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CHRISTMAS GIVING AT MYSTIC, CONN.
REV. CHARLES H. OLIPHANT.
The Editor has asked me to give some account of the way our Sunday-school behaves itself at Christmas-time.
There are two ideas about the Church; and as parents feel and think about the Church the children will be pretty sure to think and feel about the Sunday-school. One conception of the Church is that it is a kind of receptacle for pious people. When one becomes "good enough" he is expected to get into this receptacle and there be acted upon by the means of grace. It is one of the mischiefs of this notion that it seems to excuse laymen from any active part in Christian work, if only they are regular attendants upon divine service. So, many people come to the preaching and the praying as if there were nothing for them to do, nothing either great or small. Such members may be said to be found in the "passive voice."
The other and better notion is that the Church is not a receptacle, but an engine; not a box for Christians to get into, but a "body" for them to operate, and through which Christ can act upon the world of to-day. According to this view, the minister is not the only member whom the Master has called into His vineyard, the ideal Church is not so much a company of sheep as a company of soldiers; the congregation comes together not simply to "hear Mr. ——," but to organize for work. This may be called the Church's "active voice." I cannot (within the verbal limits assigned me) measure the miles of distance which lie between these two views.
The same confusion of thought prevails in the Sunday-school. We know how the small boy finds that Sunday-school the most attractive (and that teacher the "nicest") whose Christmas-tree pays the largest dividend.
CHILDREN BEARING CHRISTMAS GIFTS
When I came to my present field of work it had been the immemorial custom to have a tree and a treat for the children of the school. After a year or two of competition with other schools in making it "worth while" for children to attend our own, we "braced up" and put the question to vote whether we would make the Christmas festival a feast for ourselves or a feast for others; whether we would have our school at this time a dispenser of sweetmeats and ourselves the beneficiaries, or dispense a gift instead to some more needy servants of the Master, who had no parental pocketbook to tap; no good things to give away. To the surprise of all the vote was unanimous against the old, and in favor of the new, way. There was much misgiving as to results. Many confidently predicted that the offerings (each class was invited to bring its own in a sealed envelope) would be microscopic. It was distinctly understood that no money—not the smallest sum—was asked from those who disapproved the plan. Teachers were urged to dissuade their classes from perfunctory gifts. Inquiring next for a suitable object, we were advised by the Home Missionary Society of a poor servant of theirs in a Western State, whose poorer and more to be pitied wife was the mother of seven children. We put her to vote, and she was promptly and unanimously chosen. With the introduction into the plan of a personal element, enthusiasm began, and it became evident at once that there was to be sharp rivalry between the classes as to the size of their gifts. At length came the Christmas Eve concert, and with it a bright, full company of children. They never looked so happy, and every one of them knows that he never was so happy on such an occasion, as when, class by class, the offerings were handed to the Superintendent. With each of these a passage of Scripture was recited. It became only too evident, as the pile within his hand increased, that the prognostications of those who were sure that an old Sunday-school could not be taught new tricks were false. We are a small school—only 80 scholars—but the class offerings on this occasion footed up twenty-eight dollars and some cents. A letter was accordingly written and the money inclosed to the wife (this was the best part of it, for we were sure that the minister could not then, as ministers will, mistake the remittance for a portion of his salary), who was asked to purchase with the amount some article or articles of which she was individually in need. The letter which came back to us after a week made those who heard it read in open school clear their throats and wink away an inevitable tear. It revealed (among other things) the fact that this poor servant had hitherto made all the clothing for seven children with the bare needle. Now she has a sewing machine. We all think, but none more fervently than the children, that the memory of a few oranges, more or less—oranges eaten three years ago—would not compensate for the glad consciousness that life is easier every day in at least one prairie home. Thus we were led to translate the Beatitude pronounced upon the "giver" into our own experience, and we have its meaning in the continuous stream of happiness which many have felt at the remembrance of what our pennies wrought.
We have recently chosen an object for this year's offering; for the practice of giving and not receiving at Christmas-time is now habitual with us. Dr. Pike has told us about Philip Page, the African lad now at Atlanta, seeking eagerly, but with insufficient means, such an education as will qualify him to go back to his people a missionary. We shall send him enough for his support for one, and perhaps for two months.
Let me urge those who may read these words to allow no seeming obstacle to prevent the putting in practice, in the schools to which they belong, of the plan here described. Do not fail to give the children for their Christmas gift the happiness that giving brings. Do not delay to teach the young by so simple a lesson the difference between the blessedness of giving and that of receiving. Identify by all means the aims and methods of the Church and Sunday-school. Let it not, even in a figure, appear to the child that the Christian attitude is one of idle enjoyment. No matter how small the gift, it is the giving up which makes us the Lord's disciples.
RECEIPTS FOR NOVEMBER 1883.
MAINE, $425.02.
Bangor. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc. $250.95
Bangor. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc., for Dakota M. 1.56
Brunswick. Young Ladies' Missionary Soc. of First Parish, for Student Aid, Talladega C. 15.00
Eastport. Central Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00
Falmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 30; Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., 7.20 37.20
Hiram. ——, for Selma, Ala. 1.75
Portland. State Street Cong. Ch., 50; Saint Lawrence Street Ch. and Soc., 11.17 61.17
Wells. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., for Wilmington, N. C.
Winthrop. Cong. Ch. 16.00
Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.39
York. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.00
NEW HAMPSHIRE, $715.46.
East Jaffrey. Cong. Ch. 20.68
Dover. Mrs. A. Fairbanks, 7; Mrs. S. Foye, 5, for Student Aid, Atlanta U. 12.00
Great Falls. First Cong. Ch. 39.12
Haverhill. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.63
Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 9.33; Cyrus Newhall, 1 10.33
Keen. Geo. E. Whitney 5.00
Keene. Ladies' Benev. Soc. of Second Ch., for McIntosh, Ga. 2.50
Lyme. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00
Marlborough. Freedmen's Aid Soc., 2 bbls. of C., val. 60, for Talladega C., 4 for Freight 4.00
Nashua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 29.43
New Ipswich. Children's 21st Annual Fair for benevolent objects 10.50
Pembroke. Cong. Ch. (ad'l), 5; Rev. D. Goodhue, 1 6.00
Pittsfield. Box of Goods, by Rev. G. E. Hill, for Marion, Ala.
Rindge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00
Tilton and Northfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
Walpole. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.27
West Lebanon. "Children's Mission Band." Christmas Box, for Bird's Nest, Santee Agency, Neb.
West Lebanon. Bbl. of C., by Rev. T. C. Pease, for Marietta, Ga.
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$215.46
LEGACY.
Francestown. Estate of Mrs. Harriet F. Downes, By Geo. E. Downes 500.00
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$715.46
VERMONT, $175.05.
Barnet. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 48.13
Berlin. Ladies' Benev. Soc., Bbl. and Box of C., for Talladega C.
Brattleborough. H. Halsey, for Student Aid, Talladega C. 5.00
Manchester. Mrs. A. C. Reed, Bbl. of C., for Atlanta U.
Norwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Randolph. Mrs. Mary K. Nichols 3.00
Rupert. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.25
Saint Johnsbury. Mrs. V. M. Howard, 25; Mrs. E. D. Blodgett, 25, for Student Aid, Fisk U. 50.00
Swanton. H. Stone, wife and daughter 5.00
Vershire. Luella D. Carpenter 1.00
Worcester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.55
West Randolph. Mrs. Susan E. Albin 6.00
Westminster West. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.10
Windham. Cong. Sab. Sch. 6.02
MASSACHUSETTS, $2,795.19.
Abington. "A Friend," to const. Nahum Fullerton L.M. 50.00
Amesbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.30
Amherst. "A Friend," for Student Aid, Atlanta U. 7.00
Andover, G. W. W. Dove, for Student Aid, Atlanta U. 25.00
Andover. Sab. Sch. of South Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. 20.00
Attleborough. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., 90.72; incorrectly ack. in December number from Vt.
Auburn. Cong. Ch., to const. Rev. Samuel D. Hosmer, L.M. 47.67
Boylston. Ladies' Soc. of Cong. Ch., Box of C., val. 16
Boston. Pilgrim Soc. of Phillips Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. 50.00
Boston. Mrs. D. C. Holden, Bbl. of C., for Chattanooga, Tenn.
Boston. "Cash" 10.00
Boxford. Cong. Ch. 37.87
Brookline. Mrs. Crafts, Books
Brimfield. Ladies of Second Cong. Ch., for Freight 2.00
Brockton. Porter Ch. and Soc., "A Friend," 20 (adl.) to const. Mrs. Alpheus Gurney and Everett C. Randall L.M's; Mrs. Mary E. Perkins, 5 25.00
Brockton. Mrs. Baylis Sanford, Bbl. of C., 2 for Freight, for Tougaloo U. 2.00
Bradford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., for Student Aid, Chattanooga, Tenn. 101.00
Billerica. Ladies of O. C. Ch., Chest of C., for Atlanta U.
Bridgewater. Central Sq. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 40, to const. Annie M. Edson L.M.; Central Sq. Sab. Sch., 15 55.00
Brimfield. Ladies of Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., Bbl. of C., for Chattanooga, Tenn., val. 34 5.00
Cambridge. "A tithing" 5.00
Chelsea. Ladies' Union Home Mission Band, for Lady Miss'y, Chattanooga, Tenn. 25.00
Chelsea. Third Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.67
Chicopee. Second Cong. Ch. 31.87
Clinton. Woman's Home Miss'y Ass'n, to const. Miss Annie C. Pierce L.M. 30.00
Dedham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 159.81
Dorchester. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., (ad'l) 1.24
Duxbury. A. P. Ellison, Bbl. of C., for Atlanta U.
East Bridgewater. Mrs. S. D. Shaw 3.00
Florence. Florence Cong. Ch. 15.81
Fitchburg. Calvinistic Ch. and Soc. 160.87
Gilbertsville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. 50.00
Hatfield. Cong. Ch. 58.00
Haverhill. Algernon R. Nichols, for Student Aid, Talladega C. 35.00
Haverhill. Sew. Soc. of No. Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., val. 75.37, for Tougaloo U.
Holliston. "Friends," 15.97; Missionary Concert, 4.03, for Student Aid; "Friends," Shoemaker's kit, val. 10, Shoe-lasts and clothing, for Talladega C. 20.00
Hyde Park. Heart and Hand Soc., 25; First Cong. Sab. Sch., 15 for Straight U., furnishing 40.00
Ipswich. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 9.31 and Bbl. of C. 9.31
Lawrence. "E. F. E." 5.00
Lee. Cong. Sab. Sch. 75.00
Leominster. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.45
Lexington. Hancock Ch. and Soc. 24.75
Ludlow. Cong. Ch. 35.16
Malden. Trin. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. 25.00
Medfield. Ladies of Second Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., 3 for Freight, for Savannah, Ga. 3.00
Melrose. Orthodox Ch. and Soc. 60.77
Middleboro. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc. 56.59
Monson. Cong. Ch. (12 of which from Mrs. H. Dewey's class, for Howard U.) 37.00
Newbury. First Parish, 2 Bbls. of C., for Tougaloo U.
Newburyport. North Cong. Ch. and Soc., 36.83; Prospect St. Cong. Ch., 29.50 66.33
Newton. Ladies' Freedman's Aid Sew. Cir., Bbl of C., for Macon, Ga.
Newton Center. First Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Chattanooga, Tenn. 100.00
Newton Lower Falls. "Friend," for Student Aid, Straight U. .50
Norfolk. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.75
North Amherst. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Atlanta U. 51.06
Norwood. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.14
Oxford. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., for Missionary, Topeka, Kan. 15.00
Oxford. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., Bbl. of C., 2 for Freight, for Wilmington, N. C. 2.00
Palmer. Thorndike Cong. Ch. 1.44
Pepperell. "Friends," Bbl. of C., for Avery Inst.
Pittsfield. Mrs. Hurd, Bbl. of C., 2.50 for Freight, for Talladega C. 2.50
First Cong. Ch. and Soc. (10 of which from Sab. Sch., for S. S. work) 143.00
Rockport. Busy Bee Soc., by Sadie W. Butman, for Student Aid, Talladega C. 6.00
Rockport, "Pastor's Class," for Dakota M. 5.64
Rockport. First Cong. Sab. Sch., 2 Bdls. of S. S. Exercises
Shirley Village. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00
South Abington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.05
Spencer. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 136.60
Spencer. Young Ladies' Mission Circle, Bdl. of C.
Springfield. Hope Cong. Ch. 30.00
Sunderland. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., 3 for Freight, for Atlanta U. 3.00
Sutton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 49.83
Taunton. Union Ch. and Soc. 13.54
Tewksbury. Ladies' Benev. Soc., for Freight, for Talladega C. 2.00
Townsend. Ladies' Benev. Soc., Bbl. of C., val. 22.50
Watertown. Young Ladies' Mission Band of Phillips Ch., for Student Aid, Straight U. 50.00
Webster. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00
Westborough. Evan. Cong. Sab. Sch. 50.00
Westborough. Freedmen's Mission Ass'n, Bbl. of C., 1, for Freight, for Atlanta U. 1.00
West Medway. Cyrus Adams 10.00
West Newton. "A Friend," Bbl. of C.
Weymouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.75
Winchendon. First Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. Mrs. Harriet Bemis L.M. 30.00
Worcester. Plymouth Cong. Ch. and Soc., 163.26; Salem St. Ch., 94; "E. C. C." 20 277.26
Worcester. "A Friend," for Student Aid, Talladega C. 100.00
Worcester. Plymouth Ch. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Talladega C. 8.66
Worcester. Infant Class Piedmont Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Atlanta U. 30.00
Worthington. "An Aged Lady," by Rev. F. S. Huntington 10.00
Yarmouth. Ladies' Sew. C. of First Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., for Chattanooga, Tenn.
——. "A Friend" 20.00
RHODE ISLAND, $337.80.
Kingston. Cong. Ch. 22.91
LEGACY.
Providence. Estate of Sarah P. Phillips, by T. Salisbury, Adm'r 314.89
CONNECTICUT, $1,972.41.
Branford. Rev. C. P. Osborne 10.00
Brookfield Center. Cong. Ch. 14.81
Cheshire. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Sab. Sch. Work, Marion, Ala. 25.00
Coventry. First Cong. Ch. 41.93
Danbury. First Cong. Ch. 12.00
Derby. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., for Tillotson C. & N. Inst. 10.00
East Hartford. South Cong. Ch., 15; Mrs. E. M. Roberts, 5 20.00
East Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
Ellington. Cong. Ch. 26.14
Guilford. "A member of Third Cong. Ch." for Student Aid, Tillotson C. & N. Inst. 2.00
Haddam Neck. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Hartford. Pearl St. Cong. Ch. 84.41
Higganum. Cong. Sab. Sch., 31.43, to const. John H. Freeman L.M.; Cong. Ch., 20 51.43
Kensington. Cong. Ch. 35.73
Killingly. E. F. Jencks 5.00
Lakeville. Children's Mission Circle, for Student Aid, Atlanta U. 50.00
Litchfield. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. 50.00
Meriden. First Cong. Ch., to const. Catharine C. Hinsdale, Mrs. Wm. Homan, Joseph U. Pratt, E. B. Cowles, Margaret Logan, Lillian B. Smith, Lucy B. Griswold, Sallie E. Collins, John Warren and Marshall A. Fowler, L.M's 300.00
Meriden. Center Cong. Ch. 50.00
Middletown. First Ch., 25.29; "A Friend," 5 30.29
Milton. Cong. Ch. 7.13
Millington. Cong. Ch. 5.00
New Britain. South Cong. Ch. 7.00
New Haven. "A Friend, in commemoration of fiftieth birthday," 50; Mrs. Sylvia Johnson, 10 60.00
New London. Church of Christ 49.90
New London. Mrs. B. P. McEwen, Bbl. of C. and Chest of Books, for Talladega C.
Northfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. Miss Mary McCall L.M. 51.02
Norwalk. First Cong. Ch. 75.41
Norwich. Rev. W. S. Palmer 5.00
Norwich Town. Charles B. Baldwin 10.00
Putnam. "Missionary Workers" of Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Talladega C. 25.00
Stamford. First Cong. Ch. 44.69
South Coventry. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Talladega C. 25.00
Stonington. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 98.00
Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 30.50
Thompsonville. First Presb. Sab. Sch., for Straight U., Library 6.61
West Avon. "A Friend" 10.00
West Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.91
West Hartford. Cong. Ch. 5.50
Wethersfield. Rev. G. J. Tillotson, for Tillotson C. & N. Inst., Land 50.00
Westport. Amasa Warren 5.00
Winchester. Cong. Ch. 8.02
Vernon Centre. Cong. Ch. 31.98
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$1,472.41
LEGACY.
New Britain. Estate of Mrs. Laura F. Stanley, by Oliver Stanley, Ex. 500.00
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$1,972.41
NEW YORK, $891.01.
Adams Basin. Mrs. Ezekiel Clark 5.00
Albany. Chas. A. Beach 25.00
Brooklyn. "A Friend" 2.00
Brooklyn. Estate of Chas. Wilbur, pkg. Bibles
Camden. Cong. Ch. & Sab. Sch., for Talladega C. 28.00
Clinton. Miss Cynthia Chipman, for Student Aid, Fisk U. 5.00
Crown Point. Second Cong. Ch. 5.00
Durham. "A Friend" 3.00
Ellington. George Waith 1.00
Fairport. First Cong. Ch. 79.11
Fredonia. Sab. Sch. of Pres. Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. 50.00
Gloversville. Cong. Ch. (100 of which from A. Judson) 127.00
Hamilton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. 20.00
Homer. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., for Talladega C.
Le Roy. Miss Delia A. Phillips, for Lady Miss'y, Topeka, Kansas 10.00
Liverpool. "A Friend," for Student Aid, Fisk U. 1.00
Malone. First Cong. Ch. 32.20
Marion. Cong. Ch. 22.60
Morristown. Cong. Ch. 12.00
Munnsville. N. S. Hall, for Tillotson C. & N. Inst., Reading Room 5.00
New York. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., 81.50, for Talladega C. and bal. to const. Dr. Joseph F. Land, Edmund L. Champlin and Mrs. Louise S. Ayres L.M's; Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, 30, to const. Miss Fanny Gleason L.M.; "A Friend," 1; Harper & Brothers, 200 vols. School Books, val. 100 112.50
New York. D. J. Carson, for Student Aid, Fisk U. 50.00
New Haven. "A Friend," to const. Rev. Frank N. Greeley and Mrs. Anna C. Greeley L.M's 60.00
Penn Yan. Chas. C. Sheppard 150.00
Portland. Cong. Sab. Sch. 8.60
West Chazy. Rev. L. Prindle 2.00
West Durham. Diantha Scoville 10.00
Warsaw. Mrs. H. L. Booth, Pkg. of Papers
Waterville. Mrs. J. S. Hitchcock, for Student Aid, Fisk U. 5.00
Whitestown. S. Hoxie, for Student Aid, Talladega C. 10.00
——. "Yale 59," for Student Aid, Talladega C. 50.00
——. "A Friend," Blacksmith and Shoemakers' tools, val. 80.00, for Talladega C.
NEW JERSEY, $281.00.
Bernardsville. J. L. Roberts 40.00
Elizabeth. Mrs. Hannah W. Page 1.00
Jersey City. Tabernacle Sab. Sch., for Indian Girl, Santee Agency 25.00
Montclair. First Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Hampton A. & N. Inst. 35.00
Paterson. P. Van Houten 5.00
Upper Montclair. Christian Union Cong. Ch. (10.50 of which for Dakota M.) 175.00
Raritan. Box of Papers
PENNSYLVANIA, $35.00.
Clark. Mrs. Elizabeth Dickson 15.00
Meadville. Miss Eliza Dickson 15.00
North East. Mrs. M. K. Spooner 5.00
OHIO, $472.61.
Alliance. Welsh Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00
Andover. Cong. Ch. 7.25
Bellevue. Cong. Ch., Collection 10.35, S. W. Boise 25., to const. Rev. W. G. Roberts L.M. 35.35
Berea. Mrs. Fred Smedley, for Lexington, Ky. 3.75
Cleveland. First Cong. Ch. 24.29
Cleveland. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. 25.00
Cleveland. White Sew. Machine Co., Sewing Machine, for Straight U.
Farmer. E. M. Ensign 10.00
Geneva. Mrs. S. Kingsbury, "in memory of her daughter Madelin," to const. Miss Emma A. Johnson L.M. 30.00
Huron. Theodore Alvord 1.50
Hudson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 43.16
Hudson. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. 5.00
New Lyme. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., for Straight U., Library 7.60
North Bloomfield. E. A. Brown, for Theo. Dept., Talladega C. 100.00
Oberlin. "A Friend" 10.00
Peru. "Friends," for Student Aid, Talladega C. 63.75
Ruggles. First Cong. Ch. 6.23
Saybrook. Wm. C. Sexton 1.50
Strongsville. E. Lyman, bal. to const. Mrs. Julia A. Avery L.M. 10.00
Toledo. Mrs. Eliza H. Weed 5.00
West Andover. Cong. Ch. 17.46
Wellington. First Cong. Ch. 59.27
York. Cong. Ch. (ad'l) 1.50
ILLINOIS, $663.80.
Cable. Maria B. Holyoke 2.00
Camp Point. Mrs. S. B. McKinney 10.00
Chicago. New Eng. Cong. Ch., 40.53; Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of New Eng. Cong. Ch., 9.10 49.63
Dover. Cong. Ch. 25.31
Dover. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., for Lady Miss'y, Mobile, Ala. 10.00
Englewood. First Cong. Ch. 10.00
Evanston. Cong. Sab. Sch. 11.00
Farmington. Phineas Chapman 50.00
Freeport. L. L. Farwell, for Talladega C. 10.00
Galesburg. Infant Class First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. 17.50
Galesburg. C. S. Halsey, case of medicines, for Talladega C.
Hampton. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Jacksonville. Cong. Ch. 49.30
Millburn. Ladies' Miss'y Soc., for Lady Miss'y Mobile, Ala. 25.00
Moline. First Cong. Ch. 55.39
Naperville. Cong. Ch. 17.40
Ottawa. First Cong. Ch. 41.00
Onarga. "Gentleman" .50
Providence. Cong. Ch. 11.00
Rochelle. W. H. Holcomb, for Student Aid, Fisk U. 90.00
Rochelle. "A Friend," for Tillotson C. and N. Inst., Reading Room 50.00
Sheffield. Etta M. Kingburn 3.27
Sparta. Wm. Rosborough, 5; Bryce Crawford, 5; D. P. Barker, 2; P. B. Gault, 1; J. Hood, 1; S. Alexander, 1; J. Alexander, 1; R. H. Rosborough, 1; L. Fulton, 50c 17.50
Sycamore. I. H. Rogers, for Student Aid, Fisk U. 104.00
MICHIGAN, $387.14.
Alamo. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. 5.00
Allegan. "Friends," for Student Aid, Fisk U. 50.85
Adrian. C. C. Spooner 5.00
Baldwin. Rev. S. B. Demarest 2.00
Church's Corners. Cong. Ch., 13.40, and Sab. Sch., 12.60; J. F. Douglass, 4; A. W. Douglass, 2; James Robbins, 2 34.00
Clinton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. 9.60
East Saginaw. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. 34.00
Grand Rapids. Park Cong. Ch., for Rev. J. H. H. Sengstack 30.00
Greenville. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Atlanta U. 25.00
Halloway. James Vincent 10.00
Hudson. Young People's Benev. Soc., for Student Aid, Fisk U. 25.00
Kalamazoo. Mrs. Henry Montague, 5; Mr. Reimer, 3, for Student Aid, Fisk U. 8.00
Lansing. Plymouth Ch. 21.74
Litchfield. Cong. Ch., 11.60; Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 11.20 22.80
Olivet. First Cong. Ch. 6.63
Salem. First Cong. Ch., for Fisk U. 10.00
Saint Clair. Cong. Ch. 42.37
Three Oaks. Cong. Ch. 35.65
Union City. J. R. Blake 5.00
Vienna. Cong. Ch. 4.50
IOWA, $208.46.
Alden. Mrs. E. Rogers 2.00
Anamosa. Ladies Freedmen's Soc., Clothing, for Straight U.
Bellevue. Ladies of Cong. Ch., for Lady Miss'y, New Orleans, La. 4.00
Chester Center. First Cong. Ch. 40.00
Council Bluffs. Cong. Ch., for Talladega C. 50.55
Decorah. Ladies' Soc., Bbl. of C., val. 40, for Straight U.
Des Moines. Ladies of First Cong. Ch., 3 Bbls of C., for Talladega C.
Eldora. Cong. Ch. 11.71
Grinnell. First Cong. Ch. 16.00
McGregor. Young Ladies' Mission Band of Cong. Ch. 17.00
McGregor. Cong. Ch., for Lady Miss'y, New Orleans, La. 18.00
Montour. Cong. Ch. 32.60
Onawa. Cong. Ch. 12.60
Staceyville. Miss P. D. Shattuck, bedding for Straight U.
——. "Hawkeye," for Student Aid, Talladega C. 4.00
WISCONSIN, $163.69.
Burlington. Plymouth Ch. 15.00
Cooksville. Edward Gilley 5.00
Emerald Grove. Cong. Ch. 13.50
Janesville. Cong. Ch. 10.32
Kan Kanna. Cong. Ch. 5.00
La Crosse. Mission Sch. 15.00
Milton. First Cong. Ch. 6.87
Madison. First Cong. Ch. 50.00
Platteville. Cong. Ch. 35.00
Shopiere. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Straight U. 8.00
Whitewater. Winchester & Partridge Mfg. Co., Corn and Feed Mill, val. 40, for Tougaloo U.
MINNESOTA, $62.69.
Detroit. First Cong. Ch. 3.00
Glyndon. Union Ch. 8.17
Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 30.46
Rochester. First Cong. Ch. 21.06
KANSAS, $9.70.
Lawrence. Plymouth Cong. Ch. 9.70
NEBRASKA, $107.25.
Nebraska City. Cong. Ch. 7.25
York. Dr. Benjamin Bissell 100.00
ARKANSAS, $6.00.
Little Rock. Tuition 6.00
CALIFORNIA, $20.00.
Arcata. "A Friend" 20.00
MARYLAND, $129.22.
Baltimore. First Cong. Ch. 129.22
KENTUCKY, $122.75.
Lexington. Tuition 87.50
Newport. F. W. C. Crane 5.00
Williamsburg. Tuition 30.25
TENNESSEE, $2,195.53.
Nashville. Fisk U., Tuition. 886.93; Rent, 75 961.93
Knoxville. Cong. Ch. 12.00
Memphis. Friends for Le Moyne Sch., Enlargement of Building 1,000.00
Memphis. Le Moyne Sch., Tuition 221.60
NORTH CAROLINA, $232.10.
Raleigh. "Friends," 2; Miss E. P. Hayes, 6 (of which 1 for Freight) for Student Aid, Atlanta U. 8.00
Wilmington. Normal Sch., Tuition, 219.10; Cong. Ch., 5 224.10
GEORGIA, $450.05.
Atlanta. Storrs' Sch., Tuition, 244.05; Rent, 3; First Cong. Ch., 30 277.05
Macon. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Savannah. Beach Inst., Tuition, 142, Rent, 10; Cong. Ch., 10 162.00
Woodville. "A Friend" 1.00
ALABAMA, $458.15.
Athens. Tuition, 63.90, "Student Aid," 20 83.90
Marion. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Mobile. Emerson Inst., Tuition, 295.85; Cong. Ch., 1.20 297.05
Montgomery. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Talladega. Talladega C., Tuition, 37.20; Cong. Ch., 10 47.20
LOUISIANA, $207.00.
New Orleans. Straight U., Tuition 207.00
MISSISSIPPI, $1.00.
Jackson. Cong. Ch. 1.00
TEXAS, $251.00.
Austin. Tillotson C. & N. Inst., Tuition 251.00
——, $25.00.
Port Arthur. Rev. H. H. Robins, for Talladega C. 25.00
INCOMES, $933.03.
Avery Fund, for Mendi M. 575.00
C. F. Hammond Fund, for Straight U. 125.00
De Forest Fund, for President's Chair, Talladega C. 37.50
Howard Theo. Fund, for Howard U. 85.53
Income Fund, for Straight U. 20.00
Le Moyne Fund, for Memphis, Tenn. 50.00
Luke Mem. Sch. Fund, for Talladega C. 10.80
N. M. and A. Stone Fund, For Talladega C. 25.00
Yale Library Fund, for Talladega C. 4.20
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Total for November $14,734.11
Total from Oct. 1st to Nov. 30th 29,977.09
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Subscriptions from Oct. 1st to Nov. 30 76.07
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CONSTITUTION.
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 country and other countries which are destitute of them, or which present open and urgent fields of effort.
Art. III. Members of evangelical churches may be constituted members of this Association for life by the payment of thirty dollars into its treasury, 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. Other persons, by the payment of the same sum, may be made life members without the privilege of voting.
Every evangelical 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 Association, or, in case of its failure to act, 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 and voting, the amendment having been approved by the vote of a majority at the previous Annual Meeting.
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