Corpus Christi. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., _for
Mendi M._ 3.00
——. “A Friend” by Prof. Anderson, _for
Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 5.00
INCOMES, $687.45.
Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 83.15
De Forest Fund, _for President’s Chair,
Talladega C._ 344.13
Graves Scholarship Fund, _for Talladega C._ 72.78
Haley Scholarship Fund, _for Fisk U._ 30.83
Hammond Fund, _for Straight U._ 22.10
Le Moyne Fund, _for Memphis, Tenn._ 61.67
Theo. Endowment Fund, _for Howard U._ 72.79
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Total for November $23,654.64
Total from Oct. 1, to Nov. 30 $34,544.36
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H. W. HUBBARD, Treas.,
56 Reade St., New York.
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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.
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.
STATISTICS FOR 1882.
CHURCHES: _In the South_—In District of Columbia, 1; Virginia, 1;
North Carolina, 9; South Carolina, 2; Georgia, 14; Kentucky, 7;
Tennessee, 4; Alabama, 14; Kansas, 2; Arkansas, 1; Louisiana, 17;
Mississippi, 5; Texas, 6. _Africa_, 3. _Among the Indians_, 2.
Total, 88.
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, Tex.—8. _Graded or Normal Schools_: Wilmington,
N.C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S.C.; Savannah, Macon, Atlanta, Ga.;
Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn.—11. _Other
Schools_, 38. Total, 57.
TEACHERS MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS.—Among the Freedmen, 336;
among the Chinese, 31; among the Indians, 6; in Africa, 16. Total,
389. STUDENTS.—In theology, 72; law, 28; in college course, 104;
in other studies, 9,404. Total, 9,608. 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 number 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.
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It gives Vitality to the Insufficient Bodily or Mental Growth of
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Physicians have Prescribed 500,000 Packages.
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AND
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A little more than a year ago the magazine which is now known
as THE CENTURY passed a critical point in its history. Three
important things happened to it: a change in its own name, a
change in the name of the corporation publishing it, and the
death of the editor-in-chief, Dr. J. G. Holland. Probably no such
combination of circumstances had ever come to any periodical, and
people watched with no little interest to see what would be the
result. The change in name began with the November number, and the
death of Dr. Holland came just before its issue. By reason of the
great excellence of this number and its broad, popular features,
its sale reached 137,500 copies, the average edition during the
preceding twelve months having been 120,000. The following number,
December, was a memorial issue to President Garfield and Dr.
Holland; its sale was almost as great, and the increased demand
has largely continued through the year. The November number (1882)
just issued has an edition of 140,000 copies. The reasons of this
growth are various; but they may be, for the most part, ascribed
to the fact that the resources of literature and art have been
constantly augmenting and that a gradual improvement has been
going on, which has resulted in the issue of what the _Providence
Journal_, speaking of THE CENTURY MAGAZINE, calls “the most able
and valuable publication ever put forth in magazine form.” Among
its special features for 1883, “The History of Life in the Thirteen
Colonies,” a series of separate papers by Dr. Edward Eggleston,
just begun, to be richly and accurately illustrated, is alone worth
the subscription price. Washington Gladden’s realistic serial,
entitled “The Christian League of Connecticut,” is attracting wide
attention among business men interested in Christian work. Henry
James, Jr., Alphonse Daudet, Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, Charles
Dudley Warner, “H. H.,” T. W. Higginson and Frank R. Stockton are
among the contributors, and from them and from other distinguished
writers will come the material for another brilliant year of THE
CENTURY. Mr. W. D. Howell’s new novel, “A Woman’s Reason,” will
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There is another magazine published by THE CENTURY CO., which in
the field of children’s literature occupies the same place that THE
CENTURY fills in the grown-up world. It is ST. NICHOLAS, now just
beginning its tenth year, a magazine of which the _London Times_
said a year ago: “It is above anything _we_ produce in the same
line.” It is a theory of the editor, Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge, that
there is nothing too good for children, and the boys and girls who
read ST. NICHOLAS are really getting the very best writing and the
finest pictures that can be had. Its circulation is worldwide.
In England, where it has had a large monthly sale for several
years, six copies are said to be taken in the household of the
Prince of Wales. The Queen of Italy reads it every month to her
children. A book was recently issued in the Arabic language, and
printed at Beirut, Syria, made up of poems and stories translated
from ST. NICHOLAS, enriched with the original pictures, loaned
by the publishers for that purpose. This year the magazine is to
have a serial story by J. T. Trowbridge, one of the most popular
writers for boys in the world, and another by Frank R. Stockton—a
historical novelette of boy and girl life in the thirteenth
century—which the _Springfield Republican_ has already predicted
“will prove easily the best story of the year for the young.” ST.
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to a hundred pictures; the best writers of two continents are
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THE CENTURY costs $4.00 a year, and ST. NICHOLAS $3.00. Special
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free to persons mentioning this magazine), address the publishers.
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[Illustration: THE ILLUSTRATED
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Among the many family papers of the land, we do not believe one can
be found better suited for general reading than this. It has twelve
pages weekly, filled with the finest cuts and most attractive
reading matter, printed on nice paper.
In a single year it makes a volume of over 600 pages, with 400
cuts, giving able editorials on current topics, best original
matter, notes on the Sunday School Lessons, together with stories
from the best English and American authors.
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We invite the attention of teachers of primary departments,
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for small children.
The books are in good large type, on fine paper, handsomely bound
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$3.50—ELEGANT STYLES, LIGHT AND DARK
PATTERNS, AXMINSTER, MOQUETTE
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These goods are very serviceable and are suitable for parlor or
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REVERSIBLE, SMYRNA AND VELVET RUGS
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REVERSIBLE MATS, 75c., 90c., $1; EXTRA QUALITY, $1.50; REVERSIBLE
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Mail orders will receive prompt attention.
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60,000 TONS USED IN 1881.
One ton will build two miles of staunch three-strand Barb Fence.
One strand will make an old wooden fence impassable to large
cattle. One strand at bottom will keep out hogs.
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THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
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PRESIDENT,
HON. WM. B. WASHBURN, Mass.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.
Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._
TREASURER.
H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._
AUDITORS.
M. F. READING. WM. A. NASH.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
JOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman; A. P. FOSTER, Secretary; LYMAN
ABBOTT, ALONZO S. BALL, A. S. BARNES, C. T. CHRISTENSEN, FRANKLIN
FAIRBANKS, CLINTON B. FISK, S. B. HALLIDAY, SAMUEL HOLMES, CHARLES
A. HULL, SAMUEL S. MARPLES, CHARLES L. MEAD, WM. H. WARD, A. L.
WILLISTON.
DISTRICT SECRETARIES.
Rev. C. L. WOODWORTH, _Boston_.
Rev. G. D. PIKE, D.D., _New York_.
Rev. JAMES POWELL, _Chicago_.
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.
No Christian family can afford to be without missionary
intelligence, and no missionary society can afford to be without
readers of its publications; it had better give them to the readers
without pay than to have no readers. Missionary zeal will die in
the churches without missionary intelligence.
But it would be far better for both the societies and the readers
if missionary news were paid for. This would give the magazine
attentive perusal and the society relief from the reproach of a
large expense for publication. Missionary publications should be
put on a _paying basis_. Aside from a free list to life members,
ministers, etc., the cost of publication should be made up by
paying subscribers and advertisements.
We are anxious to put the AMERICAN MISSIONARY on this basis. We
intend to make it worth its price, and we ask our patrons to aid us:
1. More of our readers can take pains to send us either the
moderate subscription price (50 cents), or $1.00, naming a friend
to whom we may send a second copy.
2. A special friend in each church can secure subscribers at
club-rates (12 copies for $5 or 25 copies for $10).
3. Business men can benefit themselves by advertising in a
periodical that has a circulation of over 20,000 copies monthly and
that goes to many of the best men and families in the land. Will
not our friends aid us to make this plan a success?
Subscriptions and advertisements should be sent to H. W. HUBBARD,
Treasurer, 56 Reade st., New York, N.Y.
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Transcriber’s Notes:
Obvious printer’s punctuation errors and omissions silently
corrected. Inconsistent hyphenation retained due to the
multiplicity of authors.
Ditto marks replaced with the text they represent to facilitate
eBook alignment.
“Goverment” changed to “Government” on page 21. (The tender mercies
of the Government)
Missing “s” inserted in “raised” on page 24. (And raised his little
shaven head)
Missing “s” inserted in “Boscawen” on page 25.
Missing “l” inserted in “Wallingford” entry on page 26.