of voting.

ART. IV. This Society shall meet annually, in the month of September, October or November, for the election of officers and the transaction of other business, at such time and place as shall be designated by the Executive Committee.

ART. V. The annual meeting shall be constituted of the regular officers and members of the Society at the time of such meeting, and of delegates from churches, local missionary societies, and other co-operating bodies, each body being entitled to one representative.

ART. VI. The officers of the Society shall be a President, Vice-Presidents, a Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretaries, Treasurer, two Auditors, and an Executive Committee of not less than twelve, of which the Corresponding Secretaries shall be advisory, and the Treasurer ex-officio, members.