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ANNUAL MEETING.
The Thirty-Second Annual Meeting
OF THE
AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION
WILL BE HELD IN THE
Broadway Congregational Church, Taunton, Mass.,
OCTOBER 29-31.
The Meeting will be organized on Tuesday, at Three o’Clock P. M., and at Half-past Seven o’Clock in the evening the Annual Sermon will be preached by
Rev. S. E. HERRICK, D. D., of Boston.
On Wednesday, papers will be read by Rev. GEORGE LEON WALKER, D.D., and others. Wednesday evening will be occupied with addresses and reminiscences by present and former missionaries of the A. M. A. Thursday will be devoted to reports of committees and discussions of the work. The Meeting will close Thursday evening, with addresses from able and distinguished speakers, to be named hereafter.
The people of Taunton will undertake to entertain all the friends who may attend the Meetings. Those desiring hospitality can address CHARLES H. ATWOOD, Esq., until Sept. 20th. Return cards, assigning places, will be duly sent.
OUR NEW PAMPHLETS.
No. 1.—HISTORY of the Association.
No. 2.—AFRICA: Containing a History of the Mendi Mission, a Description of the Land and the People, and a presentation of their claims on America.
No. 3.—THE THREE DESPISED RACES in the UNITED STATES; or, The Chinaman, the Indian, and the Freedman. An Address before the A. M. A., by Rev. Joseph Cook, of Boston, Mass.
No. 4.—THE EDUCATIONAL WORK. Showing the nature and reality of the black man’s needs; the way to help him; the sentiment of Southern men; the work of the Romish Church; the wants of the A. M. A.
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