Chapter V: Part 5

I shall take it for granted that other means have been set before you and insisted upon—the one nearest always, money. That is a great necessity in missionary work. You have heard, I have no doubt, a good deal about that, and I merely wish to honor it as a means under God of the most pressing necessity. We can do nothing to send the blessings that God has put into our hearts abroad among our fellow men without means; and the first means is money. But all the money in the world will not serve our end. What is the next? We must have men. But all the men in the world won’t do missionary work, although we had them all enlisted in that work. Suppose we had all the money we could use and all the men that offered themselves and that we could procure; we would only have gone so far. What else is needed? We need fitness in the men as another great means. This is as necessary as money and men, this culture. But after we have the men, and after we have them qualified, there is still room for what in my theme to-night is called “the crowning necessity.” You may take Yale College as it stands, with all its culture, and you may turn out all our hundreds of young men down into the South this blessed night; what could they do in missionary work to-morrow morning? So you see that it is not the money, or the men, or the culture that alone is needed; something more is needed, and that is “spiritual vitality.”

And now, beloved, to take the first step and to say the first thing that must be said, in my judgment (since I am called here to give my opinion), the first position that we must assume and which this Association has assumed from its very start—although it is one of the old things that Christ says a well-instructed scribe must take out of his treasury—we must begin with God. We are to stand in his presence, we are to summon him as our witness, we are to avow ourselves openly and frankly, every day we live, as doing this for him.

I should like to know where our modern unbelief is that is such a distress to us in all our efforts and in our inward life, when you reverently, and in the deep meaning of thought say, “As the Lord liveth”? Look at it. There are two schemes of the universe: one, the Christian scheme, with a belief in the living God as the original of all things—a personal being who is personally interested in his creatures, and who is desiring, since he has made him in his own image, to have man hold communion with himself, and who desires to have all men reconciled to himself from their sin and their misery and their unhappy life. There is another scheme where there is no God, or, what is the same thing to us, we do not know whether there is or not. And what is the idea of the universe that follows from that? Why, that it must move along as the blind force behind it shall urge it. Where is it going to land? The day is coming, brethren, when we will cry, “Oh for the doctrine of a predestinating God”—God with his eye on an end, and with an end to which he is turning all things and which shall be satisfactory to all the creatures that he has made in his image.

Let us take a frank position here as a missionary society, and let it be known that we openly and avowedly, by word and deed, take the stand that we believe in God, and that we believe he is a living God, and in his name and for his sake and to effect his purpose we are going to the South, to the North, to the East, to the West, to gain trophies that shall be to the glory of his redeeming grace, since he has revealed to us, as we believe, the fact that he will complete these ends through our agency.

RECEIPTS FOR OCTOBER, 1883.

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MAINE, $391.80.

Banger. Hammond St. Ch., 100; First Cong. Ch.
20 $120.00
Bethel. Second Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00
Brunswick. Mrs. S. C. F. Hammond, _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00
Cumberland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. CAPT.
REUBEN BLANCHARD L. M. 40.00
Hampden. Charles E. Hicks. 7.00
Lovell. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00
North Anson. “A Friend” 10.00
Portland. Second Parish Ch. and Soc. 86.30
South Berwick. Hugh and Philip Lewis. 6.00
Westbrook. Second Cong. Ch. to Const. REV.
EDWARD E. BACON L. M. 46.50
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$356.80

LEGACY.

Bethel. Estate of Sarah W. Chapman by A. W.
Valentine, Ex. 35.00
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391.80

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $69.02.

Amherst. Cong. Ch. 12.98
Campton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.04
Colebrook. “E. C. & W.” 2.00
Concord. Dea. McQuesten, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 10.00
Concord. Miss Lancaster, _for Fort Berthold_. 2.00
Greenville. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Hampstead. Cong. Ch. and Soc., ad’l. 9.00
Manchester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 64.94 to
const. HOLMES R. PETTEE and H. W. HERRICK,
L. Ms. Incorrectly ack. in Nov. number from
Mass.
Tilton. A. H. Colby. 5.00

VERMONT, $540.02.

Attleborough. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 90.72
Benson. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 5.00
Brattleborough. Cong. Ch. 39.58
Burlington. Winooski Av. Cong. Ch. 107.28
Castleton. W. C. Guernsey. 4.50
Enosburg. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.25
Granby and Victory. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.00
Manchester. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., 2 Bbls. of C,
_for Raleigh, N.C._ 1 Bbl. _for Atlanta U._
Newport. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
Norwich. Ashley Blodgett. 5.00
Saint Johnsbury. North Cong. Ch. 168.00
Saint Johnsbury. North Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
S. S. Work_. 26.00
Wells River. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.25
Westminster West. “A Friend.” 5.00
Weybridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.44
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$535.02

LEGACY.

Wilmington. Estate of Mary Ray. 5.00
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$540.02

MASSACHUSETTS $3,528.10.

Agawam. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Ashby. “A Friend” _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 5.00
Boston. Mrs. C. A. Spaulding, _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 50.00
Boston. Miss Faxon, _for Fort Berthold_. 1.00
Boxborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Braintree. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.05
Brookline. S. C. Dizer, _for Student Aid,
Tougaloo U._ and to const. himself L. M. 100.00
Brookline. Harvard Ch. and Soc. 76.33
Buckland. Dea. S. Trowbridge. 10.00
Campello. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. ad’l to
const. REV. AND MRS. JOHN F. BLADES, LEWIS
D. DOTEN AND GEO. W. PACKARD L. Ms. 95.73
Charlestown. Winthrop Ch. and Soc. 66.48
Chelsea. Concert, under auspices of Ladies’
Union Home Mission Band, _for Student Aid,
Hampton N. and A. Inst._ 54.00
Chelsea. Miss Annie P. James, _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ and to const. W. H.
SINGLETON L. M. 30.00
Chelsea. “Friends” Books _for Library,
Chattanooga, Tenn._
Coleraine. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. B. McGee, 4; John
Gilchrist, 1. 5.00
Concord. Rev. H. M. Grout, D.D., and Others,
_for Atlanta U._ 40.50
Concord. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00
Dalton. Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 50.00
Danvers. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const.
WILLIAM SINER, JR., HENRY A. WHITE and
GEORGE A. PEABODY L. M.’s. 100.00
East Boston. Mrs. Joseph Robbins, _Bdl. of
Goods, for Dakota M._
Fitchburg. Rollstone Ch. and Soc. 140.00
Gardner. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00
Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Granby. Cong. Ch., Children’s Mission Circle,
_for Tillotson C. and N. Inst. Building_. 45.00
Hadley. E. Porter. 10.00
Hanover Four Corners. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.46
Hardwick. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00
Harvard. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.50
Hyde Park. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Indian Orchard. Evan. Ch. and Soc. 19.22
Jamaica Plain. Cong. Ch. and Soc., in part. 160.00
Lancaster. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc., ad’l. 10.00
Lincoln. George Ropes, _for Atlanta U._ 25.00
Lincoln. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 20.00
Lowell. First Cong. Ch., _for Atlanta U._ 13.75
Malden. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 40.68; “A
Friend,” 1. 41.68
Medford. “A Friend.” 5.00
Millbury. Second Cong. Ch. to const. REV. JOHN
L. EWELL L. M. 30.00
Natick. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
New Bedford. Miss Helen M. Leonard. 1.00
Newton. Eliot Ch. and Soc. 100.00
Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 68.68
North Hadley. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.25
Northamption. A. L. Williston, 500; First
Cong. Ch., 247.68; Edwards Ch. Benev. Soc.
64. 811.68
North Leominster. Mrs. S. F. Houghton. 5.00
Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.26
Pepperell. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.36
Phillipston. Ladies Benev. Soc Bdl. C.
Pittsfield. Rev. C. V. SPEAR to const.
himself, GEO. N. SPEAR and MRS. ELLEN M.
SPEAR L. Ms. 250.00
Roxbury. Walnut Av. Cong. Sab. Sch. _for
Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 17.70
Roxbury. Mrs. P. N. Livermore. 1.00
Shirley Village. 500 copies “Youth’s
Companion” by Miss Nettie A. Dickson, _for
Marietta, Ga._
South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.6
Southampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 41.2
South Attleborough. Mrs. Harriet L. Draper, 2
and Bbl. of C. 2.00
Southborough. Pilgrim Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.10
South Hadley. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
South Sudbury. Ladies’ Home Miss’y Soc. Bbl of
C., val., 34.17, _for Atlanta U._
Southville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.40
South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., 51;
to const. AUGUSTINE LOUD and J. NEWTON DYER
L. Ms.; Ladies Mission Soc. of Second Ch.,
14. 65.00
South Weymouth. Mrs. Lysander Heald’s S. S.
Class., Second Ch., 10, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._; Marion Heald, 1 _for a little
girl_ 11.00
Spencer. Mrs. G. H. Marsh’s Class Cong. Sab.
Sch., 5; G. E. Manley, 5, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 10.00
Springfield. South Cong. Ch. 32.38; First
Cong. Ch., 24.85 57.23
Stoneham. Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 17.00
Uxbridge. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.00
Wakefield. Mission Workers, 45; Cong. Sab.
Sch., 16, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 61.00
Walpole. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc., to
const. Dea. WILLARD LEWIS L. M. 35.30
Warren. Mrs. Joseph Ramsdell, _for Chinese M._ 5.00
Westborough. “A Friend.” 43.00
West Boxford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00
Westfield. Second Cong. Ch. Soc. 58.00
Westford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00
West Granville. Cong. Ch. 8.00
Westhampton. Cong. Ch. 13.00
Westport. Pacific Union Sab. Sch. 2.12
Whately. Cong. Ch. 7.83
Worcester. Union Ch. and Soc., 139; Old South
Ch. and Soc. 41.63 to const. H. H. MERRIAM
L. M.; Central Ch. and Soc. 51.98; “A
Friend,” 25 257.61
Yarmouth. Roy A. Eldridge, D.D. 50.00
——— “A Friend.” 5.00

RHODE ISLAND, $1,063.18.

Pawtucket. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 75.00
Providence. Central Cong. Ch. 800; Pilgrim
Cong. Ch. and Soc., 115; “A Friend,” 50.00;
North. Cong Ch. 23.13 988.13

CONNECTICUT, $2,676.75.

East Windsor. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Elliott. Wm. Osgood 2.00
East Avon. Cong. Ch. 38.00
Berlin. Second Cong. Ch. 19.97
Bozrahville. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Bridgeport. South Ch. Sab. Sch., Box S. S.
Books, _for Tillotson C. & N. Inst._
Derby. First Cong. Ch. 30.00
Fair Haven. First Ch. 50.00
Farmington. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Santee
Agency, Neb._ 128.51
Farmington. Cong. Ch. 59.77
Franklin. Cong. Ch. 13.29
Glastenbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 150.00
Granby. First Cong. Ch. 8.95
Hebron. J. and Mary Porter _for Tillotson C. &
N. Inst._ 10.00
Jewett City. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
Manchester. Second Cong. Ch. 75.00
Milford. Plymouth Ch. Sab. Sch. _for Tillotson
C. & N. Inst._ and to const. S. E. FRISBIE
L. M. 32.00
Mount Carmel. Mrs. J. M. Smith 10.00
New Hartford. North Cong. Ch. 17.50
New Hartford. Rev. F. H. Adams’ S. S. Class,
11; John Richards’ S. S. Class, 9, _for Fisk
U._ 20.00
New Haven. Third Cong. Ch., 23; Howard Ave.
Ch., 9.22 32.22
Norfolk. “A Friend,” _for Santee Agency_ 5.00
North Stonington. D. R. Wheeler 10.00
Norwich. Second Cong. Ch. 175.43
Plainfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.40
Poquonock. Cong. Ch. 12.59
Rocky Hill. Cong. Ch. 23.72
Rockville. Second Cong. Ch. 103.59
South Killingly. Cong. Ch. 14.00
Stratford. “A Friend” 1.00
Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 52.32
Thompsonville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
furnishing a room, Whitin Hall, Straight U._ 35.00
Torrington. Third Cong. Ch. and Soc. 29.25
Wallingford. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Tillotson
C. and N. Inst. Building_ 60.00
Wapping. F. W. Gilbert, for _Tillotson C. and
N. Inst._ 12.07
Watertown. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 37.55
Windsor. Cong. Ch. 105.00
Winchester. “A Friend” 10.00
Wethersfield. Rev. G. J. Tillotson, _for
Tillotson C. and N. Inst. Building_ 150.00
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$1,590.13

LEGACIES.
Ellington. Estate of Maria Pitkin, by Edwin
Talcott. Ex. 190.00
Woodbridge. Estate of Mrs. Eliza Carrington 896.62
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$2,676.75

NEW YORK, $422.05.

Brasher Falls. Elijah Wood, $15; Mrs. Eliza A.
Bell, $3. 18.00
Brooklyn, E. D. New England Cong. Ch. 25.00
Deansville. Cong. Ch. 15.05
East Wilson. Rev. H. Halsey, $30; Chas. E.
Clarke, $3. 33.00
Elmira. Miss Clara Thurston. 5.00
Hamilton. O. S. Campbell. 5.00
Homer. Cong. C., $132.50; B. W. Payne, $10. 142.50
Lysander. Cong. Ch. 26.00
Middletown. First Cong. Ch. 16.26
New Haven. Cong. Ch. 15.00
North Pitcher. Cong. Ch. 5.81
New York. American Bible Soc., Grant of
Scriptures, val. $307.50.
Nunda. “A Friend” ($5 of which _for Chinese
M._) 15.00
Pompey. Mrs. Lucy Child, _for Indian Youth,
Hampton N. & A. Inst._ 5.00
Poughkeepsie. Mrs. M. J. Myers, _for Emerson
Inst., Mobile, Ala._ 20.00
Pitcher. Cong. Ch. 25.00
Sinclairville. Earl C. Preston. 2.00
Syracuse. C. A. Hamlin. 12.25
Volney. Ludington Sab. Sch. 5.08
West Winfield. Cong. Ch., to const. AARON
ADELBERT LEACH L. M. 31.10

NEW JERSEY, $565.53.

Chester. First Cong. Ch., $21.89, and Sab.
Sch., $6.52. 28.21
East Orange. Trinity Cong. Ch. 137.32
Paterson. Mrs. Sarah A. Cook, _for Tillotson
C. & N. Inst._ 400.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $7.00.

New Castle. John Burgess. 5.00
Philadelphia. “M.” 2.00

OHIO, $791.41.

Berlin Heights. Cong. Ch. 4.26
Cleveland. T. P. Handy, $20; James Harmer,
$20; Misses S. and A. Walworth,
$30;—Whitney. $1; _for Parsonage, Topeka,
Kan._ 71.00
Columbus. Eastwood Cong. Ch. $10; and Sab.
Sch., $5.70. 15.70
Elyria. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., $40; Cong.
Ch., “M. W. C.,” $10; Individual, $9. 59.00
Fort Recovery. Pisgah Cong. Ch. 3.00
Lafayette. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Medina. Woman’s Miss’y Soc. 20.00
Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch. 35.60
Painesville. Woman’s Missionary Soc., $20,
_for Indian M._, and $10 _for Chinese M._
Incorrectly ack. from Mrs. L. A. M. Little
in Nov. number.
Pittsfield. A Friend. 12.00
Springfield. Mrs. Warren’s Sab. Sch. Class of
Young Men. 5.00
Steuben. Levi Platt. 1.00
Strongsville. First Cong. Ch. 10.00
Tallmadge. C. P. Parmelee. 5.00
Wauseon. Cong. Ch. 17.50
Wilberforce. Mrs. Joseph Morrow. 5.00
York. Cong. Ch. 20.35
Youngstown. Mrs. Whitney. 1.00
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$291.41

LEGACY.

Cleveland. Estate of Brewster Pelton, by John
G. Jennings, Ex. 500.00
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$791.41

INDIANA, $50.87.

Liber. Cong. Ch. 1.68
Michigan City. Cong. Ch. 37.00
Michigan City. Mrs. C. W. Peck _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 10.00
Michigan City. “Ralph and Daisy,” 1.69;
“Golden Links,” 50c. _for Student Aid,
Storrs’ Sch., Atlanta. Ga_ 2.19

ILLINOIS, $819.54.

Albion. Olive Sab. Sch., $2.50; Mr. and Mrs.
James Green. $2. 4.50
Byron. Cong. Ch. 9.17
Carthage. Mrs. Sophia Miller. 1.50
Chicago. First Cong. Ch. $197.21; “A
Chicagoan,” 100; N. E. Cong. Ch., 79.83. 377.04
Chicago. Young Ladies Miss’y Soc., of U. P.
Ch., 17.79, _for Dakota M._; Miss Julia F.
White, 5, _for Printing Press, Santee
Agency_. 22.79
Chicago. Mrs. W. C. Kent, 5; Clinton St. Sab.
Sch., 4.37, _for Student Aid, Storrs’ Sch.
Atlanta, Ga._ 9.37
Chicago. E. W. Blatchford, 8 Pails of Paint,
_for Parsonage, Topeka, Kan._
De Kalb. Cong. Ch. 3.00
Elgin. Cong. Ch. 30.00
Evanston. Cong. Ch., ad’l. 10.00
Galesburg. Mrs. Julia F. Wells. 25.00
Galva. Cong. Ch. 22.45
Ivanhoe. Young Men’s Miss’y Soc. 2.00
Lombard. Woman’s Miss’y Soc. 1.44
Lisbon. Cong. Ch., _for Savannah, Ga._ 10.00
Mendon. Mrs. J. Fowler, _for Chinese M._ and
to const. REV. EDWARD C. CRANE, L. M. 30.00
North Hampton. R. W. Gilliam. 5.00
Oak Park. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Miss’y, Little Rock, Ark._ 52.50
Oak Park. Mr. Packard’s Sab. Sch., Boys, _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 25.00
Paxton. Cong. Ch. 28.00
Port Byron. Mission Circle of Cong. Ch., _for
Lady Missionaries, Mobile, Ala., and Little
Rock, Ark._ 10.00
Princeton. Mrs. P. B. Corss ($10 of which _for
Chinese M._) 20.00
Prospect Park. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary at Mobile, Ala., and Little Rock,
Ark._ 6.00
Sheffield. Cong. Sab. Sch. 1.33
Thomasborough. H. M. Seymour. 1.00
Waverly. Cong. Sab. Sch. 12.45
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$719.54

LEGACY.

Forrest. Estate of Mrs. Mary Stewart, by S. A.
Hoyt, Ex. 100.00
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$819.54

MICHIGAN, $242.08.

Adrian. A. J. Hood. 10.00
Almont. Cong. Ch. 25.30
Alpena. “A Friend,” $30; Woman’s Miss’y Soc.,
$30; E. K. Potter, $25., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 85.00
Benzonia. Amasa Waters. 10.00
Battle Creek. Miss Julia E. Williams. 5.00
Edwardsburg. S. C. Olmsted. 10.00
Frankfort. Cong. Ch. 2.39
Greenville. Cong. Ch. 35.77
Muskegon. Cong. Ch., $30; Woman’s Miss’y Soc.
$15. 45.00
Northport. Cong. Ch. 11.62
White Cloud. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc. 2.00

IOWA, $607.46.

Anamosa. Ladies’ Freedman’s Soc. of Cong. Ch.
_for Lady Miss’y, New Orleans_. 10.00
Boonesborough. Mrs. Anna M. Palmer. 10.00
Decorah. Cong. Ch. 43.83
Denmark. Cong. Ch. 20.00
De Witt. Cong. Ch. 36.34
Dunlap. Cong. Ch. 28.00
Durant. “Friends” 14.00
Garden Prairie. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 3.00
Garwin. T. Dewey. 2.00
Green Mountain. Cong. Ch. 7.11
Green Mountain. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 1.25
Keokuk. Woman’s Miss’y Soc. 18.20
Maquoketa. Cong. Ch. 18.16
McGregor. Woman’s Miss’y Soc. 9.71
Meriden. Cong. Ch. 2.65
Newell. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Red Oak. Cong. Ch. 24.36
Waterloo. Ladies Miss’y Soc. of Cong. Ch. 4.85
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$257.46

LEGACY.

Tabor. Estate of Mrs. Abigail Cummings, by A.
C. Gaston 350.00
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$607.46

WISCONSIN, $271.35.

Brandon. Cong. Ch. 24.00
Brandon. Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Student Aid_. 6.00
Clinton. James H. Cooper. 5.00
Footville. Cong. Ch. 3.34
Oshkosh. First Cong. Ch. 75.00
Racine. Ladies at Convention, 14.51; Ladies of
Cong. Ch. 9, _for Lady Missionary,
Montgomery, Ala._ 23.51
Ripon. Cong. Ch. 95.00
Rosendale. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Montgomery, Ala._ 3.50
Shawano. “Faith.” 2.00
Waukesha. First Cong. Ch. 19.00
———. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 15.00

MINNESOTA, $116.72.

Brownton. Cong. Ch. 2.40
Cottage Grove. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Cottage Grove. Ladies’ Missionary Soc. adl. to
const. REV. WM. E. ARCHIBALD L. M. 3.50
Duluth. Cong. Ch. 19.40
Minneapolis. Plymouth Cong. Ch., 31.62; Second
Cong. Ch., 10; First Cong. Ch., 14.07. 55.69
Owatonna. Woman’s Missionary Soc., Box of
household goods, val., 27.72, _for Athens,
Ala._
Preston Lake. Cong. Ch. 0.95
Sleepy Eye. Cong. Ch. 11.40
Spring Valley. Cong. Ch. 6.90
Sumpter. Cong. Ch. 0.60
Waseca. Cong. Ch., 5.04; Ladies Miss’y Soc. of
Cong. Ch., 5.84 10.88

KANSAS, $237.89.

Cawker. W. L. Barr, _for Parsonage, Topeka,
Kan._ 4.00
Great Bend. Cong. Ch. 4.62
Topeka. First Cong. Ch., 75; M. Pierce, 41.21;
H. G. Lyons, 30; A. B. Whiting, 25; A.
Clark, 5; D. H. Forbes, 5; Wm. H. Williams,
5; Topeka Lime Co., 3.06; _for Parsonage,
Topeka, Kan._ 189.27
Topeka. Tuition 40.00

MISSOURI, $10.00.

Pierce City. Cong. Ch., 8.70; Incorrectly ack.
in Nov. number from Wis.
Kirskville. J. S. Blackman 10.00

NEBRASKA, $64.70.

Fremont. Cong. Ch. 25.00
Lincoln. “K. and C.” 8.00
Sutton. German Cong. Ch. 3.00
Weeping Water. Cong. Ch. 28.70

COLORADO, $23.10.

Coal Creek. Union Cong. Ch. 13.10
Crested Butte. Cong. Ch. 10.00

CALIFORNIA, $2,006.90.

San Francisco. The California Chinese Mission 1,906.90
Oakland. Mrs. N. Gray, _for School House,
Hillsboro, N.C._ 100.00

OREGON, $5.00.

Eugene. Mrs. L. W. Judkins. 5.00

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $30.00.

Washington. Gen. E. Whittlesey, $25; Mrs. A.
N. Bailey, $5 30.00

TENNESSEE, $12.00.

Knoxville. Second Cong. Ch. 12.00

NORTH CAROLINA, $5.50.

Troy. Cong. Ch. 0.50
Wilmington. Cong. Ch. 5.00

SOUTH CAROLINA, $10.00.

Charleston. Plym. Cong. Ch. 10.00

GEORGIA, $395.08.

Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition, 297.50, Rent, 3 300.50
Atlanta. First Cong. Ch. 30.00
Macon. Cong. Ch. 4.58
McIntosh. The Sisters Benev. Soc. of Medway
Cong. Ch., by Mrs. Nancy Snelson. Pres.,
_for Mendi M._ 10.00
Savannah. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Atlanta
U._ 50.00

ALABAMA, $21.33.

Marion. Cong. Ch. 1.33
Montgomery. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Talladega. Cong. Ch. 10.00

FLORIDA, $230.00.

———. “A Friend in Florida” 230.00

MISSISSIPPI, $27.00.

Tougaloo. Tougaloo, Tuition, 2; Rent, 25 27.00

TEXAS, $1.65.

Helena. Temperance Concert Cong Ch. 1.65
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Total for October. $15,242.98
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ENDOWMENT FUND.

Boston, Mass. “A Friend of the Colored Race”
_for the Hastings Scholarship, to educate
Young men preparing for the Gospel Ministry,
Atlanta U._ 1,000.00

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RECEIPTS OF THE CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION, from May 24 to Sept.
26, 1883. E. Palache, Treasurer.

FROM AUXILIARY MISSIONS: Marysville, Chinese
Monthly Offerings, 31; Thirteen Annual
Members, 26.—Oroville, Chinese Monthly
Offerings, 2.70; Seven Annual Members,
14.—Petaluma, Anniversary Coll., 13.50;
Chinese Annual Members, 30; American Annual
Members, 4; Chinese Monthly Offerings,
13.25.—Sacramento, Cong. Ch. Coll., 7.80;
Chinese Monthly Offerings, 21; Fourteen
Annual Members, 28; Chinese, 25, to const.
Mrs. S. E. CARRINGTON L. M.—Santa Barbara,
Chinese Monthly Offerings, 22.70; Coll.,
31.80; Mrs. J. Bates, 4.—Santa Cruz,
Anniversary Coll., 5; Annual Members, 58;
Chinese Monthly Offerings, 25; Mrs. H. A.
Martin, 1; ———, Stockton, Anniversary Coll.,
6.20; Eight Annual Members, 16; Levi
Langdon, 3 $388.95
FROM CHURCHES: Alameda, Cong. Ch.,
4.—Berkeley, Cong. Ch., 21.25.—Calaveras Co.
Churches, by Rev. A. Ostrom—Angels. 95c.;
Copperopolis, 1.25; Camp Seco, 2.30;
Murphy’s, 2.70; San Andreas, 95c.; Spring
Valley, 80c. ——— Farmdale, Cong. Ch., 7.50
——— Lockeford, Cong. Ch. Rev. and Mrs. W. H.
Pascoe, 5.—Los Angeles, Cong. Ch., 162.30;
Oakland, First Cong. Ch. 26.85; Twenty-three
Chinese, 25.30 to const. EDMUND R. SANFORD
L. M. Nine Annual Members, 18; Mrs. E.
Sanford, 5; Plymouth Av. Cong. Ch., 32;
Golden Gate Ch., 5.—Rio Vista, First Cong.
Ch., 10.—River Side, First Cong. Ch.,
5.20.—Saratoga, First Cong. Ch., 10.—San
Bernardino, Second Cong. Ch., 8.40.—San
Francisco, First Cong. Ch., in part, 50.50;
Green St. Ch., 14; Bethany Ch., in part,
Chinese Monthly Offerings, Central Sch.,
38.30; Bethany Sch., 14; West Sch. 26.35;
North Sch., 4.30; Annual Members, 122; ———,
25, to const. REV. C. R. HAZEN, of Hong
Kong, L. M.; LOW QUONG, 25, to const.
himself L. M.; Dea. S. Woo, 5.50; Ny Bo
Hong, 5; Dea. Edmund Palache, 25, to const.
MISS HELEN W. POND L. M.; “Many Friends,”
34.50 to const. LEE SAM of South China, L.
M.; Annual Members, 50; Miss Chaloner,
5.—San Jose, Cong. Ch., 20.75.—Woodland,
Three Annual Members, 6 825.95
FROM INDIVIDUAL DONORS: “M. C. N.” 30; Hon. F.
F. Low, 25; Taber, Harker & Co., 25; C.
Adolphe Low & Co., 25; Redington & Co., 25;
E. Ransome & Co., 25; Williams, Dimond &
Co., 25; Parrott & Co., 25; Eppinger & Co.,
25; T. H. Selby & Co., 25; James M. Harrn,
25; Wm. T. Coleman, 25; Cala, Furn. Mfg.
Co., 25; Liverpool, London & Globe Ins. Co.,
25; Imperial, London, Northern & Queens Ins.
Co., 25; “Cash, 405 Cala. St.,” 25; Miss
Mary Perkins, 25, to const. MRS. S. C.
PERKINS L. M.; J. J. Vasconcellos, 10;
George C. Boardman, 10; Augustus C. Flint,
10; Israel W. Knox, 10; Rev. F. A. Field,
National City, 10; “Friends,” 40 520.00
FROM EASTERN FRIENDS: “Friends in North
Maine,” 2.—Amherst, Mass., Mrs. R. A.
Lester, 100.—Stockbridge, Mass., Miss Alice
Byington, 50; Rev. F. B. Perkins,
10.—Westfield, Mass., Misses Dickinson, 10 172.00
—————————
Total $1,906.90
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H. W. HUBBARD, Treasurer.
56 Reade Street, N.Y.

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CONSTITUTION.

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 country and other countries which are destitute of them, or which present open and urgent fields of effort.

ART. III. Members of evangelical churches may be constituted members of this Association for life by the payment of thirty dollars into its treasury, with the written declaration at the time or times of payment that the sum is to be applied to constitute a designated person a life member; and such membership shall begin sixty days after the payment shall have been completed. Other persons, by the payment of the same sum, may be made life members without the privilege of voting.

Every evangelical church which has within a year contributed to the funds of the Association and every State Conference or Association of such churches may appoint two delegates to the Annual Meeting of the Association; such delegates, duly attested by credentials, shall be members of the Association for the year for which they were thus appointed.

ART. IV. The Annual Meeting of the Association shall be held in the month of October or November, at such time and place as may be designated by the Association, or, in case of its failure to act, by the Executive Committee, by notice printed in the official publication of the Association for the preceding month.

ART. V. The officers of the Association shall be a President, five Vice-Presidents, a Corresponding Secretary or Secretaries, a Recording Secretary, a Treasurer, Auditors, and an Executive Committee of fifteen members, all of whom shall be elected by ballot.

At the first Annual Meeting after the adoption of this Constitution, five members of the Executive Committee shall be elected for the term of one year, five for two years and five for three years, and at each subsequent Annual Meeting, five members shall be elected for the full term of three years, and such others as shall be required to fill vacancies.

ART. VI. To the Executive Committee shall belong the collecting and disbursing of funds, the appointing, counseling, sustaining and dismissing of missionaries and agents, and the selection of missionary fields. They shall have authority to fill all vacancies in office occurring between the Annual Meetings; to apply to any Legislature for acts of incorporation, or conferring corporate powers; to make provision when necessary for disabled missionaries and for the widows and children of deceased missionaries, and in general to transact all such business as usually appertains to the Executive Committees of missionary and other benevolent societies. The acts of the Committee shall be subject to the revision of the Annual Meeting.

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

ART. VII. No person shall be made an officer of this Association who is not a member of some evangelical church.

ART. VIII. Missionary bodies and churches or individuals may appoint and sustain missionaries of their own, through the agency of the Executive Committee, on terms mutually agreed upon.

ART. IX. No amendment shall be made to this Constitution except by the vote of two-thirds of the members present at an Annual Meeting and voting, the amendment having been approved by the vote of a majority at the previous Annual Meeting.

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Among the Mongols.

Rev. James Gilmour. A fresh and most interesting account of the home-life, manners, customs, beliefs and practices of this strange people. Over 30 cuts and map. 12mo. 398 pp. $1.50.

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Central Africa, Japan and Fiji.

Sketches of three of the most interesting mission fields of the present day, showing what has been done, and what remains to do, in bringing them to Christ. 12mo. 296 pp. 60 cuts. $1.25.

Our Brothers and Sons.

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Our Daughters.

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Morning Thoughts.

FOR OUR DAUGHTERS. Mrs. G. S. Reaney. A text of Scripture and short devotional meditation for daily use. 16mo. 160 pp. Limp, 50c.; gilt, 75c.

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NOTES ON CHURCH WORSHIP.

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When the Hymn and Tune Book, “Songs for the Sanctuary,” had outgrown its freshness, Mr. Joseph P. Holbrook, the Musical Editor, set about preparing the _Worship in Song_, and after years of labor offered it for publication, and it now stands before the churches. By common consent the general merit of the Songs for the Sanctuary was in the musical editing, and it is safe to say that the mantle that fell from that book dropped upon the shoulders of the Worship in Song. Holbrook’s later and newer book contains the result of his labor and experience through all these years, and his Worship in Song is clearly the greatest improvement that could be made.

In addition to the Hymns and Tunes, the book contains _Dr. R. S. Storrs’ New Psalter_, which has recently been edited and enlarged by Dr. Storrs, and contains also a brief statement by him of the value of responsive reading in churches. The selections of Psalms and Scripture for responsive reading is by far the best that has yet been published for Congregational and Presbyterian purposes, and, as the old edition was widely used, so this will be the standard and the best. The _Worship in Song with Psalter_, by Storrs and Holbrook, is a successful and popular combination.

Another Hymn and Tune Book of very great importance, on account of its giving standard classical music throughout, is Hall & Lasar’s _Evangelical Hymnal_. This book has already been adopted in Harvard College, Trinity College and other institutions, and is being favorably considered by many churches. It is a marked step in advance of all other Hymn and Tune Books, and is the recognized standard of the Church Hymn-book of the near future.

Messrs. A. S. Barnes & Co. have also recently published Prof. Hopkins’ “_Liturgy_, or Book of Common Prayer for Non-Episcopal Churches.” This _Liturgy_ is the result of many years of study, after correspondence and comparison on the part of the author with many leading Protestant clergymen. Upon publication it was received with great interest by clergymen of all denominations, and a large sale immediately began. It is safe to say that no other book presenting a Liturgy for Presbyterian and Congregational Churches was ever received with so great enthusiasm. The sale steadily continues, and the interest awakened is sufficient to make it certain that the plan finds favor. Clergymen and Committees desiring to see and examine copies of any or all of the above books can obtain them on approval, postage prepaid, by addressing the publishers,

A. S. BARNES & CO.,

111 and 113 WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK.

ATKIN & PROUT, Printers, 12 Barclay St., New York.

Transcriber’s Notes

Obvious printer’s punctuation errors and omissions silently corrected. Period spelling and inconsistent hyphenation retained. Ditto marks replaced with the text the represent to facilitate eBook text alignment.

Missing “t” added in “at” on the inside cover (at the New York Office)

Changed “BEQEATH” to “BEQUEATH” on the inside cover (I BEQUEATH to my executor).

Changed “consultatation” to “consultation” on page 380 (without mutual consultation)

Missing digits in the entries for South Amherst and Southampton on page 408 could not be determined.

Unbalanced quotation marks on page 406 left in place as it is not possible to determine where they should be closed (It is on this that the whole method)

Changed “Fragance” to “Fragrance” on page 413 (Beauty and Fragrance)

Changed “Amother” to “Another” on the back cover (Another Hymn and Tune Book)