Part 10

Resolved, that the hearty thanks of this Association be extended to the pastors and members of the Congregational churches, and to the people of Worcester, for their cordial welcome and generous hospitality to the many attendants on this the thirty-fifth annual meeting; in particular to the Plymouth Church and Society for the use of this elegant house of worship and the convenient rooms connected with it, and to the pastor, Rev. George W. Phillips, for his many courteous attentions. This Association also desires to express its sincere thanks to the large choir, for its aid in the service of song; to the press, for its full reports of the exercises, and for the liberality of the railroads which have reduced the rates of fare over their lines. While deeply grateful to the various Committees for their great work in making and executing wise plans for this large gathering, it wishes to recognize specially the efficient services of the Rev. Chas. W. Lamson and Samuel R. Heywood, Esq., whose wisdom and executive ability have greatly contributed to the success of this meeting.

Rev. Geo. W. Phillips, pastor of the church in which the meetings were held, responded to this resolution in a very felicitous speech. Among other things he said:

It is evident from the numbers which have been entertained here, it is evident from the interest which has prevailed in all these assemblies, that this cause, represented by the American Missionary Association, has taken its place already fairly side by side with all the other great missionary organizations and operations that are under the patronage and direction of our churches. The Worcester which you visit at this present time is not the Worcester that was here when this Society was organized. It is not the city that it was when this Association held its meeting here something like a score of years ago. From scarcely more than thirty thousand it has grown to be a city of more than sixty thousand people; and side by side with its growth in population we are happy to assure you—and I think you have seen some visible evidence of it—that we have kept pace with our Christianity, with our church extension.

The best meetings on earth, all meetings on earth, must have their end; and we are come to the last hour of the last great day of this American Missionary Association feast. We say our good-byes; we go hence, each to his church, his community, his home. We shall not all of us meet on earth again; but it is grateful to think that by and by there is to be another meeting—a meeting in which we shall no more plan for the salvation and for the moral purification of this lost world, in which we shall no more seek to bring men to acknowledge Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour, because those great words shall have been realized, “Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”

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ECHOES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING.

_Dr. Hartranft’s Sermon._—“Christ stood not for any one race, but for every race and every nationality, and whenever we take this cup we pledge ourselves to put aside all barriers of race, all barriers of nationality.”

_Capt. Pratt._—“If you wish Indians to live like citizens, you must let them see how citizens live, must put them for a time in well-bred communities. The kind of citizens that make free use of the revolver, they know too much of.”

“I have seen a Western village with eighty-four graves in the grave-yard, and only one man died a natural death.”

_Dr. Brastow._—“Diogenes with his lantern has been 250 years hunting among the blacks for a man. Let this Association do its work in one-fifth of that time, and Diogenes will put out his lantern and find his man without it.”

_Prof. Cyrus Northrop._—“Your uneducated bad man can be no worse than a brute. Your educated bad man is a demon. Hence, the education we give the colored man must be Christian.”

“Votes are the impulses that every man gives to the ship of state in the direction of safety or of danger.”

_Secretary Strieby._—“When diamonds were found in Africa they might, in their native condition, have been carried away by cart-loads without suspecting their value. It was only when they were cut and polished that men knew their true value. The worth of the colored people, these black diamonds, cannot be known until they are educated.”

_Gen. Howard_ alluded to the Exposition at Atlanta where all kinds of _wares_ illustrating the progress of the South are now on exhibition, and then felicitously introduced the President of Atlanta University as a _Ware_ that was having a wonderful effect upon Southern progress.

When Mr. Wright, the colored man from Georgia, was reading his address, a venerable white man, more than eighty years of age, came forward, and resting his elbows upon the platform at the foot of the desk, with bowed head listened with rapt attention. The scene was most suggestive, and in the hands of artist Rogers would make an admirable companion group for “Uncle Tom’s School.”

_Rev. L. Dickerman_, referring to the treatment received by the Chinese on our Western coast, exclaimed in a tone of indignation: “I don’t blame them for wanting their bones sent home when they die.”

In reply to the complaint that the Chinese don’t assimilate with our people, he says: “Don’t assimilate? It takes two to assimilate. We stone them, beat them, shoot them, kill them, and then wonder they don’t send straight to China for their wives and children to come and enjoy this higher civilization.”

_Prest. E. H. Fairchild_ said that he knew of no people who contribute for religious purposes so much in proportion to their means as the colored people South. “They almost universally take collections every Sunday, and often twice or three times a Sunday. There is no danger of their relapsing into heathenism.”

“This blessed Association, ... and the dear old American Board, and the Home Missionary Society, thank God, are one to-day, and all past bitterness is forgotten.”

_Prest. E. H. Fairchild_ said that the anti-slavery revolution, despite the indifference of some churches, was essentially a religious movement, aided heartily by many right-minded men outside the church, but that the few noisy infidels who denounced the Bible and the church “had little more to do with the emancipation of the slaves than they now have with the education of the Freedmen.”

The _Evening Gazette_, of Worcester, says: The meeting of the American Missionary Association in this city, just ended, has been singularly practical and business-like. We have the authority of an old reporter for saying that he has rarely heard, where there was so much speaking, so little uttered that it was irrelevant or commonplace. It is a good gauge of the character and intelligence of the six or eight hundred strangers who have been called to the city during the week by this occasion.

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RECEIPTS FOR OCTOBER, 1881.

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MAINE, $584.67.

Augusta. Joel Spalding. ($5 of which _for Indians, Hampton N. and A. Inst._) to const. REV. HENRY E. MOTT, L. M. $30.00 Bangor. Hammond St. Cong. Ch., $100; First Cong. Ch., $20.73 120.73 Bath. Central Ch. and Soc. 15.00 Biddeford. Second Cong. Ch. 19.48 Blanchard. Daniel Blanchard 10.00 Brownville. Cong. Ch. and Soc., by the Hon. A. H. Morrill 100.00 Cumberland Centre. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. B. B. SWEETSER, L. M. 50.00 Fryeburg. Cong. Ch. 8.80 Gardiner. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00 Hallowell. South Cong. Ch. and Soc., $42.26, and Sab. Sch., $25 67.26 Hallowell. Classical Academy Bible Classes, by A. W. Burr, _for Atlanta U._ 25.00 Hampden. C. E. H. 1.00 Norridgewock. Bundle of C. Portland. A. A. Steel 50.00 Portland. Bethel Ch., _for Wilmington, N.C._ 18.00 Portland. 2 Bbls. of C., _for Wilmington, N.C._ South Bridgton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 South Freeport. Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Wilmington, N.C._ 39.40

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $280.09.

Alstead Center and East Alstead. Cong. Churches to const. REV. GEO. A. BECKWITH, L. M. 33.00 Amherst. Mr. and Mrs. Melendy and Miss Blunt, _for Wilmington, N.C._ 30.00 Bennington. T. C. Whittemore, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 40.00 Exeter. Abby E. McIntire, _for Wilmington, N.C._ 5.00 Fitzwilliam. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.68 Keene. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.15 Lyndeborough. Cong. Ch. 2.00 Milford. Cong. Ch., bal. to const. CHARLES L. WALLACE, L. M. 22.31 Nashua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 45.73 Nashua. Addie C. Kimball, _for Wilmington, N.C._ 5.00 New Ipswich. Children’s Fair 8.00 New Market. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 10.72; T. H. Wiswell, $10 20.72 Orfordville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.50 Temple. S. W. C. K. 1.00

VERMONT, $183.31.

Brattleborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 47.19 Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 31.46 Danville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 28.85 Grand Isle. Cong. Ch. 4.00 Marshfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.15 Newport. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.55 North Woodstock. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., Bbl. of C. Putney. Cong. Ch, and Soc., ($2 of which _for Student Aid_) 10.48 Saint Johnsbury. Rev. Henry Fairbanks, _for John Brown Steamer_ 10.00 Saint Johnsbury. East Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00 South Hero. Cong. Ch. 11.00 Swanton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) 1.00 Townshend. Mrs. Anna L. Rice 5.00 West Randolph. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00 Wolcott. Cong. Ch. 1.63

MASSACHUSETTS, $8,765.82.

Amesbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00 Amherst. First Ch. 25.00 Ashby. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.20 Ashland. Cong. Sab. Sch., $40.25; Miss Wheeler’s Class, $5.50, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 45.75 Auburndale. C. C. Burr, _for Wilmington, N.C._ 100.00 Boston. Old South Ch. Sab. Sch., $50; “A Friend,” $5 55.00 Boston. Chas. C. Barry, _for furnishing room, Stone Hall, Talladega C._ 35.00 Boston. Miss E. K., _for Woodbridge, N.C._ 1.00 Boston. Woman’s Home Missionary Association, _for Lady Missionary, Green Brier, Tenn._, $70; North Ch. Newburyport, $35, _for Lady Missionary, Washington, D.C._, and to const. MRS. C. B. BABCOCK, L. M. 105.00 Boxborough. Mary Stoke, $10. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $5 15.00 Billerica. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 7.40 Bradford. Mrs. Sarah C. Boyd, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 13.00 Bradford. 2 Bbls. of C., _for Wilmington, N.C._ Brockton. “A Friend of Missions,” $30, to const. MISS MARY ALICE COLE, L. M.; Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l), $2 32.00 Brookfield. Evan. Cong. Ch. 75.00 Brookline. Harvard Ch. and Soc. 72.03 Bridgewater. Central Square Sab. Sch., _for furnishing room, Talladega C._ 25.00 East Bridgewater. “A Friend,” $5; Mrs. J. L. G., 50¢ 5.50 Easthampton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 114.97 Campello. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 45.19 Charlton. Cong. Sab. Sch. 7.08 Charlestown. Winthrop Ch. and Soc. 80.23 Chester. Second Ch. and Soc. 7.00 Cochituate. S. E. Hammond, _for John Brown Steamer_ 10.00 Concord. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.72 Deerfield. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. DEA. JAMES CHILDS, L. M. 30.00 Dorchester. Miss E. T. 0.50 Dorchester Village. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 42.10 Duxbury. By “A. P. H.” _for furnishing room, Talladega C._ 26.00 Duxbury. Mrs. R. R. H. 0.50 Framingham. Plymouth Ch. Sab. Sch. 13.65 Framingham. Plymouth Cong. Ch. and Soc., Bbl. of C. Great Barrington. A. C. T. 1.00 Hardwick. Cong. Ch. 6.65 Harvard. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 43.25 Holliston. Bible Christians of Dist. No. 4 25.00 Jamaica Plain. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc. 712.92 Jamaica Plain. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., _for furnishing room, Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 25.00 Lincoln. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta. U._ 22.00 Littleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 36.00 Lynn. Central Ch. and Soc. 23.00 Ludlow. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.53 Malden. Sab. Sch. by A. E. Stevens, _for Wilmington, N.C._ 25.00 Mansfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.75 Marblehead. Hon. J. J. H. Gregory, _for buildings, Wilmington, N.C._ 1,500.00 Medfield. Ladies of Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., Bbl. of C. Milton. E. J. McE., 50c.; E. G. McE., 50c. 1.00 Natick. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 112.92 North Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. MRS. LEVI E. DICKINSON and HOWARD A. PARSONS, L. Ms. 60.00 Northampton. “A Friend” 10.00 New Bedford. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 56.44 Newton. Eliot Cong. Ch. and Soc. 190.00 Newton. J. W. Davis, $50; Mrs. Mary Davis and Miss M. J. Davis, $50; Mrs. J. W. Davis, $10, _for John Brown Steamer_ 110.00 Newton. Nellie Strong, _for Wilmington, N.C._ 5.00 Newton Centre. Mrs. M. B. Furber, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 100.00 Newton Centre. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 40.71 Newtonville. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc. 73.57 Norfolk. W. E. C. 1.00 Northborough. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00 North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 100.00 North Chelmsford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 North Leominster. Susan F. Houghton 5.00 North Somerville. “A Friend” 1.00 Norton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00 Osterville. Mrs. C. A. L. 1.00 Palmer. Second Ch. and Soc. 35.19 Phillipston. Ladies of Cong. Ch. and Soc., Bbl. of C. Pittsfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00 Randolph. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $92.60, and Sab. Sch., $10 102.60 Rochester. First Cong Ch. and Soc. 14.00 Roxbury. Immanuel Ch. Sab. Sch. 14.36 Royalston. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.75 Saxonville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 34.00 Shrewsbury. Mrs. E. C. Fales 5.00 South Hadley. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.00 South Natick. Annie Eliot Mission Circle, Bundle of C., Val. $16.75, _for Talladega C._ Springfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $40.85; South Cong. Ch. and Soc., $26.05 66.90 Stoughton. Mrs. B. E. C. 1.00 Taunton. Union Cong Ch. and Soc. 13.71 Tewksbury. Ladies of Cong. Ch. and Soc., Bbl. of C., Val. $46.25, _for Talladega C._ Townsend. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., Bbl. of C., Val. $35.75. Upton. L. L. L. 1.00 Waltham. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $55; Isaac Warren, $10 65.00 Walpole. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc., $28.62; “A Friend,” $5 33.62 Wareham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 48.62 Watertown. Phillips Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Theo. Student, Talladega C._ 50.00 Westborough. Ladies’ Freedmen’s Mission Ass’n, Bbl. of C., Val. $31.40, _for Wilmington, N.C._, and $1.50 _for freight_ 1.50 Westborough. Freedmen’s Soc., Bbl. of C., Val. $47.62, and $1 _for freight for Atlanta, Ga._ 1.00 West Chesterfield. Mrs. Edward Clark 5.00 West Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00 Westfield. C. W. F. 1.00 Westford. C. F. Keyes 12.50 Westhampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $19, and Sab. Sch., $12.58 31.58 West Medway. “A Friend” 5.00 Westminster. “E. A. W.” 10.00 Whately. Cong. Ch. 5.60 Woburn. “E. T. F.” _for Talladega, Ala._ 2.00 Worcester. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. 170.50 ——————— 5,286.99 LEGACIES. Brimfield. Estate of C. Solander, _for furnishing room, Talladega C._ 40.00 Millbury. Estate of Asa Hayden, by D. Atwood 358.33 Springfield. Estate of Abigail Hale, by John West, Executor 1,032.50 Townsend. Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Noah Ball, 2 Bbls. of C, Val. $61.62. Worcester. Estate of Rev. Moses G. Grosvenor, by David Manning, Adm’r. 2,038.00 ——————— 8,755.82

RHODE ISLAND, $109.80.

Bristol. Mrs. Maria De W. Rogers and Miss C. De Wolf, _for John Brown Steamer_ 100.00 Westerly. Cong. Ch. 9.80 Providence. (Correction), Central Cong. Ch. $50; Union Ch. $25, _for Parsonage_; Ladies of Central Ch., Communion Set, Value $25, ack. in Nov. number for Talladega, Ala., should read _for Florence, Ala._

CONNECTICUT, $1,950.12.

Berlin. Second Cong. Ch. 20.24 Bridgeport. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Tillotson C. & N. Inst._ 25.00 Burlington. Winooski Av. Cong. Sab. Sch. 48.00 Buckingham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.25 Cheshire. “A Friend” 20.00 Danielsonville. “A Friend,” $5; Mrs. S. S. D., 60c. 5.60 East Hampton. Cong. Ch. 43.25 Easton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.26 Essex. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 15.00 Farmington. Cong. Ch. ($10 of which _for ed. of Indians, Hampton N. and A. Inst._) 69.49 Franklin. Cong. Ch. 10.90 Greenwich. William Brush 100.00 Groton. Cong. Ch. 8.15 Guilford. Third Cong. Ch. $50.25; First Cong. Ch., $22 72.25 Hanover. Ladies, 2 Barrels of C., by E. R. La Pierre. Hartford. MRS. H. W. HUTCHINSON, to const. herself L. M. 30.00 Milford. Rev. Geo. H. Griffin, _for John Brown Steamer_ 10.00 New Britain. First Ch. of Christ 136.03 New Haven. Davenport Ch. Sab. Sch. _for furnishing a room, Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 25.00 New Haven. “A Friend” 10.00 Norwich. Mrs. H. G. Le, _for Kansas Refugees_ and to const. GEORGE D. COIT, L. M. 30.00 Norwich. Buckingham Sab. Sch. 25.00 Norwich Town. Mrs. M. A. Williams, _for John Brown Steamer_ 50.00 Plainfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. GEORGE I. FAVOR, L. M. 34.45 Poquonock. Cong. Ch. 16.43 Stamford. “Earnest Workers” in Cong. Sab. Sch., _for furnishing, Tougaloo U._ 100.00 Stonington. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 100.00 Terryville. Elizur Fenn and Mrs. Elizur Fenn, $5 ea. 10.00 Vernon. Cong. Ch. 31.96 Watertown. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 46.09 Westport. Amasa Warren 5.00 ——————— 1,110.35

LEGACIES. New Milford. Estate of Jennett Force, by William Roberts, Ex. 739.77 Simsbury. Estate of Thomas J. Wilcox, by Dudley B. McLean, Ex. 100.00 ——————— 1,950.12