of comprehending a great cause, and at the same time of making
individual cases all her own. I have heard her talk of the work
in the South _as a work for the African race_, until her tongue
thrilled with eloquence, her face shone with a strange light, and
her whole person seemed to expand to the measure of her theme. To
her it seemed so strange that people did not see what to her was so
plain: that the churches were so slow to accept their opportunity;
that the very _conjuncture_ of the death of slavery and the opening
of the African continent by exploration and commerce were a
demonstration that they were part and parcel of the same plan and
pattern, and meant the salvation of the African race. Why could not
the churches see it? Had blindness happened to the people of God?
How hot and fast her words fell, as she pictured the possibilities
which lay in the Southern work, and as she expressed her amazement
at the failure of good people to discern the signs of the times!
To _her_ these four millions coming out of the house of their
bondage, _in need of every thing_, were Christ himself, hungry,
thirsty, naked, homeless—a stranger. In them she saw her Lord; in
them she heard _His_ cry of distress; in them, as unto _Him_, she
gave her sympathies, her time, her bounty. She walked under the
light of that vision which so glorified her life. Each one of that
suffering race whom she took into her family, to whom she sent
clothing, or aided in his course of education, represented _Him_.
Another thing which struck me was what seemed a thorough mental
honesty; and by this I mean that she took the widest survey of the
field of which she was capable, and formed her judgments after full
collation of the facts. Like the ideal scientist seeking light from
every quarter, and open to its reception, come from where it might,
she was ready to follow the truth wherever it might lead. She
submitted her judgment to her intelligence, and was not afraid to
obey her convictions. She loved the slave when it was not popular
to do so. She was on the side of the weak when only a few stood
with her. She counted the cost and took the stand for righteousness
and truth. She saw in them clearly the humanity now represented on
the throne, and for _that_ would have gone down among them with
perfect serenity and cheerfulness, bidding every offended sense
and feeling _be still_. She had schooled herself to do right. She
had said to her soul, “I will do for the poor as I would do for my
Lord.”
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CHILDREN’S PAGE.
* * * * *
CHUNG WAH.
BY SUSIE W. HASSELL.
He is a bright little ten-year-old who lives in a town away off
West. You know by his name that he is Chinese, and I am afraid
some of you have already turned up your noses in disgust, and
have thought, “Bah! those dirty Chinamen! My mamma says it makes
her sick to think of them, and papa’s glad they can’t come to our
country any more.” But let me tell you about Chung Wah, and then
you can decide the Chinese question for yourselves.
He is in the A class in Number Two, and in the schoolroom his
yellow face is almost always bright with soap-suds and joy, for he
is a wonderfully happy boy, and smiles all the time he is happy.
His little black eyes look like apple-seeds, and snap whenever he
winks. He wears great flapping brown pantaloons, which are covered
to the knee by his pink calico aprons, but on Wednesday, when he
speaks his piece, he has on a white apron, so stiffly starched
that it rustles and cracks like paper. His low cloth shoes have no
heels, but long, pointed, turned-up toes. Chung Wah is very quick
at his lessons, and neat in his slate-work, so that when visitors
come in his slate is one of the first the teacher shows them.
He has always loved to study, but last May, when the days commenced
to be warm and bright, he must have grown a little tired of school,
for, alas, a great many times he was seen on the street the whole
day long. When questioned the next morning, he told the teacher:
“My fadder send me to school an’ I no come.” I suppose he liked to
pitch horseshoes with the other boys down in Chinatown, none of
them had to go to school; or to follow old Sam Lee round the town
as he gathered up the clothes for the wash-house. At any rate he
played truant many days, until his teacher sent him up-stairs for
the school superintendent to talk with him. Still the truancy was
repeated, and he gave no excuse only, “I no likee come dat day.” At
last, one morning, the superintendent whipped him for truancy, and
poor little Chung Wah went down-stairs with both fists in his eyes
and a very sore heart.
[Illustration: A CHINESE GARDEN.]
That very afternoon, just before the tardy bell rang, who should
walk into the superintendent’s room but Chung Wah, his face still
downcast and troubled. He held a preserve jar, covered with
Chinese characters, in one hand, and in the other a bright silk
handkerchief, such as are sold in the Chinese shops. With an
awkward little nod, just as if he were going to speak a piece in
school, he said: “My fadder gib ’em to you. He say you heap good
man. He likee you beat me ebly day I no go school.”
Brave little Mongolian! Do you think you clean, white boys and
girls could have carried such a hard message as that so honestly?
Somehow, after he had said the words the lump in his throat seemed
to grow easier, and, although the superintendent said some words
not very comforting: “Well, Chung Wah, tell your father I will
punish you when you are truant from school”—yet when the boy went
down-stairs this time his face beamed as though it had never known
a tear, and his little black cue bobbed merrily behind him.
A good many months have passed since then, and he has never
deserved another whipping. I don’t believe he will. His teacher
says he has a wise father, and that if there were more fathers
like him there would be more good boys in school, but I say, brave
little Chung Wah! The boy who can tell the truth when it is so hard
to tell has a clean side to his heart, though his face may be very
yellow.
What do you say, my white boys and girls? Would he be a bad
playfellow for you?
If some fifteen or twenty years from now you should hear that the
grown-up Chinaman, Chung Wah, fills well any position of honor and
trust, don’t be surprised, but tell _your_ boys and girls, “Oh,
yes, when he was a little fellow he was brave enough to obey his
father, and tell the whole truth.”
_The Advance._
* * * * *
RECEIPTS FOR JULY, 1883.
* * * * *
MAINE, $76.18.
Bangor. Ladies of Third Ch., _freight for
Wilmington, N.C._ $1.28
Bingham. “A Friend” 11.00
Bluebill. Mrs. Stevens ($1 _of which for
Indian M._) 2.00
Castine. Mrs. B. A. Sewall, Trunk of C.
Gray. Girls’ Mission Circle, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 2.00
Hallowell. S. S. Classes of the Classical
Academy, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 24.40
St. Albans. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00
Skowhegan. Cong. Ch., 20; Mrs. L. W. Weston,
4.50; Miss Sarah Tilton, 1 25.50
South Berwick. Mrs. Lewis’ S. S. Class, _for
Student Aid, Wilmington, N.C._ 5.00
NEW HAMPSHIRE, $351.94.
Amherst. Cong. Ch. 7.62
Center Harbor. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., to
const. JENNIE C. BLACKEY L. M. 30.00
Concord. South Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
MRS. MARY G. BATCHELDER L. M. 47.66
Durham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.00
Exeter. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 20.00
Fitzwilliam. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.50
Henniker. Miss E. F. Connor 5.00
Hudson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00
Laconia. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.79
New Market. T. H. Wiswall 10.00
North Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.15
Peterborough. Union Evan. Ch. 20.17
Pittsfield. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 12.28
Temple. Rev. Geo. Goodyear 5.00
Troy. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.59
Webster. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 36.50
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$324.26
LEGACIES.
Cornish. Estate of Mrs. Sarah W. Westgate, by
Albert E. Wellman, Trustee 27.68
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$351.94
VERMONT, $370.42.
Brandon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.56
Brattleborough. E. C. Crosby, _for Talladega
C._ 10.00
Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.22
Grafton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.27
Lyndon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.00
Manchester. Miss Ellen Hawley, _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 50.00
Middlebury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 42.50
North Craftsbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00
Pittsford. “L. J.” 12.00
Putney. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.25
Saxton’s River. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.15
West Newbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.93
Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 63.54
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$270.42
LEGACIES.
Grafton. Estate of Caroline B. Akin, by
William Hastings, Ex. 100.00
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$370.42
MASSACHUSETTS, $4,305.36.
Amherst. First Cong. Ch., 25; William M.
Graves, 20 45.00
Andover. Elmira Jones 5.00
Ashby. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.65
Ashfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. LEVI
H. VINCENT L. M. 44.63
Bradford. Mrs. S. C. Boyd 14.00
Braintree. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.25
Bridgewater. Chas. L. Prince, Bundle of Books
Brookline. Harvard Ch. and Soc. 90.03
Cambridge. G. F. Kendall (10 of which _for
Chinese M._) 25.00
Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Ch. and Soc. 319.65
Campello. Mrs. Allen Leach 0.50
Charlton. Cong. Ch., 13.90, and Sab. Sch., 1.96 15.86
Chelsea. Third Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.45
Chelsea. Ladies’ Union Home Mission Band, _for
Lady Missionary, Chattanooga, Tenn._ 75.00
Chelsea. Ladies’ Union Home Mission Band, 3
bbls. and 2 boxes of C., Val. 92, _for
Chattanooga, Tenn._
Curtisville. Miss Mary Lumbert 0.50
Danvers. Maple St. Ch. and Soc. 56.31
East Hampton. Mrs. E. G. Williston, 100; First
Cong. Ch. and Soc., 46.24 146.24
Fairhaven. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Fall River. Central Ch. Mission Sab. Sch.,
_for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 70.00
Fitchburg. Mrs. Mary Johnson 10.00
Gardner. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.96
Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00
Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch. 244.21
Haydenville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.10
Holyoke. Second Cong. Ch. 23.00
Hyde Park. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.00
Lanesville. Cong. Ch. 1.75
Lawrence. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.12
Lee. Cong. Ch. 32.41
Lexington. Hancock Ch. and Soc. 38.00
Long Meadow. Ladies Benev. Ass’n. 13.97
Marlborough. Union Ch. 55.31
Methuen. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.20
Merrimac. Cong. Ch., to const. REV. W. H.
HUBBARD L. M. 30.00
Millbury. First. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 59.55
Millbury. Second Cong. Ch., _for Atlanta U._ 16.74
Natick. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for a Teacher_ 50.00
Natick. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
Newburyport. Miss Mary Plummer, _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 5.00
Newton. Eliot Ch. and Soc. 200.00
Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 65.32
Newton Highlands. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 46.27
North Andover. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
REV. HORACE H. LEAVITT L. M. 60.00
North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
150; Union Ch. and Soc., 10 160.00
Pittsfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00
Roxbury. Immanuel Ch. and Soc. 100.00
South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.79
South Boston. Phillips Ch. and Soc. 100.00
Springfield. “H. M.,” 500; South Cong. Ch.,
27.87; Mrs. Edward Clarke, 5 532.87
Sterling. “Sterling” 5.00
Templeton. Trinitarian Ch. and Soc. 20.95
Waltham. Mrs. Joseph Stackpole 0.50
West Boxford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.43
West Midway. Cong. Sab. Sch., 19; C. Albert
Adams, 5 24.00
Westport. Pacific Union Sab. Sch. 1.84
West Springfield. Park St. Cong. Ch. 16.02
Wilbraham. Cong. Ch. 21.50
Williamstown. First Cong. Ch. 16.75
Winchendon. “F. T. J.” 2.00
Worcester. Union Ch. and Soc. to const. BENJ.
F. HARRINGTON, Mrs. ISSAC SARGENT and FRANK
H. HOLLAND, L. Ms 106.00
Worcester. Salem Street Mission Workers, _for
Indian boy, Hampton N. & A. Inst._ 25.00
——. “Friend to the Cause” 25.00
——. “For Mission work among the Indians” 4.00
Massachusetts Bible Soc., 2 boxes of Bibles,
_for Avery Inst._
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$3,292.63
LEGACIES.
Cambridge. Estate of Abijah F. Hildreth by
Edwin Hildreth and Stanley B. Hildreth,
Executors and Trustees 500.00
Natick. Estate of Clarissa Morse, by Willard
W. Wight, Adm’r. 100.00
North Abington. Estate of Mrs. Susan B. Frost,
by Mrs. Rachel B. Reed, Admx. 162.73
North Brookfield. Estate of Miss Lydia C.
Dodge, by W. P. Haskell, Ex. 250.00
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$4,305.36
RHODE ISLAND, $1,005.00.
Bristol. Miss Charlotte De Wolf, 500; Mrs. M.
D. W. Rogers, 500 1,000.00
Westerly. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Wilmington,
N.C._ 5.00
CONNECTICUT, $11,815.83.
Berlin. Second Cong. Ch. 20.20
Bridgeport. Park St. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.80
Durham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00
Enfield. First Cong. Ch. 25.00
Farmington. Cong. Ch. 64.10
Greenfield Hill. Cong. Ch. 8.80
Guilford. First Cong. Ch., 18; “A Friend in
Third Ch.,” 2 20.00
Hartford. “A Friend in Asylum Hill Cong. Ch.” 20.00
Jewett City. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Kent. First Cong. Soc. 5.94
Lebanon. First Ch., 64.86; Mrs. Mary Dutton,
4.50 69.36
Meriden. E. K. Breckenridge, 5; Mrs. S. F. S.
Brown, a Quilt 5.00
Middletown. South Cong. Ch. 69.71
Mount Carmel. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 50.00
North Haven. E. Dickerman 2.00
Norwich. Park Cong. Ch. and Soc., 272.54;
Broadway Cong. Ch., 200 472.54
Norwich. Henry B. Norton, _for Atlanta U._ 50.00
Oxford. Cong. Ch., 28.50, and Sab. Sch., 6.25,
to const MRS. CARRIE RIGGS L. M. 34.75
Plantsville. “A Friend,” _for Atlanta U._ 5.00
Plainville. “A Friend” 100.00
Portland. First Cong. Ch. 7.00
Salisbury. Cong. Ch. 46.76
Saybrook. Second Cong. Ch. 20.25
Sharon. Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 68.28
Southport. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. MRS.
O. H. PERRY, CHAS. LACEY, E. CORNELIUS
SHERWOOD, L. FRANK SHERWOOD and REV. WILLIAM
H. HOLMAN L. Ms 185.84
Stanwich. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brush 25.00
Torrington. Young Ladies’ Aux. Soc., _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 70.00
West Hartford. Charles Boswell 250.00
West Haven. Mrs. E. C. Kimball 10.00
Winsted. David Strong, _for Theo. Dept.,
Talladega C._ 25.00
——. “A Friend” 17.50
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$1,815.83
LEGACIES.
Hartford. Estate of John B. Eldridge, by John
R. Redfield, Ex. 10,000.00
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$11,815.83
NEW YORK, $785.67.
Antwerp. First Cong. Ch. 33.18
Binghamton. First Cong. Ch. 80.55
Brentwood. E. F. Richardson 25.00
Brooklyn. Sab. Sch. of Central Cong. Ch., for
_Missionary, Ladies’ Island, S.C._ 75.00
Brooklyn. Church of the Covenant 10.00
Chittenango. Mrs. Ameline L. Brown 5.00
Clifton Springs. “A Friend” 1.00
Coxsackie. Mrs. E. F. Spoor, 2.50; Miss A. G.
Fairchild, 2.50 5.00
Danby. Cong. Ch., bal. to const. H. B. CHAPMAN L. M. 18.35
East Bloomfield. First Cong. Ch. 52.80
Gloversville. Cong. Ch. 102.57
Ithaca. E. P. Gilbert 5.00
Jamesport. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Lenox. A. S. Johnson 5.00
Lisbon Center. First Cong. Ch. 18.00
Martinsburg. Horatio Hough, 5; Almira H.
Arthur, 1; “A Friend,” 1 7.00
New York. S. T. Gordon 250.00
New York. Colored Orphan Asylum (5 of which
_for John Brown Steamer_) 10.00
North Evans. Cong. Ch. (1.50 of which from
Mrs. Spencer Bullock) 8.17
Oneonta. Mrs. L. J. Safford 5.00
Patchogue. Cong. Ch. 9.28
Spencerport. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 20.00
Walton. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 32.27
Westmoreland. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. 2.50
NEW JERSEY, $233.50.
Bound Brook. Cong. Ch. 38.50
Irvington. Rev. A. Underwood 50.00
Montclair. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Indian
girl, Hampton, N. & A. Inst._ 40.00
Montclair. Mrs. Pratt’s S. S. Class, _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00
Morristown. Miss Ella M. Graves, _for Atlanta
U._ 100.00
PENNSYLVANIA, $37.50.
East Smithfield. Miss Polly S. Tracy 18.00
Jeansville. Welsh Cong. Ch. 5.00
New Milford. Horace A. Summers 14.50
OHIO, $2,629.22.
Ashland. Mrs. Eliza Thompson 2.28
Atwater. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.39
Bronson. Rev. H. Lawrence, Bbl. of Bibles;
Mrs. F. Lawrence 1 set Henry’s Commentaries,
_for Talladega C._
Harmar. Cong. Ch. 118.75
Lodi. Cong. Ch. 11.25
Madison. Ladies, Books, and 3., for Freight,
_for Talladega C._ 3.00
Mansfield. Mrs. Tracy, _for Trinity Sch.,
Athens, Ala._ 50.00
Mount Vernon. Woman’s Miss’y Soc., of Cong. Ch. 10.00
Oberlin. Miss Rose M. Kinney 1.00
Painesville. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
Atlanta U._ 50.00
Painesville. First Cong. Ch., bal to const.
SAMUEL R. HOUSE and E. E. JOHNSON L. Ms 36.55
Peru. “Friends,” _for Student Aid, Talladega
C._ 13.00
Randolph. W. J. Dickinson 10.00
Unionville. Rev. J. C. Burnell 2.00
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$335.22
LEGACIES.
Kent. Estate of Andrew James 394.00
Tallmadge. Estate of Rev. John Seward, by Wm.
H. Upson, Ex. 1,900.00
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$2,629.22
ILLINOIS, $639.58.
Amboy. First Cong. Ch. 43.00
Chebanse. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Chicago. Union Park Cong. Ch., 255.18; Bethany
Cong. Ch., 13.35 267.43
Chicago. Ladies Miss’y Soc. of N. E. Ch., _for
Lady Missionary, Mobile, Ala._ 14.00
Elgin. Mrs. E. E. C. Borden 1.00
Galesburg. First Cong. Ch., 79; First Ch. of
Christ, 5 84.00
Geneseo. Ladies Miss’y Soc., _for Needmore
Ch., Talladega_ 50.00
Griggsville. Cong. Ch. 23.85
Princeville. Chas. Cutter 5.00
Sycamore. First Cong. Ch. 100.60
Sycamore. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 25.00
Thomasborough. “R.” 1.00
Udina. Cong. Ch. 1.00
Wheaton. First. Cong. Ch. 17.70
MICHIGAN, $441.62.
Benzonia. H. H. Balch 1.00
Calumet. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Theo. Dept.
Talladega C._ 38.84
Chelsea. John C. Winans 200.00
Detroit. Second Cong. Ch. 120.00
Fort Huron. Cong. Ch. 40.58
Grand Rapids. E. G. Furness 5.00
Kalamazoo. Mrs. J. A. Kent 5.00
Michigan Center. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Salem. Summit Missionary Soc. 2.59
Union City. Cong. Sab. Sch., bal. to const.
MRS. ANNA CHURCH L. M. 10.00
Vienna. Cong. Ch. 4.61
White Lake. Robert Garner 10.00
IOWA, $194.87.
Algona. A. Zahlten 7.50
Anamosa. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $38.02, and Sab.
Sch., $4.75 42.77
Belle Plain. Cong. Ch. 5.30
Davenport. Geo. W. Ells 10.00
Des Moines. Ladies of Cong. Ch., 2 bbls. of C.
_for Talladega C._
Farragut. Cong. Ch. 20.49
Grinnell. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 93.22
Tabor. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 3.59
Washington. “Mother and Ralph” _for Needmore
Ch., Talladega C._ 12.00
WISCONSIN, $55.22.
Delavan. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for furnishing
room, Stone Hall, T. C._ 5.00
Lake Geneva. Cong. Ch. 17.70
Leeds. Cong. Ch. 2.67
Koshkonong. P. T. Gunnison 10.00
Koshkonong. Cong. Ch. 4.30
Platteville. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.30
Shullsburg. First Cong. Ch. 4.00
Springvale. Cong. Ch. 6.25
MINNESOTA, $345.53.
Audubon. Cong. Ch. 2.83
Austin. Cong. Ch. 24.17
Elk River. Union Cong. Ch. 9.20
Excelsior. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Faribault. Cong. Ch. 17.85
Hutchinson. Cong. Ch. 2.55
Lake City. Joseph Pike (1 of which _for John
Brown Steamer_) 2.00
Medford. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 29.83
Minneapolis. E. D. First Cong. Ch. 26.10
Rushford. Cong. Ch. 2.00
——. Friends, _for Atlanta U._ 200.00
——. “Friends in Minnesota” _for Dakota M._ 10.00
KANSAS, $49.95.
Great Bend. Cong. Church 6.00
Lawrence. Ladies, by Rev. R. F. Markham 11.45
McPherson. First Cong. Ch. 15.00
Stockton. Cong. Ch. 2.50
Topeka. First Cong. Ch. 10.00
White City. Cong. Ch. 5.00
MISSOURI, $161.88.
Amity. Cong. Ch., 12.06; “A Friend,” 15 27.06
Ironton. J. Markham 2.50
Kansas City. First Cong. Ch. 102. 00
Meadville. Cong. Ch. 10.32
Webster Groves. Cong. Ch. 20.00
NEBRASKA, $35.75.
Crete. First Cong. Ch. 7.75
Lincoln. “K. & C.” 8.00
Santee Agency. Mrs. Mary Van Nest, _for Indian
M._ 20.00
COLORADO, $5.35.
Denver. Cong. Ch. (1 of which from Mrs. C. L.
Garland) 5.35
NEVADA, $5.00.
Wells. C. A. Birchard 5.00
WASHINGTON TER., $27.55.
Skokomish. Cong. Ch., 17.55; Rev. M. Eells and
Wife, 10.00 27.55
OREGON, $10.00.
The Dalles. First Cong. Ch. 10.00
CALIFORNIA, $4.50.
Rutherford. Robert McComb 4.50
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $437.50.
Washington. U.S. Government, _for Indian M._ 437.50
KENTUCKY, $5.59.
Berea. Sab. Sch. 5.59
TENNESSEE, $161.70.
Chattanooga. Rent 149.70
Knoxville. Second Cong. Ch. 12.00
NORTH CAROLINA, $11.00.
Wilmington. Normal Sch., Tuition, $4; Rent,
$2; Cong. Ch., 5 11.00
SOUTH CAROLINA, $628.30.
Charleston. Avery Inst., Tuition, $618.30;
Plymouth Ch., $10 628.30
GEORGIA, $345.65.
Atlanta. Alumni Ass’n of Atlanta U., 125, _for
Furnishing Room, Stone Hall_; Pellegrini &
Castleberry, 2 Terra-cotta Vases, _for steps
of Stone Hall_ 125.00
Atlanta. First Cong. Ch., 30; Storrs Sch.,
Tuition, 5.50 35.50
Macon. Cong. Ch. 8.55
Savannah. Beach Inst., Tuition, 146.60, Rent,
20, Cong. Ch., 10 176.60
ALABAMA, $503.98.
Athens. Miss M. F. Wells, _for Trinity Sch.,
Athens, Ala._ 25.00
Montgomery. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Talladega. Talladega C., Tuition, 373.98,
First Cong. Ch., 10 383.98
Talladega. Rev. H. S. DeForest, _for Talladega
C._ 75.00
FLORIDA, $5.00.
Daytona. Woman’s Miss’y Soc., by Mrs. E. C.
Waldron 5.00
TEXAS, $5.00.
Helena. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. (2 of which
_for John Brown Steamer_) 5.00
INCOMES, $1,033.75.
Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 795.00
Theological Endowment Fund, _for Howard U._ 125.00
C. F. Dike Fund, _for Straight U._ 50.00
General Endowment Fund 50.00
Incomes, _for Atlanta U._ 13.75
ENGLAND, $10.00.
Albyns. Miss S. L. Ropes 10.00
SCOTLAND, $59.29.
Perth. North United Presb. Ch., £10; James
Balman, _for Chinese M._, £2; “Friend, per
D. Morton,” 5s. 59.29
AUSTRIA.
Prague. Bohumil Burda (a little boy) 100
Kreutzers, _for the colored children in
America._
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Total for July $26,794.18
Total from Oct. 1 to July 31 $229,246.69
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FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
Subscriptions 38.75
Previously acknowledged 700.47
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Total $739.22
FOR ENDOWMENT FUND.
Holbrook, Mass. Miss Mary W. Holbrook, _for
Stone Professorship Howard U._ 500.00
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H. W. HUBBARD, Treas.,
56 Reade St., N.Y.
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PLEASE COPY THIS FORM AND MAIL IT.
_September 1st, 1883._
_H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., Treasurer_,
_56 Reade Street, New York_.
_Enclosed, please find Fifty Cents, subscription for_ THE AMERICAN
MISSIONARY _for the year 1883._
_Send the same to the following address_:
_Sign with your NAME_,
_Your TOWN_,
_Your COUNTY_,
_And STATE_ [_in full_].
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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
ART. I. This society to 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. Members may be constituted for life by the payment of
thirty dollars into the treasury of the Association, with the
written declaration at the time or times of payment that the sum is
to be applied to constitute a designated person a life member; and
such membership shall begin sixty days after the payment shall have
been completed.
Every church which has within a year contributed to the funds of
the Association and every State Conference or Association of such
churches may appoint two delegates to the Annual Meeting of the
Association; such delegates, duly attested by credentials, shall be
members of the Association for the year for which they were thus
appointed.
ART. IV. The Annual Meeting of the Association shall be held in
the month of October or November, at such time and place as may be
designated by the Executive Committee, by notice printed in the
official publication of the Association for the preceding month.
ART. V. The officers of the Association shall be a President,
five Vice-Presidents, a Corresponding Secretary or Secretaries,
a Recording Secretary, a Treasurer, Auditors, and an Executive
Committee of fifteen members, all of whom shall be elected by
ballot.
At the first Annual Meeting after the adoption of this
Constitution, five members of the Executive Committee shall be
elected for the term of one year, five for two years and five for
three years, and at each subsequent Annual Meeting, five members
shall be elected for the full term of three years, and such others
as shall be required to fill vacancies.
ART. VI. To the Executive Committee shall belong the collecting
and disbursing of funds, the appointing, counseling, sustaining
and dismissing of missionaries and agents, and the selection of
missionary fields. They shall have authority to fill all vacancies
in office occurring between the Annual Meetings; to apply to any
Legislature for acts of incorporation, or conferring corporate
powers; to make provision when necessary for disabled missionaries
and for the widows and children of deceased missionaries, and in
general to transact all such business as usually appertains to the
Executive Committees of missionary and other benevolent societies.
The acts of the Committee shall be subject to the revision of the
Annual Meeting.
Five members of the Committee constitute a quorum for transacting
business.
ART. VII. No person shall be made an officer of this Association
who is not a member of some evangelical church.
ART. VIII. Missionary bodies and churches or individuals may
appoint and sustain missionaries of their own, through the agency
of the Executive Committee, on terms mutually agreed upon.
ART. IX. No amendment shall be made to this Constitution except by
the vote of two-thirds of the members present at an Annual Meeting,
the amendment having been approved by the vote of a majority at the
previous Annual Meeting.
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