ALBERT BURTON JOWETT.
I was born, in 1860, in a little town called Mocolo. They have no houses there, but little mud huts covered with thatch. There are no roads, nor horses, nor cows. The people walk, or ride in little canoes on the rivers. Not much work is done. What little clothing they wear is made of native cloths. They have no cradles, and no clothing is needed for their children. My father was away in the country to buy rice for the Mendi Mission, and was taken prisoner a little before I was born. The town was destroyed and the inhabitants killed, but my father’s life was spared. He was redeemed by Mr. Burton, one of the missionaries, who paid twenty-five shillings, English money, for his release. My father moved to Good Hope when I was quite young, and I attended school and studied the English language.
Not far from the school-house there are groves of limes, pine-apples, plums, and bacon-fire, and the boys amuse themselves by battling each other with limes. The principal holidays are Christmas, New-Year’s and Good Friday. They celebrate Christmas by having a big dance out of doors, lasting all day and often all night. The music is made by beating drums, and by women who sing and clap their hands. The place was lighted through the night by an immense fire in the centre. Pots of rice are cooked, and a sauce made of palm-oil, rice and fish, is served with it. They always have rum and gin, which is supplied them very much more freely than the Gospel. We have no stoves in our country. The fires are built either out of doors or in the corner of the hut. As there are no chimneys, it is sometimes very smoky. The natives have no lamps, but use palm-oil in a dish. For a wick they wrap a piece of cloth around a stick. They have no tables, but sit down around a large mat and eat their food from wooden bowls, making one spoon do for the whole family. On funeral occasions they have a big dance, which they sometimes keep up two or three days. All the people of the village attend, and the nearest relative is expected to furnish all the rum he is able to pay for, and a liberal supply of food, but they have no religious ceremonies. When a big man marries, if he has sufficient money, he keeps up a dance for a week. The missionaries are welcomed, and are doing a great deal to break up these old customs. In 1877, the Rev. Mr. Snelson and two other Freedmen came to our mission, and it was under their instruction that I was urged to give my heart to the Saviour. When Mr. Snelson asked me to try and become a Christian, I told him I couldn’t do it.
He took me to his room and prayed with me, then he called my father, and we all knelt down and he prayed again. He told me to go up to my room and think over the matter. At first I did not know what to do; then I fell down on my knees and prayed; I went to bed and prayed nearly the whole night. The next day I went to see Mr. Snelson, and he spoke to me on the same subject; I told him I felt greatly relieved from the burden of sin, and he prayed with me again that evening. Soon after I connected myself with the church. After Mr. Snelson’s return to America, Rev. Albert Miller, a Freedman from the Fisk University, was my pastor.
Before leaving Africa I acted as interpreter for Mr. Miller, translating his sermons, as he delivered them, into the Mendi language. My father, who has been a native preacher for more than twenty years, is anxious to have missions planted far into the interior, where there are supposed to be two million Mendi people, occupying a country about 7 degrees north latitude. All he could do is to give me up to the work. Among this vast number, there is but one mission at present, and that is conducted by Freedmen from America.
After spending three years in this country, at the Fisk University, it is my purpose to return to Africa, and assist in establishing missions in large villages in the wooded country, far from the coast. I feel that I need your prayers. I have been treated very kindly since I left Africa, and I pray earnestly that I may not disappoint my friends who have assisted me in coming to this country, and who are anxious that I should prepare myself to be a successful missionary in my native land.
RECEIPTS
FOR MARCH, 1880.
| MAINE, $432.47. | |
|---|---|
| Augusta. Cong. Ch. and Soc., ($30 of which from Barrett Edwards Potter to const. himself L. M.) | $53.56 |
| Bluehill. M. E. Johnson | 5.00 |
| Foxcroft and Dover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 10.00 |
| Hampden. C. E. H. | 1.00 |
| Kennebunk. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 12.00 |
| Lewiston. Pine St. Cong. Ch. | 17.77 |
| Machais. E. G. L. and Mrs. H., 50c. each | 1.00 |
| Orono. Cong. Ch. | 1.04 |
| Portland. Ladies in Maine, for Lady Missionary, by Mrs. W. E. Gould | 300.00 |
| Portland. Nathalie Lord, package, for Rev. A. E. White, Mendi M. | |
| Saco. D. J. | 1.00 |
| Saint Albans. Rev. W. S. Sewell, $2; Cong. Ch., $1 | 3.00 |
| Thomaston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 5.00 |
| Weld. Rev. D. D. T. | 1.00 |
| Wells. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 11.10 |
| Winthrop. Isaac N. Metcalf | 2.00 |
| York. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 8.00 |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE, $159.68. | |
| Bristol. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 3.95 |
| Concord. Mrs. A. F. and Mrs. C. L. G., 60c. each | 1.20 |
| Farmington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 10.90 |
| Francestown. R. G. C. | 0.50 |
| Hanover. Dartmouth Religious Soc. | 25.00 |
| Hillsborough Bridge. Mrs. J. G. and Mrs. N. T., $1 each | 2.00 |
| Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 9.60 |
| Lancaster. Mrs. A. M. Amsden | 5.00 |
| Lebanon. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 17.25 |
| Manchester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 58.73 |
| Marlborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 15.05 |
| Meridian. Mrs. Lucia Wells | 5.00 |
| New Ipswich. “Hillside Gleaners’ Sewing Circle,” by Carrie B. Wilson, Treas. | 5.00 |
| Petersborough. A. M. C. | 0.50 |
| VERMONT, $154.93. | |
| Barre. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 10.12 |
| Bradford. Rev. Mrs. and Mrs. Elliot | 12.00 |
| Burlington. Third Cong. Ch. | 20.00 |
| Chelsea. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 20.00 |
| Clarendon. Mrs. N. J. Smith | 5.00 |
| Danville. Cong. Sab. Sch. | 10.00 |
| Essex. L. C. B. | 1.00 |
| Ludlow. Mrs. L. H. C. | 1.00 |
| Lyndonville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 5.00 |
| Northfield. O. D. E. | 1.00 |
| Royalton. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Soc., for Student Aid, Atlanta U. | 17.97 |
| Sharon. Mrs. A. F. and Miss S. P. F., $1 each | 2.00 |
| West Dummerston. A. B. B. | 1.00 |
| Weston. Mrs. S. A. Sprague and Lucy P. Bartlett, $2 each | 4.00 |
| West Rutland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 22.84 |
| West Westminster. Elvira M. Gorham | 2.00 |
| —— “A Friend” | 20.00 |
| MASSACHUSETTS, $4,869.39. | |
| Amherst. Girls’ Prayer Meeting, by Mrs. Mary H. Scott, $30.05, for Student Aid, Fisk U.;—First Cong. Ch., $25 | 55.05 |
| Andover. Calvin E. Goodell | 25.00 |
| Ashland. Mrs. Mary F. Cutler | 5.00 |
| Attleborough. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 30.00 |
| Beechwood. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 1.31 |
| Boston. Old South Cong. Ch. and Soc., $574.76; Miss R. A. F., 50c.; F. W., 50c. | 575.76 |
| Boston Highlands. H. W. T. | 0.50 |
| Bradford. Ladies’ Bible Class, bbl. C. | |
| Brimfield. First Cong. Sab. Sch. | $10.00 |
| Brockton. Mrs. I. N. | 0.50 |
| Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Cong. Ch., $581.54; N. H., 50c. | 582.04 |
| Charlemont. First Ch. | 3.00 |
| Chester. Second Cong. and Soc. | 6.00 |
| Clinton. First Evan Ch. and Soc. | 75.00 |
| Danvers. Mrs. S. S. | 1.00 |
| Dedham. Allyn Cong. Ch. and Soc. for Chinese M. | 16.54 |
| Dorchester. Mrs. Susan Collins | 2.00 |
| East Charlemont. Cong. Ch. | 13.75 |
| East Longmeadow. Cong. Ch. | 22.00 |
| East Medway. Ladies of First Ch., B. of C. and 25c., for freight | 0.25 |
| Essex Co. “Howard,” for Chapel at Wilmington, N. C. | 2,000.00 |
| Fall River. First Cong. Ch., $84.04; M. E., $1 | 85.04 |
| Feeding Hills. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 7.81 |
| Franklin. Peter Adams | 2.00 |
| Georgetown. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 25.90 |
| Grafton. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 28.78 |
| Grantville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 11.26 |
| Greenfield. Jeanette Thompson | 5.00 |
| Greenwich Village. Daniel Parker | 5.00 |
| Groton. Union Ch. and Soc., $83, and Sab. Sch., $17; Elizabeth Farnsworth, $20; “Mother and Daughter” (of which $5 ea. for Chinese and Indian M.) $20 | 140.00 |
| Groveland. Mrs. M. A. R. | 0.50 |
| Holyoke. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 15.75 |
| Hyde Park. Mrs. H. W. Bidwell, to const. Mrs. Fisk P. Brewer, L. M | 30.00 |
| Jamaica Plain. “A Friend” | 4.00 |
| Lee. Cong. Sab. Sch. | 75.00 |
| Leominster. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 11.42 |
| Lowell. Mrs. A. S. C. | 0.50 |
| Lynn. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 13.00 |
| Mansfield. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 18.56 |
| Marblehead. J. J. H. Gregory, large package of flower and vegetable seeds, for Talladega, Ala., and box garden seeds, for Tougaloo, Miss. | |
| Marlborough. T. B. P. | 1.00 |
| Medway. J. D. Ellis | 100.00 |
| Millbury. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 24.00 |
| Montague. Cong. Soc. | 6.85 |
| Newbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 24.51 |
| Newburyport. “Friends,” for Student Aid, Talladega C. | 10.00 |
| Newton Centre. Mrs. M. B. Furber’s Bible Class, for Student Aid, Atlanta U. | 50.00 |
| North Abington. “A Friend,” $15;—One and a half bbl. of C., for Lady Missionary, Nashville, Tenn. | 15.00 |
| North Adams. Rev. C. S. S. | 1.00 |
| North Amherst. W. L. R. | 1.00 |
| Northbridge Centre. Minnie A. Winter | 2.00 |
| North Brookfield. Miss Abby W. Johnson, for Student Aid, Fisk U. | 25.00 |
| Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. ($30 of which from Mrs. E. B. Wheaton, to const. Mary A. Chapin, L. M.) | 39.00 |
| Palmer. Second Cong. Ch. | 10.84 |
| Paxton. Mrs. H. O. K. and Mrs. W. B. R., 50c. ea. | 1.00 |
| Quincy. Miss Merrill’s Sab. Sch. Class, Cong. Ch. | 2.00 |
| Reading. Bethesda Sab. Sch. | 25.00 |
| Royalston. Ladies’ Benev. Soc., bbl. of C., for Savannah, Ga. | |
| Sandwich. Mrs. Eliza W. Wells, $5; Mrs. Robert Tobey, $5; Mrs. C. C. P. W., $1; Mrs. L. E. T., $1 | 12.00 |
| Saxonville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) | $2.11 |
| Shrewsbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 25.00 |
| South Braintree. A. P. W. | 1.00 |
| Southbridge. Miss S. R. L. | 1.00 |
| South Framingham. G. M. Amsden | 5.00 |
| South Hadley Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $20; Fred A. Hayes, $3 | 23.00 |
| South Natick. Cong. Ch. and Soc., bbl. of C.; Ladies’ Benev. Soc. of Cong. Ch., bbl. of C. | |
| Spencer. Primary Dept. of Cong. Sab. Sch. | 7.30 |
| Springfield. Hope Cong. Ch., $13.22; Ira Merrill, $5 | 18.22 |
| Taunton. Union Ch. and Soc. | 21.52 |
| Tewkesbury. “In Memory of Mary,” by F. | 10.00 |
| Ware. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Le Moyne Sch., Memphis, Tenn. | 25.00 |
| Wareham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 19.25 |
| Warren. Mrs. Jos. Ramsdell ($5 of which for Chinese M.) | 6.00 |
| Watertown. Ladies of Phillips Ch., bbl. of C., for Memphis, Tenn.; Corban Soc., bbl. of C., for Talladega, Ala. | |
| Webster. G. W. F. | 1.00 |
| Westborough. Evan. Ch. and Soc. Mon. Con. Coll. | 20.21 |
| West Dennis. S. S. C. | 1.00 |
| Westfield. First Ch., (“A Friend”) $50; First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $18.74; S. F. S. B., $1 | 69.74 |
| West Hawley. Cong. Ch. | 5.00 |
| West Stockbridge. Village Cong. Ch. | 26.94 |
| Whitinsville. Estate of E. W. Fletcher, by Chas. P. Whitin, Ex. | 100.00 |
| Williamsburg. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. | 10.00 |
| Wilmington. Mrs. S. Bancroft | 6.00 |
| Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 122.18 |
| Worcester. ——$60 to const. G. Henry Whitcomb and Mrs. Abbie E. Whitcomb, L. M’s; Rev. W. J. White, $1.50;—Mrs. John B. Gough, B. of C., and $1, for freight, for Atlanta U.; T. W. T., $1 | 90.50 |
| RHODE ISLAND, $1.00. | |
| Newport. D. B. F. | 1.00 |
| CONNECTICUT, $4,215.83. | |
| Berlin. Second Cong. Ch. | 20.00 |
| Birmingham. Cong. Ch., Coll. $24.76; Wm. E. Downs, $100 | 124.76 |
| Bridgeport. First Cong. Ch. | 91.21 |
| Bristol. “A Friend” | 4.00 |
| Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $42.25; Hon. E. C. Hungerford, $30 to const. Cornelia A. Norton, L. M. | 72.25 |
| East Hartford. First Cong. Church | 20.00 |
| East Windsor. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 20.00 |
| Enfield. First Cong. Sab. Sch. ($10 of which for Butler school, Hampton, Va.) | 13.00 |
| Fair Haven. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. | 35.00 |
| Franklin. Cong. Ch. | 7.00 |
| Georgetown. Cong. Ch. | 10.00 |
| Guilford. “A Friend in Third Ch.” | 5.00 |
| Hanover. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 24.83 |
| Hartford. Benj. DeForest, $70, for Student Aid, Talladega C.;—Mrs. John Olmsted, $15, for Student Aid, Fisk U. | 85.00 |
| Huntington. “A few Friends in Cong. Ch. and Soc.” | 6.50 |
| Killingly. Miss E. F. Jencks | 5.00 |
| Lebanon. Estate of Miss Betsy Metcalf, by Mary B. Van Tuyl | 50.00 |
| Marion. By Rev. L. F. B. | 0.50 |
| Morris. H. W. | 0.50 |
| Milford. “J. M.,” for books, for Fisk U. | 10.00 |
| Naugatuck. Cong. Ch. | 100.00 |
| New Britain. First Ch. of Christ, $143.03;—South Ch. Sab. Sch., $50, for Scholarship, Atlanta U.;—“Member So. Cong. Ch.,” (two donations $5 ea.) $10 | 208.03 |
| New Haven. Estate of Rev. Wm. Patton, D. D., by Wm. L. Patton, Ex. | 500.00 |
| New Haven. “A Friend,” $100; Dwight Place Cong. Ch. (of which from Dea. Nelson Hall, $40; Dr. R. Crane, $10) $75 | 175.00 |
| New London, “First Ch. of Christ” | $50.42 |
| North Guilford. “A Friend,” $5; N. L. C., 50c. | 5.50 |
| North Haven. Cong. Ch. | 56.12 |
| Norwich. Miss. Ass’n of Second Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Atlanta U. | 50.00 |
| Plantsville. Cong. Ch., $243.35;—Mrs. E. P. Hotchkiss, $5, for Student Aid, Atlanta U. | 248.35 |
| Simsbury. Rev. W. D. McF. | 0.60 |
| Thomaston. Cong. Ch. | 30.33 |
| Washington. Cong. Ch. | 21.07 |
| Waterbury. First Cong. Ch., $141.41; “A Friend,” $30, to const. Israel Holmes, L. M. | 171.41 |
| Watertown. John DeForest, for Student Aid, Talladega C. | 100.00 |
| Windham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 14.10 |
| Woodbury. Estate of Fannie Minor, by C. J. Minor, Ex. | 62.50 |
| Woodbury. Benj. Fabrique | 20.00 |
| Woodstock. Cong. Sab. Sch., to const. Miss Ellen D. Chandler, L. M. | 40.35 |
| —— “A Friend” | 1,747.50 |
| —— “A Friend” | 10.00 |
| NEW YORK, $978.17. | |
| Albany. H. A. Homes, $2;—S. C., $1, for repairs, Talladega C. | 3.00 |
| Astoria. C. N. S. | 0.50 |
| Brooklyn. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., by Geo. H. Shirley, Chairman of Miss. Com., for support of a Lady Missionary, Charleston, S. C., and to const. Miss Carrie A. Pratt, Mrs. A. S. Fowler, Mrs. L. R. P. Stockton, Mrs. E. D. Griswold, Frederick P. Litchfield, Rev. John L. Scudder, and William C. Hickcok, L. M’s | 210.00 |
| Brooklyn. Chas. Wilbur, package Bibles; John H. Anderson, box papers. | |
| Binghamton. Chas. A. Beach | 20.00 |
| Black Creek. Cong. Ch., $3; Miss M. T., $1 | 4.00 |
| Chittenango. Rev. S. W., for Church building, New Iberia, La. | 1.00 |
| Clockville. C. K. | 1.00 |
| Crown Point. Estate of Mrs. Tryphena Walker, by Rev. A. T. Clarke, to const. Calvin W. Huestis and Dea. N. Madison Clarke, L. M’s | 50.00 |
| Dansville. James H. Learned | 10.00 |
| Deansville. Miss E. G. | 1.00 |
| Franklin. Communion Set, by Rev. I. H. Frazer. | |
| Gilbertsville Academy. Rev. A. Wood, Principal | 15.00 |
| Gloversville. Cong. Soc. ($100 of which from Alanson Judson) | 114.00 |
| Greenwich. Proceeds of claim on Cong. Ch. | 150.00 |
| Hancock. Mrs. A. E. S. | 1.00 |
| Honeoye. Cong. Ch. | 31.60 |
| Ledyard. Cong. Ch., $27.60; R. H. Waldo, $2 | 29.60 |
| Leeds. Miss I. E. S. | 1.00 |
| Le Roy. Miss Delia A. Phillips, for Woman’s Work for Women | 25.00 |
| Little Valley. First Cong. Ch. | 2.12 |
| Lockport. H. W. Nichols | 20.00 |
| Moravia. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., (ad’l) | 1.00 |
| New Hamburgh. S H. S. | 0.50 |
| New York. Ladies’ Association of Presb. Memorial Ch., $105, for a Teacher;—Joseph S. Holt, ($10 of which for Berea C.) $20;—By Rev. C. S. Robinson, 54 copies “Songs of Sanctuary;”—American Tract. Soc., Grant of Sunday School Papers, for the Freedmen | 125.00 |
| Oneida. S. H. Goodwin, $10; Edward Loomis, $2 | 12.00 |
| Oswego. “Friends,” by Miss S. Williams, for Girls’ Ind. Sch., Talladega C. | 2.00 |
| Oxford. Asso. Presb. Ch. and Soc. | 6.97 |
| Parma. Mrs. Ezekiel Clark | 5.00 |
| Paris Hill. Cong. Ch. | 14.25 |
| Rochester. Mrs. A. E. Albright | 5.00 |
| Sherburn. Chas. A. Fuller, $50, for Student Aid, Fisk U.;—Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., $34.63 | 84.63 |
| Sinclairville. E. C. Preston, $1.50; Mrs. D. T. C., $1; B. W. F., $1; E. W., 50c. | 4.00 |
| Syracuse. Sereno F. King | $5.00 |
| Union Falls. Mrs. Fanny D. Duncan, Francis E. Duncan, and Margaret B. Duncan, $10 ea., to const. Mrs. Fanny D. Duncan, L. M. | 30.00 |
| Union Valley. Dr. J. Angel | 10.00 |
| West Barre. L. S. | 1.00 |
| NEW JERSEY, $329.18. | |
| Bound Brook. Mrs. T. D. V. | 1.00 |
| —— “Heart’s Content” | 50.00 |
| Jersey City. Sab. Sch. of Tab. Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. | 20.00 |
| Newark. C. S. Haines | 40.00 |
| Orange Valley. Cong. Ch. | 68.28 |
| Sayreville. A. B. K. | 0.50 |
| Somerville. Mrs. Nicolas Voorhees | 2.00 |
| Vineland. Proceeds of Land | 147.40 |
| PENNSYLVANIA, $15.00. | |
| Scranton. F. E. Nettleton | 15.00 |
| OHIO, $1,460.99. | |
| Castalia. Mrs. I. W. S. | 1.00 |
| Claridon. “Cheerful Workers,” Cong. Sab. Sch. | 15.00 |
| Cleveland. Estate of Brewster Pelton, by J. G. Jennings, Ex. | 1,118.75 |
| Cleveland. Sab. Sch. First Cong. Ch., $30; Miss Bettie Dutton’s Class, $10; Mrs. C. W. Ruggles’ Class, $10, for Student Aid, Fisk U.—M. H. B., 50c. | 50.50 |
| Conneaut. Communion Set, by H. E. Pond. | |
| Delaware. N. W. Hodges | 2.00 |
| Elyria. F. B. N. | 0.50 |
| Fort Recovery. J. F. Collins | 6.00 |
| Greenwich Station. Wm. M. Mead | 5.00 |
| Kirtland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 2.65 |
| Madison. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Teacher, Selma, Ala. | 20.50 |
| Mansfield. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. | 25.00 |
| Metamora. Mrs. M. S. | 1.00 |
| Oberlin. First Cong. Ch. | 40.62 |
| Parkman. J. S. H. | 0.50 |
| Ravenna. S. H. | 1.00 |
| Rockport. Cong. Ch. | 4.00 |
| Sandusky. First Cong. Ch., to const. Mrs. E. Alvord, Elisha D. Ward, Miss Sarah E. Clark, and John M. Farrar, L. M’s. | 121.32 |
| Saybrook. Sab. Sch. District No. 3, for Student Aid, Tougaloo U. | 15.00 |
| Springfield. First Cong. and Soc. | 8.64 |
| Tallmadge. H. W. C. | 0.51 |
| Wellington. A. H. A. | 1.00 |
| West Williamsfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. | 10.00 |
| Youngstown. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. of Welsh Cong. Ch., $10; J. C., 50c. | 10.50 |
| MICHIGAN, $196.38. | |
| Adrian. C. C. Spooner | 5.00 |
| Armada. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. | 11.50 |
| Benzonia. Mrs. L. A. B. C. | 1.00 |
| Covert. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., for Student Aid, Fisk U. | 12.00 |
| Detroit. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch. $50; Mrs. Z. Eddy, $5; Miss T. Hudson, $4; Mrs. L., $1, for Lady Missionary, Memphis, Tenn.; Miss M. L. Miller, $5 | 65.00 |
| East Saginaw. Cong. Ch. | 32.20 |
| Greenville. Mrs. R. L. Ellsworth, for Student Aid, Fisk U., Tenn. | 5.00 |
| Kalamo. Cong. Ch., $3.23; Evans District, $1.27; Mrs. S. E. B., 50c. | 5.00 |
| Laingsburg. Cong. Ch. | 6.00 |
| Menomonee. Rev. A. W. B. | 0.50 |
| Milford. Mrs. M. O. | 0.50 |
| New Baltimore. Cong. Sab. Sch. | 4.18 |
| Olivet. “A Friend,” $10, for Emerson Inst., $5, for Chinese in Cal., $5, for Indian M., $5, for Camp Nelson, Ky.; Cong. Ch. Mon. Con. Coll., $10.85 | 35.85 |
| Owosso. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. for Student Aid, Fisk U., Tenn., $9.15; Mrs. A., $1 | 10.15 |
| Port Huron. H. W. C. | 1.00 |
| South Frankfort. O. B. | $0.50 |
| Union City. Mrs. E. J. H. and Mrs. D. B. W. 50c. ea. | 1.00 |
| INDIANA, $6.37. | |
| Dunreith. Mrs. L. M., 37c.; L. M., $1 | 1.37 |
| New Corydon. George Stoltz | 5.00 |
| South Bend. Oliver Plow Co., 3 plows, for Talladega. | |
| ILLINOIS, $1,353.58. | |
| Aurora. First Cong. Ch. | 13.87 |
| Bowensburg. Estate of Eliza B. Spencer, by Richard Eells, Ex. | 12.00 |
| Bowensburg. Estate of Eliza B. Spencer, $100, by Richard Eells, Ex., incorrectly ack. in March No. | |
| Byron. A. A. Johnson | 5.00 |
| Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. | 3.00 |
| Chicago. Union Park Cong. Ch., $334.27;—Union Park Cong. Sab. Sch., $50, for Student Aid, Fisk U.;—Lincoln Park Ch., $30, to const. Alfred Goudy, L. M.;—Woman’s Miss. Soc., of Lincoln Park Ch., $20, for Lady Missionary;—Mrs. L. P. R., $1 | 435.27 |
| Chicago. Estate of Mrs. E. H. Craven, by E. W. Blatchford, Adm’r, for Student Aid, Fisk U. | 250.00 |
| Dundee. Mrs. W. D. | 1.00 |
| Elgin. Cong. Ch. | 13.58 |
| Evanston. First Cong. Ch. | 33.94 |
| Galesburg. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., $50; Mrs. S. R. Holmes, $5, for Student Aid, Fisk U., First Ch. of Christ, $30.05 | 85.05 |
| Galesburg. Correction.—In March No., Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., $50, for Student Aid, Fisk U., should read, “Ladies’ Benev. Soc. of First Ch. of Christ.” | |
| Geneseo. Cong. Ch., (ad’l) $45.13; Mrs. E. L. Atkinson, $5 | 50.13 |
| Griggsville. Cong. Ch. | 22.15 |
| Lisbon. Cong. Ch. | 10.45 |
| Kewanee. Correction.—In April No., Ladies of Cong. Ch., $57, should read, from Ladies of Cong. Ch., $37; La Moille, Cong. Ch., $20. | |
| Moline. John Deere, $100; Cong. Ch., $60 | 160.00 |
| Oneida. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. | 2.40 |
| Ontario. Cong. Ch. | 21.55 |
| Ottawa. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. | 15.00 |
| Peoria. Moses Pettengill, for Student Aid, Fisk U. | 15.00 |
| Polo. Bbl. of C., and $1.40, for freight, for Nashville, Tenn. | 1.40 |
| Princeton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. | 6.75 |
| Rockford. Ladies’ Miss. Soc. of First Cong. Ch., $25; Ladies’ Miss. Soc. of Second Cong. Ch., $25; Miss. Soc. of Female Sem., $10, for Student Aid, Fisk U. | 60.00 |
| Streator. Mrs. Ralph Plumb, for Student Aid, Fisk U. | 50.00 |
| Sycamore. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. | 50.00 |
| Toulon. Cong. Ch. | 11.00 |
| Waukegan. Rev. A. J. B. | 0.60 |
| Winnetka. Cong. Ch.,$17.60, and Sab. Sch., $1.84 | 19.44 |
| York Neck. Mrs. Anna Reynolds | 5.00 |
| MISSOURI, $3.75. | |
| Laclede. Cong. Ch., $3.25; Rev. E. D. S., 50c., for Mag. | 3.75 |
| WISCONSIN, $129.59. | |
| Adamsville. Cong. Ch. | 2.00 |
| Appleton. Miss Ann S. Kimball | 100.00 |
| Eau Claire. Ladies’ Miss. Soc., for Lady Missionary | 21.65 |
| Kashkomong. Mrs. A. V. M. | 0.50 |
| Milwaukee. “Friends,” box and bbl. C., for Straight U. | |
| Pleasant Hill. Cong. Ch. | 2.00 |
| Two Rivers. Cong. Ch. | 2.44 |
| Windsor. H. H. S. | 1.00 |
| IOWA, $259.94. | |
| Burlington. M. L. | $1.00 |
| Cedar Rapids. T. M. Sinclair, for repairs, Talladega C. | 50.00 |
| Chester Centre. Cong. Ch. | 46.00 |
| Columbus City. Sarah E. Evans | 2.00 |
| Dubuque. Bbl. of bedding. | |
| Floris. “Mary and Martha” | 5.00 |
| Grinnell. Cong. Ch., $43.13; Sab. Sch. Class of boys, $2; L. B., 50c. | 45.63 |
| Marion. Cong. Ch., $63.31; Willing Workers, box of C., for Straight U. | 63.31 |
| McGregor. Woman’s Miss. Soc., bbl. of C., for Straight U. | |
| Postville. Rev. R. H. Robbins, for repairs, Talladega C. | 2.00 |
| Tabor. “A Friend,” for Student Aid, Tougaloo U. | 10.00 |
| Winterset. Mrs. S. J. Dinsmore, $10; “Friends,” $25 | 35.00 |
| KANSAS, $252.00. | |
| Leavenworth. Mrs. T. C. | 1.00 |
| Olathe. Estate of Elvira Beckwick, by Watts Beckwith | 250.00 |
| Olathe. Rev. W. W. McM. | 1.00 |
| MINNESOTA, $92.57. | |
| Minneapolis. Rev. E. M. Williams, $50, for Student Aid, Fisk U.;—Plymouth Ch., $28.57 | 78.57 |
| Rushford. Cong. Ch. | 3.00 |
| Saint Paul. C. S. Campbell | 10.00 |
| Tivoli. L. H. | 1.00 |
| NEBRASKA, $14.00. | |
| Indianola. Cong. Ch. | 10.00 |
| Red Willow. Cong. Ch. | 4.00 |
| COLORADO, $1.00. | |
| Colorado Springs. Rev. E. N. B. | 0.50 |
| Denver. J. L. P. | 0.50 |
| CALIFORNIA, $25.00. | |
| Oakland. Mrs. Nathaniel Gray | 25.00 |
| MARYLAND, $100.00. | |
| Baltimore. First Cong. Ch. | 100.00 |
| VIRGINIA, $28.40. | |
| Hampton. Normal Sch. Ch. | 28.40 |
| TENNESSEE, $272.75. | |
| Nashville. Fisk University, Tuition | 89.80 |
| Memphis. Le Moyne Sch. | 182.95 |
| NORTH CAROLINA, $120.24. | |
| McLeansville. Cong. Ch. | 5.00 |
| Raleigh. Washington Sch., Tuition | 30.00 |
| Wilmington. Normal Sch., Tuition | 85.24 |
| GEORGIA, $658.25. | |
| Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition, $241.90; Rent, $3; Atlanta U., Tuition, $113; “A Friend,” $2.52 | 360.42 |
| Macon. Lewis High Sch., Tuition, 74.95; Rent, $8 | 82.95 |
| McIntosh. S. S. | 0.50 |
| Savannah. Beach Inst., Tuition, $107.75; Sales, $106.63 | 214.38 |
| ALABAMA, $624.80. | |
| Anniston. Cong. Ch., for repairs, Talladega C. | 8.15 |
| Marion. “Girls Sewing-Class,” for Mendi Mission | 17.00 |
| Mobile. Emerson Inst., Tuition | 176.70 |
| Montevallo. Cornelius Cadle, Jr., for rebuilding barn, Talladega C. | 10.00 |
| Montgomery. Public School Fund | 175.00 |
| Selma. Rent, $100; Cong. Ch., $54.60 | 154.60 |
| Talladega. Talladega C., Tuition, $74.85;—Eight individuals, $1 ea.; J. R. M., 50c., for rebuilding barn | 83.35 |
| MISSISSIPPI, $87.00. | |
| Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., Tuition | 87.00 |
| LOUISIANA. $129.75. | |
| New Orleans. Straight University, Tuition | 129.75 |
| INCOME FUND, $416.00. | |
| —— Avery fund, for Mendi M. | 246.00 |
| —— General Fund | 50.00 |
| —— C. F. Dike Fund | 50.00 |
| —— Straight U. Scholarship Fund | 70.00 |
| —— ——, $50.00. | |
| —— Jubilee Singers, for Dept. of Natural Science, Fisk U. | 50.00 |
| SCOTLAND, $250.00. | |
| Glasgow. Mrs. Ann Morris McDowell, by Rev. Geo. Morris, for a Teacher, Fisk U. | 200.00 |
| —— “A. P.” | 50.00 |
| ——— | |
| Total, | $17,688.01 |
| Total from Oct. 1st to March 31st | $86,611.92 |
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| FOR SCHOOL BUILDING, ATHENS, ALA. | |
| Church’s Corners, Mich. First Cong. Ch. | 21.00 |
| Previously acknowledged in Feb. Receipts | 432.28 |
| ——— | |
| Total, | $453.28 |
| |
| FOR NEGRO REFUGEES. | |
| Somerset, Mass. Cong. Ch. Bbl. of C. | |
| Wilmington, Mass. Bbl. of C. | |
| South Norwalk, Conn. 2 Bbls. of C., by Mrs. C. M. Lawrence. | |
| Binghamton, N. Y. Chas. A. Beach | 5.00 |
| Brooklyn, N. Y. “A Friend” | 5.00 |
| Penn Yan, N. Y. M. Hamlin | 100.00 |
| “Heart’s Content,” N. J. Box of C. | |
| Savannah, Ohio. J. A. P. Patterson | 5.00 |
| ——— | |
| Total | $115.00 |
| Previously acknowledged in Feb. Receipts. | 247.25 |
| ——— | |
| Total | $362.25 |
| |
| FOR TILLOTSON COLLEGIATE AND NORMAL INST., AUSTIN, TEXAS. | |
| East Hampton, Mass. Mrs. Emily G. Williston | 200.00 |
| Lowell. Mass. Mrs. E. M. Buss, $100; Judge Crosby, $25; Leonard Kimball, $25 | 150.00 |
| Hartford, Conn. C. C. Lyman | 100.00 |
| New Haven, Conn. Amos Townsend | 10.00 |
| New London, Conn. Trust Estate of Henry P. Haven | 500.00 |
| Waterbury, Conn. Chas Benedict | 400.00 |
| Morristown, N. J. Ella M. Graves | 100.00 |
| Salem, Ohio. David A. Allen | 25.00 |
| ——— | |
| Total | $1,485.00 |
| Previously acknowledged in Feb. Receipts | 1,267.00 |
| ——— | |
| Total | $2,752.00 |
| |
| Receipts for March | $19,309.01 |
| Total from Oct. 1st to March 31st | $93,228.21 |
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H. W. HUBBARD, Treas.,
56 Reade St., N. Y.
Constitution of the American Missionary Association.
INCORPORATED JANUARY 30, 1849.
Art. I. This Society shall be called “The American Missionary Association.”
Art. II. The object of this Association shall be to conduct Christian missionary and educational operations, and diffuse a knowledge of the Holy Scriptures in our own and other countries which are destitute of them, or which present open and urgent fields of effort.
Art. III. Any person of evangelical sentiments,[1] 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 till all vacancies occurring among the officers between the regular annual meetings; to apply, if they see fit, to any State Legislature for acts of incorporation; to fix the compensation, where any is given, of all officers, agents, missionaries, or others in the employment of the Society; to make provision, if any, for disabled missionaries, and for the widows and children of such as are deceased; and to call, in all parts of the country, at their discretion, special and general conventions of the friends of missions, with a view to the diffusion of the missionary spirit, and the general and vigorous promotion of the missionary work.
Five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for transacting business.
Art. VIII. This society, in collecting funds, in appointing officers, agents and missionaries, and in selecting fields of labor, and conducting the missionary work, will endeavor particularly to discountenance slavery, by refusing to receive the known fruits of unrequited labor, or to welcome to its employment those who hold their fellow-beings as slaves.
Art. IX. Missionary bodies, churches or individuals agreeing to the principles of this Society, and wishing to appoint and sustain missionaries of their own, shall be entitled to do so through the agency of the Executive Committee, on terms mutually agreed upon.
Art. X. No amendment shall be made to this Constitution without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present at a regular annual meeting; nor unless the proposed amendment has been submitted to a previous meeting, or to the Executive Committee in season to be published by them (as it shall be their duty to do, if so submitted) in the regular official notifications of the meeting.
[1] 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.