Part 11

Andover. O. B. Case 10.00 Beloit. J. S. and M. H. 50c. ea. 1.00 Berea. Cong. Ch. 4.36 Cincinnati. G. W. F. 1.00 Cleveland. Euclid Ave. Cong. Ch., $15.58, First Cong. Ch., $14 29.58 Fredericktown. A. H. Royce 10.00 Garretsville. HARVEY PIKE, to const. himself L. M. 30.00 Gomer. Welsh Cong. Ch. 50.31 Jersey. Mrs. Lucinda Sinnett 12.00 Lafayette. Cong. Ch. 5.34 Lenox. A. J. Holman 10.00 Mecca. Cong. Ch. 6.00 Medina. First Cong. Ch., to const. C. J. RYDER, L. M. 37.45 Newark. Welsh Cong. Ch. 12.81 New Richland. Elizabeth Johnston 2.00 Norwalk. “A Friend” 5.00 Oberlin. Ladies of Second Cong. Ch., by Mrs. Dr. Allen, _for Lady Missionary, Atlanta, Ga._, $75;—Second Cong. Ch., $20.48 95.48 Plainsville. C. O. H. 0.50 Plain. Cong. Ch., $10, Woman’s Miss. Soc. of Cong. Ch., $14.50 24.50 Saint Clairsville. Wm. Lee, Sr. 2.00 Saybrook. Cong. Ch. (in part), $20, by Rev. A. D. Barber;—District No. 3, $10, _for Student Aid_; “A Friend,” $1.25, _for new building, Tougaloo Inst._, by Miss E. A. Johnson 31.25 Sheffield. By Wm. A. Day 8.00 Steuben. Mrs. M. M. A. 1.00 Twinsburgh. L. W. and R. F. Green 5.00 Wellington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00 York. Cong. Ch. 12.66 Youngstown. “A Friend” 1.00

INDIANA, $25.38.

Bloomfield. “Friends” _for McLeansville, N. C._ 0.30 Cincinnati. “Friends” _for McLeansville, N. C._ 0.30 Solsberry. “Friends” _for McLeansville, N. C._ 8.72 South Bend. R. Burroughs 10.00 Stanford. “Friends” _for McLeansville, N. C._ 6.06

ILLINOIS, $730.51.

Amboy. Cong. Ch. 23.40 Avon. Mrs. Celinda Wood and “Friend,” $2.50 ea. 5.00 Bunker Hill. Cong. Ch. 27.80 Chicago. Dr. Wm. Converse, $10; Lincoln Park Ch. (ad’l) $6; Mrs. Willard Cook, $5; Mrs. M. C. S., $1 22.00 Collinsville. Mrs. J. S. Peers, $10; J. A. Wadsworth and wife, $10 20.00 Concord. J. J. T. 0.50 Danville. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 6.00 Deer Park. A. W. Day 5.00 Elgin. Cong. Ch., $61.17; W. G. Hubbard, $40 101.17 Farmington. Phineas Chapman 60.00 Geneseo. Henry Nourse, $50, _for Talladega C._; Mrs. Lucy B. Perry, $5 55.00 Gridley. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Jacksonville. Thomas W. and Malvina C. Melendy 15.00 Joliet. WILLIAM C. STEVENS, bal. to const. himself L. M. 10.00 Kewanee. Woman’s Miss. Soc., by Mrs. C. C. Cully, _for Lady Missionary, Liberty Co., Ga._ 26.73 Lake Forest. Mrs. S. A. Nichols 5.00 Lyndon. Cong. Ch. 5.00 Oak Park. Cong. Ch. (in part) 35.85 Peoria. Cong. Ch. 118.58 Plainfield. Cong. Ch. 16.75 Plymouth. Cong. Ch. 10.30 Princeton. Mrs. A. R. Clapp 30.00 Prospect Park. Mrs. Emma Lloyd 5.00 Ridgefield. Rev. J. O. 1.00 Rockton. Cong. Ch. 5.20 Saint Charles. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. 5.00 Shabbona. Cong. Ch., to const. MRS. ELIZABETH GREENFIELD, L. M. 34.45 Sheffield. First Cong. Ch. ($20 of which _for Lady Missionary, Liberty Co., Ga._) 30.00 Springfield. First Cong. Ch., to const. WALTER SANDERS, L. M. 30.00 Stillman Valley. Cong. Ch. 9.78 Toulon. Miss E. M. 1.00

MICHIGAN, $1,359.95.

Alpena. “S. D. H.” (of which $100, _for ed. of Indian girls and boys, and_ $100 _for Woman’s Work for Woman_) 500.00 Benzonia. First Cong. Ch. 27.69 Chelsea. Cong. Ch. 21.50 Detroit. First Cong. Ch., $249.12; Rev. F. T. Bayley, $20 269.12 Galesburgh. P. H. Whitford 75.00 Hopkins. First Cong. Ch. 8.00 Kalamazoo. Cong. Ch. 11.30 Laingsburg. Rev. Fayette Hurd 5.00 Milford. Mrs. E. G. 1.00 Olivet. Samuel F. Drury, _for Straight U._ 10.00 Pent Water. Cong. Ch. 7.00 South Haven. Cong. Ch., $8.75; C. Pierce, $5 13.75 Summit. Cong. Ch. 6.59 Union City. “A Friend” 400.00 Vassar. Mrs. O. W. Selden 2.00 Warren. Rev. J. L. Beebe 2.00

WISCONSIN, $128.91.

Alderley. Mrs. E. Hubbard 8.50 Beloit. Second Cong. Ch. 20.00 Boscobel. First Cong. Ch. 10.00 Bristol and Paris. Cong. Ch. 25.00 Fort Howard. Cong. Ch. 24.00 Geneva Lake. Presb. Ch. 30.91 Ripon. Mrs. A. E. U. 0.50 Shopierre. John H. Cooper 5.00 Union Grove. Rev. James A. Chamberlain 5.00

IOWA, $336.93.

Amity. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Atlantic. Mrs. Milo Whiting, $10, Cong. Sab. Sch., $6 16.00 Burlington. Mrs. J. B. N. and Mrs. J. W. G., 50c. ea. 1.00 Chester. Cong. Ch. 21.00 Clinton. W. R. 1.00 Columbus City. Mrs. Sarah E. Evans 3.56 Davenport. Edwards Cong. Ch. 100.00 Des Moines. “Friends,” _for Talladega C._ 32.60 De Witt. Cong. Ch., $22.23, Cong. Sab. Sch., $4.79 27.02 Grinnell. “Friends” $55, Collected by Miss Mary Magoun, _for Le Moyne Ind. Sch._—Miss S. Whitcomb’s S. S. Class, $1, _for Talladega C._ 56.00 Iowa City. D. W. C. Clapp, $25.00, J. S. Turner, $5, _for Talladega C._ 30.00 Keokuk. F. N. French 10.00 Postville. Cong. Ch. 6.75 Red Oak. Cong. Ch. 15.00 Tabor. “A Friend” 1.00 Tipton. Cong. Ch. 6.00

MISSOURI, $9.10.

Amity. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 2.60 Kahoka. Dea. Moses Allen 1.50 Laclede. “E. D. S. and S. A. S.” 5.00

KANSAS, $10.00.

Osawatomie. Cong. Ch. 10.00

MINNESOTA, $69.83.

Cannon Falls. First Cong. Ch. 7.88 Medford. Cong. Ch. 4.00 Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch., $42.67; First Cong. Ch., $11.78 54.45 Rushford. Wm. W. Snell 1.50 Saint Paul. Anna Baker 2.00

NEBRASKA, $19.00.

Beatrice. Mrs. B. F. Hotchkiss 5.00 Columbus. Cong. Ch., $3.50; Mrs. J. T. C., 50c. 4.00 Exeter. Mission Band, “Cheerful Givers,” Cong. Ch., by Florence Dean 5.00 Omaha. Mrs. Nancy M. Tracy 5.00

ARKANSAS, 50c.

Washington. Miss J. R. M. 0.50

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $38.00.

Washington. “M. S. C.,” $20; First Cong. Ch., $18 38.00

MARYLAND, $10.00.

Federalsburg. Sarah A. Beals 10.00

TENNESSEE, $2.00.

Nashville. Individuals, by H. C. Gray 2.00

ALABAMA, $153.70.

Montgomery. Cong. Ch. 144.00 Selma. Cong. Ch. 9.70

NORTH CAROLINA, $2.50.

Raleigh. Tuition 2.50

SOUTH CAROLINA, $77.65.

Charleston. Cong. Ch., $46.65; “Friends,” by Rev. Temple Cutler, $31 77.65

TEXAS, $1.00.

Paris. Sab. Sch., by Rev. J. W. Roberts, _for Mendi M._ 1.00

INCOME FUND, $4,198.00.

Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 3,138.00 Le Moyne Fund 660.00 C. F. Hammond Fund 300.00 C. F. Dike Fund, _for Straight U._ 50.00 General Fund 50.00 ———————— —— 0.50 ———————— Total for Sept. 17,375.00 Total from Oct. 1st to Sept. 30th $178,344.61

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FOR TILLOTSON COLLEGIATE AND NORMAL INST., AUSTIN, TEXAS.

Exeter, N. H. Mrs. A. F. Odlin and Miss E. Bell, Box of Bedding and $2 _for Freight_ $2.00 Hampton, N. H. Woman’s Missionary Soc., by Mrs. L. E. Dow, $13 and Box of Bedding, value $19.50 13.00 Andover, Mass. John Smith 250.00 Florence, Mass. A. L. Williston 500.00 Holliston, Mass. Ladies’ Benev. Society of Cong. Ch., by Mrs. J. A. Johnson, Sec. 12.00 Hopkinton, Mass. Ladies, by Mrs. Sarah B. Crooks, $25; and Bbl. of Bedding, val. $25 25.00 Northampton, Mass. Ladies of First Church, by Miss Wright 25.00 Hartford, Conn. Mrs. L. C. Dewing 25.00 Jewett City, Conn. Ladies’ Sewing Soc., $12.25 and Box of Bedding; “Friends,” 80 vols. _for Library_ 12.25 Norwich, Conn. “A Friend” 400.00 Plantsville, Conn. Ladies’ Industrial Soc., Bundle of Bedding. Putnam, Conn. Ladies of Second Cong. Ch., by Mrs. Geo. Buck, $37.40, and Box of Bedding, with 30 vols. _for Library_ 37.40 Round Hill, Conn. Mrs. Charles Knapp 2.00 Wethersfield, Conn. Ladies, by Mrs. E. John, $28 and Box of Bedding, value $17.50; Rev. A. C. Adams, 50 vols. _for Library_ 28.00 Sag Harbor, N. Y. “A few Ladies,” by Mrs. A. E. Westfall 25.00 ————————— Total 1,356.65 Previously acknowledged in August receipts 6,238.00 ————————— Total $7,594.65

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FOR SCHOOL BUILDING, ATHENS, ALA.

Fredonia, N. Y. “Friends” 30.00 Jamestown, N. Y. Mrs. Bly’s S. S. Class 10.00 Mansfield, Ohio. Cong. Ch. 25.00 New Albany, Ind. Mrs. Sarah Conner 5.00 Detroit, Mich. Mrs. Z. Eddy, $3; Mrs. Warner, $5 8.00 Memphis, Mich. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00 Portland, Mich. Rev. J. L. Maile 6.00 Vermontville, Mich. Mrs. H., $1, Mrs. S. C., $1 2.00 Selma, Ala. Cong. Sab. Sch. 25.00 ——————— Total 116.00 Previously acknowledged in August receipts 980.01 ————————— Total $1,096.01

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FOR NEGRO REFUGEES.

Received from Oct. 1st to Sept. 30th 444.75 ——————————— Total amount from Oct. 1st to Sept. 30th, 1880 $187,480.02

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FOR MISSIONS IN AFRICA.

Received from Oct. 1st to Sept. 30th 6,576.48

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STONE FUND.

Received from Mrs. Valeria G. Stone, Malden, Mass., at the hands of Messrs. P. S. Page, I. M. Cutler, and W. H. Wilcox, Trustees, for the benefit of the Educational Institutions under the care of the Association 150,000.00

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AVERY FUND.

Amount received from Executor 408.92 ———————

H. W. HUBBARD, _Treas._ 56 Reade St., N. Y.

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 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.

ART. VII. To the Executive Committee shall belong the collecting and disbursing of funds; the appointing, counselling, sustaining and dismissing (for just and sufficient reasons) missionaries and agents; the selection of missionary fields; and, in general, the transaction of all such business as usually appertains to the executive committees of missionary and other benevolent societies; the Committee to exercise no ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the missionaries; and its doings to be subject always to the revision of the annual meeting, which shall, by a reference mutually chosen, always entertain the complaints of any aggrieved agent or missionary; and the decision of such reference shall be final.

The Executive Committee shall have authority to fill all vacancies occurring among the officers between the regular annual meetings; to apply, if they see fit, to any State Legislature for acts of incorporation; to fix the compensation, where any is given, of all officers, agents, missionaries, or others in the employment of the Society; to make provision, if any, for disabled missionaries, and for the widows and children of such as are deceased; and to call, in all parts of the country, at their discretion, special and general conventions of the friends of missions, with a view to the diffusion of the missionary spirit, and the general and vigorous promotion of the missionary work.

Five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for transacting business.

ART. VIII. This society, in collecting funds, in appointing officers, agents and missionaries, and in selecting fields of labor, and conducting the missionary work, will endeavor particularly to discountenance slavery, by refusing to receive the known fruits of unrequited labor, or to welcome to its employment those who hold their fellow-beings as slaves.

ART. IX. Missionary bodies, churches or individuals agreeing to the principles of this Society, and wishing to appoint and sustain missionaries of their own, shall be entitled to do so through the agency of the Executive Committee, on terms mutually agreed upon.

ART. X. No amendment shall be made to this Constitution without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present at a regular annual meeting; nor unless the proposed amendment has been submitted to a previous meeting, or to the Executive Committee in season to be published by them (as it shall be their duty to do, if so submitted) in the regular official notifications of the meeting.

FOOTNOTE:

[A] By evangelical sentiments, we understand, among others, a belief in the guilty and lost condition of all men without a Saviour; the Supreme Deity, Incarnation and Atoning Sacrifice of Jesus Christ, the only Saviour of the world; the necessity of regeneration by the Holy Spirit, repentance, faith and holy obedience in order to salvation; the immortality of the soul; and the retributions of the judgment in the eternal punishment of the wicked, and salvation of the righteous.

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., 6; S. C., 2; Ga., 13; Ky., 6; Tenn., 4; Ala., 14; La., 17; Miss., 4; Texas, 6. _Africa_, 2. _Among the Indians_, 1. Total 76.

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.; Savannah, Macon, Atlanta, Ga.; Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn., 12. _Other Schools_, 24. Total 44.

TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS.—Among the Freedmen, 284; among the Chinese, 22; among the Indians, 11; in Africa, 13. Total, 330. STUDENTS—In Theology, 102; Law, 23; in College Course, 75; in other studies, 7,852. Total, 8,052. Scholars taught by former pupils of our schools, estimated at 150,000. INDIANS under the care of the Association, 13,000.

WANTS.

1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with the growing work. 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.

Those who wish to remember the AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION in their last Will and Testament, are earnestly requested to use the following

FORM OF A BEQUEST.

“I BEQUEATH to my executor (or executors) the sum of —— dollars in trust, to pay the same in —— days after my decease to the person who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the ‘American Missionary Association’ of New York City, to be applied, under the direction of the Executive Committee of the Association, to its charitable uses and purposes.”

The will should be attested by three witnesses [in some States three are required—in other States only two], who should write against their names, their places of residence [if in cities, their street and number]. The following form of attestation will answer for every State in the Union: “Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said [A. B.] as his last Will and Testament, in presence of us, who, at the request of the said A. B., and in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.” In some States it is required that the Will should be made at least two months before the death of the testator.