Childersburg, Ala. He writes: “I want to thank your class for
their gifts to the children, who are destitute of such things. Our
church was burned a year ago, after a temperance lecture, but the
people are building better than before. We held services in our
church last winter without a stove, and the house all open, yet we
trust the Lord was with us; our school numbered 30 or 40 during the
cold weather and a larger number when pleasant. There are many who
cannot read, and many who can have no Bibles.”
We have been much interested in these pastors and teachers, some
of them have made great sacrifices, and though not appreciated by
those who should sustain and encourage them, future generations
will rise up and call them blessed. We are very grateful to all the
kind friends who have helped us in our work by papers, postage,
patch-work, and in various ways and places, especially for the
Christian sympathy extended to these pastors and teachers. It has
been duly appreciated, and lightened many a burdened heart; so we
trust our “Paper Mission” has not been a failure in the Southern
States.
* * * * *
CHILDREN’S PAGE.
* * * * *
A TALK WITH THE CHILDREN.
MISS IDA M. BEACH, SAVANNAH, GA.
“The lady asked me was I agoin’ to hear the children make their
speeches,” said a little colored girl but just transplanted from
her Southern home to this Northern land.
“What do you mean?” I asked.
“Why, it is breakin’ up day in the schoolhouse over yonder, and the
children are goin’ to speak.”
[Illustration:
_From Harper’s Young People._
TOPSY LEFT ALONE.]
Sitting by my window the next day, voices of children attracted
my attention. Looking up I saw two little ones—a brother and
sister—trudging along followed by another little girl. I noticed
the fresh white dresses and pretty aprons, and that they seemed
to be very much in earnest about something. A half hour later
the mother passed, and it dawned upon me, then, that it was the
“last day of school.” Afterward, riding by the school-house, and
peeping in, I saw rows of bright children and many happy parents
and friends. It brought to my mind another “last day,” where were
children dressed by just as loving hands in their white lawns, and
pink and cream buntings. Their songs were just as well sung—perhaps
better—for a lady, after spending a day in a public school of a New
England city, wrote: “The children are trained by a music teacher
who receives $800 a year, but their singing could not be compared
to that we heard by the pupils of ——,” referring to these of whom
I am telling you. Their little “speeches” were recited just as
distinctly; the teachers were just as proud; the parents just as
happy, nay, happier. I’ll tell you why by and by.
Have you studied U.S. History? And do you remember the story of our
late Civil War? Then you know that one result of it was that nearly
four million slaves, who were owned by other people, to be bought
and sold like any other property, were made free. They could go
where they chose; work as they wanted to; receive the wages they
earned; make homes for themselves, and not be afraid that their
children would be torn away from them to go with another master.
If you should take the cars in Richmond and ride though—what
States?—till you came to Florida, you would pass through miles and
miles of pinelands scattered all along. Set right in among the pine
trees are little log cabins, the homes of many of these people.
Owning little farms, raising their rice and corn, cotton and sweet
potatoes, they seem very happy indeed. I heard snatches of “Hold
the Fort” coming from within one of these cabins, and remembered
seeing a little church not far away, so I think they must have
Sunday-school, and use the “Gospel Hymns,” don’t you?
Stopping over one train in a Southern city, and inquiring for the
homes of the colored people, you will be directed to almost any
lane. Shall I tell you about one I visited?
Clara told me where to find her. Hunting around among many houses
which were nearly alike, I suddenly saw a face at a window which
I knew must be that of Clara’s mother. I crossed the street and
knocked at the door. It was old and weather-beaten, and fairly
creaked as I rapped.
A little old woman, with a white turban bound about her head,
opened the door. With a courtesy and warm greeting she offered
me a chair. The floor was uncarpeted, but as clean as frequent
scrubbings with soap and water could make it.
Two sticks were burning in the open fire-place, before which stood
a half dozen flat-irons. Mrs. —— apologized for “bein’ a ironin’ on
a Saturday,” and after giving a few finishing touches to a piece on
the board sat down to tell me about Clara.
“My husban’ is dead, an’ it is very hard to get an hones’ livin’
an’ keep Clara in school. She ain’t strong, ma’am, Clara ain’t, an’
can’t do much hard work, but she love’ her books an’ want to teach.
She was graduate’ las’ year, but nothing would do but I mus’ sen’
her this year. It is mighty hard to get the money, you know, ma’am,
but I never can give her nothing but an education. I never had none
myself, but, Clara, she is right smart in her books, ma’am. I wants
her to be educated.” The same story oft repeated, “the children,
the children they mus’ be educated.”
Do you know, now, why those mothers were so happy when listening to
the songs and recitations of their children? Can you realize how
proud they are when they find that Nehemiah and Charles Henry can
read and write like any white boys?
Who will hunt up nine others and be one of ten to save ten cents
each month to pay the tuition of one of these children?
* * * * *
RECEIPTS FOR AUGUST, 1883.
* * * * *
MAINE, $222.07.
Bangor. First Cong. Ch., 18.61; Rev. Joseph
Smith, 10 $28.61
Bluehill. Mrs. E. W. Mayo, 4; Mrs. H. W. J., 1 5.00
Brewer. First Cong. Ch. 12.85
Brunswick. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 69.60; Marshall
Cram, 10 79.60
Brunswick. Mrs. John D. Lincoln, _for Selma,
Ala._ 2.00
Dennysville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.02
Ferry Village. Rev. R. D. Osgood 10.00
Gorham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 28.38
Gorham. Miss E. B. Emery, _for Macon, Ga._ 3.00
Kennebunk. Union Ch. and Soc. 21.61
Limington. Miss A. Boothby 4.00
Waterford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.00
NEW HAMPSHIRE, $234.62.
Amherst. Cong. Sab. Sch. 20.00
Candia Village. Jona. Martin 5.00
Derry. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.65
East Jaffrey. Miss Eliza A. Parker 20.00
Goffstown. Cong Ch. 37.74, and Sab. Sch.,
1.55, to const. MRS. HATTIE A. PAIGE L. M.;
“A Friend,” 30, to const. MISS LUELLA D.
CARPENTER L. M. 69.29
Hampstead. Miss Ann M. Howard 5.00
Hancock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
Mount Vernon. Cong Ch. and Soc. 5.00
Pembroke. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 52.58
Rindge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.10
West Concord. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.00
VERMONT, $164.96.
Barre. Cong. Ch. 12.50
Castleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 31.00
Jeffersonville. “A Friend.” 25.00
Johnson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
Ludlow. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 20.47; and Sab.
Sch., 1.80 22.27
Manchester. Miss Ellen Hawley, _for Foster
Hall Reading Room, Talladega C._ 20.00
Pittsford. “D.” 1.00
Post Mill Village. Mrs. C. M. Holbrook 1.00
Saint Albans. First Cong. Ch. 13.05
Tyson Furnace. —— 1.14
Vergennes. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
——. “Rutland Co.” 3.00
MASSACHUSETTS, $2,078.81.
Amesbury. C. F. Hovey, 10.40; E. P. Elliott, 50c. 10.90
Amesbury and Salisbury. Union Evan. Ch. and Soc. 17.00
Amherst. G. C. Munsell 2.00
Barre. Evan. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 17.00
Belchertown. Cong. Ch. and Soc., adl. 0.25
Blackstone. H. Hodgson 1.50
Boston. “In memory of little Fannie,” 10; Mrs.
Susan Collin, 1 11.00
Bradford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 40.57
Brookfield. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., Bbl. of C.,
_for Fisk U._
Campello. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 54.27
Coleraine. Mrs. Prudence Smith 2.50
Chicopee. Second Cong. Ch., 32.17; Mrs.
Henrietta M. Daniels, 10 42.17
Falmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 45.00
Granby. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 80.00
Haverhill. G. Merrill and wife, 150; Centre
Cong. Ch. and Soc., 34; Mrs. Mary B. Jones, 10 194.00
Hopkinton. “Friends” 2.00
Housatonic. Cong. Soc. 50.56
Hubbardston. “A Friend” 4.50
Hyde Park. Heart and Hand Soc. of First Cong.
Ch., Bundle of Goods, _for Santee Agency, Neb._
Ipswich. South Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for
Indian Aid, Hampton N. & A. Inst._ 50.00
Ipswich. South Cong. Ch. and Soc 20.00
Long Meadow. Gent’s Benev. Soc. 21.60
Lowell. Rodolphus Stevens 15.00
Lunenburg. “L. L. E. N.,” a Chronometer.
Mattapoisett. Cong. Ch. & Soc. 10.00
Medford. Mystic Ch. and Soc., (30 of which to
const. REV. THEOPHILUS PARSONS SAWIN L. M.,
and 30 from D. W. Wilcox to const. MISS EMMA
JOSEPHINE WILCOX, L. M.) 122.15
Middletown. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00
Millbury. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const.
SAMUEL N. ROGERS and ALBERT W. LINCOLN, L.
Ms. 72.35
Mill River. M. R. Wilcox 10.00
Monson. Cong. Sab. Sch., 20; Mrs. C. O.
Chapin, 5 25.00
Monterey. Cong. Ch. 8.00
Newburyport. “A Friend” 5.00
Northfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.60
Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.97
Peabody. “A Friend,” to const. MISS SUSANNA
MILLS, L. M. 30.00
Phillipston. D. & L. Mixter 2.00
Randolph. Miss Abbie W. Turner 10.00
Reading. “A. H. M. S.” 2.50
Revere. “A Friend,” by Mrs. A. S. Steele, _for
Orphans from Chattanooga at Tougaloo U._ 50.00
Rockport. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 33.30
Roxbury. Immanuel Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 30.00
Shelburne. First Cong. Soc. 83.76
South Easton. “A Friend” 20.00
South Hadley Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
South Weymouth. Union Ch. and Soc. 36.64
Springfield. First Cong. Ch., 23.92; Hope
Cong. Ch. 39 62.92
Sudbury. U. E. Ch. and Soc. 20.80
Sunderland. Cong. Ch and Soc 40.00
Sunderland. “M.” 2.00
Wakefield. “Mission Workers,” _for Indian
girl, Bird’s Nest, Santee Agency_ 30.00
West Boylston. Polly W. Ames, 3; Geo. W. Ames,
2.50 5.50
West Springfield. First Cong. Ch. 20.00
Worcester. Hiram Smith and family 30.00
--------
$1,508.31
LEGACY.
Milbury. Estate of Asa Hayden, by Harriet W.
Hayden, Extx. 570.50
--------
$2,078.81
RHODE ISLAND, $584.00.
Central Falls. Cong. Ch 63.00
Little Compton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.00
Providence. Geo. H. Corliss 500.00
CONNECTICUT, $3,398.82.
Berlin. Mrs. C. M. Jarvis, _for Woman’s Work_ 5.00
Bethel. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Birmingham. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00
Branford. H. G. Harrison 5.00
Canterbury. Westminster Cong. Ch. 4.15
Central Village. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Chester. “I. O.” 5.00
East Hampton. Cong Ch. 25.00
Fair Haven. Cong. Ch. Bbl. of C. _for
Tillotson C. & N. Inst._
Farmington. A. F. Williams, to const. CLARENCE
BROWNING VORCE, L. M. 30.00
Goshen. Cong. Ch. 14.78
Greenfield Hill. Cong. Ch., adl. 18.30
Greenwich. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 5.31
Griswold. First Cong.. Ch. 30.00
Hadlyme. R. E. Hungerford, 100: Jos. W.
Hungerford, 100; Cong. Ch., 7 207.00
Kensington. Mrs. M. Hotchkiss 5.00
New Britain. Mrs. Alonzo Astor 3.00
New Haven. Nelson Hall 50.00
Norfolk. “B.” 2.00
North Guilford. Sarah R Fowler 6.00
Norwich Town. “*. Cong. Ch.” 35.00
Plantsville. “A Friend.” 300; E. E. Stone,
100; H. D. Smith. 100; Stephen Walker, 60;
Geo. F. Smith, 25; E. W. Twichell, 25; O. W.
Stone, 20; W. S. Ward. 10; Mrs. J. C. P., 5;
C. L. Ames, 5; C. D. Smith, 5, _for Atlanta
U._ 655.00
Putnam. Ladies, _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 2.00
Ridgefield. First Cong. Ch. 32.14
Salem. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00
South Britain. Cong Ch. 36.00
Stafford. Mrs. T. H. Thresher 5.00
Stamford. “A Friend ” 5.00
Terryville. Cong. Ch. 180, to const. MAGGIE
MCNAUGHTON, SUSIE BELLE GRANNIS, LURA
GENEVIEVE BUNNELL, ANNIE S. COOK and EMMA C.
L. CASTLE L. Ms.; Elizur Fenn. 5; Mrs.
Elizur Fenn, 5 190.00
Thomaston. Cong Ch. 24.46
Tolland. Cong. Ch. 13.59
Trumbull. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.43
Union. Cong. Ch. 2.12
West Hartford. Cong. Ch. 30.40
West Hartford. Anson Chappell 5.00
West Winsted. Second Cong. Ch. 201.27
Wethersfield. First Ch of Christ 60.59
Wolcott. Cong. Ch. 10.03
Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.25
---------
$1,798.82
LEGACIES.
Goshen. Estate of Miss Sarah Beach, by Henry
Norton, Ex. 500.00
New London. Trust Estate of Henry P. Haven
(_of which_ $300 _for Talladega C._ and $200
_for Tillotson C. & N. Inst._) 850.00
Orange. Estate of Mrs. H. Coe, by L. W.
Cutler. Ex. 250.00
---------
$3,398.82
NEW YORK, $22,720.10.
Big Hollow. Nelson Hitchcock 5.00
Binghamton. Mrs. Chauncey Bean, _for Woman’s
Work_ 5.00
Blauveltville. “A Friend” 1.50
Brooklyn. Central Cong. Sab. Sch. _for
Missionaries, Fernandina, Fla._ 100.00
Clifton Springs. Rev. Lewis Bodwell 2.00
Coventryville. First Cong. Ch. 10.56
Eaton. Cong. Ch. 13.25
Hancock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Ithaca. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Theo.
Dept., Talladega C._ 35.00
New York. “Friends” 50.00
Nyack. John W. Towt 50.00
Port Byron. Sarah B. Osburn, _for Chinese M._ 0.50
Poughkeepsie. First Cong. Ch. 40.08
Sherburne. Cong. Ch. 59.41
West Groton. Cong. Ch. 19.54 Sab. Sch. 1.46 21.00
Wellsville. Cong. Ch. 22.97
Yaphank. Mrs. Hampton Overton, _for Chinese M._ 5.00
——. —— 60.08
-------
$491.35
LEGACIES.
Deansville. Estate of Mrs. Polly M. Barton, by
D. W. Barton and Jos. F. Barton, Exs. 500.00
Victor. Estate of Emeline Lewis, by D. Henry
Osborne, Ex. 21,728.75
----------
$22,720.10
NEW JERSEY, $1,110.00.
Newfield. Rev. Charles Willy 10.00
LEGACY.
Orange. Estate of John Hancock, by Exs. 1100.00
---------
$1,110.00
PENNSYLVANIA, $26.23.
Cambridgeboro. Cong. Ch., 13.23; Ladies’
Miss’y Soc. of Cong. Ch., 10 23.23
Troy. Moss Grove Sab. Sch. 3.00
OHIO, $302.87.
Adam Mills. Mrs. M. A. Smith 10.00
Ashtabula. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Theo. Dept.,
Talladega C._ 28.20
Chatham Center. Cong. Ch. 26.37
Cincinnati. Seventh St. Cong. Ch. 51.09
Garrettsville. Cong. Ch. 12.00
Medina. Cong. Ch., to const. C. B. ABBOTT and
FRANK NETTLETON L. Ms. 75.12
Medina. Ladies Miss’y Soc. _for Talladega C.,
Freight_ 2.00
Newburg. Welsh Cong. Ch. 8.52
Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch. 20.57
Toledo. First Cong. Ch. 52.00
Wakeman. B. T. Strong 5.00
Willoughby. Mary P. Hastings 12.00
INDIANA, $10.00.
Auburn. James Adams 10.00
ILLINOIS, $508.46.
Chenoa. Cong. Ch. 13.35
Chicago. First Cong. Ch. 108.83; N. E. Cong.
Ch., 64.68; “A Friend” 50, to const. JAMES
W. PORTER L. M. 223.51
Chicago. U. P. Cong. Sab Sch., _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 50.00
Chicago. C. H. Morse, Scales, val. 31.75, _for
Talladega C._
Geneseo. Cong. Ch. 35.00
Hutsonville. C. V. Newton 5.00
La Harpe. Cong. Ch. 10.50
Lamoille. Cong. Ch. 24.41
Lockport. First Cong. Ch. 14.36
Newark. Horace Day 5.00
Peoria. Rev. A. A. Stevens 10.00
Prospect Park. Cong. Ch. 7.00
Roseville. L. C. Axtell 100.00
Woodburn. Cong. Ch. 10.33
MICHIGAN, $126.33.
Ann Arbor. Cong. Ch. 31.41
Benzonia. “A Friend” 10.00
Eaton Rapids. First Cong. Ch. (3 of which from
Mrs. C. C. P. Taylor) 30.92
Kalamazoo. “*” 3.00
North Leoni. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Northville. D. Pomeroy 5.00
Olivet. Wm. J. Hickok 20.00
Ransom. Ladies’ Aid Soc. of First Cong. Ch.,
_for Indian M._ 10.00
Vermontville. “A Friend” 10.00
IOWA, $272.13.
Alden. Cong. Ch. 7.40
Cedar Rapids. Mrs. T. M. Sinclair, _for a New
Mission, Poncas Indians_ 200.00
Eldora. Cong. Ch. 4.68
Grinnell. Prof. Fisk P. Brewer, _for Raleigh,
N.C._ 10.00
Le Mars. Cong. Sab. Sch. 4.61
Lewis. Cong. Ch., 13; Mrs. O. C. Warne, 5 18.00
McGregor. Woman’s Miss’y Soc. 10.44
Peterson. Cong. Ch. 2.00
Sioux Rapids. Cong. Ch. 5.00
--------
$262.13
LEGACY.
Grinnell. Estate of E. Marvin, by W. B. & J.
M. Dunn, Exrs. 10.00
------
$272.13
WISCONSIN, $359.14.
Alderley. Mrs. Anna Reid, 2.50; Mrs. E.
Hubbard, $2.50 5.00
Appleton. Ladies of Cong. Ch., 1.25; “A
Friend,” 75c., _for Lady Missionary,
Montgomery, Ala._ 2.00
Arena. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Montgomery, Ala._ 2.46
Beloit. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Montgomery, Ala._ 75.85
Bristol and Paris. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for
Lady Missionary, Montgomery, Ala._ 10.00
Fond du Lac. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, Montgomery, Ala._ 10.00
Janesville. Cong. Ch. 19.51
Madison. First Cong. Ch. 75.00
Milwaukee. Grand Av. Cong. Ch. 43.32
Racine. Mrs. Smith and Marsh 10.00
Whitewater. “Friends,” by Prof. A. Salisbury,
_for Reading Rooms_ 106.00
MINNESOTA, $131.27.
Afton. L. I. Olds 10.00
Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 41.18; Mrs. W. K.
Smith, 4.50 45.68
Northfield. Cong Ch. 56.59
Northfield. Mrs. Knowlton, 5; M. Bryant, 2; G.
M. Phillips, 2; Rev. A. Willey, 1.50; Mrs.
Norton, 1; Mrs. Nourse, 50c., _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 12.00
Sauk Center. Rev. J. C. Holbrook, D.D. 5.00
Springfield. Cong. Ch. 2.00
KANSAS, $34.34.
Manhattan. First Cong. Ch. 20.64
McPherson. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 6.70
Olatne. Rev. W. W. McMillan 1.00
——. “W. H. M. S.” 6.00
MISSOURI, $17.75.
Brookfield. Cong. Ch. 7.75
Kidder. S. O. Coult 5.00
St. Louis. Mrs. R. Webb, _for Library,
Straight U._ 5.00
NEBRASKA, $11.70.
Creighton. First Cong. Ch. 6.70
Plymouth. Cong. Ch. 5.00
DAKOTA, $10.06.
Clark. Cong. Ch. 10.06
COLORADO, $10.00.
Colorado Springs. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $312.50.
Washington. United States Gov., _for Sisseton
Agency_ 312.50
TENNESSEE, $121.00.
Chattanooga. Sales, by Mrs. A. S. Steele, _for
Orphans from Chattanooga at Tougaloo U._ 107.00
Knoxville. Second Cong. Ch. 12.00
Nashville. Howard Chapel Cong. Ch. 2.00
NORTH CAROLINA, $5.00.
Wilmington. Cong. Ch. 5.00
SOUTH CAROLINA, $12.00.
Charleston. Plymouth Ch. 10.00
Greenwood. Coll. by Rev. L. C. J. 2.00
GEORGIA, $82.50.
Macon. Cong. Ch., 15; Mrs. Lizzie A. Hodge, 15 30.00
Savannah. Concert, Beach Inst, 32.50; Rent, 20 52.50
ALABAMA, $121.90.
Marion. Cong. Ch. 3.00
Mobile. Emerson Inst., Tuition, 2.20; Cong.
Ch., 55c. 2.75
Montgomery. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Selma. Cong Ch., 14.15; Temperance Concert,
1.75 15.90
Talladega. Talladega C. Tuition, 74.65; Cong.
Ch., 10 84.65
Talladega. A. Bingham & Co., _for Needmore
Chapel, Talladega C._ 5.60
MISSISSIPPI, $2.00.
Jackson. Collected by Chas. L. Harris. 2. 00
INCOMES, $287.85.
Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 257.85
Belden Fund, _for Talladega C._ 30.00
TURKEY, $50.00.
Constantinople. The Missionary Children’s
Missionary Soc. in Turkey and Bulgaria, by
Miss Belle Bliss, Treas., _for a girl,
Dakota Home_ 50.00
INDIA, $4.85.
Bombay. Women’s Benev. Sec., _for Dakota Home_ 4.85
---------
Total for August $33,333.26
Total from Oct. 1 to Aug. 31 $262,579.95
===========
FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
Subscriptions 32.74
Previously acknowledged 739.22
-------
Total $771.96
=======
H. W. HUBBARD, Treas.,
56 Reade St., N.Y.
* * * * *
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.
* * * * *
The Great
Church
LIGHT.
[Illustration]
=FRINK’S Patent Reflectors= give the =Most Powerful=, the
=Softest=, =Cheapest= and the =Best= Light known for Churches,
Stores, Show Windows, Parlors, Banks, Offices, Picture Galleries,
Theatres, Depots, etc. New and elegant designs. Send size of room.
Get circular and estimate. A liberal discount to churches and the
trade.
I. P. FRINK, 551 Pearl St. N.Y.
* * * * *
TO INVESTORS.
$925 will buy a $1,000 6 per cent. gold
coupon bond of the
East and West R. R. Co. of Alabama
This is a strictly first-class investment bond secured by a first
mortgage on an old road, fully built and equipped, that has always
paid its interest, and earns a dividend on its stock besides. This
bond will pay you =$30= every six months. No taxes, no trouble, and
a safe investment. For sale by the EAST AND WEST R. R. CO. OF ALA.,
502 B’way, or AMERICAN LOAN AND TRUST CO., 113 B’way, N.Y.
* * * * *
[Illustration: COUNT RUMFORD.]
HORSFORD’S
ACID PHOSPHATE.
(LIQUID.)
FOR DYSPEPSIA, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL,
EXHAUSTION, NERVOUSNESS,
DIMINISHED VITALITY, URINARY
DIFFICULTIES, ETC.
PREPARED ACCORDING TO THE DIRECTION OF
Prof. E. N. Horsford, of Cambridge, Mass.
There seems to be no difference of opinion in high medical
authority of the value of phosphoric acid, and no preparation has
even been offered to the public which seems to happily meet the
general want as this.
It is not nauseous, but agreeable to the taste.
No danger can attend its use.
Its action will harmonize with such stimulants as are necessary to
take.
It makes a delicious drink with water and sugar only.
Prices reasonable Pamphlet giving further particulars mailed free
on application.
MANUFACTURED BY THE
RUMFORD CHEMICAL WORKS,
Providence, R.I.,
AND FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
* * * * *
SKIN HUMORS
CAN BE CURED BY
GLENN’S SULPHUR SOAP.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16, 1883.
_Mr. C. N. Crittenton_:
DEAR SIR: I wish to call your attention to the good your
Sulphur Soap has done me. For nearly fourteen years I have been
troubled with a skin humor resembling salt rheum. I have spent
nearly a small fortune for doctors and medicine, but with only
temporary relief. I commenced using your “Glenn’s Sulphur Soap”
nearly two years ago—=used it in baths and as a toilet soap
daily. My skin is now as clear as an infant’s, and no one would
be able to tell that I ever had a skin complaint.= I would not
be without the soap if it cost five time the amount.
Yours respectfully.
M. H. MORRIS
LICK HOUSE, San Francisco, Cal.