Chapter II: Part 2

_Superintendent._
Rev. W. C. Pond, San Francisco, Cal.
_Teachers._
SAN FRANCISCO, Mrs. M. T. Hunting.
D. M. Boker.
Mrs. Boker.
Fung Affoo.
I. Hackley.
Lue Lune.
Mrs. C. A. Sheldon.
OAKLAND, Mrs. M. M. Hardy.
Jee Gam.
PETALUMA, Miss Isabella Crapser.
SACRAMENTO, Mrs. S. Denton.
SAN LEANDRO, Rev. T. M. Oviatt.
SANTA BARBARA, Mrs. C. P. Stevenson.
STOCKTON, Mrs. M. C. Brown.

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AMONG THE INDIANS.

_Red Lake Agency, Minnesota._
Agent, R. M. Pratt.
Teacher, Miss M. C. Warren.

_Lake Superior Agency, Wisconsin._
Agent, Dr. Isaac L. Mahan.
Teacher, ——
Teacher, Robert Pew.

_Green Bay Agency, Wisconsin._
Agent, Jos. C. Bridgman.
Farmer and Teacher, W. W. Wheeler.
Matron, Mrs. W. W. Wheeler.
Teacher, Miss S. B. Dresser.

_Ft. Berthold Agency, Dakota Territory._
Agent, E. H. Alden.

_Sisseton Agency, Dakota Territory._
Agent, E. H. C. Hooper.
Teachers, (Connected with the Mission
of the A. B. C. F. M.)

_S’Kokomish Agency, Washington Territory._
Agent, Edwin Eells.
Missionary, Rev. Myron Eells.
Teachers, (Supported by Gov’t.)

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MENDI MISSION, WEST AFRICA.

_Missionaries and Assistants._
Mr. Jas. Kirk. Mrs. M. M. Mair.
Rev. Floyd Snelson. Mrs. Floyd Snelson.
Dr. Benj. James. Mrs. Benj. James.
Mr. A. E. White. Mr. Samuel Goodman.
Mr. Elias Tucker. Mrs. During.
Mr. Buel Tucker. Mrs. Thomas.
Mr. —— Jewett.

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AFRICA.

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OUR NEW MISSIONARIES.

Arrival at Sherbro—A Hearty Welcome—First Impressions.

Our letters from the newly arrived band of missionaries at the Mendi Mission have been, of necessity, brief and hurried. We learn from them that the party arrived at Sierra Leone on the 19th of November, and landed the next morning.

In a letter dated Nov. 22, from Sierra Leone, Mr. White says:

“We had, as you know, fifty-seven days on our voyage. The sea is a bad road to ride. All of us were sick some, and Mr. and Mrs. Snelson, Mrs. James and Mrs. Pardoe’s little boy, we thought would not be able to make the voyage. The captain is a very fine man, indeed, and tried to do all for us that was in his power. We are very thankful to him for the kindness he showed toward us. We are very well pleased with Africa—that is, so far as we have seen, but we cannot compare Sherbro with this place, because the people here are not all native, and those at Sherbro are. The mission has a house in Sierra Leone, in which we will stay till we go next week, by steamer, to our station. I want to visit some of the Industrial Schools here before I leave, so that we can tell how they are carried on.

“The people here are very kind to us. The place looks like some old towns in America, which are going to ruin. The houses are all built in the old style. Some of the people will compare with any of our people in the States, while others are far behind them—some of them dress very well, while some only wear a piece of cloth around their hips. You can tell the natives because all of them bear some kind of a mark, as all the tribes mark their children while they are small, to distinguish them from other people.”

From Rev. Mr. Snelson, under dates of Nov. 28 and Dec. 1, we learn that during the week while they were compelled to wait for the government steamer, they were the objects of many kind attentions from the ministers, Governor and leading gentlemen of Sierra Leone. Mr. Kirk met them on their arrival there.

Under the later date, Mr. Snelson writes from Bonthe:

“I am glad to inform you that we have arrived here safely. We left Freetown Thursday evening, taking deck passage on the governor’s steamer, as cabin passage cost three times as much, and reached here yesterday (Nov. 30) afternoon. I found Mrs. Mair here making ready for us. As the boat returns to-day, I shall not be able to make any report. I like the place so far very well. The people seem very anxious to receive us. I have asked Mr. Kirk to come down from Avery next week, that we may all consult together as to what it is best to do.”

Mr. Burton (now in this country and retired from missionary labor), who was for so many years in our service in Africa, writes to us:

“I am very glad to hear of the safe arrival of the missionary company in Africa. I have been for many years looking forward to the time when the mission should be carried on by laborers taken from among the freedmen, and I believe that God will use them to bless Africa.

“I received a letter from Mr. Gomer (a colored missionary of the United Brethren) a few days since. He had just returned from a visit to Avery, and spoke of it as being in a very flourishing condition. I seem to be there in spirit a great part of the time, and I do not know as it is strange, for a generation has grown up under my care, who seem almost to be my children. My prayer is that these freedmen may be God’s instruments to bring them to Christ.”

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KAW MENDI, SHERBRO, W. AFRICA.

LETTER FROM REV. J. M. WILLIAMS.

Mr. Williams is a native of Demerara, South America; was educated
in the schools of the London Missionary Society, and was formerly
in the employ of the United Brethren. He has been for some months
at Kaw Mendi, once a mission station of the Association, and
writes to assure us that our former labors there have not been
altogether in vain.
KAW MENDI, SMALL BOOM RIVER,
SHERBRO, W. A., _7th November, 1877_.

Since I left Shengay, in May, I was directed by the providence of God, through chiefs Wm. and C. H. Tucker, to this, the first station of the Association. I opened a school, and commenced telling of Christ to the adults, in July, to the great joy of all who remembered the former missionaries who labored here. Chief C. H. Tucker has hitherto done nobly, in helping me in every way to prosecute my work. He defrays my traveling expenses, and, when his duties as a chief permit, he accompanies me, and interprets for me when I go to preach in the other towns and villages. I had up to last week twenty scholars, but one was sent home to be cured of a bad ulcer, and five others because their parents have not fulfilled their duties as promised—that is, to feed them while under our care. My plan is, that all who are able, pay something for the education of their children, or the children work to support themselves. Chief C. H. Tucker subscribes readily and largely to the support of the school. He is about erecting a large mission house, a children’s home for boys and girls, and a chapel and schoolhouse, all of country materials except the doors, etc. I fear it will be too much for him, but he does not think so. He hopes to be able to have all ready at the commencement of the ensuing year, God willing. Chief Tucker is one of the most intelligent men about Sherbro, educated by your missionaries, Brooks and White. There is another, a Mr. King, that is an excellent interpreter, and is of help to me.

The children are progressing very fast. Though I cannot yet boast of converts to Christ, yet I am cheered by the fact that here and elsewhere, among those who have attended the preaching of the Gospel, many are inquiring after the way of salvation. Last Lord’s day, an adult attended our Sabbath-school. Our present place of worship here is too small to seat the congregation who meet to worship with us. Thus, while we are called to suffer hunger and other inconveniences often, yet the signs of a successful future inspire me with hope and confidence, and nerve me to go on.

Let me have your prayers. I shall be glad to communicate as regularly as I can with you. I regard this as the Association’s field of labor. As soon as the buildings and chapel are completed, I hope to be more comfortable, and to be able to work more efficiently.

I have named this institution, in honor of my ever-to-be-remembered friend, Lewis Tappan, “Tappan Literary and Industrial School, Brooklyn, near Kaw Mendi, Small Boom River, Sherbro, W. A.,” to which place please direct my AMERICAN MISSIONARY paper for the future, and all communications.

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COMMUNICATIONS.

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CHRIST IN THE PERSON OF THE POOR.

MATT. XXV. 40.—“And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto Me.”

_Dedicated to the American Missionary Association._

O, the hearts, all crushed and bleeding,
Who can pass them by unheeding?
Who resist their piteous pleading?
When mine eyes the King shall see,
Shall the waiting welcome be,
“Ye have done it unto Me”?

Lo, our Lord has condescended
To uplift the unbefriended,
And the poor man’s cause defended.
When mine eyes the King shall see,
Shall the waiting welcome be,
“Ye have done it unto Me”?

Came He to the pure and holy,
Or to save the sinners solely?
Lo, He loved the lost and lowly.
When mine eyes the King shall see
May the waiting welcome be,
“Ye have done it unto Me”!

When the ruined, rescued races,
Sit with us in heavenly places,
Christ-like love shall crown the graces.
Then mine eyes the King shall see,
And the waiting welcome be,
“Ye have done it unto Me.”

JACKSONVILLE, Dec. 26, ’77.

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REPLACING THE BURNED BUILDINGS.

The new building at Macon, Ga., which contains both chapel and schoolrooms is nearly completed. It is built substantially and plainly of brick, fully supplies the place of the two buildings burned, and in cost will come quite within the insurance money received. It will probably be ready for dedication about the first of February.

A lot, on which is a building for a teacher’s home, has been purchased at Mobile, Ala., and the rebuilding of the Emerson Institute will be begun at once. It will also be of brick, commodious and convenient in its proportions and arrangement.

At New Orleans we have met with delays from time to time, arising from the necessity of a change of location, and the customary vexations of real-estate transfers. We sympathize with the trials of our Straight University corps of teachers in the disadvantages under which they are working. We hope soon to have a desirable lot fully secured, and shall then press the building with all the speed which is compatible with prudence and safety.

One of the teachers, in a personal letter, writes:

“As far as numbers make a school a success, Straight is a success. There must be now two hundred pupils, of which there are ninety-three enrolled in my department, with an average of eighty-seven.

“When you know the disadvantages under which the pupils labor, you will wonder, with us, at their constant attendance. More than half in my room sit in chairs in which their feet cannot touch the floor; and the other half are seated at old-fashioned wooden desks that are loose from the floor and often so nicely balanced that one child leaving his seat will cause the books, &c., of three others to come to grief. Think of ninety-three huddled together in a room twenty-five by twenty-five, with the only two windows on one side, the other three sides being dark, the only passage from this room to the street being through another, in which recitations are being heard through the entire day. This, of course, prevents any recess, so necessary in a primary or intermediate department.

“Quite unexpectedly the severe weather has come upon us, in which, because of the unsuitable clothing of the children as well as lack of conveniences for heating the rooms, the children suffer with the cold. Last Friday the gentlemen teachers kept their winter overcoats on all day, and shivered at that. With the exception of severe colds, the teachers are well, and at their posts. The accession of new pupils each month somewhat retards school work. What to do with any more in my department is beyond my ability to answer at present. But if wishes could lay a brick or drive a nail, the new building would be well toward completion.”

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CAMPAIGN IN MASSACHUSETTS.

DIST. SEC’Y POWELL, OF CHICAGO.

Thanksgiving week ended, we began our campaign in Massachusetts, at Sheffield, Monday afternoon, December 3d. Very unfavorable were the circumstances attending our first meeting. The brutal murder of an old man and woman on Thanksgiving-Day, had thrown the quiet town into an unusual state of excitement. Evidence pointed strongly to a negro as the murderer; and only the determined resistance of the sheriff at the time of arrest, had saved the town from the disgraceful presence of Judge Lynch. A murder committed by a white man would not, I think, have affected unfavorably a meeting in behalf of home missions; rather, such an event would have given it special point and interest; but a black man being the criminal, the result was different. The meeting was small, and yet I should not be surprised if that meeting at Sheffield should prove to be the most fruitful in results of any held. That murder ought to lead the “sober second thought” of the community to a very hearty endorsement of the American Missionary Association, and I believe it will.

The uniform heartiness with which the ministers of Connecticut received us was emulated by our Massachusetts brethren. Wherever we came, a cordial welcome awaited us, and when we left, an equally cordial God-speed accompanied us. Our meetings were held almost entirely in the western part of the State. Hampshire, Hampden and Berkshire counties were the field, and forty-two different churches were visited. Just here I might as well make note of the delightful weather we had all through our Massachusetts campaign—only one unpleasant evening during the time, and that not sufficiently so to keep the people at home. Very fortunate we were that evening in Lee—the well-known go-to-meeting habits of the people gave us a large audience, compared with some other places visited on pleasant evenings; and in connection with the weather, how can I forbear mention of the country—its native beauty, striking grandeur, and historic interest—who that knows New England can be ignorant of these? Valleys where poets might go crazy in the vain attempt to sing their glory, New England’s sturdy sons have turned into factories of wealth. The Mountains Holyoke, Sugar Loaf, Tom and Toby, seeming to keep perpetual watch of the busy life in the valleys below, and then the stories of Indian romance that, lingering still, encircle some spots with their own weird interest; the houses of such as Edwards, Field and Bellamy, open up historic trains of thought which lead to the fountain-head of those intellectual and moral forces which have made not only Western Massachusetts, but all New England such an influential power in the best development of our country. These “sceptred dead,” from whom not yet has the realm of empire departed! What with pleasant weather, beautiful scenery, romantic tales and historic reminiscence, the fatigue of travel and wear of speaking, were considerably lightened.

In many cases, the afternoon meetings proved, both in point of numbers and interest, the best. People who leave their homes and business in the afternoon, riding in some cases four or five miles to attend a meeting, bring with them an inspiration which a speaker cannot fail to feel; and after he has gone, his words remain to be thought over and acted upon. What a difference between an audience pleased only when the speaker entertains them, and one that is gathered because of already awakened interest in the cause of missions! Well, we had both kinds, but our afternoon audiences were chiefly of the latter. Buckland, Ashfield, Lee, Amherst and Chicopee, are especially worthy of mention for the large audiences given us, while, with the exception of two places, which I will not mention, all the others accorded us a generous hearing, larger indeed than, under the circumstances, could have been expected.

A little episode occurred during the first week, that broke up our speaking force for a few days, but added at the same time to the value of the campaign. The Worcester Central Missionary Society held its Fifty-Third Annual Meeting, December 6th, in Worcester, to which meeting Mr. Woodworth and myself repaired, and occupied a full hour kindly given us, to set forth the claims of the American Missionary Association; while Mr. Cutler, reinforced by Mr. Pike, kept on, and filled the appointments in their original order. There were two things about this Worcester meeting I wish to mention. _First_, it indicated the growing interest of the churches in the subject of missions. This Society was organized fifty-two years ago as auxiliary to the American Board, and, during these intervening years, has preserved this exclusive relation. This year the Society voted to change its constitution, in order that hereafter _all_ the Missionary causes may have recognition in its deliberations and benefactions. _Secondly_, this meeting indicated that a whole day can be profitably given by the churches in convention assembled, to the consideration of missions. From the beginning the power of the meeting increased, and the evening session, at which there was a mingling of stirring pleas for the Education Society, the Board Home Missions, and the Missionary Association, was the crowning interest of the day.

Brethren, let us move for a “Missionary Day” in our conferences, and put the Missionary Societies under requisition for the very best material they can furnish to kindle a fire of missionary enthusiasm in our churches. The Sabbath following this Worcester meeting was spent by Mr. Woodworth in Worcester, Mr. Cutler in Gardner in the morning, and with his former charge in Athol, in the evening; while I went to Keene, New Hampshire, and spent the day with my old Seminary class-mate, Rev. Cyrus Richardson. His sensitive regard for my physical well-being, led him to let me off with three preaching services, at all of which I had to talk A. M. A. and all the time. The evening meeting was a crowded union service, Rev. Mr. Leech coming over with his people in full force, showing that the churches of Keene have a warm place in their hearts for missionary work among the despised races in America.

By previous arrangement, we were to again unite our forces at Buckland, near Sherburne Falls, on Monday afternoon; but

“The best laid schemes o’ mice and men gang aft agley.”

Mr. Woodworth failed to start, Mr. Cutler missed his train, and I found myself dumped at a station, marked Buckland in the railway guide, three miles away from the town, and the only living creature I discovered, from which to get directions what to do and where to go, was a poor little cat that came bounding to my side, purring out as plainly as anything could be said—“I am glad to see you.” After a brief interchange of the compliments of the season, I buttoned my overcoat, adjusted my satchel, and started up the only road it was possible to take, and in the only direction possible—for the road terminated at a river, on the bank of which stood the depot. It proved to be the right way. How easy it would be to get along if the right way was the only way in which we could go! As I drew near the village, the cheery notes of the church bell rung out their merry call, while well-filled carriages, whirling along in the direction of the church, told me that the people were evidently interested in missions. I was on hand, and in time. A fine audience had gathered; but my brethren, where were they? Well, they did not come; that was all I knew, and in their absence I did the best I could. The gift of continuance was given me in copious plenteousness, and the time was exhausted before I was. I failed to notice, however, whether my audience was not also exhausted. The next day the _disjecta membra_ came together again at Sherburne Falls, and henceforth to the close kept together.

And now as I review this entire series of meetings, the question comes—have they been profitable? Others, I presume, will ask the same question, and therefore I take a brief space to answer it as I may be able. The object we had in view was, _first_, to impart information concerning the work of the American Missionary Association, and to discuss its claims upon the churches, to the end that the receipts of its treasury might be increased, and its work correspondingly strengthened; and, _secondly_, that the distinctive missionary nature of our work might have a more prominent place in the religious thought of the churches, and thus become a factor in the development of such Christian life as has a tender regard for those who are despised and poor and oppressed. So far, then, as our object is concerned, we must wait for time to bring an answer, but the meetings themselves developed certain data out of which we can construct an answer. The data are these: _First_, while no contributions were asked for or taken from the congregation, individuals, self-moved, have handed to us considerable money that otherwise would not have come into our treasury, while pledges have been made of amounts far more than sufficient to meet the expense of both campaigns. _Secondly_, I took occasion to ask nearly all the ministers, and, so far as I could, the leading men attending the meetings, the question—“In your judgment has it paid for us three men to come here and hold this meeting?” And _without exception_ the answer has been, “_Yes_,” and in the majority of cases the additional remark, “I wish it were so you could come again.” With this testimony, and personal knowledge of the general interest of the meetings, I can only answer the question raised in the affirmative, with the strong conviction that time will confirm its correctness.

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[_From the Fisk Expositor._]

AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.

Great honor is due George Peabody, because he donated to the South, for the purposes of general education, upwards of three millions of dollars, the interest of which is to be appropriated to the work of developing the school systems of the various States.

But the American Missionary Association of New York City, the almoner of funds received from the Congregational churches of the United States, has already, since the war, disbursed more money in the South for educational purposes than the entire gift of George Peabody, and is expending for the prosecution of the same work, every year, more than twice as much as the interest of the Peabody Fund.

In this statement no intention exists to depreciate the munificence of Mr. Peabody’s gift, but to call attention to the fact that the South owes a debt of gratitude to the American Missionary Association, which it should not be slow to recognize.

The Association was organized in 1846, for the purpose of “carrying the Gospel to the poor.” The first school for colored children was opened at Hampton, Virginia, in 1861. Since that time it has expended between $3,500,000 and $4,000,000, ninety per cent. of which has been appropriated to the support of its work in the South.

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THE CHILDREN’S PAGE.

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AN EXAMPLE FOR THE BOYS.

The following letter explains itself. A boy who gives to the
poor the whole proceeds of his farm, and that within a month of
Christmas, is worthy of special note. We would like to hear from
more such boys.

I have wanted to do something for the freedmen. I am a little boy seven years old. Last spring grandpapa gave me a little plot of ground for my vegetable garden, consisting of corn, pop-corn, beans, summer squashes, Hubbard squashes, cucumbers, tomatoes, cabbages, watermelons. I took most of the care of the garden myself; only when I went on a sail my grandma picked the squashes. I sold the products of my garden to my grandma, and she paid me in money, amounting to a _dollar and a half_, with which I cheerfully send to you for the freedmen.

AMASA DAY CHAFFEE.
MODUS, CONN., _Nov. 29, 1877_.

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SIX COMPOSITIONS.

A graduate of Hampton writes to a former teacher enclosing sample
compositions of his pupils in “The Sunday School.” We copy from
the _Southern Workman_: as it says; “We do not remember ever
seeing a richer collection of children’s compositions. The
teacher has no reason to despair.”

“VA.

“_Dear Teacher_:—On returning from my school this afternoon, I thought I would write and let you hear of my sojourning. To-day is Friday (the last day in school week), and, after a review of the week’s studies, the children are requested to write short compositions. I send you six, copied just as they were written:

‘SUNDAY SCHOOL.

‘Sunday school is a good place to go. To keep out of badness. And learn the words of god good boys and girls goes to sunday school every sunday when they can. Everybody ought to go to sunday school; and hear the Bible because it tell them what is right and wrong. M. F. Hancock.’

‘Sunday school are the place that people ought to go, and learn to read about god and his diciples, and of him to learn good and not bad like Biley done to day killed a little sparrow, where will never do him no harm in the world, and he put the bird to death. Poor bird. Peter S. Hancock.’

‘Sunday School is a good place that all bad children ought to go to. And some of the members do not come to the Sunday School. And this School is a very emportant one. And the people ought make their children come where gods work are going on. And if they fuse to come whip them. I do not fuse to come where the Lord work is. Jerry Chappell.’

‘Sunday School are a place that people ought to go to learn something about the scripture Sunday School are a very pretty place to go to learn and to spell and to read People ought to be have there Selves. Emily Farmer.’

‘Sunday School is a very useful thing; though I don’t go to it but I hope every body will go if I dont go. Sunday School is a place where every body ought to go to learn sense, and read the scripture and hear the word of God. Ellen Coles.’

“These were written by the Fourth Reader class. My school numbers fifty-one pupils. I have no little task to undergo. Besides worrying with the children all the week, I have the responsibility of head Deacon and Clerk of the church. I sometimes despair; but when I look and see that there is no one in our midst more competent than I am for either position, I look to the ‘Great I Am’ and do the best I can.

“Ere this, you are somewhat experienced in the movements of our race. They suit quite well to begin with, but the end, alas! how different from the beginning! Our people are quick of apprehension, but do not continue in it.

“Very respectfully,
“Your once pupil and scholar,
“H.”

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RECEIPTS

FOR DECEMBER, 1877.

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MAINE, $288.54.

Alfred. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $23.07
Augusta. Joel Spalding, to const.
MRS.HELEN G. ECOB, L. M. 30.00
Bangor. Hammond St. Ch. 10.00
Bath. Mrs. J. C. 0.25
Bethel. Francis Barker 2.24
Biddeford. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.00
Blanchard. "A Friend" 5.00
Blue Hill. "A Friend" 1.00
Brewer. First Cong. Ch. $12; and Sab. Sch. $4.53 16.53
Dennysville. Peter E. Vose, box of C. and new
cloth, _for Atlanta, Ga._
Fryeburgh. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.10
Gorham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.60
Hampden. Chas. E. Hicks and others 5.00
Hallowell. Mrs. Mary Flagg $10; H. K.Baker $2,
_for printing press Talladega, Ala._
—— "Friends" $1.25, _for Ogeechee Ch._
—— "Two Lady Friends" $5 ea. 23.25
Norridgewock. Cong. Ch. 50.00
North Bridgton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00
North Vassalborough. Joseph White 10.00
Norway. Wm. Frost and Mary K. Frost 5.25
Portland. "Two Ladies" 4.00
Topsham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Vassalborough. —— 0.25
Waterford. Cash 5.00
Wells. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., to
const. SARAH A. SOUTHWORTH, L. M. 40.00

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $755.32.

Antrim. "Friends," by Imla Wright 40.00
Atkinson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.25
Auburn. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.50
Brookline. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00
Bristol. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.05
Centre Harbor. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (bal. coll.) 1.00
Concord. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 55.22
Concord. North Cong. Ch., B. of C., _for
Wilmington, N. C._
Dunbarton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 42.50
Exeter. "A Friend" 30.00
Grafton Co. "A Friend" ($30 of which to const.
MRS. GEO. E COLBURN, L. M.) 130.00
Hanover Centre. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Hollis. "Lady Friends," bbl. of C., by Mrs. J.
C. Burge
Hopkinton. D. S. 0.35
Keene. First Cong. Sab. Sch. $117.85; Second
Cong. Ch. and Soc. $37; J. P. $1; Mrs. C. C.
W. 25c. 156.10
Milford. Nathan Jewett 5.00
Nashua. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.35
——. "A Friend," _for the Debt_ 100.00
Newport. "A Young Lady" 10.00
Stratham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
——. "A Friend" 100.00

VERMONT, $536.98.

Brandon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.65
Brattleborough. Cong. Ch. 70.00
Brookfield. C. E. B. 0.25
Cambridge. Dea. Solomon Montague $10; Mrs.
Benj. Barrett $2 12.00
Charlotte. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $29.61; Rev C. C.
Torrey $15 44.61
Chester. "X. Y. Z." 1.00
Granby and North Victory. Cong. Ch. 1.50
Hardwick. A. M. Amsden and wife 15.00
Hartford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $52.73;
Woman’s Miss. Soc. of Cong. Ch.
$11.—Ladies’ Miss. Soc., B. of C., _for
Wilmington, N. C._ 63.73
Lower Waterford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.75
Ludlow. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $22.45; Sab. Sch.
$1.81 24.26
North Cambridge. John Kinsley 10.00
Peacham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 34.40
Pittsford. Thos. D. Hall 5.00
Royalton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.00
Shelburn. Mrs. Mattie Duncan, bal. to const.
MRS. JOSIE. MERILL, L. M. 10.00
Stowe. Cong. Ch. 44.14
West Charleston. Rev. W. T. Herrick, _for the
Debt_ 25.25
Westminster. Cong. Ch. 8.50
West Randolph. M. A. and S. E. Albin 6.00
West Rutland. Young Ladies’ Working Band, by H.
D. Tuttle 65.00
West Townsend. Charitable Soc., by Mrs. R. P.
W. Baldwin, bbl. of C., val. $42, and $2 _for
freight_ 2.00
Windham. Cong. Ch. $10.29; Cong. Sab. Sch. $1.65 11.94
Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00

MASSACHUSETTS, $3,447.27.

Abington. Mrs. Sullivan 3.00
Amesbury and Salisbury. Union Ch. and Soc. 5.80
Amherst. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Andover. South Cong. Ch. $105.—Rev. J.
H. Laird $10; E. Taylor $6; M. C. Andrews $5;
Dr. Gilbert $2; H. J. and Mrs. D. G. $1 ea.,
_for Talladega C._—Individuals, _for Mag._, $1 131.00
Ashfield. Henry Taylor, $6.—Ladies $1,
_for freight_ 7.00
Ashburnham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
NOYES B. HERRICK, L. M. 43.00
Athol. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 103.21
Auburn. Cong. Ch. 41.00
Ayer. "Friends" 3.25
Bedford. M. E. R. 0.50
Blandford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.35
Boston. Union Ch. and Soc. $83.92; Mrs E. W. B.
50c. 84.42
Bradford. Young Ladies of Bradford
Academy, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 10.00
Buckland. E. S. 0.25
Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. 47.65
Charlton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.
$74.98; "Memorial Offering from Member
of Central Ch." $50 124.98
Chicopee. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.72
Cohasset. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.63
Concord. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.33
Cummington. Mrs. S. R. Wilbur $5; Mr. and Mrs.
M. Porter $2; Mrs. H. Porter $1.50; Mrs.
Alivia Wilbur $1.30; others $1.20 11.00
Dalton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $19.59; Cong. Sab.
Sch. $5 24.59
Danvers. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 100.00
Dorchester. Miss E. Pierce 1.50
Douglass. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $10; A. M. H. 50c. 10.50
Dracut Centre. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.75
East Hampton. Payson Ch. and Soc. $283.95; L.
D. L. 25c. 284.20
East Weymouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.15
Florence. Florence Ch. 132.65
Great Barrington. L. M. Pixley 10.00
Greenfield. C. C. Phillips $2.—Woman’s Miss.
Soc., by Mrs. Newell, bbl. of C., _for
Atlanta, Ga._ 2.00
Georgetown. First Cong. Ch., _for Chinese M._ 4.53
Goshen. Mrs. Wm. Tilton 2.00
Groton. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. 64.27
Hanover. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.50
Hatfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 45.75
Harvard. Mrs. C. S. 0.50
Haverhill. Mary B. Jones $10; W. H. E. 25c. 10.25
Haydenville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.41
Hinsdale. J. H. 1.00
Hingham. R. J. F. 0.25
Holden. Ladies’ Sewing Circle, B. of C., _for
Wilmington, N. C._
Lakeville. Betsey Kinsley 2.00
Lawrence, Lawrence St. Ch. and Soc. 75.19
Leicester. Mrs. C. C. Partridge 5.00
Lincoln. Miss. S. R. 0.25
Lowell. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $104;
"A Friend in Eliot Ch." $50. to const.
DEA. JAMES W. MORSE, L. M. 154.00
Lynn. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 37.68
Lynnfield Centre. "A Friend" 5.00
Ludlow. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.45
Malden. Rev. J. C. 0.27
Medfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 61.00
Monson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.69
Natick. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $129.63; Cash,
_for postage_, 12c. 129.75
North Abington. Mrs. A. S. Reed, to
const. MRS. GEO. ADAMS, L. M. 30.00
Northampton. W. K. Wright 30.00
North Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00
Northborough. "Friends" $7, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._—Mrs. Martha D. Wells $3 10.00
North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. 84.46
New Bedford. "A Friend" 5.00
Newton. Elliot Cong. Ch. 59.18
Newton Centre. S. A. E. 0.50
Newton Lower Falls. "Friend" 7.00
North Chelmsford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.25
Norfolk. Mrs. Wm. Mann, _for Student’s Aid,
Atlanta, U._ 2.00
Plympton. Cong. Ch. 3.80
Randolph. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 86.19
Rochdale. Mrs. R. W. 0.25
Salem. South Cong. Ch. and Society (Mon. Con.
Coll.) $8.12; J. P. A. 50c. 8.62
Sherborn. Miss M. B. 1.00
South Boston. Miss J. A. 1.00
Southbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.03
South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
Springfield. Hope Cong. Ch. $21.08; Olivet Ch.
and Soc. $1.39; Miss L. B. $1 23.47
Stockbridge. Cong. Ch. 38.83
Sutton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.66
Swampscott. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 34.00
Taunton. E. S. E. 0.50
Tewksbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 33.25
Topsfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 64.10
Townsend. Cong. Ch., Sab. Sch. and friends $25,
_for Student Aid, Atlanta U._; Friends 90c. 25.90
Upton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.78
Wakefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 114.00
Ware. "A Friend," _for the Debt_ 10.00
Warren. S. Blair 2.00
Watertown. Mrs. A. 0.50
Whately. L. B. W. 2.00
West Andover. A. L. Goodell 25.00
West Boylston. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 80.00
West Springfield. Park St. Ch. 63.00
Westminster. E. A. Whitney 5.00
Winchendon. "Two Friends" 10.00
Woburn. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 100.00
Worcester. Plymouth Cong. Ch. $138.83 (of which
$15 _for Talladega_); Piedmont Ch. and Soc.
(ad’l) $182. (of which $100 from John B.
Gough); E. A. Goodnow $10; Mrs. J. 50c.; Mrs.
H. B. F. 25c. 331.58
Yarmouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.25

RHODE ISLAND, $140.25.

Barrington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $50; J. I. S.
25c. 50.25
Providence. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. and Soc. 90.00

CONNECTICUT, $3,680.48.

Abington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
Ashford. Cong. Soc. 10.00
Avon. By A. U. Thompson $130 (of which $100
from Harry Chidsey, to const. L.
H. CHIDSEY, MRS. L. H. CHIDSEY and HARRY C.
HUMPHREY, L. M.’s); M. A. $1 131.00
Berlin. Second Cong. Ch. 8.47
Birmingham. Mrs. C. A. B. 0.25
Clinton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to
const. CHARLES E. REDFIELD, L. M. 43.58
Cromwell. Mrs. Stephen Topliff 3.25
Durham. Cong. Ch. 25.50
East Woodstock. H. C. 0.25
Enfield. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 20.00
Fair Haven. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.29
Hanover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 76.90
Haddam. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Hartford. Asylum Hill Cong. Ch. $207.75; J. E.
Cushman $160 ($60 of which _for
the Debt_),—Mrs. Polly Johnson $1.50 _for
Mendi M._—A. W. 50c. 369.75
Higganum. Cong. Soc. 6.00
Hebron. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Jewett City. Mrs. M. A. Rockwell 25.00
Lisbon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.08
Old Lyme. by M. S. _for Mag._ 0.50
Marlborough. Miss L. A. Carter $2; Geo. H. Lord
and Others $8 10.00
Meriden. C. H. Learned 5.00
Middletown. J. G. Baldwin 25.00
Milford. Plymouth Ch. $36.50; First Cong. Ch.
$29.50 66.00
Milton. Rev. S. J. M. Merwin 15.00
Montville. —— 7.00
Moodus. Amasa Day Chaffee 1.50
New Canaan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.40
New Haven. Davenport Cong. Ch. $62.75; Third
Cong. Ch. and Soc. $32.58; R. E. Rice $20;
Mrs. E. R. Marvin $8.25; "A Friend in Centre
Ch." $10; Individuals _for Mag._ 50c. 134.08
New Hartford, North Cong. Ch., Rev. F. H.
Adams’ Bible Class $10.26; John Richards’
Bible Class $10, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 20.26
New Milford. Cong. Ch. 95.69
New London. Miss M. A. R. Rogers 2.00
Norwich. Park Cong. Sab. Sch. $50 _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._—"A Friend" $5 55.00
Portland. First Cong. Ch. 11.02
Redding. Cong. Ch. 5.90
Rockville. Rev. G. Pease, Box of C.,
_for Savannah, Ga._
Roxbury. Individuals _for Mag._ 0.75
Saybrook. Second Cong. Ch. 6.90
South Glastonbury. Cong. Ch. 6.00
South Windsor. First Cong. Ch. 30.00
Stratford. Cong. Ch. 25.50
Suffield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.85
Terryville, Cong. Ch., M. C. Coll. 6.00
Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 46.80
Tolland. "Family Thanksgiving donation by L. J. C." 1.00
West Avon. Cong. Ch. 5.00
West Hartford. Miss E. C. H. 0.62
West Haven. Mrs. Huldah Coe 6.50
West Meriden. E. K. Breckenridge $10; "H. L.
C." $5 15.00
West Winsted. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 59.40
Whitneyville. H. H. 0.50
Willimantic. Cong. Ch. 54.39
Winchester. Cong. Ch. 11.93
Winsted. Cong. Ch. $51.13; Mrs. Emily Case $10 61.13
Winthrop. Miss. C. Rice 2.00
Woodbury. ESTATE of Judah Baldwin $1,689.05;
ESTATE of Mrs. Eunice Baldwin $278.07,
by A. W. Mitchell, Ex. 1,967.12
Woodbury. A. W. Mitchell and Mrs. J. G. Minor
$5 ea. 10.00
Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for a
Theo. Student, Straight U._ 40.42
—— "A Friend" 50.00

NEW YORK, $2,115.77.

Adams. Mrs. D. R. S. Colton $2, and box of books 2.00
Alfred Centre. Mrs. Ida F. Kenyon 5.00
Barnes Corners. Mrs. L. R. Greenly 10.00
Brentwood. E. F. Richardson 8.50
Brooklyn. Clinton Ave. Cong. Ch. (of
which $1,000 from A. S. Barnes _for the debt_) 1,227.94
Brooklyn. South Cong. Ch. $51; Ch. of
the Covenant $5 56.00
Cincinnatus. Thanksgiving Coll. Union
Service, by Rev. E. Rogers 10.00
Durham. Mrs. H. I. 1.00
East Avon. Mrs. F. D. 1.00
Elma. Mrs. E. S. A. Bancroft 5.00
Elmira. Miss Clarissa Thurston 5.00
Felts Mills. Joel A. Hubbard 30.00
Fillmore. L. L. Nourse 10.00
Franklin. Cong. Ch. 17.42
Gainesville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00
Gouverneur. Mrs. E. R. B. 1.00
Harford. Robert Purvis 30.00
Harlem. Cong. Ch. 10.30
Harris Hill. Thomas Hutchinson and John Berry 5.00
Lima. Rev. H. N. P. 0.25
Lisle. Miss A. B. 1.00
Little Valley. Cong. Ch. 3.00
Lockport. H. W. Nichols 5.00
Locust Valley. Mrs. S. Palmer 5.00
Madison. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Marcellus. First Ch. $20; S. C. Hemenway $5; A.
Rockwell and others $1; Mrs. L. H. 50c. 26.50
Mexico. M. Midlam $3; Individuals, by Dr.
Smith, $1.75 4.75
Middlesex. Lester Adams and E. J. Adams 10.00
Oneonta. Mrs. L. J. S. 0.27
Newark Valley. First Cong. Ch. 38.09
New York. E. A. Graves $100; Alex. Ostrander $5 105.00
Oriskany Falls. Joseph C. Griggs 25.00
Palmyra. Pliny T. Sexton, to const.
MISS MARY SQUIRE, L. M. 30.00
Paris Hill. Cong Ch. 27.50
Perry Centre. "A Friend" 10.00
Penn Yan. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 18.00
Pierpont. Mr. and Mrs. James Gleason 5.00
Rochester. Mrs. J. H. 0.25
Sag Harbor. Chas. N. Brown to const. MISS
ANNA C. POLLEY, L. M. 30.00
Sing Sing. Mrs. Harriet M. Cole to
const. REV. DAVID E. JONES, L. M. 30.00
Springville. Lawrence Weber 3.00
Syracuse. Mrs. S. J. White 5.00
Union Falls. Francis E. Duncan $15; Mrs. Fanny
D. Duncan $10 25.00
Union Valley. Wm. C. Angel 5.00
Watkins. Mr. G. $1; others $1 2.00
Westfield. Mrs. L. S. 1.00
West Mount Vernon. I. Van Santvoord, overcoat,
package of C. and $2 _for freight_ 2.00
Williamsburgh. ESTATE of Mary
Withington, by J. M. Stearns, Ex. 250.00
Windham. Rev. O. B. Hitchcock, Set of
Appleton’s Cyclopedia, val. $80, _for
Talladega C._
Windsor. Mrs. Jonah Woodruff $3; Rev. J. S. P.
$1 4.00

NEW JERSEY, $12.50.

Bricksburg. Rev. G. L. 1.00
Camden. J. E. S. 0.50
Newark. David Owen $1, and five Sab.
Sch, Banners 1.00
Trenton. S. T. Sherman 10.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $3.50.

Orwell. Rev. Wm. Macnab 2.00
Providence. Welsh Cong. Ch. 1.00
Terrytown. Dr. G. F. H. 0.50

OHIO, $405.21.

Berea. James S. Smedley 5.00
Bellevue. J. S. 0.25
Belpre. Cong. Ch. 21.48
Cincinnati. Rev. B. P. Aydelott $10; C.
B. Ruggles $3; Mrs. Charlotte Ruggles $2 15.00
Cleveland. Euclid Ave. Cong. Ch $19.70; A. H.
L. $1 20.70
Delaware. Froedshindalar Welsh Cong. Ch. ($5 of
which from Wm. Bevan) 10.32
Garrettsville. Cong. Ch. 5.50
Granville. Mrs. C. G. Olds 2.00
Greenfield. Wm. Smith 5.00
Geneva. Mrs. S. Kingsbury $10; Miss M. M.
Kingsbury $5; W. C. P. $1; W. M. A. 50c. 16.50
Georgetown. Joseph W. Hill 5.00
Greenwich. Mrs. Luther Mead 5.00
Hampden. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
Huntsburgh. A. E. Millard $10; Mrs. M. E.
Millard $5 15.00
Hudson. Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Paper_ 3.00
Madison. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. $35, _for
Student Aid, Tougaloo U._; M. B. H. 50c. 35.50
Marietta. Rev. I. M. P. 0.25
Medina. N. B. Northrop 20.00
Moores Saltworks. Robert George 2.00
Oberlin. Mrs. C. C. Wheat to const I. C. V.
WHEAT, L. M., $30; Rev. J. S. 25c. 30.25
North Benton. Mrs. Margret J. Hartzel 5.00
North Eaton. Mrs. M. O. 0.57
Prairie Depot. A. B. F. 0.25
Rootstown. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
Ruggles. Cong. Ch. 23.75
Saybrook, W. C. Sexton 2.00
Steubenville. Woman’s Missionary Soc. by Miss
Anne G. Elliott, Treas. 10.00
Sullivan. Mrs. M. McC. 1.00
Tallmadge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ($5, of
which from Ladies, _for a student, Talladega
C._) 29.14
Toledo. Mrs. M. A. Harrington 10.00
Wellington. Cong. Ch. to const. REV. J.
A. DALY, L. M. 50.00
Welshfield. S. P. 0.25
Westerville. G. W. F. 0.50
Windham. First Cong. Ch. 25.00

INDIANA, $5.

Goshen. A. M. Lee 5.00

ILLINOIS, $3,231.61.

Albion. Mrs. Martha Skeavington 5.00
Aurora. N. L. James 5.00
Avon. F. H. M. 0.25
Chicago. First Cong. Ch. $14.30; Leavitt St.
Cong. Co. $11.24 25.60
Crystal Lake. ESTATE of Simon S.
Gates, by William D. Gates, Ex. 3,000.00
Evanston. First Cong. Ch. 25.25
Galesburg. Ladies of Cong. Ch. _for Ind. Sch.
Talladega C._ 25.00
Geneseo. Cong. Sab. Sch. 40.00
Kewanee. Cong. Ch. 29.07
Knoxville. W. H. Holcomb and others $1.00 ea. 5.00
Marshall. Mrs. G. E. C. 0.50
Mattoon. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Naperville. Mrs. L. C. 1.00
Port Byron. Woman’s Miss’y Soc. 8.50
Quincy. Lucius Kingman 5.00
Rosemond. _For Mag._ 0.25
Rockford. First Cong. Ch. 37.44
Sterling. First Cong. Ch. 7.75
Sycamore. Rev. A. S. 1.00

MICHIGAN, $318.96.

Alpena. Woman’s Miss. Soc. of Cong. Ch. $25
_for a student Atlanta U._—Miss J. F. F. 60c. 25.60
Birmingham. Mrs. A. D. Stickney 1.25
Detroit. "A member of First Cong. Ch." 3.33
Dexter. Dennis Warner 10.00
Dowagiac. Cong. Ch. $6; Ladies Soc. $3.20 "The
Widow’s Mite" $1 10.20
Grass Lake. Z. Boynton 5.00
Hillsdale. J. W. Ford 2.00
Jackson. Mrs. R. M. Bennett $1.25; "A Friend"
75c. 2.00
Kalamazoo. Webster Johnson $100; Cong. Ch.
$77.93 ($30 of which to const. CLARENCE L.
DEAN, L. M.) 177.93
Lodi. Eli Benton 30.00
Milford. E. G. 1.00
Richland. Presb. Ch. Coll. $4.62; S. Mills $5;
Mrs. S. Boyles $1.50; Mrs. C. T. 25c. 11.37
Vermontville. First Cong. Ch. 34.28
Warren. Rev. J. L. Beebe 5.00

WISCONSIN, $146.16.

Appleton. M. C. P. 0.50
Brodhead. Mrs. M. A. C. 1.00
Cooksville. Edward Gilley _for African M._ 5.00
Madison. Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Student Aid_ 25.00
Milwaukee. Spring St. Cong. Ch. 12.35
Watertown. Good Templars, by T. D. Rauouse,
_for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 27.50
Whitewater. Cong. Ch. 74.81

IOWA, $231.64.

Anamosa. Cong. Ch. 10.00
College Springs. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 15.00
Cherokee. First Cong. Ch. 10.03
Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.00
Des Moines. Plymouth Cong. Ch. $45.81; Rev. M.
N. Miles, "Family Thanksgiving donation."
$7.10 52.91
Fairfax. Cong. Ch. 7.00
Genoa Bluff. Cong. Ch. $7.75; H. A. M. 25c. 8.00
Gilman. Cong. Ch., M. Coll. 1.00
Green Mountain. Cong. Ch. 30.00
Grinnell. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $44.20; By Mrs. M.
B. Day $2.50 46.70
Iowa Falls. Cong. Ch. 7.00
Mantor. Cong. Ch. 8.00
New Hampton. Mrs E. F. Powers 4.00
Riceville. Mrs. A. B. C. 1.00
Tabor. Friends by Miss Julia E. Williams 5.00

MINNESOTA, $92.92.

Hastings. C. S. Campbell 5.00
Lake City. Cong. Ch. 24.00
Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 13.92
Morris. Cong. Ch. 1.00
Northfield. A. N. N. $1; Rev. J. W. S. $1 2.00
Plainview. Cong. Ch. $34; Cong. Sab. Sch. $6 40.00
Sauk Centre. Cong. Ch. 7.00

NEBRASKA, $5.

Milford. Rev. H. A. French 5.00

DAKOTA, $24.25.

Yankton. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., _for a Student_ 24.25

COLORADO, $16.95.

Denver. Cong. Ch. 15.45
Greeley. "Evans" 1.50

CALIFORNIA, $9.

Benicia. Mrs. N. P. S. 1.00
Mojave. W. F. Montague 8.00

OREGON, $16.55.

Forest Grove. Jos. W. Marsh $10; Cong. Ch. $5;
Mrs. S. H. P. $1 16.00
Forest Grove. S. T. W. 0.25
Portland. W. W. 0.30

WASHINGTON TER., $15.

Skokomish Agency. Cong. Mission Ch. of Christ 15.00

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $36.

Washington. Christmas Gift from the Officers
and Students of Howard University, _for the
Debt_ 36.00

VIRGINIA, $5.25.

Farmville. T. N. W. 0.25
Salem-Fauquier. Catherine V. Mead 5.00

TENNESSEE, $326.17.

Chattanooga. First Cong. Ch. $20.32
Christmas Gift, _for the Debt_; Chattanooga
Band of Hope No. 1, $20 _for the Debt_ 40.32
Memphis. Le Moyne Sch. 132.60
Memphis. Second Cong. Ch., _for the Debt_ 40.00
Nashville. Christmas Gift from
Teachers, Workers and Students of Fisk
University, _for the Debt_ 113.25

NORTH CAROLINA, $304.77.

Raleigh. Public Fund $100; Washington Sch.
$16.50 116.50
Wilmington. Normal Sch. $178; Cong. Ch. $10.27 188.27

SOUTH CAROLINA, $218.21.

Charleston. Avery Inst. 211.86
Charleston. Plymouth Ch., _for the Debt_ 3.35
Columbia. Prof. F. P. B., _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 1.00
Orangeburgh. Cong. Ch., _for the Debt_ 2.00

GEORGIA, $539.76.

Atlanta. Atlanta University 248.35
Byron. Cong. Ch. 2.00
Macon. Lewis High Sch. 53.10
Macon. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., _for the debt_ 12.25
McIntosh. The Sisters’ Benev. Ass’n of Liberty
Co., Christmas gift, _for the debt_ 15.60
Savannah. Rent $150; Beach Inst. $58.46 208.46

ALABAMA, $340.50.

Athens. Cong. Ch., _for the debt_ 15.00
Montgomery. Public Fund 220.80
Selma. First Cong. Ch. $7.42, and Sab.
Sch. $12.58; E. C. Silsby $5, _for the debt_ 25.00
Selma. First Cong. Ch. 7.20
Talladega. Talladega College 72.50

LOUISIANA, $114.50.

New Orleans. Straight University 114.50

MISSISSIPPI, $107.80.

Tougaloo. Tougaloo University 77.80
Tougaloo. Church and School, _for the debt_ 30.00

MISSOURI, $13.60

Cahoka. Cong. Ch. 3.10
Index. W. B. Wills 10.50

TEXAS, $1.

Corpus Christi. Rev. S. M. C. 1.00

ENGLAND, $10.

London. Wm. Saunders, _for Student Aid, Atlanta
U._ 10.00
—————————
Total $17,516.42
Total from Oct. 1st to Dec. 30th $42,305.54

H. W. HUBBARD,
_Ass’t Treas._

ENDOWMENT FUND

Concord, N. H. ESTATE of Irenus
Hamilton by J. K. and W. C. Hamilton 1,500.00

* * * * *

Constitution of the American Missionary Association.

INCORPORATED JANUARY 30, 1849.

* * * * *

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 in 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; this 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.

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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., 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.