The American Missionary — Volume 33, No. 08, August, 1879

by Various

FOR NEGRO REFUGEES.
Saint Albans, Vt. Mrs. J. Gregory Smith	10.00
Andover, Mass. Students of Phillips Academy	3.00
Sherman, Conn. Cong. Ch. and Soc.	7.19
Jefferson, N. Y. Mrs. Susannah Ruliffson	2.00
Langsingville, N. Y. Mrs. M. T. Fletcher	5.00
Ludlowville, N. Y. Sydney S. Todd	5.00
Chicago, Ill. Ladies’ Benev. Soc. of NewEng. Cong. Ch.	25.32
Jacksonville, Ill. Rev. Eli Corwin	5.00
Woodworth, Wis. Cong. Ch.	7.00
Dover, Iowa. Mrs. C. P. Atkinson	5.00
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Total	74.51
Previously acknowledged in May receipts	236.88
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Total	$311.39

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FOR ARTHINGTON MISSION.
Union Falls, N. Y. Francis E. Duncan	$15.00
Previously acknowledged in April receipts	20.00
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Total	$35.00

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RECEIPTS OF THE CALIFORNIA CHINESEMISSION.
E. Palache, Treasurer.
From March 20th to June 20th, 1879.
1. From Auxiliary Missions:
Petaluma (Miss M. C. Waterbury)	$15.00
Sacramento (Chinese)	30.00
Santa Barbara:
Chinese Collection $15.00 Annual memberships (Gin Ah Foy, $2; Yee Ling Foung, $2; Gin Ah Toy, $2; Gin Ah Soo, $2; Gin Ah Sing, $2; Gin Ah Foo, $2) 12.00
———	27.00
Stockton:
Mrs. M. C. Brown 2.00 Chinese 5.50
———	7.50
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Total	79.50
2. From churches:
Oakland (First Cong.)	12.00
San Francisco:
First Congregational 30.00 Third Congregational 5.50 Bethany Congregational 7.50
———	43.00
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Total	55.00
3. From individuals:
Grass Valley, Mrs. H. Scott	2.00
Rio Vista. Mrs. A. J. Gardner	1.00
San Francisco:
A. J. S., for Barnes’ Mission House 5.00 Rev. John Kimball 10.00 Messrs. Balfour Guthrie & Co. 100.00 S. Williamson, Esq., of Liverpool, Eng. 50.00 Alexander Balfour, of Liverpool, Eng. 50.00 Messrs. C. Adolphe Low & Co. (two donations) 45.00 Hon. F. F. Low 25.00
———	285.00
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Total	288.00
4. From Eastern Friends:
Amherst, Mass., Mrs. Rhoda A. Lester (athank-offering)	100.00
Bradford, Mass., Miss E. M. Benson	10.00
Groveland, Mass., Mrs. E. Merrill	5.00
Norwich, Conn., Mrs. Sarah A. Huntington(for Barnes’ Mission House), to const.Rev. L. T. Chamberlain a L. M.	25.00
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Total	140.00
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Grand Total	$562.50

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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.