Saint Johnsbury, Vt. Mrs. T. M. Howard 10.00
Ayer, Mass. Mrs. C. A. Spaulding 25.00
Holliston, Mass. “N. G.” 5.00
Norton, Mass. Mrs. E. B. Wheaton 25.00
South Abington. Mass. Ladies’ Sewing Circle of
Cong. Ch. 25.00
South Abington, Mass. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 25.00
Clifton Springs, N. Y. A. Peirce 25.00
Ansonia, Conn. J. H. Bartholomew 100.00
New Haven, Conn. Atwater Treat 400.00
New London, Conn. Mrs. McEwen and Mrs. Perkins 50.00
Painesville, Ohio. Reuben Hitchcock 50.00
Salem, Ohio. D. A. Allen 25.00
Lewistown, Ill. Mrs. Myron Phelps 25.00
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Total $890.00
Previously acknowledged in December Receipts 3,186.50
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Total $4,076.50
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FOR MISSIONS IN AFRICA.
Leeds, England. Robert Arthington, conditional
Pledge, £3,000.
Received from Oct. 1st to Jan. 31st 1,608.96
==========
H. W. HUBBARD, _Treas._,
56 Reade St.
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.
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.
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., 56 Reade Street.
BOSTON Rev. C. L. Woodworth, Room 21 Congregational House.
CHICAGO Rev. Jas. Powell, 112 West Washington Street.
MAGAZINE.
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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.
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their last Will and Testament, are earnestly requested to use the
following
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“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.”
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against their names, their places of residence [if in cities,
their street and number]. The following form of attestation will
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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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THE THIRTY-FIFTH VOLUME
OF THE
American Missionary.
1881.
Shall we not have a largely increased Subscription List for 1881?
We regard the _Missionary_ as the best means of communication with
our friends, and to them the best source of information regarding
our work.
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Magazine, and aid in the enlargement of our work.
Under editorial supervision at this office, aided by the steady
contributions of our intelligent missionaries and teachers in
all parts of the field, and with occasional communications from
careful observers and thinkers elsewhere, the _American Missionary_
furnishes a vivid and reliable picture of the work going forward
among the Indians, the Chinamen on the Pacific Coast, and the
Freedmen as citizens in the South and as missionaries in Africa.
It will be the vehicle of important views on all matters affecting
the races among which it labors, and will give a monthly summary of
current events relating to their welfare and progress. Patriots and
Christians interested in the education and Christianizing of these
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Transcriber’s Notes
Obvious printer’s punctuation errors have been corrected.
Arithmetic errors detected in the Receipts section have been left
as printed. Inconsistent hyphenation has been retained due to
multiple authors. Ditto marks have been replaced with the text
they represent in order to facilitate eBook alignment.
Duplicate “the” removed from page 81. (gifts through the columns)