Chapter C: T. COLLINS, Chairman (3)

_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
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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
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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
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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
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1,950.12

NEW YORK, $390.01.

Albany. D. S. Charles, $25; C. P. Williams,
$10; Nelson Lyon, $5; Mrs. E. J. Edwards, $5 45.00
Brasher Falls. Elijah Wood, $15; Mrs. O. Bell,
$2 17.00
Hamilton. O. S. Campbell, $5; Mel Tompkins,
$5; Mrs. E. K. P., $1 11.00
Lysander. Cong. Ch. 60.00
Mexico. “Friends” 2.00
Mount Vernon. I. Van Santvoord 10.00
Moravia. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00
Newark Valley. People of Newark Valley, 3
Cases of C., by L. M. Smith.
New York. H. E. Parsons, $100; Dr. A. Ball.
$5; H. A. W., 50c. 105.50
New York. H. C. Houghton, M.D., _for John
Brown Steamer_ 10.00
Penn Yan. M. Hamlin 100.00
Schenectady. Ladies, Bbl. of C., by Rev. J. H.
Munsell.
Sidney Plain. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 13.51
Sinclairville. E. C. Preston, $2; D. B. D., $1 3.00
Syracuse. Rev. J. C. Holbrook, D.D. 5.00

NEW JERSEY, $37.50.

Bernardsville. J. L. Roberts, ($10 of which
_for John Brown Steamer_) 35.00
Lakewood. Mrs. E. O. L., $1; G. L., $1 2.00
Newark. F. M. P. 0.50

PENNSYLVANIA, $132.00.

Mercer. Cong. Sab. Sch., $5; S.P. $1 6.00
Millbrook. G. S. 1.00
New Milford. Horace A. Summers 25.00
West Alexander. Robert Davidson 100.00

OHIO, $389.38.

Aurora. Cong. Ch. 16.00
Claridon. Cong Sab. Sch. 5.00
Cleveland. Euclid Av. Cong. Ch. 25.84
Cleveland. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., $30., to
const. MRS. HENRY M. TENNEY, L. M.; Mr. and
Mrs. C. B. Ruggles, $20, _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 50.00
Cleveland. T. P. Handy, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 10.00
Columbus. Woman’s Miss. Soc. of First Cong. Ch. 20.00
East Cleveland. Mrs. Mary Walkden and Son,
_for Chinese M._ 10.00
Elyria. First Cong Ch. (ad’l), $2; Mrs. L. T.
50c. 2.50
Findlay. Cong. Ch. 12.10
Galion. Mrs. E. C. Linsley 3.00
Hudson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 29.67
Lafayette. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Norwalk. Dea. T. L. 1.00
Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch., $46.63; Rev. E. P.
Barrows, D.D., $10 56.63
Painsville. First Cong. Ch. 28.33
Peru. “Friends,” _for Talladega. C._, $62.15,
(incorrectly ack. in Oct. number from Berea).
Springfield. First Cong. Ch. 5.31
Sicily. Sab. Sch., by J. F. Cumberland, Supt. 2.00
Toledo. Central Cong. Ch. 10.00
Toledo. Edison Allen, _for a Teacher_ 5.00
Wellington. First Cong. Ch. 50.00
Yellow Springs. G. Garrison 5.00
Youngstown. Welsh Cong. Ch. 16.00
York. Cong. Ch. 20.00

INDIANA, $20.00.

Fort Wayne. Plymouth Cong. Ch. 20.00

ILLINOIS, $1,588.64.

Chicago. D. R. Holt, _for John Brown Steamer_ 10.00
Dover. Woman’s Miss. Soc. 5.00
Elgin. Cong. Ch. 63.34
Kewanee. Cong. Ch. 100.00
Galva. Cong. Ch. 13.63
Granville. “Merry Workers,” by Emma J. Colby,
_for furnishing room, Stone Hall, Straight
U._ 30.00
Greenville. Rev. M. A. Crawford 5.00
Mendon. Mrs. J. Fowler, _for recitation room,
Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 125.00
Mendon. Mrs. C. T. 1.00
Milburn. Woman’s Miss. Soc., _for Lady
Missionary Mobile, Ala._ 40.00
Morrison. James Snyder, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 10.00
Peoria. Cong. Ch. $102.59; Rev. A. A. Stevens,
$5 107.59
Princeton. Cong. Ch. 42.40
Shabbona. Cong. Ch., to const. DEA. C. W.
QUILHOT L. M. 35.68
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588.64

LEGACY.
Joliet. Legacy of Jonathan Hagar, by E. C.
Hagar 1,000.00
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1,588.64

MICHIGAN, $102.15.

Almont. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.85
Amsden. Mrs. A. H. Spencer 5.00
Battle Creek. Mrs. H. L. Root, _for Indian M._ 5.00
Battle Creek. Dr. J. B. Chapin and Wife 3.00
Chase. First Cong. Ch. 3.00
Edwardsburgh. S. C. Olmstead 25.00
Grand Rapids. South Cong. Ch. 4.80
Northport. Mrs. A. M. 0.50
Romeo. Miss T. S. Clarke, to const. MRS. J. W.
CLARKE, L. M. 30.00
Tustin. First Cong. Ch. 2.00

WISCONSIN, $158.09.

Beloit. Rev. J. P. Chamberlain 5.00
Emerald Grove. Cong. Ch. 13.24
Fond du Lac. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Fort Atkinson. P. T. Gunnison, $10; Wm.
Armstrong, $2 12.00
La Crosse. First Cong. Ch. 92.50
Raymond. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Rio. Cong. Ch. 2.45
Ripon. Bertie Ladd Fowle, _proceeds of
Missionary Garden_ 0.50
Whitewater. By Ella A. Hamilton, _for Le Moyne
Sch._ 13.00
Wyocena. Cong. Ch. 4.40

IOWA, $185.27.

Cherokee. Cong. Ch. 9.24
Cherokee County. Second Cong. Ch. 4.74
Columbus City. Sarah E. Evans 5.00
Dubuque. Cong. Ch. 13.00
De Witt. Cong. Ch. 7.02
Grinnell. By Mary R. Magoun, _for Le Moyne
Sch._ 12.00
Grinnell. “F. P. B.” 2.50
Hillsborough. John W. Hammond 5.00
Iowa City. Mrs. M. S. Thatcher, deceased, _for
Lady Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 5.00
Keosaugua. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00
Maquoketa. Ladies, _for Lady Missionary, New
Orleans, La._ 3.00
McGregor. Woman’s Missionary Soc., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 14.29
Meriden. Cong. Ch. 5.52
Waterloo. First Cong. Ch. 11.58
Stacyville. Cong. Ch. 16.88
—— Ladies of Cong. Ch’s: Council Bluffs $20;
Fairfax, $3; Fontanelle, $12; Red Oak, $14;
Tabor, $16.50; by Mrs. Henry L. Chase, _for
Lady Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 65.50

MINNESOTA, $40.33.

Glyndon. Mrs. S. N. M. 0.50
Hastings. D. B. Truax 5.00
Hutchinson. Cong. Ch. 1.75
Lake City. J. P. 1.00
Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch., $29.68; Second
Cong. Ch., $2.40 32.08

NEBRASKA, $52.20.

Red Cloud. Cong. Ch. 2.20
Red Willow. “A Friend,” _for John Brown
Steamer_ 50.00

MISSOURI, $1.50.

Amity. Miss M. M. 1.00
Jefferson City. E. L. A. 0.50

COLORADO, $5.00.

Colorado Springs. Rev. E. N. Bartlett 5.00

CALIFORNIA, $1,464.40.

San Francisco. Receipts of the California
Chinese Mission 1,464.40

OREGON, $15.65.

The Dalles. First Cong. Ch. 15.65

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $98.00.

Washington. First Cong. Ch., $88; Mrs. Abby N.
Bailey, $10 98.00

NORTH CAROLINA, $154.90.

Highlands. Mr. & Mrs. John P. McClearie, _for
Talladega, Ala._ 5.00
Wilmington. “Friends,” by Miss H. L. Pitts,
$75; “Friends” by Miss E. A. Warner, $69.90;
“Friends,” by Miss A. E. Farrington, $5;
_for Wilmington N.C._ 149.90

GEORGIA, $43.00.

Athens. Wm. A. Pledger, _for Atlanta U._ 2.00
Macon. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Owen’s Ferry. Hon. A. Wilson, _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 16.00
Savannah. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 20.00

MISSISSIPPI, $10.00.

Jackson. Selina Williams, _for furnishing
Tougaloo U._ 5.00
Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., Tuition 5.00

TEXAS, $0.24.

Whitman. Mrs. L. H. 0.24
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Total $16,752.07
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RECEIPTS OF THE CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION.

_From May 18 to Sept. 10, 1881._

E. PALACHE, _Treasurer_.

I. From Auxiliary Missions, viz.:
Marysville—Chinese: Monthly offerings, $32.10;
Annual members, $18.00. Americans: One
annual member, $2.00; Cash, $1.00 $55.10
Oroville—Chinese: Monthly offerings, $9.85;
Annual members, $12.00. Americans: Four
Annual members, $8.00 29.85
Petaluma—Anniversary collection, $5.85. Annual
Members: Chinese, $16.00; Americans, $2.00 23.85
Sacramento—Anniversary col., $9.20; Annual
members, $36.00; Chinese monthly offerings,
$25.50 70.70
Santa Barbara—Chinese offerings, $24.00; Rev.
S. R. Weldon, $5.00; Mrs. Josiah Bates,
$4.20; Capt. C. P. Low, $3.00; Annual
members, $12.00 48.20
Santa Cruz—Chinese monthly offerings 9.00
Stockton—Anniversary collection, $7.95; Cash,
$3.00; Annual members, $36.00; Chinese
monthly offerings, $12.00 58.95
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Total 295.65

II. From Churches:
Benicia—Cong. Church (Mrs. N. P. S.) 0.60
Berkley—Cong. Church $17.00; Sunday-school,
five annual members, $10 27.00
Oakland—First Cong. Ch., three annual members 6.50
Riverside—Cong. Ch. 13.15
San Francisco—1st Cong. Ch. col. 30.00
San Francisco—Bethany Church (H. C. George,
Mrs. Fitzgerald, Mrs. S. C. Hazelton, Miss
Jessie S. Worley, Miss Nellie Palache, Mrs.
S. E. Meacham, E. Palache, G. W. Webber, J.
A. Snook, $3.00 each; J. F. Crosett, $2.50;
Miss Hattie C. Baker, $5.00; to const. nine
annual members, and in part to const. Mrs.
Jane C. Snook a L. M., $34.50. Miss E. N.
Worley, to const. herself a L. M., $25.00.
Ten American annual members, $20.00. Hoo
Hing, Wong Chung, Lon Quong, Leang Folk, Ny
Gong, Chung Toi, Wong Gen, Jee San Quock,
Jue Woon, Soo Ming, Lee Yick, Hoo Ping, Jee
Hin, Jee Fon Shing, Lue Lune, Yung Yem Kwai,
Hong Sing, $3.00 each; to const. themselves
annual members, and in part to const. Miss
Jessie S. Worley a L. M., $51.00. Dea. S.
Woo and Jee Gam, for same purpose, $1.00
each, $2.00. Dea. S. Woo, $8.50 and Jee Gam,
$7.50 in part for L. M’s. Twenty-six Chinese
annual members, $52.00) 200.50
Sonoma—Cong. Church col. 6.00
Soquel—Cong. Church, Rev. A. L. Rankin annual
member 2.00
Suisun—Cong. Church col. 3.00
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Total $288.75

III. From individual donors:
Messrs. Parrot & Co., $50; Hon. F. F. Low,
$25; J. J. Felt, $25; Messrs. Tabor, Harker
& Co., $25; Messrs. Macondray & Co., $25; E.
Ransome & Co., $25; Rogers, Meyer & Co.,
$25; Williams, Dimond & Co., $25; Cash, W.
T. C., $25; John F. Merrill, $26; Rev.
Joseph Rowell, $20; Messrs. C. A. Low & Co.,
$20; R. P. Tenney, $10; E. W. Playter, $10.
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Total $355.00
IV. From Eastern Friends:
Bangor, Me.—Miss L. M. Benson 10.00
Bangor, Me.—Hon. J. B. Foster 50.00
Amherst, Mass.—Mrs. R. A. Lester, $102; Mrs.
W. S. Clark, $50; Mrs. Olive G. Stearns,
$10; Mrs. W. S. Tyler, $5; Mrs. P. Hickok,
$5; Mrs. E. Tuckerman, $5; Mrs. T. Field, $3 180.00
Ware, Mass.—East Cong. S. S. 50.00
New York, N.Y.—A. S. Barnes 150.00
Atlanta, Ga.—Teachers and Students in Atlanta
University 85.00
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Total 525.00
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Grand total $1,464.40
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H. W. HUBBARD, _Treas._,
56 Reade Street, N.Y.

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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 Association shall be a President, Vice-Presidents, Corresponding Secretaries, (who shall also keep the records of the Association,) Treasurer, Auditors, and an Executive Committee of not less than twelve members.

ART. VII. To the Executive Committee shall belong the collecting and disbursing of funds; the appointing, counseling, sustaining and dismissing 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. 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. IX. 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 immorality of the soul; and the retributions of the judgement in the eternal punishment of the wicked, and salvation of the righteous.

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and copious Extracts from the leading Daily Papers for the older members of the family. The Editorial Department never fails to bear a distinct testimony for Christ. Evangelical Religion, and Justice to all Races, and against all the Works of Satan, especially the Use of Intoxicating Drinks and Tobacco, Sabbath-Breaking and other popular forms of evil. It takes a deep interest in the Independent Catholic Church, the Freedmen, and the Prohibition Question.

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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 toward the INDIANS. It has also a mission in AFRICA.

STATISTICS.

CHURCHES: _In the South_—In District of Columbia, 1; Virginia, 1; North Carolina, 6; South Carolina, 2; Georgia, 13; Kentucky, 7; Tennessee, 4; Alabama, 14; Kansas, 1; Arkansas, 1; Louisiana, 18; Mississippi, 4; Texas, 6. _Africa_, 3. _Among the Indians_, 1. Total, 82.

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, N.C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S.C.; Savannah, Macon, Atlanta, Ga.; Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn.—11. _Other Schools_, 35. Total, 54.

TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS.—Among the Freedmen, 319; among the Chinese, 28; among the Indians, 9; in Africa, 13. Total, 369. STUDENTS—In Theology, 104; Law, 29; in College Course, 91; in other studies, 8,884. Total, 9,108. 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., Treasurer, 56 Reade Street.
BOSTON Rev. C. L. Woodworth, Dis’t Sec., Room 21 Congregational
House.
CHICAGO Rev. Jas. Powell, Dis’t Sec., 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.

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DAVID H. GILDERSLEEVE, PRINTER, 101 CHAMBERS STREET, NEW YORK.

Transcriber’s Notes:

Obvious printer’s punctuation errors have been corrected. Spelling differences which could have been correct at the period are retained.

Ditto marks have been replaced with the text they represent in order to facilitate eBook formatting.

On page 366, “dissappointed” changed to “disappointed” (we were not disappointed).

On page 383, “meas” completed to form “measure:”