Chapter L: E. R (2)

In 1850 the Vintons sailed for Calcutta, with the purpose to build the chapel in Maulmain. On their arrival they found that their English friends and the Karens were as deeply interested in the welfare of “Frankie’s Chapel” as their American friends had been. An English officer sent 200 rupees, with the message, “In America they gave money to keep ‘Frankie’ warm. In view of the high state of the thermometer I send this to keep him cool.”

Another sends 100 rupees “for legs for ‘Frankie’ to stand on,” alluding to the custom of building houses on posts in Burmah. Still another officer sent 1,000 rupees.

It transpired, however, that an overruling Providence had greater plans for “Frankie’s Chapel” than those which had yet been conceived of by the Vintons. During the four or five years after they left America with “Frankie” there were serious troubles in Burmah, and the affairs of the country were such that they were unable to settle down permanently until 1855. At that time plans were furnished for a building much more elaborate and substantial than had been contemplated at first. A beautiful location had been selected at Kemmendine, and the land necessary made a free gift by the Governor-General of India.

On the 20th of May, 1855, the corner-stone was laid by Mr. Vinton, in the presence of a large assembly. The building was to be 60 by 70 feet—two stories high; the lower part being designed for a school-room and the upper part for church services. It was built of brick, and admirably adapted for the use for which it was designed. It serves the purposes not only of the mission, but also as an assembling place for special meetings and general conventions. The Rangoon Karen Mission was at that time the largest in Burmah, and the building was precisely what was needed to meet the various wants of the many interests which centred at that point. Now, after more than twenty-five years, “Frankie’s Chapel” still stands as a monument to the consecration and faith of the poor old Suffield woman, who chose rather to provide for the cause of her Master than to enjoy the comfort and warmth that had been intended for herself. But it happened to her as everyone might have supposed it would have happened; she did not have to go unclad, either, for good people, learning of her charity and self-denial, provided her with the “warm dress” and such other consolations as she richly merited.

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RECEIPTS

FOR APRIL, 1881.

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MAINE, $221.81.

Augusta. John Dorr $15.00
Bath. Central Ch. and Soc. 25.00
Bethel. Mrs. R. A. Chapman 10.00
Blanchard. “A Friend” 5.00
Brewer. First Ch. 9.37
Castine. Mrs. Lucy S. Adams, to const. L. G.
PHILBROOK, L. M. 30.00
Cumberland. S. M. R. 1.00
Gardiner. A. D. 0.50
Gorham. Cong Ch. and Soc. 29.09
Gorham. Miss E. B. Emery, Bbl. of C., _for
Talladega C._
Gray. S. S. Class, _for Selma, Ala._ 0.66
Hallowell. S. L. Smith, Bbl. of C., _for
McIntosh, Ga._
Lewiston. Pine St. Cong. Ch. 27.44
Lyman. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.50
Machias. “Machias” 10.00
New Gloucester. “Ladies,” Bbl. of C. and $7
_for freight_, Miss S. S., $1, _for Selma,
Ala._ 8.00
Portland. J. M. G., $1, _for freight_; D. P.,
50c 1.50
Skowhegan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.25
Skowhegan. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Chapel, Tougaloo, Miss._ 5.00
South Berwick. Mrs. Kate B. Lewis, Bbl. of C.,
_for Macon, Ga._
Union. Box of C., Mrs. A. J., 50c., _for
freight, for Selma, Ala._ 0.50
Waldoborough. Geo. Allen 2.00
Warren. “Ladies,” Bbl. of C., Rev. J. E. Pond,
$5, _for freight, for Selma, Ala._ 5.00
Wells. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00
Wiscasset. Cong. Ch. 10.00
———— Mrs. S. D. L. 1.00

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $496.33.

Amherst. Cong. Ch. 20.20
Antrim. “A Friend” 1.00
Atkinson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l), to const.
JOHN ALFRED MCNEIL, L. M. 24.00
Bristol. H. T. A. 0.63
Chichester. Jacob S. Sanborn, $2; E. R. S. S., $1 3.00
Concord. W. H. Pitman, $5; Miss F. A. G., 50c. 5.50
East Concord. Miss C. D. 0.50
East Derry. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 38.03
Exeter. Second Cong. Ch. 112.96
Exeter. “Friends,” _for Student Aid, Talladega
C._ 2.00
Great Falls. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 10.00
Keene. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 29.74
Litchfield. Presb. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Littleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00
Littleton. Mrs. B. W. Kilborn, _for
rebuilding, Tougaloo, Miss._ 5.00
Lyme. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 1.00
Milford. Cong. Ch. 24.30
Nashua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.64
New Boston. Presb. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) 1.50
New Ipswich. Cong. Ch., $4; Mrs. A. C., 50c. 4.50
Peterborough. Union Evan. Ch. 30.00
Plaistow and North Haverhill, Mass. Cong. Ch.
and Soc., $76; Mrs. E. W. Merrill, $25 101.00
Rindge. Mrs. R. K., $1; Mrs. E. H., $1; Mrs.
M. W., $1; Mrs. Roxy K., $1 4.00
Rochester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.63
Rye. Cong. Ch. 4.20
Shelburne. Mrs. Mary C. Ingalls 3.00

VERMONT, $386.06.

Bennington. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
Benson. ———— 3.00
Bradford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.25
Brandon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.45
Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $7.30;
“A Friend,” $1.50 8.80
Cambridge. Madison Safford 43.52
Cambridge. Widow Nancy Howe, bal., to const.
MISS M. HATTIE PUTNAM, L. M. 10.00
Charlotte. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Mobile, Ala._ 9.00
Clarendon. “A Friend” 5.00
Danville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 10.00
East Poultney. A. D. Wilcox 5.00
Fair Haven. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 30.00
Fair Haven. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.00
Fairlee. “A Friend” 1.00
Fayetteville. Mrs. A. E. K. H. 1.00
Granby and Victory. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.00
Lyndon. First Cong. Ch. to const. DEA. JONAS
N. BARTLETT, L. M. 31.60
Manchester. Bbl. of C., by Mrs. A. C. Reed,
_for Mobile, Ala._
Newport. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.60
North Bennington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.56
North Craftsbury. Mrs. C. C. D. 0.51
Pittsford. Mrs. E. H. Denison 5.00
Salisbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.00
Sheldon. D. D. W. 1.00
Thetford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.00
Wallingford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 65.25
West Brattleborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.01
Westminster West. Mrs. Z. D. 0.51
West Rutland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 24.00

MASSACHUSETTS, $5,792.20.

Amherst. First Ch., $50; “A Friend,” $30, to
const. Mrs. ELIZA M. THAYER, L. M. 80.00
Andover. South Cong. Ch. and Soc., $74.64; H.
C., $1 75.64
Andover. Sab. Sch. of Chapel Cong. Ch., by
Agnes Park, _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 30.00
Andover. Young Gleaners’ Soc. of Old So. Ch.,
_for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 27.00
Andover. “A Friend,” _for Chinese M._ 10.00
Boston. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc., $859.39;
Shawmut Cong. Ch. and Soc., $248.57; Mrs. B.
F. Dewing, $5; Mrs. G. R. C., 50c. 1,113.46
Boston. Woman’s Home Missionary Ass’n, by Miss
Abby W. Pearson, Treas., _for Lady
Missionaries_ 162.41
Boston Highlands. Eliot Cong. Ch. 14.46
Bradford. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Indian M._ 37.08
Brimfield. Mrs. P. C. Browning, $10; Mrs. J.
S. Upham, $3 13.00
Brockton. Mrs. Lucy C. Sanford, _for freight_ 2.00
Brookline. Harvard Cong. Ch. and Soc. 99.10
Cambridge. First Cong. Ch. and Shepherd Soc. 180.00
Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., M. C. Coll. 15.59
Charlestown. Winthrop Cong. Ch. 63.23
Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 33.38
Chester. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.00
Concord. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.57
Dana. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.00
Easthampton. Miss E. A. Clark 1.50
East Taunton. Mrs. B. L. S. 0.50
Feeding Hills. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Florence. Florence Ch. 123.00
Florence. A. L. Williston, $500, _for
rebuilding_, and $50 _for furnishing room,
Tougaloo U._ 550.00
Foxborough. Mrs. Lemuel Dickerman, _for
freight_ 3.00
Framingham. Young Ladies’ Soc., _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 25.00
Framingham. “A Friend” 2.00
Franklin. Bbl. of C., _for Marion, Ala._
Globe Village. “B. U. B.,” _for Student Aid,
McLeansville, N.C._ 10.00
Granby. Cong. Ch. 15.54
Hadley. E. Porter 10.00
Hanover. Second. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
Holliston. “Bible Christians of District No.
4,” $25; H. C. K., 50c. 25.50
Holyoke. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.18
Hopkinton. Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., _for Mobile,
Ala._
Lee. Cong. Sab. Sch. 75.00
Leicester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 62.41
Lexington. Hancock Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.00
Littleton. Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. of C., _for
Mobile, Ala._
Long Meadow. Dea. N. B. 0.50
Lowell. High St. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 90.00
Lynn. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00
Malden. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 43.93
Newburyport. Miss S. E. Teel 5.00
Newton. Eliot Cong. Ch. and Soc., $190; First
Cong. Ch. and Soc., $50.79 240.79
Newton Centre. “Friends,” by Mrs. M. B.
Furber, _for furnishing a room, Atlanta U._ 25.00
Newton Centre. Mrs. M. B. Furber, _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00
Newtonville. Sab. Sch. of Central Cong. Ch.,
_for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00
Newtonville. Mrs. J. W. Hayes 25.00
Northampton. Edwards Ch. ($5 of which _for
Cal. Chinese M._), $52.97; First Ch., $88.23 141.20
North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 100.00
North Somerville. “A Friend” 1.00
Norton. Mrs. E. B. Wheaton, _for rebuilding,
Tougaloo, Miss._ 100.00
Oxford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 24.00
Oxford. Ellen A. Paine, Bbl. of C., _for
Mobile, Ala._, and $4 _for freight_ 4.00
Peabody. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 120.33
Peabody. ANN S. OSBORN, to const. herself L. M. 30.00
Pepperell. D. B. Sibley 5.00
Petersham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.35
Pittsfield. James H. Dunham, $25; First Cong.
Ch. and Soc., $15.05 40.05
Royalston. M. J. Estabrook, _for Charleston,
S.C._ 10.00
Salem. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.25
Shelburne Falls. E. Maynard 5.00
Somerville. Franklin St. Ch. and Soc. 133.80
Somerville. Broadway Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.50
South Deerfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) 0.65
South Hadley. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00
South Royalston. S. M. N. 0.60
Springfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $45.44;
South Cong. Ch. and Soc., $35.04 80.48
Sudbury. U. E. Soc. 23.50
Upton. Mrs. M. F. C. 1.00
Wakefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 47.51
Walpole. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 24.32
Webster. Cong. Ch. 25.00
Westborough. “Ladies,” _for Talladega C._ 2.00
West Boxford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.55
Westhampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.50
Westfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., $41.59;
First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $29.51 71.10
West Stockbridge. Village Ch. and Soc. 31.98
Williamstown. First Cong. Ch. 37.00
Winchendon. “F. T. J.” 5.00
Winchester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 152.61
Worcester. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
$153.28; Union Cong. Ch. and Soc., $139.65;
Salem St. Cong. Ch., $5 297.93
Worcester. Old S. Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 27.22
Worcester. Miss Mary F. Wheeler and Sister,
_for rebuilding Tougaloo, Miss._ 5.00
———— “A Friend” 100.00
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$5,192.20
LEGACIES.

Abington. Estate of Samuel Reed 100.00
Reading. Estate of Amos Temple, by Martha R.
Temple, Ex. 500.00
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$5,792.20

RHODE ISLAND, $100.00.

Providence. W. J. King, _for rebuilding,
Tougaloo, Miss._ 100.00

CONNECTICUT, $2,297.20.

Bethel. Cong. Ch., $30, to const. SILAS H.
HICKOK, L. M.; Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., $6.12 36.12
Bozrah. Miss Hannah Maples 5.00
Birmingham. Stephen Morse, Box of Books
Bridgeport. V. C. 0.50
Colchester. Mrs. C. B. McCall, _for Tougaloo
U._ 10.00
Cornwall. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 16.27
Danielsonville. Class in Westfield Cong. Sab.
Sch., $6.50; Mrs. J. D. Bigelow, $3.50, _for
rebuilding, Tougaloo, Miss._ 10.00
Darien. Cong. Ch. 22.75
Durham. Rev. A. S. Chesebrough, _for
rebuilding, Tougaloo, Miss._ 5.00
East Hartford. Abraham Williams, _for
rebuilding, Tougaloo, Miss._ 100.00
Enfield. Daniel H. Abbe 5.00
Farmington. Cong. Ch. 42.27
Fairfield. First Cong. Ch. 56.51
Greenwich. Second Cong. Ch., $54.03; “A.,” $20 74.03
Greenwich. I. P. 0.50
Guilford. First Cong. Ch. 22.00
Hartford. South Cong. Ch. 200.00
Hartford. Benev. Soc. of Asylum Hill Cong.
Ch., Box and 2 Bbls. of Bedding and C., _for
Atlanta, Ga._
Higganum. Cong. Ch., to const. REV. DWIGHT M.
PRATT, L. M. 30.00
Higganum. Mrs. Susan Gladwin, $2; Mrs. G. S.
G., $1 3.00
Lyme. E. M. P. 1.00
Mansfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.16
Meriden. Centre Cong. Ch. 35.00
Middle Haddam. Second Cong. Ch. 15.36
Moose Meadow. Francis Wilson 5.00
New Hartford. Bbl. of Papers and Books, by
Rev. F. H. Adams, _for Macon, Ga._
New Haven. First Cong. Ch., $158.02; College
St. Cong. Ch., $19.43; Howard Av. Cong. Ch.,
11.09; “A Friend,” $5 193.54
New Haven. “A Friend,” _for Temperance Tracts_ 5.00
New Haven. B. F. Koons, _for furnishing room,
Tougaloo U._ 4.00
New Preston. “S. J. A.,” _for rebuilding,
Tougaloo, Miss._ 10.00
North Coventry. Cong. Ch. 34.50
Norwich. Home Miss. Soc. of Broadway Ch., _for
New Orleans, La._ 5.00
Norwich. Home Miss. Soc. of Second Cong. Ch.,
_for freight, for Atlanta, Ga._ 5.00
Old Lyme. “A Friend” 5.00
Orange. Bbl. of C., by Rev. E. E. Rogers, _for
Macon, Ga._
Prospect. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., Box S. S.
Books.
Putnam. H. A. F. 0.50
Rockville. Daniel Martin 2.00
Saybrook. Cong. Ch. 8.25
Seymour. Cong. Ch. 36.00
Sherman. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.44
South Coventry. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 12.00
Southington. Mrs. James P. Dickerman 200.00
South Norwalk. Cong. Sab. Sch. 62.00
Stamford. First Cong. Ch., $82.58; “A Friend,”
$2 84.58
Stanwich. William Brush 100.00
Thomaston. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 45.25
Torrington. Cong. Ch. and Soc., bal. to const.
LEVI HODGES, L. M. 15.00
Vernon Depot. Sab. Sch., by C. D. Tucker, _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 9.00
Wallingford. “Mite Gatherers,” Miss Lizzie
Elton, Treas., _for ed. of an Indian boy,
Hampton N. and A. Inst._ 20.00
Watertown. Benj. De Forest, _for Talladega C._ 500.00
Westford. Cong. Ch. 5.00
West Hartford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 80.25
West Suffield. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Whitneyville. Cong. Ch. 25.00
Willington. Mrs. H. C. Harbison, $5; Mon. Con.
Coll. Cong. Ch., $1.42 6.42
Windsor Locks. Cong. Ch. 83.00
———— “A Friend” 10.00

NEW YORK, $5,627.96.

Albany. Freeman Snowden, _for rebuilding,
Tougaloo, Miss._ 25.00
Binghamton. First Cong. Ch., (of which $2 _for
Chinese M._ and $1 _for Fisk U._) $187.53;
Sheldon Warner, $50 237.53
Brooklyn. Church of the Pilgrims (of which
$3,000 _for rebuilding, Tougaloo, Miss._,
and $60 to const. C. A. HULL and S. F.
PHELPS, L. M.’s) 3,191.37
Brooklyn. Central Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., Geo. A.
Bell, Supt., _for Missionaries at Ladies’
Island, S.C., and Fernandina, Fla._ 150.00
Bridgewater. Cong. Ch. 17.25
Bristol Centre. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00
Camden. First Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 28.52
Cheektawaga. E. Sterling Ely, _for Kansas
Refugees_ 50.00
Churchville. Union Cong. Ch. 42.01
Crown Point. Second Cong. Ch. 2.00
Darrowville. Coll., by Rev. S. H. Foster 3.33
East Bloomfield. Russel B. Goodwin, (“Easter
Card”) 10.00
East Palmyra. Miss Laura E. Dada, _for
rebuilding, Tougaloo, Miss._ 5.00
Eden. M. W. C. 1.00
Gilbertsville. Rev. A. Wood 10.00
Harford. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Harpersfield. Cong. Ch. 12.63
Havana. J. F. P. 1.00
Kiantone. Cong. Ch. 9.04
Middletown. Dea. G. L. Parsons, $2; Selah R.
Corwin, $2; J. B. S., 50c.; Rev. F. R. M.,
50c. 5.00
Mill Brook. Coll., by Rev. S. H. Foster 3.67
Millville. ———— 4.50
Morristown. Cong. Ch. 7.00
New York. Broadway Tabernacle Ch. 1,514.24
New York. “A Friend,” _for Tougaloo U._ 5.00
Orange. “A Friend of Abraham Lincoln” 2.00
Oswego. Sab. Sch., by F. A. Stevens, _for
Straight U._ 12.05
Randolph. First Cong. Ch. 9.00
Richford. Cong. Ch. 9.95
Rodman. Miss Eliza Gates 25.00
Sherburne. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 38.67
Spencerport. Sarah Vannest, $10; Mary E. Dyer,
$5, _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 15.00
Syracuse. Mrs. Clara C. Clarke, (of which
$7.10 _for Tougaloo U._) $14.20; Miss F. A.
C., $1, _for Tougaloo U._ 15.20
Troy. Mrs. E. C. S. 1.00
Utica. Miss Cornelia Hurlburt 10.00
Westfield. Mrs. A. B. R. 1.00
Yaphank. “A Friend,” 10.00
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$5,497.96
LEGACY.

Bergen. Estate of I. M. Hitchcock, by A. E.
Hitchcock, Ex. 130.00
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$5,627.96

NEW JERSEY, $482.22.

Camden. J. E. S. 1.00
Chester. “A Friend” 20.00
Englewood. “A Friend” 3.00
Montclair. First Cong. Ch. (of which $50 from
Ladies’ Aid Soc., _for furnishing two rooms,
Tillotson C. and N. Inst._) 262.05
Orange Valley. First Cong. Ch. 176.17
Paterson. Benj. Crane 20.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $173.51.

Jeansville. Welsh Cong. Ch. 10.00
Philadelphia. Central Cong. Ch. (of which Sab.
Sch. Coll., $25; Mon. Con. Coll., $5.83.)
$145.51, to const. THOMAS F. HAMMOND,
WILLIAM H. LAMBERT, WILLIAM H. WANAMAKER and
DANIEL A. WATERS, L. M’s; Mrs. Sarah P.
Fairbanks, $2; W. P. F., $1 148.51
Scranton. F. E. Nettleton _for rebuilding,
Tougaloo, Miss._ 5.00
West Alexander. ———— 10.00

OHIO, $567.13.

Ashtabula. C. H. N. 0.50
Austinburgh. L. M. Austin 10.00
Burton. Cong. Ch. Mrs. H. H. Ford, (ad’l) 5.00
Chagrin Falls. “Earnest Workers” _for Student
Aid, Tougaloo U._ 5.00
Chatham Center. Cong. Ch. 24.45
Columbus. First Cong. Ch. 242.38
Cuyahoga Falls. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,
$11.82; C. H., $1 11.82
Delaware. Wm. Bevan 5.00
Geneva. “An Individual” 5.00
Huntsburgh. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 16.00
Lindenville. John Thompson, $10; Mrs. Lydia C.
Bearss, $2 12.00
Madison. Mrs. M. P. St. John, _for Student
Aid, Tougaloo U._ 5.00
Madison. Mrs. J. Dayton, _for Selma, Ala._ 4.00
Marysville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 10.00
Oberlin. Ladies’ Soc. of Second Cong. Ch.,
_for Lady Missionary, Atlanta, Ga._ 75.00
Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch. 16.55
Oberlin. Mrs. J. Williams, _for Selma, Ala._ 3.50
Rootstown. Cong. Ch., _for freight_ 3.75
Ruggles. Cong. Ch. 20.15
Seville. L. W. Strong, _for addition to
Ladies’ Hall, Tougaloo U._ 25.00
South Newbury. Missionary Soc., _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 5.03
Springfield. First Cong. Ch. 6.17
Springfield. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid,
Tougaloo U._ 5.03
Steubenville. First Cong. Ch. 11.00
Strongsville. Cong. Ch., _for rebuilding,
Tougaloo, Miss._ 15.00
Toledo. Mrs. Parmelee and Mrs. William Smith,
_for Ind. Dept., Le Moyne Sch._ 8.00
Unionville. Mrs. Elvira Stratton, $5;————
50c., by Rev. J. M. Fraser 5.50
Weymouth. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
Tougaloo U._ 1.33
Willoughby. Miss Mary P. Hastings 10.00

INDIANA, $61.00.

Evansville. Samuel Orr, _for furnishing a
room, Straight U._ 50.00
New Corydon. Geo. Stolz, ($5 _of which for
Tougaloo U._) 10.00
Sparta. Mrs. L. R. 1.00

ILLINOIS, $1,168.52.

Alton. Church of the Redeemer 54.45
Altona. Cong. Ch. 2.25
Chicago. First Cong. Ch., (Quar. Coll.)
$214.82; Plymouth Cong. Ch., $132.45;
Leavitt St. Cong. Ch., $21.20 368.47
Chicago. Ladies of New England Cong. Ch.,
$28.11; Ladies of Lincoln Park Cong. Ch.,
$25, _for Lady Missionary, Mobile, Ala._ 53.11
Dover. Ladies Miss. Soc. 5.00
Elgin. Cong. Ch. (in part) 11.49
Elmwood. Mrs. R. H. Reed 20.00
Farmington. Cong. Ch., to const. MRS.
ALEXANDER PICKENS and SAMUEL NEWELL, L. M’s 72.47
Galesburg. Mrs. Julia T. Wells 25.00
Geneseo. Cong. Ch. 60.00
Kewanee. Mrs. R. J. Shaw 10.00
Mendon. Mrs. J. Fowler, _for parsonage,
Florence, Ala._ 20.00
Millington. Mrs. D. A. Aldrich 5.00
Moline. Thomas Jewett, _for Tougaloo U._ 50.00
Morris. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Morrison. Miss E. S. B. 1.00
Oak Park. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Talladega C._ 58.54
Oak Park. “A Friend,” 5.00
Olney. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Mendi M._ 5.00
Ontario. Cong. Ch. 23.00
Ottawa. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 19.86
Pecatonica. Cong. Ch., $22, and Sab Sch., $8 30.00
Pittsfield. First Cong. Ch. 19.50
Princeton. Mrs. P. B. Corss 12.00
Quincy. C. H. Bull, _for rebuilding, Tougaloo,
Miss._ 25.00
Ravenswood. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00
Richmond. Cong. Ch. 2.00
Rockford. Ladies’ Sew. Circle, 3 Bbls. of C.,
_for Mobile, Ala._
Shabbona. “A Friend,” _for rebuilding,
Tougaloo, Miss._, and to const. FRANK W.
GILBERT, L. M. 30.00
Sycamore. J. H. Rogers, $100; Cong. Ch.
$26.28, _for Tougaloo U._ 126.28
Tonica. F. A. Wood 10.00
Union. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.00
Victoria. Capt. G. W. Reynolds 1.50
Woodburn. Cong. Ch. 9.60

MICHIGAN, $769.31.

Alamo. Julius Hackley 10.00
Battle Creek. Cong, and Presb. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00
Big Rapids. Cong. Ch. 2.13
Bliss. Mrs. A. A. C. 0.60
Bridgman. Cong. Ch. 2.84
Calumet. “Friends,” _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 66.25
Charlotte. First Cong. Ch. 27.53
Church’s Corners. Cong. Ch., $49.12, and Sab.
Sch., $10.08; Cornelius Clement, $2.50 61.70
Church’s Corners. A. W. Douglass, _for
rebuilding, Tougaloo, Miss._ 5.00
Coloma. Cong. Ch. 2.16
Detroit. W. C. S. 0.50
Frankfort. First Cong. Ch. 4.44
Galesburgh. Mrs. Sarah M. Sleeper 5.00
Grand Rapids. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke_ 30.00
Greenville. Mrs. E. P. C. 0.54
Laingsburgh. Cong. Ch. 8.12
Laingsburgh. Rev. F. Hurd, _for rebuilding,
Tougaloo, Miss._ 2.00
Le Roy. Rev. A. G. Hibbard, $2; Mrs. E. L.
Hibbard, $2; Master M. H., $1 5.00
Union City. “A Friend,” _for rebuilding
Tougaloo, Miss._ 500.00
Vermontville. First Cong. Ch., $25; Philetus
Sprague and Wife, $5 30.00
Victor. Dea. H. P. 0.50

WISCONSIN, $165.55.

Appleton. Ladies’ Soc., 2 Bbls. C. and $4.55
_for freight, for Macon, Ga._ 4.55
Appleton. “Lena,” $2, _for Mendi M. and_ $2
_for Cal. Chinese M._ 4.00
Arena. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega, Ala._ 2.50
Beloit. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega, Ala._ 11.00
Beloit. Prof. Hendrickson and others, Box of
C., _for Macon, Ga._
Brandon. Rev. H. W. C., _for furnishing Room,
Tougaloo U._ 1.00
Evansville. Mrs. M. V. P. 1.00
Genoa Junction. Cong. Ch. 2.67
Madison. First Cong. Ch., to const. S. L.
SHELDON and O. M. CONOVER, L. M’s 60.00
Madison. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega, Ala._ 10.00
Oshkosh. L. L. Osborne. $7.20; Sab. Sch. of
Cong. Ch., Box papers and books, _for
Mobile, Ala._ 7.26
Platteville. Cong. Ch. 17.00
Racine. Cong. Ch. 22.00
Ripon. Prof. C. T. Tracey, $5; Sab. Sch.
class, Cong. Ch., $5 10.00
Watertown Cong. Ch. 7.57
Waukesha. Vernon Tichenor 5.00

IOWA, $273.75.

Atlantic. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 6.31
Burlington. M. L. 1.00
Cherokee. Young People’s Missionary Board _for
Lady Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 25.00
Cincinnati. J. G. McD., _for rebuilding
Tougaloo, Miss._ 1.00
Cromwell. Mrs. E. B. 1.00
Danville. Mrs. Harriet Huntington, _for Kansas
Refugee, Miss._ 10.00
Davenport. George W. Ells, _for rebuilding,
Tougaloo, Miss._ 10.00
Denmark. Oliver Brooks 10.00
Dewitt. “A Friend,” $8; Sab. Sch. Coll., $7,
_for rebuilding, Tougaloo, Miss._ 15.00
Dubuque. Two Bbls. C. _for New Orleans, La._
Fayette. Children in Cong. Sab. Sch., $1.76.
W. W. Waterbury, $1.24 3.00
Garwin. Talman Dewey 2.50
Genoa Bluffs. HENRY A. MORSE _for rebuilding,
Tougaloo, Miss., and to const. himself_ L. M. 50.00
Grinnell. Ladies of Cong. Ch., $44; Cedar
Falls, Ladies of Cong. Ch., $20; Muscatine,
Ladies of Cong. Ch., $15; Waverly, Ladies of
Cong. Ch., $6.50, _for Lady Missionary, New
Orleans, La._ 85.50
Magnolia. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 10.00
Muscatine. W. F. J. 1.00
McGregor. Cong. Ch. 24.44
Osage. “W. M. S.” 3.00
Tabor. James L. Smith, _for rebuilding,
Tougaloo, Miss._ 10.00
Winterset. Mrs. S. J. Dinsmore, _for
rebuilding, Tougaloo, Miss._ 5.00

MISSOURI, $127.86.

Brookville. Cong. Ch. 26.00
Kansas City. First Cong. Ch. 91.86
Meadville. Edward D. Weage 5.00
Saint Louis. Mrs. L. C. Edgell, _for the poor,
Mobile, Ala._ 5.00

KANSAS, $6.12.

Waubaunsee. First Ch. of Christ 6.12

MINNESOTA, $79.36.

Freeborn. Cong. Ch. 2.59
Hutchinson. Cong. Ch. 2.00
Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 24.77
Northfield. Rev. A. Willey, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 5.00
Winona. Cong. Ch., to const. J. B. CUMMINGS,
L. M. 45.00

NEBRASKA, $2.00.

Steele City. Cong. Ch., M. C. Coll. 2.00

WASHINGTON TER., $3.15.

New Dungeness. J. W. Blakeslee 3.15

OREGON, $10.00.

Forest Grove. Cong. Ch. 10.00

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $100.00.

Washington. First Cong. Ch. 100.00

NORTH CAROLINA, $104.75.

Charlotte. Miss Rosa Morehead, _for Atlanta U._ 2.00
Raleigh. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 1.50
Wilmington. Williston Normal Sch., Tuition 96.25
Wilmington. First Cong. Ch. 5.00

SOUTH CAROLINA, $328.00.

Almeda. “Friends,” by R. G. Holmes 30.00
Charleston. Avery Inst., Tuition 298.00

TENNESSEE, $330.44.

Chattanooga. Cong. Ch. 18.00
Chattanooga. Sab. Sch. Con. Coll. 5.64
Memphis. Le Moyne Sch., Tuition 210.75
Nashville. Fisk U., Tuition 93.70
Whiteside. Friends, by G. W. Jackson, _for
furnishing room, Tougaloo U._ 2.35

GEORGIA, $798.85.

Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition, $253.35; Rent,
$3 256.35
Atlanta. Atlanta U., Tuition, $121.25; Rent, $6 127.25
Atlanta. First Cong. Ch. 25.00
Atlanta. Col. A. E. Buck, _for Atlanta U._ 150.00
Cuthbert. F. H. Henderson, _for Atlanta U._ 25.00
Macon. Lewis High School, Tuition, $86.60;
Rent, $12 98.60
Savannah. Beach Inst., Tuition, $94.75; Rent,
$10 104.75
Stone Mountain. E. M. M. 0.51
Woodville. Pilgrim Ch. and Sab. Sch., _for
Mendi M._ 1.39

ALABAMA, $578.95.

Athens. Trinity Sch., Tuition 35.05
Marion. Cong. Ch., $4.80; A. W. C., 50c. 5.30
Mobile. Emerson Inst., Tuition 234.20
Mobile. Cong. Ch. 1.55
Montgomery. City Fund 210.00
Selma. “Mission Helpers,” _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 9.00
Talladega. Talladega C., Tuition 83.85

MISSISSIPPI, $104.40.

Hermanville. “Friends,” by R. T. Sims, _for
furnishing room, Tougaloo U._ 1.90
Selma. “Mission Workers,” $6.10; “Cheerful
Workers,” $2.15, _for furnishing room,
Tougaloo U._ 8.25
Sollis. “Friends,” by Ella Wigley, _for
furnishing room, Tougaloo U._ 2.00
Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., Tuition 87.25
Tougaloo. G. W. McKee & Co., _for furnishing
room, Tougaloo U._ 5.00

LOUISIANA, $219.25.

New Orleans. Rev. Issac Hall 50.00
New Orleans. Straight U., Tuition 169.25

TEXAS, $4.30.

Corpus Christi. Cong. Ch., $2.20; Dea. G. G.,
50c. 2.70
Helena. Busy Bee Mission Circle 1.60

JAPAN, $20.00.

Okayama. Rev. James H. Pettee 20.00
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Total for April $21,399.98
Total from Oct. 1st to April 30th 125,959.91

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FOR TILLOTSON COLLEGIATE AND NORMAL INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS.

Windsor Locks, Conn. Young Ladies’ Soc., by
Miss Frances Newport 25.00
West Farms, N.Y. Ladies, by Mrs. Alphonso
Wood, $12, _for furnishing room_; Mrs. A.
Wood, Pkg. of C. 12.00
Willoughby, Ohio. “Friends,” _for furnishing
room_ 25.00
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Total $62.00
Previously acknowledged from Oct. 1st to March
31st 4,202.71
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Total $4,264.71

FOR MISSIONS IN AFRICA.

London, England. Freedmen’s Missions Aid Soc.,
by Rev. O. H. White, D.D., £415 18s. 2,008.80
London, England. Rev. O. H. White, £20 96.90
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Total $2,105.70
Previously acknowledged from Oct. 1st to March
31st 17,993.06
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Total $20,098.76
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H. W. Hubbard, _Treas._,
56 Reade St., N.Y.

American Missionary Association,

56 READE STREET, N.Y.

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PRESIDENT.

HON. E. S. TOBEY, Boston.

VICE-PRESIDENTS.

Hon. F. D. PARISH, Ohio.
Hon. E. D. HOLTON, Wis.
Hon. WILLIAM CLAFLIN, Mass.
Rev. STEPHEN THURSTON, D.D., Me.
Rev. SAMUEL HARRIS, D.D., Ct.
WM. C. CHAPIN, Esq., R.I.
Rev. W. T. EUSTIS, D.D., Mass.
Hon. A. C. BARSTOW, R.I.
Rev. THATCHER THAYER, D.D., R.I.
Rev. RAY PALMER, D.D., N.J.
Rev. EDWARD BEECHER, D.D., N.Y.
Rev. J. M. STURTEVANT, D.D., Ill.
Rev. W. W. PATTON, D.D., D.C.
Hon. SEYMOUR STRAIGHT, La.
Rev. CYRUS W. WALLACE, D.D., N.H.
Rev. EDWARD HAWES, D.D., Ct.
DOUGLAS PUTNAM, Esq., Ohio.
Hon. THADDEUS FAIRBANKS, Vt.
Rev. M. M. G. DANA, D.D., Minn.
Rev. H. W. BEECHER, N.Y.
Gen. O. O. HOWARD, Oregon.
Rev. G. F. MAGOUN, D.D., Iowa.
Col. C. G. HAMMOND, Ill.
EDWARD SPAULDING, M.D., N.H.
Rev. WM. M. BARBOUR, D.D., Ct.
Rev. W. L. GAGE, D.D., Ct.
A. S. HATCH, Esq., N.Y.
Rev. J. H. FAIRCHILD, D.D., Ohio.
Rev. H. A. STIMSON, Minn.
Rev. A. L. STONE, D.D., California.
Rev. G. H. ATKINSON, D.D., Oregon.
Rev. J. E. RANKIN, D.D., D.C.
Rev. A. L. CHAPIN, D.D., Wis.
S. D. SMITH, Esq., Mass.
Dea. JOHN C. WHITIN, Mass.
Hon. J. B. GRINNELL, Iowa.
Rev. HORACE WINSLOW, Ct.
Sir PETER COATS, Scotland.
Rev. HENRY ALLON, D.D., London, Eng.
WM. E. WHITING, Esq., N.Y.
J. M. PINKERTON, Esq., Mass.
E. A. GRAVES, Esq., N.J.
Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill.
DANIEL HAND, Esq., Ct.
A. L. WILLISTON, Esq., Mass.
Rev. A. F. BEARD, D.D., N.Y.
FREDERICK BILLINGS, Esq., Vt.
JOSEPH CARPENTER, Esq., R.I.
Rev. E. P. GOODWIN, D.D., Ill.
Rev. C. L. GOODELL, D.D., Mo.
J. W. SCOVILLE, Esq., Ill.
E. W. BLATCHFORD, Esq., Ill.
C. D. TALCOTT, Esq., Ct.
Rev. JOHN K. MCLEAN, D.D., Cal.
Rev. RICHARD CORDLEY, D.D., Kansas.
Rev. W. H. WILLCOX, D.D., Mass.
Rev. G. B. WILLCOX, D.D., Ill.
Rev. WM. M. TAYLOR, D.D., N.Y.
Rev. GEO. M. BOYNTON, Mass.
Rev. E. B. WEBB, D.D., Mass.
Hon. C. I. WALKER, Mich.
Rev. A. H. ROSS, Mich.

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.

REV. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._

DISTRICT SECRETARIES.

REV. C. L. WOODWORTH, _Boston_.
REV. G. D. PIKE, _New York_.
REV. JAS. POWELL, _Chicago_.

H. W. HUBBARD, ESQ., _Treasurer, N.Y._
REV. M. E. STRIEBY, _Recording Secretary_.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

ALONZO S. BALL,
A. S. BARNES,
C. T. CHRISTENSEN,
CLINTON B. FISK,
ADDISON P. FOSTER,
S. B. HALLIDAY,
J. A. HAMILTON,
SAMUEL HOLMES,
CHARLES A. HULL,
CHAS L. MEAD,
SAMUEL S. MARPLES,
WM. T. PRATT,
J. A. SHOUDY,
JOHN H. WASHBURN.

COMMUNICATIONS

relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the Corresponding Secretary; those relating to the collecting fields to the District Secretaries; letters for the Editor of the “American Missionary,” to Rev. G. D. PIKE, D.D., at the New York Office.

DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

may be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 56 Reade Street, New York, or when more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 Congregational House, Boston, Mass., or 112 West Washington Street, Chicago, Ill. A payment of Thirty dollars at one time constitutes a Life Member.

Constitution of the American Missionary Association.

INCORPORATED JANUARY 30, 1849.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FOOTNOTE:

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

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

INSTITUTIONS FOUNDED, FOSTERED OR SUSTAINED IN THE SOUTH.—_Chartered_: Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega, Ala.; Atlanta, Ga.; Nashville, Tenn.; Tougaloo, Miss.; New Orleans, La.; and Austin, Texas, 8. _Graded or Normal Schools_: at Wilmington, Raleigh, N.C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S.C.; Savannah, Macon, Atlanta, Ga.; Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn., 12. _Other Schools_, 31. Total 51.

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

WANTS.

1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with the growing work. This increase can only be reached by _regular_ and _larger_ contributions from the churches—the feeble as well as the strong.

2. ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS for our higher educational institutions, to accommodate the increasing numbers of students; MEETING HOUSES for the new churches we are organizing; MORE MINISTERS, cultured and pious, for these churches.

3. HELP FOR YOUNG MEN, to be educated as ministers here and missionaries to Africa—a pressing want.

Before sending boxes, always correspond with the nearest A. M. A. office, as below:

NEW YORK H. W. Hubbard, Esq., 56 Reade Street.
BOSTON Rev. C. L. Woodworth, Room 21 Congregational House.
CHICAGO Rev. Jas. Powell, 112 West Washington Street.

MAGAZINE.

This Magazine will be sent, gratuitously, if desired, to the Missionaries of the Association; to Life Members; to all clergymen who take up collections for the Association; to Superintendents of Sabbath Schools; to College Libraries; to Theological Seminaries; to Societies of Inquiry on Missions; and to every donor who does not prefer to take it as a subscriber, and contributes in a year not less than five dollars.

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

FORM OF A BEQUEST.

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

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

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