Theological Endowment Fund, _for Howard U._ 375.00
Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 190.00
C. F. Dike Fund, _for Straight U._ 50.00
General Fund 50.00
CANADA, $2.00.
Paris. Mrs. Sarah Hamilton 2.00
BULGARIA, $15.00.
Samokov. Rev. J. F. Clark 15.00
———, $1.89.
———. Small sums received for postage from
April 14, 1880, to Dec. 16, 1881 1.89
———. Three Bbls. of C., _for Talladega, Ala._
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Total 21,323.84
Total from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 $55,204.62
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H. W. HUBBARD, _Treas._,
56 Reade St., N.Y.
THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
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AIM AND WORK.
To preach the Gospel to the poor. It originated in a sympathy with
the almost friendless slaves. Since Emancipation it has devoted its
main efforts to preparing the FREEDMEN for their duties as citizens
and Christians in America, and as missionaries in Africa. As
closely related to this, it seeks to benefit the caste-persecuted
CHINESE in America, and to co-operate with the Government in its
humane and Christian policy toward the INDIANS. It has also a
mission in AFRICA.
STATISTICS.
CHURCHES: _In the South_—In District of Columbia, 1; Virginia, 1;
North Carolina, 6; South Carolina, 2; Georgia, 13; Kentucky, 7;
Tennessee, 4; Alabama, 14; Kansas, 1; Arkansas, 1; Louisiana, 18;
Mississippi, 4; Texas, 6. _Africa_, 3. _Among the Indians_, 1.
Total, 82.
INSTITUTIONS FOUNDED, FOSTERED OR SUSTAINED IN THE
SOUTH.—_Chartered_: Hampton, Va.; Berea, Ky.; Talladega, Ala.;
Atlanta, Ga.; Nashville, Tenn.; Tougaloo, Miss.; New Orleans,
La., and Austin, 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_, 35. Total, 54.
TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS.—Among the Freedmen, 319;
among the Chinese, 28; among the Indians, 9; in Africa, 13. Total,
369. STUDENTS.—In theology, 104; law, 20; in college course, 91;
in other studies, 8,884. Total, 9,108. Scholars taught by former
pupils of our schools, estimated at 150,000. Indians under the care
of the Association, 13,000.
WANTS.
1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with the
growing work. This increase can only be reached by _regular_ and
_larger_ contributions from the churches, the feeble as well as the
strong.
2. ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS for our higher educational institutions, to
accommodate the increasing numbers of students; MEETING HOUSES for
the new churches we are organizing; MORE MINISTERS, cultured and
pious, for these churches.
3. HELP FOR YOUNG MEN, to be educated as ministers here and
missionaries to Africa—a pressing want.
Before sending boxes, always correspond with the nearest A. M. A.
office as below:
NEW YORK H. W. Hubbard, Esq., Treasurer, 56 Reade street.
BOSTON Rev. C. L. Woodworth, Dis’t Sec., Room 21
Congregational House.
CHICAGO Rev. Jas. Powell, Dis’t Sec., 112 West Washington
street.
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General Notes on Africa, the Chinese and Indians will be continued.
The fullest information will be given about our work in the South,
now recognized as so important to the welfare of the nation, and
about our labors in Africa—that land whose fate so stirs the heart
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Transcriber’s Notes:
Period spellings retained. Inconsistent hyphenation retrained,
due to the multiplicity of authors. Obvious printer’s punctuation
errors and omissions corrected. Ditto marks replaced with the text
they represent, to facilitate eBook alignment.
Corrected “Talledega” to “Talladega” in the Marlborough entry on
55. (for Student Aid, Talladega C.)
Corrected “Gh” to “Ch” in the Colchester entry on page 56. (First
Cong. Ch.)
Replaced missing “c” in the first Chicago entry on page 60.