Brookfield. “A Friend” 5.00
Canton Centre. Mrs. S. B. H. 1.02
Chester. Cong. Ch. 36.80
Collinsville. Mrs. Chidsey, _for Girl’s Ind.
Sch., Talladega, Ala._ 5.00
Danbury. E. B. 1.00
Danielsonville. J. D. Bigelow 4.00
East Hampton. Talladega Soc. _for Aid of
Pupils, Talladega, Ala._ 22.00
East Hartford. First Cong. Ch. 20.00
East Windsor Hill. Bbl. of C. _for City
Mission Work_, and $1 _for Freight_; Mrs.
C., $5 6.00
Fairfield. First Cong. Ch. 57.09
Fair Haven. Second Cong. Ch. to const. HORACE
H. STRONG L. M. 40.00
Franklin. Cong. Ch. 11.00
Greenwich. Second Cong. Ch., $60; E. M., 50c. 60.50
Guilford. Ladies of Third Cong. Ch. bbl. of
C., val. $25, and $5 _for Freight_ 5.00
Hanover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 24.87
Hartford. Windsor Av. Cong. Ch. $25.01;
Collected by Mrs. G. W. Root, $11.00 36.01
Lakeville. Mrs. M. H. W. 1.00
Ledyard. Cong. Ch. 14.38
Lyme. J. A. R. 0.50
Mansfield Centre. First Cong. Ch. 6.00
New Britain. Mrs. N. H. 0.50
New Hartford. Bible Class, by Rev. F. H.
Adams, _for Theo. Student, Fisk U._ 8.00
New Haven. Ch. of the Redeemer, $130; Amos
Townsend, $35; East Cong. Ch., $12; 177.00
New London. First Cong. Ch. $38.23; “A Thank
Offering,” $3 41.23
New Preston. Rev. H. Upson 5.00
Old Lyme. Cong. Ch. 14.10
Plantsville. Individuals, by Rev. L. F. Berry 10.00
Plymouth. Cong. Ch. 16.00
Ridgefield. First Cong. Ch. 16.11
Simsbury. First Cong. Ch. 19.00
South Britain. “A Friend” 1.00
Tolland. Cong. Ch. 4.54
Waterbury. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 423.81
Woodbury. Benj. Fabrique 20.00
West Meriden. Mrs. M. P. B. 1.00
Wethersfield. Mrs. Mary D. McLean, box of
Books and $1.40, _for Talladega, Ala._ 1.40
NEW YORK, $740.00.
Batavia. “A. V. S. F.” 20.00
Brooklyn. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., E. R.
Kennedy, Supt., $100, _for a Teacher_;—Miss
M. E. S., 50c.; Mrs. G. H., 50c. 101.00
Chenango Forks. Cong. Ch. 1.00
Churchville. Union Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Aid
of Pupils, Atlanta U._ 25.00
Cincinnatus. “Cincinnatus” 10.00
Copenhagen. E. G. 0.50
Crown Point. First Cong. Ch., Mrs. Triphena
Walker 2.00
Dryden. Mrs. L. M. K. 1.00
Floyd. Welsh Cong. Ch. 4.00
Flushing. First Cong. Ch. 13.00
Fredonia. Presb. Sab. Sch., $15; “McK.,” $15,
to const. CHRISTINE GILBERT L. M. 30.00
Gilbertsville. Rev. A. Wood 15.00
Honeoye. Cong. Ch., $33, and Sab. Sch., $17 50.00
Kiantone. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.25
Livonia. G. W. Jackman, $10; M. A. Jackman,
$5; Mrs. Wm. Calvert (_$5 of which for
Chinese M. in Cal._) $10 25.00
Lockport. Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. Mrs. J.
E. MERRITT L. M. 30.00
Malone. Mrs. H. R. Wilson 5.00
Martinsburgh. Horatio Hough, $5; Mrs. Almira
Arthur, $3 8.00
Middlesex. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Adams 10.00
Millville. Cong. Ch. 10.34
Morrisville. Cong. Ch. 27.61
New Hamburgh. S. H. S. 0.50
Newark Valley. LEGACY of a deceased Sister, by
Mrs. A. B. Smith 34.00
New York. “X. Y. Z.,” _for Hampton Inst._,
$100;—Mrs. James Stokes, $10, _for Ch. Work,
Ogeechee, Ga._;—S. T. Richards, $6; Mrs.
Elizabeth Merritt, $5, Mrs. L. B. B., 50c.;
S. T. G., 50c.; American Tract Soc., Grant
of S. S. Papers, val. $30 122.00
Oneida. S. H. Goodwin, $10; Edward Loomis, $2 12.00
Oneonta. L. J. S. 0.50
Orient. H. M. W. 1.00
Parma. Mrs. Harriet Clark 5.00
Peon Yan. F. O. Hamlin 20.00
Poughkeepsie. Mrs. M. J. M. 1.00
Pulaski. S. C. 1.00
Seneca Falls. “A Friend” 50.00
Sherburne. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 55.45
Spencerport. S. V. and M. D., $1 each, _for
Freight_; Mary Dyer, $5, _for Student Aid,
Tougaloo U._ 7.00
Spencertown. Rev. H. P. Bake 5.00
Taberg. Aaron Stedman, $2; Dewey Hopkins, $2;
A. W., $1 5.00
Turin. Mrs. Martha Woodworth 2.00
Troy. Mrs. E. C. S. 1.00
Union Valley. Dr. J. Angel 10.00
Volney. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 6.94
NEW JERSEY, $230.56.
Morristown. Mrs. Ella M. Graves, _for Aid of
Pupils, Atlanta U._ 100.00
Newark. C. S. Haines 40.00
Orange Valley. Cong. Ch. 64.01
Stanley. Hillside Missionary Sab. Sch. of
Cong. Ch., _for a Lady Missionary_ 25.00
Vineland. Cong. Ch. of the Pilgrims 1.55
PENNSYLVANIA, $14.
East Springfield. Mrs. C. J. Cowles 2.00
Farmer’s Valley. Mrs. E. C. O. 1.00
Hermitage. W. F. Stewart, $4; E. P., $1 5.00
Jeanesville. Welsh Cong. Ch. 5.00
North East. C. A. T. 1.00
OHIO, $463.68.
Chatham Centre. Cong. Ch. 28.00
Cincinnati. Vine St. Cong. Ch. $41.65; Rev. B.
P. Aydelott, D.D., $10 51.65
Claridon. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Atlanta, Ga._ 7.00
Clarksfield. Rev. J. M. and Mrs. H. B. Fraser 10.00
Fostoria. C. M. 0.50
Granville. Thomas D. Williams 5.00
Harmar. Cong. Ch. 35.32
Hartford. A. N., $1; J. M. J., $1; Miss H. J.,
$1; S. C. B., $1; Others, $1 5.00
Huntington. Edward West 25.00
Kingsville. J. L. Gage 10.00
Lyme. Cong. Ch. 22.58
Mechanicsburgh. Mrs. M. K. H. 1.00
New Richland. Elizabeth Johnston 2.00
Oberlin. First Cong. Sab. Sch., $50, _for Ag’l
Dept., Talladega, Ala._;—First Cong. Ch.
$38.74; Second Cong. Ch., $10.39 99.13
Ravenna. Ira B. Cutts 5.00
Richfield. Mrs. Uri Oviatt, $5; Mrs. Sylvester
Townsend, $2.50 7.50
Steubenville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
Improvements, Tougaloo U._ 24.00
Strongsville. Free Cong. Ch., $6, _for
Tougaloo U._;—“A Friend,” $3, _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 9.00
Wakeman. Franklin Hale 100.00
Wellington. C. F. 1.00
Willoughby. Miss Mary P. Hastings, $10;
Florence A. Page, $5 15.00
INDIANA, $5.50.
Sparta. J. H. 0.50
Winchester. Mrs. John Commons 5.00
ILLINOIS, $748.
Avon. Mrs. Celinda Woods 5.00
Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Chicago. Woman’s Miss. Soc. of Lincoln Park
Ch., _for Lady Missionary, Memphis, Tenn._ 17.00
Dundee. Cong. Ch., $8; Mrs. Wm. D., $1 9.00
Galesburg. ESTATE of Warren C. Willard, by
Prof. T. R. Willard 21.00
Galesburg. Mrs. E. T. Parker, to const. DEA.
GEO. T. HOLYOKE L. M. 30.00
Griggsville. Cong. Ch. 37.16
Lyonsville. Ladies of Cong. Ch., box of
household goods, _for Montgomery, Ala._
Naperville. A. A. Smith 5.00
Odell. Mrs. H. E. Dana 10.00
Peoria. Chas. Fisher, _for Student Aid, Fisk
U._ 12.00
Plymouth. N. F. Burton 5.00
Port Byron. A. F. Hollister 5.00
Princeton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., $14.50,
_for Student Aid, Fisk U._;—Mrs. P. B.
Corse, $10 24.50
Rockford. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for aid of
Pupils, Talladega, Ala._ 15.00
Sycamore. A. S. 1.00
Tonica. “V. G. S.,” $5; F. A. Wood, $2.50; “A
Friend,” $2.50 10.00
Tolona. Mrs. L. Haskell 7.00
Waukegan. Young Ladies’ Missionary Soc., $15;
Cong. Ch., $6.34 21.34
Waukegan. “Friends,”, _for Freight_ 1.00
Wheaton. First Cong. Ch. 8.00
——. “A Friend,” 500.00
MICHIGAN, $567.75.
Calumet. Cong. Ch., $238.25, to const. BERTHA
CALISTA CURTIS and HAROLD MORSE WRIGHT L.
M.’s.; Robert Dobbie, $20.50 258.75
Churches Corners. Cong. Sab. Sch., $11.25;
H.C. 50c. 11.75
Claire. A. H. Norris 5.00
Detroit. Fort St. Cong. Sab. Sch., $50; Mrs.
Z. Eddy, $25; Miss Grout, $10; Cong. Sab.
Sch., $2; Miss L., $1; Miss H., $1; Mrs. C.,
$1, _for Lady Missionary, Memphis.
Tenn._;—Mrs. D. P., $1; Mrs. A. D. G., $1;
Others, $2.50, by Mrs. J. A. Nutting 94.50
Greenville. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 25.91
Hancock. First Cong. Ch., $30; Sab. Sch.
Scholars, $1 31.00
Imlay City. Cong. Sab. Sch., box of Books,
_for Montgomery, Ala._
Leland. Cong. Ch. 7.00
Milford. E. G. 1.00
Pontiac. Cong. Sab. Sch., $1.40; Mrs. S. J.
C., $1; Dea. J. P. W., $1; Juv. Miss. Soc.,
$1, 4.40
South Haven. Clark Pierce 5.00
Unadilla. Mrs. Agnes D. Bird, $4; Mrs. M. M.,
$1 5.00
Union City. Mrs. I. W. Clark and Miss Sarah B.
Clark, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00
Vernon. BEQUEST of Sarah Holley, by D. C.
Holley 100.00
Vienna Union Cong. Ch. 8.44
WISCONSIN, $127.96.
Arena. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Centre. Cong. Ch. 2.53
Elk Grove. Cong. Ch. 8.00
Milwaukee. Plymouth Ch. 36.70
Oshkosh. Cong. Ch., $54.73; H. S. M., 50c. 55.23
Shopiere. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Shullsburg. Cong. Ch. 3.50
Whitewater. Ladies of Cong. Ch., bbl. of C.,
and house furnishing goods, val. $50 Mrs.
Coburn, $2, _for Montgomery, Ala._ 2.00
IOWA, $1,175.15.
Ashland. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., _for Tougaloo U._ 2.00
Big Rock. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Burlington. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Des Moines. Woman’s Miss. Soc. of Plymouth
Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 20.00
Grinnell. ESTATE of Charles F. Dike, by Mrs.
C. F. Dike, Executrix, 1,000.00
Grinnell. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. and Friends,
$50, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._;—Cong. Ch.,
$27.25 77.25
Keokuk. Will Collier. Smith Hamill, and M.
Messer, $5 ea.; X. X. C., 50c., _for
Tougaloo U._ 15.50
Nevinville. Cong. Ch. 2.40
Traer. Mrs. C. H. Bissel, _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 5.00
Waterloo. Rev. M. K. Cross 8.00
KANSAS, $16.50.
Bavaria. A. M. 0.50
Brookville. Rev. S. G. Wright 15.00
Eudora. Mrs. L. R. 1.00
MINNESOTA, $53.89.
Clear Water. Cong. Ch. 3.01
Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 9.68
Plainview. Woman’s Cent. Soc. 7.10
Saint Paul. Plymouth Ch. 20.30
Zumbrota. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.80
NEBRASKA, $6.50.
Hastings. Mrs. N. C. B. 1.00
Fontanelle. “A Friend,” 5.50
MISSOURI, 50c.
Saint Louis. C. M. J. 0.50
CALIFORNIA, $299.65.
Los Angeles. Francis Wilson 15.00
San Francisco. Receipts of the California
Chinese Mission 284.65
OREGON, $1.55.
Astoria. First Cong. Ch. 1.55
KENTUCKY, $5.05.
Berea. Cong. Ch. 4.55
Germantown. H. N. 0.50
TENNESSEE, $153.15.
Memphis. Le Moyne Sch. 153.15
NORTH CAROLINA, $133.24.
Raleigh. Washington Sch. 35.80
Wilmington. Normal Sch., $93.70; First Cong.
Ch., $3.74 97.44
SOUTH CAROLINA, $271.75
Charleston. Avery Inst. 271.75
GEORGIA, $581.71.
Atlanta. Storrs Sch., $259.30; Atlanta
University, $87 346.30
Macon. Lewis High Sch. 50.90
Savannah. Beach Inst. 184.51
ALABAMA, $921.81.
Athens. Pub. Sch. Fund, $270; Trinity Sch.,
$49.40 319.40
Blount Springs. J. Q. A. E. 0.50
Marion. Cong. Ch. 29.48
Mobile. Emerson Inst. 204.50
Montgomery. Swayne Sch. 175.00
Selma. Cong. Ch. 5.10
Talladega. Talladega College $174.28;—Governor
Parsons, _for Aid of Pupils, Talladega,
Ala._, $13.55 187.33
LOUISIANA, $138.75.
New Orleans. Straight University 138.75
MISSISSIPPI, $35.55.
Tougaloo. Tougaloo University 35.55
TEXAS, $3.
Brenham. Individuals, by Mrs. I. Howells, $2;
D. C., $1 3.00
NOVA SCOTIA, $10.
Yarmouth. Yarmouth Tabernacle Missionary
Asso., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00
SANDWICH ISLANDS, $1,000.
“A Friend” 1.000.00
TURKEY, $10.
Van. Dr. G. C. Reynolds and Wife 10.00
INCOME FUND, $311.74.
General Fund 311.74
—————————
Total 11,904.68
Total from Oct. 1st to March 31st $77,638.09
H. W. HUBBARD,
_Ass’t Treas._
RECEIVED FOR DEBT.
Hanover, N. H. Dartmouth College Ch. $50.00
Cromwell, Ct. M. G. Savage 13.00
New Haven, Ct. Centre Ch. 25.00
West Hartford, Ct. Charles Boswell 250.00
Crown Point, N. Y. Mrs. George Page 25.00
Madison, Ohio. Mrs. J. G. Fraser 3.00
Northville, Mich. D. Pomeroy 5.00
Saint Louis, Mo. Miss C. M. Janes 5.00
Woodville, Ga. St. Phillip’s Soc., $2; Band of
Hope, $2.25 4.25
Tougaloo, Miss. Tougaloo University 50.00
—————————
Total 430.25
Previously acknowledged in Feb. receipts 24,488.97
—————————
Total $24,919.22
* * * * *
RECEIPTS OF THE CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION.
E. PALACHE, Treasurer.
_From Dec. 20th, 1878, to March 20th, 1879._
1. From auxiliaries:
Petaluma Chinese Mission—(for room) $65.00
Sacramento Chinese Mission—(12 Annual
Memberships) 24.00
Santa Barbara Chinese Mission—(4 Annual
Memberships: Rev. J. W. Hough, D. D., $2; N.
W. Winton, $2; Mrs. C. E. Huse, $2; Wong Ah
Yon, $2) 8.00
—— 2.00
Collection Annual Meeting 2.50
Chinese Pupils 18.00
Stockton Chinese Mission—Mrs. M. C. Brown 4.00
Brown 4.00
Chinese Pupils 2.50
——————
Total 126.00
2. From churches:
Oakland—First Cong. Ch. 36.15
Sacramento—First Cong. Ch. 7.00
San Francisco—First Cong. Ch. 49.50
San Francisco—Bethany Ch., I. C. H. 2.00
——————
Total 94.65
3. From individuals:
Pescadero—Rev. W. C. Merritt 2.00
San Francisco—Rev. J. Rowell 20.00
Sonoma—“A Thank Offering” 10.00
——————
Total 32.00
4. From Eastern Friends:
Bangor, Me.—Unknown, by Rev. G. W. Field, D.
D., _for Barnes’ Mission House_ 12.00
Auburn, Mass.—Cong. Sab. Sch., by Horace
Hobbs, _for Barnes’ Mission House_ 20.00
——————
Total 32.00
——————
Grand Total $284.65
* * * * *
FOR TILLOTSON COLLEGIATE AND NORMAL INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS.
Cambridge, Vt. Madison Safford $25.00
Groton, Mass. Mrs. Elizabeth Farnsworth 20.00
Haverhill, Mass. Gyles Merrill and Wife 50.00
Westfield, Mass. Miss E. B. Dickinson 100.00
Hartford, Conn. D. H. WELLS, to const. himself
L. M. 50.00
Oriskany Falls, N. Y. Joseph C. Griggs 24.00
Union Springs, N. Y. Mrs. Mary H. Thomas 10.00
West Farms, N. Y. Daniel Mapes 100.00
Painesville, Ohio. Mrs. Reuben Hitchcock 100.00
————————
Total 479.00
Previously acknowledged in Feb. receipts 1,627.17
————————
Total $2,106.17
* * * * *
Constitution of the American Missionary Association.
INCORPORATED JANUARY 30, 1849.
* * * * *
ART. I. This Society shall be called “THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY
ASSOCIATION.”
ART. II. The object of this Association shall be to conduct
Christian missionary and educational operations, and to 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 by constituted life members without
the privilege of voting.
ART. IV. This Society shall meet annually, in the month of
September, October or November, for the election of officers and
the transaction of other business, at such time and place as shall
be designated by the Executive Committee.
ART. V. The annual meeting shall be constituted of the regular
officers and members of the Society at the time of such meeting,
and of delegates from churches, local missionary societies,
and other co-operating bodies, each body being entitled to one
representative.
ART. VI. The officers of the Society shall be a President,
Vice-Presidents, a Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretaries,
Treasurer, two Auditors, and an Executive Committee of not less
than twelve, of which the Corresponding Secretaries shall be
advisory, and the Treasurer ex-officio, members.
ART. VII. To the Executive Committee shall belong the collecting
and disbursing of funds; the appointing, counselling, sustaining
and dismissing (for just and sufficient reasons) missionaries and
agents; the selection of missionary fields; and, in general, the
transaction of all such business as usually appertains to the
executive committees of missionary and other benevolent societies;
the Committee to exercise no ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the
missionaries; and its doings to be subject always to the revision
of the annual meeting, which shall, by a reference mutually
chosen, always entertain the complaints of any aggrieved agent or
missionary; and the decision of such reference shall be final.
The Executive Committee shall have authority to fill all vacancies
occurring among the officers between the regular annual meetings;
to apply, if they see fit, to any State Legislature for acts of
incorporation; to fix the compensation, where any is given, of all
officers, agents, missionaries, or others in the employment of the
Society; to make provision, if any, for disabled missionaries, and
for the widows and children of such as are deceased; and to call,
in all parts of the country, at their discretion, special and
general conventions of the friends of missions, with a view to the
diffusion of the missionary spirit, and the general and vigorous
promotion of the missionary work.
Five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for
transacting business.
ART. VIII. This society, in collecting funds, in appointing
officers, agents and missionaries, and in selecting fields
of labor, and conducting the missionary work, will endeavor
particularly to discountenance slavery, by refusing to receive the
known fruits of unrequited labor, or to welcome to its employment
those who hold their fellow-beings as slaves.
ART. IX. Missionary bodies, churches or individuals agreeing to
the principles of this Society, and wishing to appoint and sustain
missionaries of their own, shall be entitled to do so through the
agency of the Executive Committee, on terms mutually agreed upon.
ART. X. No amendment shall be made in this Constitution without
the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present at a regular
annual meeting: nor unless the proposed amendment has been
submitted to a previous meeting, or to the Executive Committee in
season to be published by them (as it shall be their duty to do, if
so submitted) in the regular official notifications of the meeting.
FOOTNOTE:
[A] By evangelical sentiments, we understand, among others, a
belief in the guilty and lost condition of all men without a
Saviour; the Supreme Deity, Incarnation and Atoning Sacrifice
of Jesus Christ, the only Saviour of the world; 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.
* * * * *
The American Missionary Association.
* * * * *
AIM AND WORK.
To preach the Gospel to the poor. It originated in a sympathy with
the almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has devoted its
main efforts to preparing the FREEDMEN for their duties as citizens
and Christians in America, and as missionaries in Africa. As
closely related to this, it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted
CHINESE in America, and to co-operate with the Government in its
humane and Christian policy towards the INDIANS. It has also a
mission in AFRICA.
STATISTICS.
CHURCHES: _In the South_—In Va. 1; N. C., 5; S. C., 2; Ga., 12;
Ky., 7; Tenn., 4; Ala., 13; La., 12; Miss., 1; Kansas, 2; Texas, 5.
_Africa_, 1. _Among the Indians_, 1. Total 66.
INSTITUTIONS FOUNDED, FOSTERED OR SUSTAINED IN THE
SOUTH.—_Chartered_: Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega, Ala.;
Atlanta, Ga.; Nashville, Tenn.; Tougaloo, Miss.; New Orleans, La.;
and Austin, Texas, 8. _Graded or Normal Schools_: at Wilmington,
Raleigh, N. C.; Charleston, Greenwood, S. C.; Macon, Atlanta, Ga.;
Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn., 11. _Other
Schools_, 18. Total 37.
TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS.—Among the Freedmen, 231;
among the Chinese, 17; among the Indians, 17; in Africa, 14. Total,
279. STUDENTS—In Theology, 88; Law, 17; in College Course, 106;
in other studies, 7,018. Total, 7,229. Scholars, taught by former
pupils of our schools, estimated at 100,000. INDIANS under the care
of the Association, 13,000.
WANTS.
1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with the
growing work in the South. 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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Principal Office, 34 Union Square, New York.
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Established A. D. 1850.
THE
MANHATTAN
Life Insurance Co.,
156 Broadway, New York,
HAS PAID
$7,400,000 DEATH CLAIMS.
HAS PAID
=$4,900,000= Returned Premiums to Policy-Holders.
HAS A SURPLUS OF
$1,700,000 OVER LIABILITIES
_By New York Standard of Valuation_.
_It gives the Best Insurance on the
Best Lives at the most
Favorable Rates_.
EXAMINE THE PLANS AND RATES OF THIS COMPANY.
HENRY STOKES, PRESIDENT.
C. Y. WEMPLE,
Vice-President.
J. L. HALSEY,
Secretary.
S. N. STEBBINS,
Actuary.
H. Y. WEMPLE,
H. B. STOKES,
Assistant Secretaries.
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Brown Bros. & Co.
BANKERS,
59 & 61 Wall Street, New York,
211 Chestnut St., Philadelphia,
66 State Street, Boston.
Issue Commercial Credits, make Cable transfers of Money between
this Country and England, and buy and sell Bills of exchange on
Great Britain and Ireland.
They also issue, against cash deposited, or satisfactory guarantee
of repayment,
Circular Credits for Travellers,
In DOLLARS for use in the United States and adjacent countries, and
in POUNDS STERLING, for use in any part of the world.
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A. S. BARNES & CO.
PUBLISH THE ONLY
SONGS FOR THE SANCTUARY.
THE HYMN AND TUNE BOOK which stands the test. Revised and enlarged.
Prices greatly reduced. Editions for every want. For Samples
(loaned without charge) and Terms address the Publishers.
LYMAN ABBOTT’S
Commentary on the New Testament
Illustrated and Popular, giving the latest views of the best
Biblical Scholars on all disputed points.
A concise, strong and faithful Exposition in (8) =eight volumes=,
octavo.
AGENTS WANTED IN EVERY LOCALITY.
Gospel Temperance Hymnal.
EDITED BY
Rev. J. E. RANKIN, D.D. and Rev E. S. LORENZ.
Endorsed by =FRANCIS MURPHY=, and used exclusively in his meetings.
This is the first practicable Collection of Hymns and Tunes
abounding in vigorous Pieces adapted to the Gospel Temperance
Movement. =It is also the best Book for Church Prayer Meetings=.
Price 35 cts. post-paid. Special Rates by the quantity.
DON’T FAIL TO EXAMINE AT ONCE.
A. S. BARNES & CO., Publishers,
New York and Chicago.
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N. TIBBALS & SONS,
37 Park Row, New York.
30 YEARS IN THE BOOK BUSINESS.
We endeavor to get every valuable work in every department of
Biblical and Theological Literature. For example: We have 400
different works on Bible Evidences, from Augustine down; 100 on
Bible Interpretation; 150 on Homiletics; 200 on Lectures to the
Young and Lectures to Children; also on Prayers, Baptism, Prophecy,
Church History, etc., etc.
Sunday-School Libraries a Specialty.
Send for particulars.
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UNFERMENTED WINE.
=Pure Juice of the Grape; no Alcohol=; tested for years; received
=International Medal=. =T. H. JOHNSON, New Brunswick, N. J=.
National Temperance Society, 58 Reade St., N.Y.; Congregational and
Baptist Publication Societies, Boston and Philadelphia.
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“IMPORTANT TO CLERGYMEN.”
Prince’s Improved Fountain Pen.
[Illustration: CAP THE HANDLE CONTAINS THE INK.]
As now improved, saves one third the time.
“If I were bereft of it, I should feel myself bereft of my right
hand.”—REV. LYMAN ABBOTT, _Ed. Ch. Union_.
Can be sent by mail in a registered letter. Send for circulars.
Manufactured by
JOHN S. PURDY,
212 Broadway, Cor. Fulton St., New York.
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DUDLEY’S PATENT
DIAGONAL
ROAD SCRAPER
IS THE BEST.
Weighs but 50 lbs., has Steel Cutter Plate, can be worked square or
at any desired angle, and is rapidly superseding all others where
it is known.
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A Few of Many Testimonials of its Value:
“Works in rough or smooth ground. No one who has used it will be
without it.”—M. Bartholomew & Sons, Goshen, Ct.
“Select-men of the Town of Litchfield, Ct., say: It is the
best Scraper ever invented, and cheerfully recommend it to all
interested in Roads, as calculated materially to lessen the expense
of making and repairing the same.”