Avon. “E. L. R.” 10.00
Black Rock. Cong. Ch., to const. JOHN FANCHER,
L. M. 49.00
Berlin. Second Cong. Ch. 23.12
Bethel. Cong. Ch. 20.25
Bloomfield. Cong. Ch. 14.36
Bozrahville. Cong. Ch. 7.17
Central Village. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Clinton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ($30 of which from
Prof. B. G. Northrop), $59.27, to const.
EDWARD A. WILCOX and CHARLES H. GRINNELL, L.
M.’s; Prof. G. B. N., 50c. _for Mag._ 60.27
Cornwall. G. H. C. 0.63
Durham. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. of North Ch., by
Mrs. M. F. Gatzmer, Sec., Bbl. of C., and $3
_for Freight, for Tougaloo U._ 3.00
East Hartford. First Ch. 38.13
East Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
MRS. LUCY MORSE, L. M. 31.00
Ellington. Cong. Sab. Sch. 25.00
Essex. First Cong. Ch. 20.51
Glastonbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 150.00
Greenfield Hill. Barrel of Apples, and $2 _for
Freight_, by Rev. C. Bridgman, _for
Talladega_ 2.00
Greenwich. H. P. 1.00
Haddam. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 14.25
Hamden. H. H. 0.50
Hanover. Cong. Ch. Mon. Coll. 10.10
Hartford. Pearl St. Cong. Ch., $99.77; Mrs.
Sarah H. Eddy, $10; Mrs. W. T., $1; Mrs. J.
O., 50c; Miss S. N. K., 50c 111.77
Kensington. Mrs. M. Hotchkiss 6.00
Madison. Cong. Ch. 4.45
Meriden. First Cong. Ch., $60 to const. MRS.
JULIA LAMB and JOHN H. KELSEY, L. M’s;
Center Cong. Ch., $17 77.00
Middletown. First Cong. Ch., $66.69; Mrs. J.
D. 50c. 67.19
Milford. First Cong. Ch., $40; Plymouth Ch.,
$30; Plymouth Ch. Sab. Sch., $40, to const.
JABEZ W. SMITH, L. M. 110.00
Moose Meadow. Mrs. H. L. E. 0.51
Mystic Bridge. H. C. Holmes 13.02
Norwich. Broadway Cong. Ch., ad’l to const.
MISSES MATTIE R. BARSTOW, ROSINA M. BRANCH,
ELIZABETH CHAPMAN, ADDIE M. COOK, ELIZABETH
M. GILLETTE, CARRIE GORDON, ALICE GRIFFIN,
HATTIE E. LEACH, LUCY G. LEAVENS, LILLIE
LINNELL, EMMA S. LOOMIS, AUGUSTA G. MCCURDY,
MARY F. NORTON, ELLEN M. PHILLIPS, HARRIET
RIPLEY and FANNIE E. PARLIN, L. M.’s 300.00
Norwich. Buckingham Sab. Sch., $25; Mrs. O.
Gager, $5 30.00
New Britain. Mrs. Norman Hart, _for Student
Aid, Tougaloo U._ 10.00
New Britain. South Cong. Ch., $72.73; Miss
Julia A. Kelsey, $2; Mrs. A. A., $1 75.73
New Haven. Third Ch., $14.04; Taylor Ch.,
$1.68: E. A. W., $1; Mrs. H. C. 50c. 17.22
New London. First Ch. (quar. coll.) 54.14
New Milford. Cong. Ch., ($30 of which to
const. CHAS. H. NOBLE, L. M.) 94.09
North Branford. Cong. Ch. 16.67
North Greenwich. Cong. Ch., to const. EUGENE
TOMPKINS, L. M. 48.06
Putnam. Second Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid, Hampton Inst._ 15.00
Putnam. Mrs. H. G. S. 0.50
Sharon. Mrs. B. S. 0.50
Somers. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.45
South Coventry. Cong. Ch. 27.00
Southport. “A Friend” 50.00
Stafford. Mrs. T. H. Thresher 5.00
Stamford. Dea. J. S. 0.50
Stonington. Second Cong. Ch., $55, to const.
REV. H. B. MEAD, L. M.; Second Cong. Ch., $10 65.00
Stratford. Cong. Ch. 26.31
Suffield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.26
Terryville. O. D. Hunter and N. T. Baldwin,
$50 each, _for Talladega C._ 100.00
Thomaston. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid_ 35.63
Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 34.76
Thomaston. “S.” 2.00
Unionville. First Cong. Ch., _for Talladega C._ 79.44
Vernon. Cong. Ch. 20.50
Vernon. Ladies’ Char. Soc., Bbl. of C., _for
Savannah, Ga._
Washington. Cong. Ch. 11.07
Waterbury. C. E. W. 1.00
West Chester. “A Friend” 5.00
West Stafford. “A Friend” 2.00
West Winsted. Second Cong. Ch., $85.92; Mrs.
T. W., $1 86.92
Wethersfield. Cong. Ch. 6.15
Windsor. Cong. Ch. 115.00
Winchester. Cong. Ch. 7.73
Woodbury. First Cong. Ch. 24.00
Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. 14.80
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$2,301.66
LEGACIES--Portland. Miss Harriet White, by
Mrs. T. A. Sellew, Executrix 50.00
Union. REV. SAMUEL I. CURTISS, by Geo.
Curtiss, Ex. 209.00
West Haven. Mrs. Huldah Coe, by Leman W.
Cutler, Ex. 2,000.00
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$4,560.66
NEW YORK, $1,515.32.
Alfred Centre. Mrs. Ida F. Kenyon 5.00
Albany. First Cong. Ch. 77.30
Bergen. D. M. 1.00
Brooklyn. Clinton. Ave. Cong. Ch. 457.02
Brooklyn. Mrs. Lewis Edwards, package of C.
Canandaigua. M. H. C. 1.00
Chesterfield. Mrs. M. A. H. 1.00
Chestertown. R. A. C., $1; M. T., $1 2.00
Clifton Springs. Mrs. Andrew Peirce, $25; Rev.
S. R. Butler, $5 30.00
Dryden. M. L. K. 1.00
Durham. Mrs. Hannah Ingraham 3.00
East Bloomfield. Mrs. P. W. P. 1.36
Evans. Miss L. P. 1.00
Ellington. Anson Crosby, $5; Mrs. Eliza Rice,
$4 9.00
Elmira. Miss C. Thurston 5.00
Fairport. First Cong. Ch. 80.00
Felt’s Mills. Joel A. Hubbard and Wife 30.00
Gouverneur. Mrs. M. Rodger 1.50
Hancock. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Homer. Cong. Ch., $88.25; Mrs. Augusta Arnold,
$3; F. F. Pratt, $2 93.25
Irvington. Rev. W. C. 0.50
Jamestown. Rev. W. D. Henry 10.00
Le Roy. Miss Della A. Phillips, _for Student
Aid_ 20.00
Le Roy. A. McEwen 5.00
Lima. Mrs. A. E. M. 1.00
New York. —— $200; E. Delano & Son., $10 210.00
New York. Ladies of Memorial Presb. Ch., _for
a Teacher, Talladega C._ 105.00
New York. Mrs. John Byers, _for Student Aid,
Straight U._ 50.00
Nineveh. Mrs. Lucy M. Peck, _for Woman’s Work
for Woman_ 5.00
Nunda. A large box of Bedding and Clothing, by
Mrs. Mary Crosnett; “Friends,” $4 _for
Freight_ 4.00
Oswego. Mrs. Chester M. Dodge 2.00
Palmyra. Mrs. Mary Ann Woodward, to const.
MARIANNA LILLIE, L. M. 50.00
Parma. Ezekiel Clark 5.00
Pekin. Miss Abigail Peck 5.00
Penn Yan. T. O. Hamlin (of which $25 _for
Mendi M._) 50.00
Ransomville. John Powley 5.00
Rushville. Mrs. John Wiswell 13.25
Sag Harbor. Chas. N. Brown, to const. MISS
NETTIE M. GARDINER, L. M. 30.00
Saratoga Springs. Nathan Hickok 2.00
Upper Aquebogue. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Volney. First Cong. Ch. $11; First Cong. Sab.
Sch., $7 18.00
Warsaw. Cong. Ch. 21.52
Waterville. Mrs. J. Candee, $4; Mrs. Wm.
Winchell, $3 7.00
West Bloomfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 68.20
West Chazy. Rev. L. Prindle 2.00
Westmoreland. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 2.42
Whitesboro. James Symonds 5.00
Whitney’s Point. Mrs. E. Rogers 2.00
Yaphank. Mrs. Hannah Overton 5.00
NEW JERSEY, $18.00.
Colt’s Neck. Reformed Ch. 5.00
East Orange. J. T. 0.50
Irvington. Rev. A. Underwood 5.00
Morristown. Rev. W. B. 1.00
Newark. R. D. W. 0.50
Trenton. Mrs. E. B. F. 1.00
Raritan. Mrs. M. T. Veghte, _for Church,
Lassiter’s Mills, N. C._ 5.00
PENNSYLVANIA, $82.50.
Clark. S. P. S. 2.00
Candor. Isabel Connelly 3.00
Gibson. Miss B. C. 0.50
Kingston. Welsh Cong. Ch. 10.00
North East. Miss C. A. T. 1.00
Philadelphia. Mrs. J. R. McC. 1.00
Pittsburgh. B. Preston 50.00
Providence. Welsh Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00
Sewickley. LUCY BETTINGER, bal. to const.
herself L. M. 5.00
West Alexander. John McCoy and Wife 5.00
OHIO, $313.85.
Bellevue. J. S. 1.00
Belpre. Cong. Ch. 13.03
Brighton. A. S. 1.00
Brownhelm. O. H. Perry 5.00
Cardington. D. C. H. 1.00
Chagrin Falls. “Earnest Workers,” _for Student
Aid, Tougaloo U._ 20.00
Chagrin Falls. First Cong. Ch. 19.71
Claridon. Cong. Soc. 12.00
Cleveland. First Cong. Ch., $18; Euclid Av.
Cong. Ch., $12.35 30.35
Geneva. W. C. Pancost, $2; Mrs. M. T., $1; W.
M. A., $1; Mrs. E. L. P., 51c. 4.51
Madison. R. S. Wilcox, $20; R. L. Brewster,
$5; Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C.; Cong. Sab. Sch.,
Box of Library Books; Mrs. J. D., _for
freight, 55c., for Selma, Ala._ 25.55
Mantua. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Marietta. Rev. I. M. P. 0.51
North Eaton. M. O. 1.00
Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 64.00
Painesville. Cong. Miss. Soc., Lake Erie Sem.,
_for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 25.50
Radnor. Edward D. Jones 5.00
Sandusky. Mrs. C. A. W. 1.00
Senecaville. E. T. 1.00
South Ridge. U. H. 1.00
Springfield. Cong. Ch. 7.48
Tallmadge. Cong. Ch. 38.46
Wakeman. B. T. Strong 5.00
Wauseon. Cong. Ch., _for Mendi M._ 24.25
Wellington. E. W. 0.50
INDIANA, $16.00.
Evansville. Rev. J. Q. Adams and Wife, $5;
Missionary Band, Walnut St. Ch., $5; Mrs. L.
K. Adams and Miss Lutie E. Adams, $2.50 each
_for Student Aid, Straight U._ 15.00
Lafayette. I. M. G. 1.00
ILLINOIS, $565.03.
Aurora. “A Friend,” 10.00
Champaign. Mrs. A. O. H. 1.00
Chicago. Philo Carpenter, $50; LUCAS E.
MERRILL, $30, to const. himself L. M. 80.00
Danvers. Miss G. C. 0.25
Downer’s Grove. J. W. Bushnell 5.00
Elgin. Cong. Ch. 150.00
Freeport. L. A. Warner 25.00
Galesburg. First Cong. Ch., $107.76; E. A. C., $1 108.76
Greenville. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Jerseyville. G. M. Burke (“Thank Offering”) 10.00
Kewanee. Mrs. J. A. T. 1.00
Millington. Mrs. C. I. O. V., $1; Mrs. D. W. J., $1 2.00
New Windsor. Cong. Ch. 9.00
Oneida. Cong. Ch. 16.00
Peoria. Rev. A. A. Stevens (“Thank Offering”) 10.00
Princeton. Mrs. Polly B. Corss 15.00
Quincy. First Union Cong. Ch. 50.00
Ravenswood. Cong. Ch. 7.52
Rochelle. C. F. Holcomb, $10, W. H. Holcomb, $5 15.00
Thomasborough. H. M. Seymour 2.00
Tonica. —— 5.00
Waukegan. Young People’s Miss. Ass’n, _for
Lady Missionary, Mobile, Ala._ 27.50
Winnebago. N. F. Parsons 10.00
MICHIGAN, $231.73.
Allegan. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Almont. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Bay City. M. M. Andrews 2.00
Battle Creek. Miss S. A. G., 50c.; Individuals, $3 3.50
Blissfield. Dea. W. C. 0.50
Calumet. Robert Dobbie 40.50
Detroit. P. M. S. 0.50
Eaton Rapids. Mrs. C. C. P. Taylor 2.00
East Tawas. Cong. Ch. 8.00
Edwardsburg. Uriel Enos, $2.50; Individuals,
by S. C. Olmsted, $2 4.50
Grand Blanc. Cong. Ch. 9.88
Homestead. Cong. Ch. 1.00
Kalamazoo. Mrs. H. C. B 1.00
Menominee. Rev. A. W. B. 0.50
Milford. Mrs. Wm. A. Arms 5.00
Port Huron. First Cong. Sab. Sch., $26.75; L.
B. Rice, $5 31.75
Saint Johns. A. J. B. 0.50
Three Oaks. Cong. Ch. 24.60
Union City. Andrew Lucas and Family 6.00
——. “A Western Man” ($25 of which _for ed.
of Indians_) 50.00
——. “Anonymous,” _for Theo. Dept. Talladega C._ 20.00
IOWA, $395.01.
Anita. Cong. Ch. 3.80
Burlington. Mrs. E. S. Grimes, $30; Ladies of
Cong. Ch., $25.50, _for Lady Missionary, New
Orleans_ 55.50
Cedar Rapids. Woman’s Miss. Soc., by Mrs.
Arthur T. Reed, Pres., _for Lady Missionary,
New Orleans_ 4.00
Council Bluffs. Cong. Ch. 42.00
Danville. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans_ 5.40
Davenport. “A Friend,” $50; Edwards Cong. Ch.,
$20; _for Student Aid, Straight U._; J.
Godsbury, $19, _for Straight U._ 89.00
Decorah. First Cong. Ch., $27.35; and Sab.
Sch., $10.00 37.35
Denmark. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans_ 10.50
Elkador. Mrs. Mary H. Carter 7.00
Fairfax. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans_ 2.00
Gilman. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans_ 6.35
Green Mountain. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans_ 11.55
Grinnell. Cong. Ch. 41.35
Lewis. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Marion. Mrs. R. D. Stevens _for Student Aid,
Straight U._ 25.00
Monticello. Mrs. H. F. P. and Mrs. H. D. S.,
50c. each 1.00
Orchard. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans_ 2.00
Seneca. Rev. O. Littlefield, “_Thank offering_” 5.00
Shenandoah. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Stacyville. Cong. Ch. 21.21
Tabor. W. A. McPherron, _for Student Aid,
Straight U._ 10.00
WISCONSIN, $298.18.
Appleton. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega, Ala._ 10.00
Arena. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega_ 5.00
Beloit. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega_ 10.00
Beloit. First Cong. Ch., (ad’l) 5.00
Clinton. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega_ 5.00
Columbus. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega_ 10.00
Eau Claire. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega_ 3.50
Elkhorn. Cong. Ch. 5.04
Emerald Grove. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega_ 5.00
Evansville. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega_ 2.20
Fond du Lac. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega_ 11.00
Fort Atkinson. Mrs. C. B. Snell 20.00
Fort Atkinson. Ladies of Cong. Ch., $5.13;
Mrs. E. J. M., $1, _for Lady Missionary,
Talladega_ 6.13
Fox Lake. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega_ 10.50
Genesee. Cong. Ch. 13.00
Geneva. G. Montague 10.00
Hammond. Cong. Ch. 2.50
Hartland. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega_ 5.00
Hudson. “A Friend,” _for Mendi M._ 7.00
Koshkomong. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega_ 2.00
Lancaster. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega_ 10.00
Milton. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega_ 5.00
Milwaukee. Ladies of Spring St. Cong. Ch.,
$20; Ladies of Plymouth Cong. Ch., $10.50,
_for Lady Missionary, Talladega_ 30.50
Milwaukee. Mrs. James Baker 5.00
Mount Sterling. Rev. P. Valentine 5.00
New Lisbon. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega_ 5.00
Oshkosh. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega_ 15.00
Portage. Mrs. John Jones. No. 4 2.00
Racine. Ladies of Cong. Ch. and Presb. Ch’s,
_for Lady Missionary, Talladega_ 25.00
Racine. D.D N. 1.00
Rosendale. T. B. H. 1.00
Sheboygan. D. B. and A. D., 50c. each 1.00
Stevens Point. Mrs. E. J. Montague 5.00
Two Rivers. Cong. Ch. 2.46
Union Grove. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega_ 10.00
Walworth. Mrs. D. R. S. C. 1.00
Watertown. Cong. Ch. 3.81
Waukesha. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega_ 12.00
Whitewater. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega_ 6.50
——. Interest, _for Lady Missionary, Talladega_ 4.04
KANSAS, $4.00.
Waushara. Cong. Ch. 1.00
Valley Falls. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 3.00
MISSOURI, $103.83.
Laclede. Rev. E. D. S. 1.00
North Springfield. First Cong. Ch. to const.
CHAS. E. HARWOOD and CATHARINE S. HARWOOD,
L. M.’s 69.50
St. Louis. —— 33.33
MINNESOTA, $239.46.
Hastings. D. B. Truax 5.00
Lake City. Mrs. C. C. Van Vliet, deceased, by
Miss Kate S. Ruml 60.00
Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 11.72
Minneapolis, E. D. First Cong. Ch. 13.94
Northfield. First Cong. Ch. 59.20
Plainview. Cong. Ch., $32, and Sab. Sch., $5 37.00
Rochester. Cong. Ch. 50.00
Spring Valley. Cong. Sab. Sch. 2.60
NEBRASKA, $21.50.
Beaver Crossing. Mrs. E. Taylor 2.50
Lincoln. First Cong. Ch. 14.00
Silver. Melinda Bowen 5.00
DAKOTA, $10.00.
Oakdale. Rev. L. Bridgman 5.00
Richland. Mrs. Minnie B. Rich 5.00
WYOMING, $10.00.
Fort Russell. Rev. Jeremiah Porter, “Thank
Offering” 10.00
OREGON, $13.05.
Salem. First Cong. Ch. 13.05
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $5.00.
Washington. Mrs. Fisher, _for Le Moyne Sch._ 5.00
TENNESSEE, $323.40.
Chattanooga. J. W. W. 0.50
Memphis. Le Moyne Sch., Tuition 223.90
Nashville. Fisk U., Tuition 99.00
NORTH CAROLINA, $94.65.
Wilmington. Normal Sch., Tuition 94.65
SOUTH CAROLINA, $359.75.
Charleston. Avery Inst., Tuition 359.75
GEORGIA, $233.70.
Macon. Lewis High Sch., Tuition 75.25
Marietta. Cong. Sab. Sch., A Christmas Offering 4.00
Savannah. Beach Inst., Tuition, $144.45; Rent,
$10 154.45
ALABAMA, $631.48.
Mobile. Emerson Inst., Tuition, $274.93; Cong.
Ch., $1.10; E. C. B., 50c 276.53
Montgomery. Public Sch. Fund 175.00
Selma. Rent, Burrill Sch. 100.00
Talladega. Talladega C., Tuition 79.95
MISSISSIPPI, $98.75.
Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., Tuition 91.75
Tougaloo. Cong. Ch. 7.00
LOUISIANA, $110.45.
New Orleans. Straight U., Tuition 110.45
TEXAS, $2.40.
Goliad. Rev. M. T. 1.00
Paris. Sab. Sch., by Rev. J. W. Roberts 1.40
INCOME, $290.00.
Avery Fund 190.00
General Fund 50.00
C. F. Dike Fund 50.00
DOMINION OF CANADA, $3.00.
Montreal. Rev. Henry Wilkes, D. D. 3.00
——, $32.00.
—— “Sisters” 30.00
—— A Friend 2.00
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Total for December $20,181.87
Total from Oct. 1st. to Dec. 31st. 49,440.44
FOR TILLOTSON COLLEGIATE AND NORMAL INST., AUSTIN, TEXAS.
Groton, Mass. Elizabeth Farnsworth $10.00
Worcester, Mass. Central Ch., (ad’l) 0.50
Orange, Conn. Cong. Sab. Sch. 25.00
Brooklyn, N. Y. Clinton Av. Cong. Ch. 250.00
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Total 285.50
Previously acknowledged in November Receipts 2,901.00
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Total $3,186.50
FOR MISSIONS IN AFRICA.
Leeds, England. Robert Arthington, conditional
Pledge, £3,000.
Received from Oct. 1st to Nov. 31st $1,607.90
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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, 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.
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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., 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.
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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