Barton Landing. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.75
Benson. Bale of C. _for Refugees_, by Rev. G.
Lyon.
Brattleborough. Cong. Ch. 26.58
Burlington. Mrs. F. S. 1.00
Danville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.00
Holland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.32
Londonderry. Mrs. Hepsibah H. Stowell 400.00
Ludlow. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.10
McIndoe’s Falls. Dea. Monteith 5.00
Newport. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.35
Norwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00
Saxton’s River. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.00
Saint Albans. A. O. Brainerd 20.00
Saint Johnsbury. North Cong. Sab. Sch. 25.00
Townshend. Mrs. N. D. Batchelder 2.00
West Brattleborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.77
MASSACHUSETTS, $3,815.00.
Agawam. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.17
Amherst. North Cong. Ch. and Soc., $60, to
const. MISS MARY D. FIELD and FRANK W.
HARRINGTON, L. M’s;--First Ch., $25. 85.00
Barnstable Co. “A Minister’s Widow” _to
furnish a room, Atlanta U._ 25.00
Bernardston. Orthodox Cong. Ch. 2.00
Bridgewater. Sarah L. Alden, $10.; Mrs. M. S.
Dunham, $2 12.00
Boston. “Teacher of A. M. A.” 2.00
Boxford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00
Brocton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00
Brookline. W. H. White 10.00
Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 109.57
Chicopee. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.34
Concord. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 39.00
Dorchester. Village Ch. and Soc. 32.87
Dorchester. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch.,
_for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00
East Charlemont. Dea. P. Field 9.00
East Hampton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
$84.85; Cong. Sab. Sch., $25. 109.85
Essex Co. “Howard,” _for Brick Jacket for
Chapel, Wilmington, N. C._ 500.00
Gardner. J. B. Drury, to const. MRS. SARAH
JANE DRURY, L. M. 30.00
Hanson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00
Harvard. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 32.78
Haverhill. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00
Holyoke. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $15; Second
Cong. Ch. and Soc., $8.74. 23.74
Ipswich. First Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C.
Jamaica Plain. Central Cong. Ch. 817.00
Lancaster. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch. 18.00
Lanesborough. “A Friend” 1.00
Littleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.50
Long Meadow. Gents’ Benev. Soc. 28.75
Lynn. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc., $20.06;
North Cong. Ch. and Soc., $2.21 22.27
Middleborough. Miss E. P. K. 0.55
Natick. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 118.18
Newburyport. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.18
Newton. Eliot Cong. Ch. and Soc. 125.00
North Brookfield. Miss A. W. Johnson, _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00
North Falmouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
North Leominster. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.50
North Reading. Miss E. F. E. 1.00
Norwood. Mrs. H. M. F., _for Indian M._ 1.00
Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 34.00
Paxton. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., to const.
REV. JOHN E. DODGE, L. M. 30.00
Palmer. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.46
Peabody. Joseph Anderson 10.00
Pepperell. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.17
Phillipston. Ladies’ Benev. Assn., Bbl of C.
Plainfield. Mrs. Albert Dyer, _for Student Aid_ 5.00
Plimpton. Carrie, Alice and Nellie Titcomb 3.00
Pittsfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $37.50;
Second Cong. Sab. Sch., $5 42.50
Quincy. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 72.00
Rehoboth. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Somerset. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00
South Hadley. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 31.00
South Middleborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to
const. REV. EPHRAIM W. ALLEN, L. M. 30.00
South Weymouth. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. of Second
Cong. Ch. 19.00
South Walpole. J. F. W. 1.00
Spencer. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $132.60;
Young Ladies’ Miss. Circle, $12.35; Young
Ladies’ Soc. Bbl. of C. 144.95
Springfield. South Cong. Ch. and Soc., $43.25;
First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $39.10; Mrs.
Bowdoin, $10; Ira Merrill, $5; Mrs. Ira
Merrill, $5 102.35
Topsfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.00
Townsend. “A Friend” 4.00
Wakefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ($15 _of which
for Indian M_) 66.86
Walpole. E. P. Stetson, $50; Cong. Ch. and
Soc., $28.75 78.75
Westborough. Freedmen’s Mission Assn., 2 Bbls.
of C., _for Savannah and Atlanta, Ga._
West Boxford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.35
Westfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 44.93
West Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.57
Weymouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.02
Whitinsville. Mrs. J. C. Whitin, _for Student
Aid, Talladega, Ala._ 30.00
Worcester. Piedmont Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
$313.90, to const. THOMAS H. HODGE, JOHN B.
GOUGH, ANSON BANGS, C. M. DYER, DEA. E. T.
MARBLE, MRS. SARA PARTRIDGE, DEA. LYMAN
DRURY, DEA. F. B. KNOWLES, ARTHUR M. STONE
and E. C. CRANE L. M’s; Central Cong. Ch.
and Soc., $165.75; Salem St. Cong. Ch. and
Soc., $84.28; Old South Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
$58.91 622.84
RHODE ISLAND, $445.60.
Providence. Union Cong. Ch. 445.60
CONNECTICUT, $1,042.75.
Avon. Harry Chidsey, to const. REV. N. J.
SEELEY and MISS LAURA SEELEY, L. M’s 100.00
Bozrah. Simeon Abell, 2d. 5.00
Buckingham. Cong. Ch. 4.14
Darien. Cong. Ch., _for Talladega, Ala._ 5.00
Guilford. First Cong. Ch. 19.40
Hartford. Mrs. C. R. Hillyer, $30, to const.
MARY BUSHNELL HILLYER, L. M.; A. R. Hillyer,
$30, to const. DONALD GREGG, L. M.; Windsor
Av. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $17.14; A. C. H., $1 78.14
Hartford. Calvin Day, _for Talladega, Ala._ 50.00
Hartford. Mrs. John Olmsted, _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 15.00
Hebron. First Cong. Ch. 6.62
Hockanum. South Cong. Ch., $7; Mrs. E. M.
Roberts, $5 12.00
Mansfield Centre. “Two Friends,” _for Student
Aid, Talladega, Ala._ 2.00
New Britain. “First Ch. of Christ,” $5.59; D.
M. Rogers, $5.50 11.09
New Haven. “Eleven Friends,” _for Talladega,
Ala._ 124.00
New Haven. Mrs. E. R. Marvin 3.00
New London. “A Friend in First Ch. of Christ,”
$100; Chas. D. Boss, $20; Chas. D. Boss,
Jr., $15; W. C. Crump, $5; Rev. J. P.
Taylor, $5, _for Talladega, Ala._ 145.00
New London. Mrs. N. S. P. 1.00
North Manchester. Second Cong. Ch. 14.62
Northfield. Cong Ch. to const. ERNEST WAKEMAN,
L. M. 34.75
North Woodstock. “A Friend,” 8.00
Norwich. “A Friend,” to const. CHARLES BARD,
L. M. 30.00
Norwich. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid,
Talladega, Ala._ 2.00
Orange. “A Friend,” 10.00
Putnam. “M. R. H.” 5.00
Talcottville. C. D. Talcott and Others, _for
Talladega, Ala._ 200.00
Watertown. Cong. Ch. 39.20
West Brook. Cong. Ch. An. Coll., $44.60; M. C.
Coll., $21.69, to const. REV. JOSEPH A.
TOMLINSON, and MRS. NANCY A. PERRY, L. M.’s. 66.29
---- “Friend” 1.50
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992.75
Legacies. Fairfield--Mrs. Lucretia Tates, by
Walter Jennings, Ex. 50.00
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1,042.75
NEW YORK, $669.19.
Arcade. Ralston W. Lyman 2.00
Batavia. Mrs. Anna V. S. Fisher 20.00
Binghamton. First Cong. Ch. 104.43
Brooklyn. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., Geo. A.
Bell. Supt., $75 _for a Missionary in Fla._,
and by the liberality of Stephen Ballard,
$100 _for a Missionary, Ladies’ Island, S.
C._ 175.00
Columbus. Box of books and papers by a Lady in
Cong. Ch.
Deansville. “L.” 5.00
Hamilton. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Lebanon. Thomas Hitchcock, $5.75; M. Day,
$5.75; Alfred Seymour, $5.75; J. H. W., $1;
J. A. H., $1; Others, 75c. 20.00
Madison. O. S. Campbell, $5; Melissa Tompkins,
$5 10.00
Newark Valley. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 38.75
New York. Ladies of Presb. Memorial Ch., _for
a Teacher, Talladega C._ 105.00
New York. “A Friend,” $2; National Temperance
Soc., by J. N. Stearns, 1500 Temperance
Papers 2.00
Oneonta. Mrs. H. M. McC., and Mrs. H. C. S.,
50c each 1.00
Ovid. D. W. K. 1.00
Perry Centre. Cong. Ch. $43.20, to const. REV.
E. H. MARTIN, L. M.; R. J. Booth, package
papers 43.20
Poughkeepsie. First Reformed Ch. 16.54
Rome. John. B. Jervis 25.00
Sherburne. Cong. Ch. 85.27
Westfield. Mrs. A. B. Rice 3.00
Woodhaven. L. I. Miss. Soc. of Cong. Ch. 7.00
NEW JERSEY, $5,285.49.
East Orange. Trinity Cong. Ch. 94.48
Jersey City. First Cong. Ch. 36.01
Montclair. Sab. Sch. First Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 55.00
Perth Amboy. “A Friend,” _for Ind. Dept., Le
Moyne Inst_., and to const. PROF. S. G.
BARNES, EDWARD W. BARNES, and MRS. E. W.
BARNES, L. M’s. 100.00
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285.49
Legacies. Morristown--Mrs. M. J. Graves, by
Arthur B. Graves, Ex. 5,000.00
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5,285.49
PENNSYLVANIA, $970.83.
Athens. Mrs. F. E. C. 1.00
Cambridgeborough. Ladies’ Miss. Circle of
Cong. Ch., by Mrs. H. R. Ross, Sec. 5.00
Centreville. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Philadelphia. S. A. Johnson. 4.83
Riceville. Cong. Ch. 5.00
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20.83
Legacies, Washington.--Dr. F. Julius Le Moyne,
by Executors 950.00
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970.83
OHIO. $902.29.
Akron. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 25.00
Ashtabula. James Hall 5.00
Bloomfield. Dea. M. Knapp, $10.00; W. A., $1,
_for Ladies’ Hall, Tougaloo U._ 11.00
Bristolville. A. N., $1; Mrs. L. M. C., $1;
“Friends,” 50c; _for Ladies’ Hall, Tougaloo
U._ 2.50
Chagrin Falls. “Earnest Workers,” _for Student
Aid, Tougaloo U._ 10.00
Chardon. “Cheerful Workers,” by Mrs. Catherine
L. Keyes 15.00
Chatham. Cong. Ch., $3.25; Cong. Ch. and Sab.
Sch., $9.09, _for Ladies’ Hall, Tougaloo U._ 12.34
Cleveland. Dea. C. T. Rogers, $50; Dea. S. H.
Sheldon, $25; H. H. Adams, $20; Martin
House, $15; H. V. Wilson, $5, _for Ladies’
Hall, Tougaloo U._ 115.00
Cleveland. Plymouth Cong. Ch., $30.43; Hannah
M. Paine, $5 35.43
Conneaut. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Edinburgh. Cong. Ch. 25.00
Garrettsville. P. S. Tinan, $5; C. B. W., $1;
R. H. O., $1, _for Ladies’ Hall, Tougaloo U._ 7.00
Geneva. Sab. Sch. and Friends, _for Ladies’
Hall, Tougaloo U._ 20.50
Green. Mrs. H. B. Harrington, _for Ladies’
Hall, Tougaloo U._ 2.85
Hudson. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Hudson. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 5.20
Kingsville. Rev. E. J. Comings, $10; Myron
Whiting, $5; Mr. Noyes, $2 17.00
Lafayette. “Friends,” _for Ladies’ Hall,
Tougaloo U._ 5.00
Lake Co. “Congregationalist,” ($200 of which
_for Tougaloo U_) 300.00
Lorain. Cong. Ch. 4.70
Madison. James Ford, _for Ladies’ Hall,
Tougaloo U._ 5.00
Mecca. Burt Case, $5; Wm. C. Hickok, $4.15,
_for Ladies’ Hall, Tougaloo U._ 9.15
Mesopotamia. Cong. Ch., _for Ladies’ Hall,
Tougaloo U._ 16.98
Nelson. C. C. Fuller, $5; Rev. R. A. Toney,
$2; Cong. Ch., $1.50; G. F., 12c.; _for
Ladies’ Hall, Tougaloo U._ 8.62
Oberlin. Rev. Geo. Thompson, _for Mendi M._ 5.00
Oberlin. Miss E. A. L. 1.00
Painesville. First Cong. Ch. 32.30
Ravenna. Friends, through Cong. Ch., _for
Ladies’ Hall, Tougaloo U._ 55.00
Sandusky. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 5.59
Saybrook. “Friends,” Dist. No. 3, _for Ladies’
Hall, Tougaloo U._ 4.75
Seville. Lyman Strong, $25; T. B. Dowd, $25,
_for Ladies’ Hall, Tougaloo U._ 50.00
South Newbury. H. P. G., $1; Mrs. R. M. P.,
$1; Mrs R. T. W., $1; Others, $1 4.00
Springfield. First Cong. Ch. 6.93
Strongville. Cong. Ch., $10; Presb. Ch., $5;
_for Ladies’ Hall, Tougaloo U._ 15.00
Twinsburgh. Cong. Sab. Sch., $18; Mrs. Truman
Buell, $10; J. R. Parmelee, $2 30.00
Weymouth. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., _for
Ladies’ Hall, Tougaloo U._ 4.75
Youngstown. “A Friend,” _for Ladies’ Hall,
Tougaloo U._ 10.00
ILLINOIS, $630.62.
Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. 14.00
Chicago. ---- $150; New England Cong. Ch.,
$125.85; Clinton St. Cong. Ch. ($30 of which
to const. DEA S. S. WRIGHT, L. M.), $33.41;
---- $12.23 321.49
Chicago. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
Chicago. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., Bethany Ch., _for
Lady Missionary in Mobile, Ala._ 12.23
Galva. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. of Cong. Ch.,
$13.32; Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., $11.68, _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Joliet. Mrs. M. T. Murray 2.00
North Hampton. R. W. Gilliam, _for Lady
Missionary in New Orleans_ 5.00
Rockford. First Cong. Ch. 43.78
Rockford. Mrs. John L. Page, _to furnish a
Room, Atlanta U._ 25.00
Rockford. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., $25;
Second Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., $25, _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
Streator. Rev. G. W. Bainum 5.00
Sycamore. J. H. Rogers, _for Student Aid, Fisk
U._ 50.00
Sycamore. H. Wood, _for Lady Missionary in New
Orleans_ 10.00
Western Springs. Mrs. J. C. Armstrong, _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 11.12
Wyanet. J. R. P. 1.00
---- “A Friend” 5.00
MICHIGAN. $106.71.
Charlotte. First Cong. Ch. 15.00
Edwardsburgh. Saml. C. Olmstead 25.00
Hillsdale. J. W. Ford 2.00
Imlay City. Woman’s Missionary Soc. 12.00
Olivet. Cong. Ch. 40.71
Pontiac. Cong. Sab. Sch. 3.00
Salem. First Cong. Ch. 4.00
Wacousta. Cong. Ch. 5.00
WISCONSIN, $202.08.
Koshkomong. Cong. Ch. 9.87
Racine. Ladies’ Foreign Miss. Soc., $19; Sab.
Sch., $6, _for Le Moyne Ind. Sch._ 25.00
Wautoma. Cong. Ch. 2.00
West De Pere. Cong. Ch. 11.61
White Water. “Friends,” by C. M. Blackman,
_for Le Moyne Inst._ 153.60
IOWA, $204.98
Algona. Woman’s Miss. Soc., _for Lady
Missionary in New Orleans_ 3.12
Belle Plain. “A few Friends,” _for Lady
Missionary in New Orleans_ 3.75
Burlington. Mrs. Elizabeth S. Grimes, _to
furnish a Room, Atlanta U._ 25.00
Charles City. Woman’s Miss. Soc., _for Lady
Missionary in New Orleans_ 10.00
Corning. Cong. Ch. 5.12
Creston. Mrs. Perrigo, $10; Rev. U. C.
Bosworth, $9; Mrs. H., $1, _for Student Aid,
Tougaloo U._ 20.00
Danville. Cong. Ch. 5.15
Earlville. Cong. Ch. 7.00
Hillsborough. John W. Hammond 5.00
Iowa City. Individuals, by C. A. M. Currier 1.50
McGregor. Woman’s Missionary Soc. 14.96
Mitchel. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary in New Orleans_ 6.00
Montour. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., _for Lady
Missionary in New Orleans_ 7.00
New Hampton. Woman’s Miss. Soc., _for Lady
Missionary in New Orleans_ 5.20
New Hampton. Woman’s Miss. Soc. 2.33
Newtown. Cong. Ch., $15.62, and Sab. Sch., $2 17.62
Ogden. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary in New Orleans_ 11.00
Osage. Juvenile Miss. Soc., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 11.68
Osage. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary in New Orleans_ 10.00
Osage. Woman’s Miss. Soc. 3.00
Riceville. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary in New Orleans_ 5.00
Rockford. Woman’s Miss. Soc., _for Lady
Missionary in New Orleans_ 3.70
Stacyville. Woman’s Miss. Soc., $3; “Willing
Helpers,” $1.35, _for Lady Missionary in New
Orleans_ 4.35
Toledo. Cong. Ch., _for Lady Missionary in New
Orleans_ 5.50
Waterloo. Woman’s Miss. Soc., _for Lady
Missionary in New Orleans_ 10.00
Wentworth. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary in New Orleans_ 2.00
MINNESOTA, $41.37.
Duluth. Plymouth Cong. Ch. 5.54
Hutchinson. Cong. Ch. 1.50
Lake City. First Cong. Ch. 10.00
Mankato. Cong. Ch., _for Lady Missionary in
New Orleans_ 3.97
Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 20.36
KANSAS, $10.
Wild Cat. Mrs. S. B. Peirce 10.00
NEBRASKA, $4.61.
Camp Creek. Cong. Ch. _for Lady Missionary in
New Orleans_ 2.61
Waverly. Cong. Ch. 2.00
TENNESSEE, $179.20.
Nashville. Fisk U., Tuition 178.70
Whiteside. G. W. J. 0.50
ALABAMA, $5.14.
Talladega. Talladega College 5.14
MISSISSIPPI, $110.65
Tougaloo. Tuition, $55.50; Rent, $50; Tougaloo
U., $5.15 110.65
ENGLAND, $482.50.
London. Freedmen’s Missions Aid Soc., _for
Fisk U._, £100 482.50
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Total $16,268.72
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FOR TILLOTSON COLLEGIATE AND NORMAL INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS.
Southampton, Mass. Collected by Ladies of
Cong. Ch. 18.00
Westborough, Mass. Cong. Sab. Sch. 24.00
Westfield, Mass. First Cong. Ch., $12; Second
Cong. Ch., $12 24.00
Worcester, Mass. Ladies in Central Cong. Ch.,
$31.50; Ladies in Union Ch., $13.50; Ladies
in Salem St. Cong. Ch., $10; Ladies in
Piedmont Cong. Ch., $5, by Mrs. G. Henry
Whitcomb 60.00
Worcester, Mass. Freedmen’s Mission Ass’n,
bbl. of C.
Central Falls, R. I. Ladies of Cong. Ch. $24,
and box of Bedding 24.00
East Haven, Conn. Julius Morris 5.00
Fair Haven, Conn. H. H. Strong 10.00
Fair Haven, Conn. Mrs. H. C Hurd 1.00
Guilford, Conn. Mrs. Lucy E. Tuttle 100.00
Guilford, Conn. Third Cong. Ch., $11; Miss L.
C. Dudley, $10 21.00
Hartford, Conn. D. H. Wells 50.00
Meriden, Conn. Centre Cong. Ch. 19.00
Middletown, Conn. Mrs. Benj. Douglass 25.00
New Haven, Conn. “Member Davenport Cong. Ch.” 50.00
New Haven, Conn. E. B. Bowditch 25.00
New Haven, Conn. Simeon E. Baldwin, $20; Mrs.
Alex. McAlister, $5 25.00
New Haven, Conn. Mrs. Emmeline Smith 10.00
New Haven, Conn. J. L. Ensign 5.00
New Haven, Conn. R. E. Rice 5.00
Waterbury, Conn. Charles E. Webster 10.00
Mendon, Ill. Mrs. J. Fowler 125.00
Allegan, Mich. Mrs. R. E. Booth 400.00
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Total $1,036.00
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FOR MISSIONS IN AFRICA.
Leeds, Eng. Robert Arthington, conditional
pledge, £3,000
London, Eng. Freedmen’s Missions Aid Soc., £332 $1,601.90
H. W. HUBBARD, _Treas._,
56 Reade St., N. Y.
* * * * *
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 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
so, 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.
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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.
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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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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
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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.”