connection with Sunday-school work, and I feel, after what has
happened, that the Lord, having delivered it from the jaws of the
paper mill, has an additional claim upon it, and so I propose that
your little boy (with your help, if necessary) name an object to
which he would like it applied.
“Jonah, when appointed to do certain work, was disobedient and,
you know, soon found himself in the ‘fish’s belly.’ From this
uncomfortable situation, however, he was soon delivered, and _one
more_ opportunity given him to obey orders—with better results.
Now, suppose we call our dollar and twenty cents the _disobedient
Jonah_, and our little friend the _fish_; and now that our Jonah
has landed safely, suppose we give him one more opportunity for
obeying his orders?
“Please say to my little friend that I appreciate what he has done
in this matter, and congratulate the son on having a good adviser,
and the father on having a son inclined to take good advice.
“Should you reply to this note, please give me the boy’s name and
age, and photograph likeness if you have one.
“Yours respectfully and truly, D. O.”
“N. A., MASS., May 25, 1878.
“Mr. D. O.: _Dear Sir_—Your very happy acknowledgement of the
receipt of that money (or I might, say, of that ‘Jonah’), which
went so far astray from the first direction given to it, was duly
received, and the reaching of it listened to by our little boy, or
the ‘fish’ with much delight.
“Our son’s name is Edwin H. He is ten years of age. He is quite
pleased that the money is going to be used to do missionary
work and that you have given him the privilege of deciding what
direction it shall take in starting on a second trip.
“Now, Eddie thinks that if this Jonah has not done the work which
he was first directed, and has had such a wonderful escape from
a terrible death, that, he can do no better than to follow the
directions given to the Prophet Jonah, who was saved by a much
bigger ‘fish’ than himself, and those directions are found in Jonah
iii. 2, viz.: ‘Arise; go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach
unto it the preaching that I bid thee.’ Therefore, this Jonah must
go and sell himself for as many good little papers as he can, and
be distributed among the little boys and girls of some mission
Sunday-school; and may the good resulting be proportionate to that
accomplished by Jonah of old.
“We have no recently-taken photograph, but such as we have I
enclose, in compliance with your request.
“Yours very truly, C. R. D.”
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RECEIPTS
FOR JUNE, 1878.
* * * * *
MAINE, $7.42.
Hampden. Cong. Ch. 5.32
Waterford. Cong. Sab. Sch. $1.60; Mrs. C. D.
50c. 2.10
NEW HAMPSHIRE, $128.36.
Amherst. S. C. A. and S. E. A. 50c. ea., _for
Memorial Inst., Wilmington, N. C._ 1.00
Candia. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.37
Canterbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.75
Chester. Miss C. S. G. 0.25
Gilsum. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $16.25; Cong. Sab.
Sch. $8.85; Dea. A. M. K. $1 26.10
Lyme. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) 2.00
Nashua. Dea. James Hartshorn, _for Memorial
Inst., Wilmington, N. C._ 10.00
Pembroke. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 32.39
Short Falls. J. W. C. 1.00
Wakefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.50
Webster. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.00
VERMONT, $194.89.
Bellows Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.38
Brownington. Dea. Wm. Spencer 5.00
Cornwall. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 45.34
Danby. Cong. Sab. Sch. 2.16
Danville. Cong. Sab. Sch. 8.44
Essex Centre. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00
Fayetteville. Individuals by A. Birchard 1.00
Greensborough. R. E. Crane 5.00
Jericho. Mrs. Lucy Spaulding $10; C. H. L. $1 11.00
Norwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Orwell. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.20
St. Johnsbury. North Cong. Ch. 8.00
Salisbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.82
Swanton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
Wallingford. By Ettie A. Ballou $1.25, and bbl
of C. 1.25
Westminster, West. Mission Band by Nellie
Houghton, Treas. 6.00
Windham. Cong. Sab. Sch. $6.30; H. N.
Prentiss, $2.00 8.30
MASSACHUSETTS, $3,070.47.
Amesbury and Salisbury Mills. Cong. Ch. Miss.
and Sab. Sch. Concerts 11.00
Amherst. William M. Graves 20.00
Andover. Joseph W. Smith, _for Telescope,
Atlanta U._ 20.00
Ashby. Rev. Mr. S., _for Memorial Inst.
Wilmington, N. C._ 1.00
Athol. H. G. 0.50
Attleborough. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 82.04
Ayer. Mrs. E. A. Spaulding, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 70.00
Belchertown. Mrs. Agnes M. Knowlton 2.00
Beverly. Dane St. Sab. Sch. 20.09
Boston. Old South Cong. Ch. and Soc.
$218,—Park St. Sab. Sch. $50, _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U.;_ “A Friend” $25, _for
Telescope, Atlanta U.;_ Mrs. Collins $5 298.00
Boxford. Sab. Sch. $20; and “Friends” $14.75,
_for Ind. Sch., Talladega_ 34.75
Bradford. Mrs. Sarah C. Boyd, _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 15.00
Cambridgeport. Ladies’ Aux. of Pilgrim Ch. 2
bbls. of C.
Chicopee. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.46
Clinton. First Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 100.00
Dana. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 1.50
Dover. H. H. F. 0.50
Easthampton. Payson Cong. Sab. Sch. 50.00
East Weymouth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
Enfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 100.00
Falmouth. ESTATE of Lucy Lawrence, by Silas
Jones 300.00
Fitchburg. J. A. Conn, _for a Student, Atlanta
U._ 50.00
Foxborough. Mrs. Polly Hartshorn 5.00
Georgetown. “A Friend” 5.00
Granville Corners. C. Holcomb 5.00
Groton. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.50
Hanover. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.70
Harwich Port. Rev. J. R. Munsell 2.00
Hawley. “A Friend” 2.00
Holliston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $48.28; “Ladies’
Bible-Class” Cong. Ch. $25, by J. Batchelder 73.28
Haydenville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00
Lawrence. South Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.00
Leicester First Cong. Ch. and Soc.
$21.46.—Mrs. N. $1, _for Memorial Inst.,
Wilmington, N. C._ 22.46
Lowell. Kirk St. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $50;
Elliot Cong. Ch. by J. G. B. $25 75.00
Lynnfield Centre. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.10
Marlborough. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. 65.00
Medford. Dea. Galen James 700.00
Natick. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for bell for
First Cong. Ch., Atlanta, Ga._ 25.00
Newbury. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. $27.52;
First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $19.18 46.70
Newburyport. Whitfield Cong. Ch. 10.73
Northampton. “A Friend.” 150.00
Otis. Rev. J. C. S. 0.50
Palmer. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.66
Petersham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.25
Rockdale Mills. Housatonic Cong. Ch. 39.58
Salem. Joseph H. Towne $100; A. P. $1 101.00
Saxonville. Edward’s Ch. and Sab. Sch. 30.00
Scituate. Cong. Sab. Sch. 4.93
Somerville. Infant-Class of Franklin St. Ch. 8.75
Southampton. “A Friend,” by Miss J. E. Strong 3.00
South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
South Braintree. Miss R. A. Faxon, _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 5.00
South Hadley. Members Mt. Holyoke Fem. Sem. 18.70
South Weymouth. Union Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 5.00
Springfield. “E. M. P.,” South Ch. 20.00
Stoneham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.68
Topsfield. ESTATE of Mrs. R. C. Towne, _for
Student Aid_ 100.00
Townsend. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.00
Uxbridge. Mrs. Ellis 2.00
Wakefield. Mrs. A. S. 0.25
Walpole. Mrs. C. F. Metcalf 5.00
Warren. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
DEA. M. W. FAY and MRS. E. H. HITCHCOCK, L.
M.’s 63.20
Watertown. Ladies of Phillips’ Ch. 2 bbls. of
C., _for Wilmington, N. C._
West Boylston. Polly W. Ames and Geo. W. Ames
$3 ea. 6.00
Westminster. Ladies’ Sew. Soc. $5 and bbl. of
C., _for Ind. Sch., Talladega_ 5.00
West Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
West Springfield. Park St. Ch. 12.07
Winchendon. Atlanta Soc., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 48.00
Worcester. Union Cong. Ch. 64.59
RHODE ISLAND, $370.23.
Central Falls. Cong. Ch. 370.23
CONNECTICUT, $2,227.12.
Bloomfield. Mrs. Sally Gillett, to const. AMY
MARTHA HODGES L. M. 30.00
Bristol. Miss. Soc., _for Ind Sch., Talladega_ 20.00
Colchester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $83.60,
and Sab. Sch. $2.86 86.46
Columbia. Cong. Ch. and Soc 15.09
East Haddam. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 46.15
Greenville. Miss C. Gordon and Miss Ayer, _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 15.00
Hartford. Centre Ch. 690.58
Kent. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Fisk U._ 36.00
Lakeville. “A Friend” $20, _for a Student,
Fisk U._—Mrs. M. A. H. 51c. 20.51
Lyme. Rev. E. F. Burr 20.00
Manchester. ——, _for Ind. Sch., Talladega_ 12.50
Meriden. E. E. Leonard 5.00
Middletown. Third Cong. Ch. $30, to const.
DEA. GEO. W. BOARDMAN L. M.; Mrs. L. C.
Birdsey $5 35.00
Newington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.70
New Haven. College St. Ch. $40; Third Cong.
Ch. 29.07 69.07
New London. Trust ESTATE of Henry P. Haven
($100 of which for _Hampton N. and A. Inst._) 300.00
New London. Mrs. J. A. R. 1.00
Norfolk. Cong. Ch. to const. ABEL CAMP, JOHN K.
SHEPARD and MRS. H. H. RIGGS L. M’s 100.00
North Coventry. Cong. Ch. 25.11
Norwich. Mrs. Chas. Lee, _for Teachers_, and
to const. MRS. M. A. GROSVENOR L. M. 30.00
Plainfield. Cong. Sab. Sch. 2.50
Pomfret. First Cong. Ch. 2 bbls C., _for New
Orleans, La._
Putnam. Mrs. M. A. Keith 2.00
Rockville. Cong. Ch. 79.20
Scotland. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Simsbury. Miss J. T. C., _for Atlanta U._ 1.00
Somersville. Cong. Ch. 35.66
Suffield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc 15.40
Thomaston. ESTATE of Henry Brooks by J. K.
Brooks, Ex’r. 336.90
Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 39.60
Tolland. Cong. Ch. 8.26
Unionville. Cong. Ch., _for Talladega C._ 27.43
Woodstock. “Friends,” _for Ind. Sch.,
Talladega_ 10.00
Westport. A. Warren $5; Mrs. A. Warren $2 7.00
West Winsted. Mrs. J. C. Stillman 10.00
Windsor. Cong. Ch. 50.00
——. Rev. E. E. Rogers, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 10.00
NEW YORK, $217.18
Amsterdam. C. Bartlett 10.00
Berkshire. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Binghamton. Sheldon Warner 10.00
Brooklyn, E. D. New England Cong. Ch. 22.39
Jamestown. J. L. Hall $5; Mrs. J. L. Hall $2 7.00
Middletown. Samuel Ayres $3, _for Home M. and
$1 for Foreign M._ 4.00
New York. Mrs. Caroline P. Stokes, $50, _for
Ind. Sch., Talladega_.—“Pilgrim Band,”
Broadway Tabernacle, $7.29, _for a Student,
Fisk U._ 57.29
Oneida. Stephen H. Goodwin 80.00
Oswego. Miss H. E. S. 0.50
Warsaw. “A Friend” 4.00
West Yaphank. H. M. Overton 6.00
Windsor. Mrs. J. W. 1.00
NEW JERSEY, $108.16.
Bound Brook. Cong. Ch. 16.00
Jersey City. First Cong. Ch. $61.66.—Sab. Sch.
Tabernacle Cong. Ch. $30, _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 91.66
Newark. Mrs. G. E. S. 0.50
PENNSYLVANIA, $57.36.
Canton. H. Sheldon 5.00
Gibson. “A Friend” $16.11; Miss B. C. 25c. 16.36
Oxford. Rev. E. W. 1.00
Philadelphia. Miss M. A. Longstreth, _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00
West Alexander. ——. 10.00
OHIO, $935.21.
Ashtabula. James Hall 5.00
Atwater. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.69
Brighton. Cong. 4.26
Chardon. Cong. Soc. $3 and bbl. of C., _for
Ind. Sch., Talladega_ 3.00
Cardington. R. H 0.50
Delphos. M. D. J. 1.00
Gomer. Welch Cong. Ch. 52.25
Huntsburg. Bbl. of C. and $2, _for Ind. Sch.,
Talladega_ 2.00
Madison. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Tougaloo
U._ 45.00
Marysville. Sab. Sch., _for Ind. Sch.,
Talladega_ 4.30
Marietta. First Cong. Ch. 83.50
Mount Vernon. Cong. Ch. 81.50
Plymouth. ESTATE of Henry Amerman, by A. L.
Grimes 600.00
South Newbury. Ladies’ Soc., _for Ind. Sch.,
Talladega_ 3.06
Tallmage. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $25.15; Rev. L.
Shaw $10 35.15
INDIANA, 25c.
Elletsville. J. A. R. 0.25
ILLINOIS, $1,046.80.
Cobden. E. W. Towne, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00
Chicago. C. G. Hammond $50, _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._—Lincoln Park Ch. $27.75 77.75
Elgin. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Farmington. Cong. Ch. $85.06.—Sab. Sch. and
Individuals in Cong. Ch. $25, _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 110.06
Geneseo. Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Huntington $27,
_for Student Aid, Fisk U._—Mrs. E. L.
Atkinson $5.—J. T. A. 50c., _for Mag._ 32.50
Homer. Cong. Ch. 15.46
Hennepin. Cong. Ch. 7.42
Ivanhoe. G. B. 1.00
Jacksonville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 20.00
Kewanee. Woman’s Miss. Soc. and Cong. Ch. $15
and bbl. of C., by Mrs. C. C. Cully, _for
Ind. Sch., Talladega_ 15.00
La Harpe. “A Friend” 1.00
Lake Forest. Mrs. W. H. Ferry, _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 20.00
La Salle. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 12.50
Lockport. Cong. Ch. 14.00
Lyonsville. Cong. Ch. 16.64
Oak Park. “A Friend” $10; Cong. Ch. (in part)
$3.50 13.50
Ottawa. Cong. Ch. 33.65
Peru. Rev. G. S. B. 0.50
Polo. Robert Smith 500.00
Princeton. Cong. Ch. 42.62
Providence. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00
Port Byron. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. 8.00
Rockford. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., _for a
Student, Talladega_ 12.00
St. Charles. Cong. Ch. 24.70
Waupannsee Grove. Cong. Ch. 16.00
Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. 12.00
Willmette. C. A. V. 0.50
MICHIGAN, $240.
Adair. Henry Topping 5.00
Adrian. A. J. Hood $10, _for Freedmen, Indian
and Chinese M._—C. C. Spooner $5 15.00
Almont. Mrs. H. G., _for a Missionary,
Memphis, Tenn._ 1.00
Benzonia. First Cong. Soc. 16.00
Covert. A. S. Packard $50, and Sab. Sch. of
Cong. Ch. $50, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._;
W. J. C. 50c 100.50
Homestead. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Kalamazoo. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Marshall. D. A. Miller 5.00
Northville. D. Pomeroy 5.00
Owasso. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
Romeo. Ladies of Cong. Soc. $5, _for a
Missionary, Memphis, Tenn._ 5.00
Summit. Cong. Ch. 7.50
WISCONSIN, $64.92.
Beloit. Mrs. S. W. Clary $10, _for Byron,
Ga._; A. W. H. $1 11.00
Bloomington. Cong. Ch. 6.02
Boscobel. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Brandon. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Tougaloo U._ 4.00
Durand. Sab. Sch. Class 1.40
Hammond. Cong. Ch. 2.00
Racine. Individuals First Presb. Ch. $10; Mrs.
R. B. M. 50c 10.50
Windsor. H. H. S. 0.50
Warren. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 2.00
Waukesha. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00
Wauwatosa. Cong. Ch. (ad’l) 12.50
IOWA, $60.93.
Atlantic. Cong. Sab. Sch. 6.00
Dubuque. Cong. Ch. 14.80
Des Moines. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. of Cong. Ch.,
_for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00
Glenwood. Rev. L. S. Williams 5.00
Leon, J. K., _for New Building, Tougaloo U._ 1.00
New Hampton. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., _for Girls’
Ind. Sch., Talladega_ 1.00
Osage. Sab Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 9.13
Stacyville. Woman’s Miss. Soc. 4.00
Waterloo. Rev. M. K. Cross 10.00
MINNESOTA, $113.40.
Marine Mills. Cong. Ch. 2.38
Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. $28.97.—Rev. H. A.
Stimpson, $10, _for Telescope, Atlanta U._ 38.97
St. Paul. Chas. B. Newcomb, _for Telescope,
Atlanta U._ 25.00
St. Peter. Mrs. Jane A. Treadwell 4.00
Princeton. Cong. Sab. Sch. (proceeds of
Concert) 18.05
Winona. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
KANSAS, $19.83.
Bavaria. Cong. Ch. $3.33; A. M. 50c 3.83
Brookville. Cong. Ch. $15; Mrs. E. S. and W.
G. 50c. ea. 16.00
NEBRASKA, $1.00.
Nebraska City. K. U. S. S. Class, _for Cal.
Chinese M._ 1.00
ARKANSAS, 51c.
Little Rock. M. J. H. 0.51
COLORADO $33.47
Colorado Springs. Cong. Ch. 33.47
CALIFORNIA, $142.20.
Rohnerville. J. T. 0.50
Santa Cruz. Pliny Fay 10.00
San Francisco. Receipts of the California
Chinese Mission 131.70
OREGON, $7.
Forest Grove. Cong. Ch. 7.00
WASHINGTON TERRITORY, $3.80.
White River. Cong. Ch. 3.80
TENNESSEE, $429.65.
Memphis. Le Moyne Sch. $148.45.—Cong. Ch. Sab.
Sch. $12, _for Mendi M._ 160.45
Nashville. Fisk University 269.20
NORTH CAROLINA, $197.94.
Wilmington. “Friends” $77.50, by Miss E. A.
Warner, _for Memorial Inst._—Normal Sch.
$106.25; First Cong. Ch. $6.85—Miss Maria
Smith, _for Memorial Inst._ $2 192.60
Woodbridge. Tuition 5.34
SOUTH CAROLINA, $220.00.
Charleston. Avery Inst. 220.00
ALABAMA, $192.15.
Athens. Trinity Sch. 52.75
Florence. L. C. A. 0.50
Mobile. Emerson Inst. $90.55; Rev. Wm. H. A.
and M. G. 50c. ea. 91.55
Selma. First Cong. Ch. $6.60.—E. C. Silsby $5,
_for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 11.60
Talladega. Talladega College 35.75
GEORGIA, $477.09.
Atlanta. Atlanta U. $74.—Prof. T. N. Chase
$50. _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 124.00
Macon. Lewis High Sch. 44.25
Savannah. Beach Inst. $296.70; Cong. Ch. $7.64
and Sab. Sch. $3.50 307.84
Woodville. Plymouth Ch. 1.00
LOUISIANA, $422.50.
New Orleans. Straight University $214; Central
Ch. $208; Rev. H. A. R. 50c 422.50
MISSISSIPPI, $63.35.
Tougaloo. Tougaloo U. $43.35.—Rev. G. S. Pope
$20, _for Student Aid_ 63.35
MISSOURI. $10.15.
Brookfield. Cong. Ch. 5.15
Index. P. M. Wells 5.00
ENGLAND, $24.35.
Bishop Auckland. Joseph Lingford 24.35
SCOTLAND, $97.80.
Perth. North United Presb. Ch. £18.—J. Balman,
_for Cal. Chinese M._ £2, by D. Morton 97.80
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Total 11,185.49
Total from Oct. 1st to June 30th $129,307.75
H. W. HUBBARD, _Ass’t Treas._
RECEIVED FOR DEBT.
—— N. H. “A Friend” 100.00
—— Vt. “A Friend” 100.00
Norwich, Conn. Miss. S. Mace 20.00
Rockville, Conn. J. N. Stickney 25.00
West Meriden, Conn. Edmund Tuttle, to const.
CHARLES L. MERRIAM, L. M. 30.00
New York, N. Y. Stephen T. Gordon 100.00
Benzonia, Mich. Mrs. S. A. B. C. 1.00
Detroit, Mich. Rev. F. T. Bayley 15.00
Streator, Ill. Hon. Samuel Plumb 250.00
Kilmarnock, Scotland. John Galloway 1,000.00
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1,641.00
Previously acknowledged May Receipts 10,522.72
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Total $12,163.72
Receipts of the CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION, (E. Palache, Treas.)
from March 21 to June 20, 1878:
FROM AUXILIARIES, $17.10.
Petaluma Chinese Mission. Chinese 8.10
Stockton Chinese Mission. Mrs. M. C. Brown $3;
Wm. Saunders $1; A. Van R. Paterson $1;
Chinese $4 9.00
FROM CHURCHES, $59.60.
San Francisco. First Cong. Ch. 44.35
Bethany. Church (in part) 15.25
FROM EASTERN FRIENDS, $55.
Bangor, Me. Mrs. E. R. Burpee, _for Barnes’
Mission House_ 25.00
Lake George, N. Y. Rev. H. S. Huntington $25;
Other friends $5 30.00
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Total $131.70
* * * * *
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 in 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.
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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.
STATISTICS.
CHURCHES: _In the South_—In Va., 1; N. C., 5; S. C., 2; Ga., 11;
Ky., 5; Tenn., 4; Ala., 12; La., 12; Miss., 1; Kansas, 2; Texas, 4.
_Africa_, 1. _Among the Indians_, 2. Total, 62.
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.; Macon, Atlanta, Ga.;
Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala; Memphis, Tenn.; 11; _Other
Schools_, 7. Total, 26.
TEACHERS, MISSIONARIES AND ASSISTANTS—Among the Freedmen, 209;
among the Chinese, 17; among the Indians, 16; in foreign lands, 10.
Total, 252. STUDENTS—In Theology, 74; Law, 8; in College Course,
79; in other studies, 5,243. Total, 5,404. Scholars taught by
former pupils of our schools, estimated at 100,000. INDIANS under
the care of the Association, 13,000.
WANTS.
1. A steady INCREASE of regular income to keep pace with the
growing work in the South. 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
accomodate 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 St.
MAGAZINE.