The American Missionary Association.

[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.The American Missionary Association.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 theFreedmenfor their duties as citizens and Christians in America and as missionaries in Africa. As closely related to this, it seeks to benefit the caste-persecutedChinesein America, and to co-operate with the Government in its humane and Christian policy towards theIndians. It has also a mission inAfrica.STATISTICS.Churches:In the South—In Va., 1; N. C., 6; S. C., 2; Ga., 13; Ky., 6; Tenn., 4; Ala., 14; La., 17; Miss., 4; Texas, 6.Africa, 2.Among the Indians, 1. Total 76.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.; Savannah, Macon, Atlanta, Ga.; Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn., 12.Other Schools, 31. Total 51.Teachers, Missionaries and Assistants.—Among the Freedmen, 284; among the Chinese, 22; among the Indians, 11; in Africa, 13. Total, 330.Students—In Theology, 102; Law, 23; in College Course, 75; in other studies, 7,852. Total, 8,052. Scholars taught by former pupils of our schools, estimated at 150,000.Indiansunder the care of the Association, 13,000.WANTS.1. A steadyINCREASEof regular income to keep pace with the growing work. This increase can only be reached byregularandlargercontributions from the churches—the feeble as well as the strong.2.Additional Buildingsfor our higher educational institutions, to accommodate the increasing numbers of students;Meeting Housesfor 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 YorkH. W. Hubbard, Esq., Treasurer, 56 Reade Street.BostonRev. C. L. Woodworth, Dis’t Sec., Room 21 Congregational House.ChicagoRev. Jas. Powell, Dis’t Sec., 112 West Washington Street.MAGAZINE.This Magazine will be sent, gratuitously, if desired, to the Missionaries of the Association; to Life Members; to all clergymen who take up collections for the Association; to Superintendents of Sabbath Schools; to College Libraries; to Theological Seminaries; to Societies of Inquiry on Missions; and to every donor who does not prefer to take it as a subscriber, and contributes in a year not less than five dollars.Those who wish to remember theAmerican Missionary Associationin their last Will and Testament, are earnestly requested to use the followingFORM OF A BEQUEST.“I bequeathto my executor (or executors) the sum of —— dollars in trust, to pay the same in —— days after my decease to the person who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the ‘American Missionary Association’ of New York City, to be applied, under the direction of the Executive Committee of the Association, to its charitable uses and purposes.”The will should be attested by three witnesses [in some States three are required—in other States only two], who should write against their names, their places of residence [if in cities, their street and number]. The following form of attestation will answer for every State in the Union: “Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said [A. B.] as his last Will and Testament, in presence of us, who, at the request of the said A. B., and in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.” In some States it is required that the Will should be made at least two months before the death of the testator.MANHATTANLIFEInsurance Company,OFNEW YORK.ORGANIZED A.D. 1850.RULES OF BUSINESS.PREMIUMSthe lowest safe rates.POLICYas little restricted in terms as possible.NON-FORFEITUREsecured in the policy under the recent law of New York.DIVIDENDSmade annually.MANAGEMENTsteady, reliable, business-like.INVESTMENTS.Best security sought, rather than the largest interest.PRINCIPAL OBJECT.To meetClaimspromptly.RESULT.Nearly 3,000 families benefited when most needed.HENRY STOKES, President.C. Y. WEMPLE, Vice-President.J. L. HALSEY, Secretary.S. N. STEBBINS, Actuary.Brown Brothers & Co.59 WALL STREET,NEW YORK.Buy and Sell Bills of Exchangeon Great Britain and Ireland, France, Germany, Belgium and Holland,Issue Commercial and Travelers’ Credits, in Sterling,available in any part of the world, and inFrancsfor use in Martinique and Guadaloupe.Make Telegraphic Transfers of MoneyBetween this and other countries, through London and Paris.Make Collection of Drafts drawn abroadon all parts of the United States and Canada, and ofDrafts drawn in the United Stateson Foreign Countries.Travelers’ Creditsissued either against cash deposited or satisfactory guarantee of repayment: In Dollars for use in the United States and adjacent countries; or in Pounds Sterling for use in any part of the world. Applications for credits may be addressed as above direct, or through any first-class Bank or Banker.BROWN, SHIPLEY & CO.,26 Chapel St., Liverpool.BROWN, SHIPLEY & CO.,Founder’s Court, Lothbury, London.PAYSON’SIndelible Ink,FOR MARKING ANY FABRIC WITH ACOMMON PEN, WITHOUT APREPARATION.It still stands unrivaled after 50 years’ test.THE SIMPLEST & BEST.Sales now greater than ever before.This Ink received the Diploma and Medal at Centennial over all rivals.Report of Judges: “For simplicity of application and indelibility.”INQUIRE FORPAYSON’S COMBINATION!!!Sold by all Druggists, Stationers and News Agents, and by many Fancy Goods and Furnishing Houses.W. & B. DOUGLAS,Middletown, Conn.,MANUFACTURERS OFPUMPS,HYDRAULIC RAMS, GARDEN ENGINES, PUMP CHAIN AND FIXTURES, IRON CURBS, YARD HYDRANTS, STREET WASHERS, ETC.Highest Medal awarded them by the Universal Exposition at Paris, France, in 1867; Vienna, Austria, in 1873; and Philadelphia, 1876.Founded in 1832.Branch Warehouses:85 & 87 John St.NEW YORK,AND197 Lake Street,CHICAGO.For Sale by all Regular Dealers.A UNIQUE WEEKLY.THE NEW YORK WEEKLY WITNESS,Now in its ninth year, has a circulation of fifty-three thousand, scattered over the entire continent. From the first it has maintained a thoroughly independent stand in politics, discussing all public questions of interest from a Christian standpoint. In religion it takes the same ground with the Evangelical Alliance; in temperance, with the National Temperance Society, and as regards the oppressed races, with the American Missionary Association.It gives summaries of the week’s news, full Prices Current and Financial Reports, and copious selections from the best editorials of the New York daily papers of both parties. It also gives reports of important religious and temperance meetings and makes a specialty of a daily report of the Fulton Street Prayer Meeting, which has been a much-prized portion of the paper. It stands almost alone in the New York press in reporting the Progress of the Independent Catholic Movement.A chief specialty of theWitnessis its Home Department, consisting of letters from women, discussing questions of domestic and social interest. So much is this department prized that every week for several years has brought more letters from all parts of the country than we can insert in the three columns allotted to it. There is also a column of children’s letters for which we have received a constant overflowing stream of juvenile correspondence. The interest with which children read this column is remarkable.There is an extensive literary department of theWitnessfilled with tales, mostly for children, and extracts from the best weekly and monthly papers. It has also a department for letters from all parts of the Union, chiefly from the South and West, giving information concerning various parts the country.TheWitnesswill be found to contain more readable, instructive, and interesting matter than perhaps any other weekly, and to combine in one sheet the excellencies of a newspaper, a commercial paper, a religious paper, a temperance paper, an agricultural paper, and a mother’s magazine—all for $1.50 a year; or five copies, directed separately, for $6.We also publish an eight-page weekly entitledSABBATH READING, each number having a first-class Sermon and the best religious and temperance matter we can glean from American and British periodicals. Each number contains the Sabbath-school lesson, and a report of Fulton Street Prayer Meeting. 50 cents a year.ALSO,GEMS OF POETRY, an eight-page weekly, containing selections of the choicest poetry in the English language. 75 cents a year. First volume, from 1st June to 31st December, 40 cents.Specimen copies of these publications sent free. They all stop when subscription expires.JOHN DOUGALL & CO.,No. 7 Frankfort St., New York.NEW AND IMPROVED STYLES THIS SEASON.MASONANDHAMLINORGANSBEST IN THE WORLD: winners of highest distinction atEVERY GREAT WORLD’S FAIR FOR THIRTEEN YEARS. Prices, $51, $57, $66, $84, $108, to $508 and upward. For easy payments, $6.30 a quarter and upward. Catalogues free. MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN CO., 154 Tremont Street, Boston; 46 East 14th Street, NEW YORK; 149 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.J.&R.LAMB,59 Carmine St., N. Y.CHURCHFURNISHERSMemorial Windows, Memorial Tablets,Sterling Silver Communion Services.SEND FOR CIRCULAR.

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 theFreedmenfor their duties as citizens and Christians in America and as missionaries in Africa. As closely related to this, it seeks to benefit the caste-persecutedChinesein America, and to co-operate with the Government in its humane and Christian policy towards theIndians. It has also a mission inAfrica.

Churches:In the South—In Va., 1; N. C., 6; S. C., 2; Ga., 13; Ky., 6; Tenn., 4; Ala., 14; La., 17; Miss., 4; Texas, 6.Africa, 2.Among the Indians, 1. Total 76.

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.; Savannah, Macon, Atlanta, Ga.; Montgomery, Mobile, Athens, Selma, Ala.; Memphis, Tenn., 12.Other Schools, 31. Total 51.

Teachers, Missionaries and Assistants.—Among the Freedmen, 284; among the Chinese, 22; among the Indians, 11; in Africa, 13. Total, 330.Students—In Theology, 102; Law, 23; in College Course, 75; in other studies, 7,852. Total, 8,052. Scholars taught by former pupils of our schools, estimated at 150,000.Indiansunder the care of the Association, 13,000.

1. A steadyINCREASEof regular income to keep pace with the growing work. This increase can only be reached byregularandlargercontributions from the churches—the feeble as well as the strong.

2.Additional Buildingsfor our higher educational institutions, to accommodate the increasing numbers of students;Meeting Housesfor 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:

This Magazine will be sent, gratuitously, if desired, to the Missionaries of the Association; to Life Members; to all clergymen who take up collections for the Association; to Superintendents of Sabbath Schools; to College Libraries; to Theological Seminaries; to Societies of Inquiry on Missions; and to every donor who does not prefer to take it as a subscriber, and contributes in a year not less than five dollars.

Those who wish to remember theAmerican Missionary Associationin their last Will and Testament, are earnestly requested to use the following

“I bequeathto my executor (or executors) the sum of —— dollars in trust, to pay the same in —— days after my decease to the person who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the ‘American Missionary Association’ of New York City, to be applied, under the direction of the Executive Committee of the Association, to its charitable uses and purposes.”

The will should be attested by three witnesses [in some States three are required—in other States only two], who should write against their names, their places of residence [if in cities, their street and number]. The following form of attestation will answer for every State in the Union: “Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said [A. B.] as his last Will and Testament, in presence of us, who, at the request of the said A. B., and in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.” In some States it is required that the Will should be made at least two months before the death of the testator.

MANHATTANLIFEInsurance Company,OFNEW YORK.ORGANIZED A.D. 1850.RULES OF BUSINESS.PREMIUMSthe lowest safe rates.POLICYas little restricted in terms as possible.NON-FORFEITUREsecured in the policy under the recent law of New York.DIVIDENDSmade annually.MANAGEMENTsteady, reliable, business-like.INVESTMENTS.Best security sought, rather than the largest interest.PRINCIPAL OBJECT.To meetClaimspromptly.RESULT.Nearly 3,000 families benefited when most needed.HENRY STOKES, President.C. Y. WEMPLE, Vice-President.J. L. HALSEY, Secretary.S. N. STEBBINS, Actuary.

MANHATTAN

LIFE

Insurance Company,

NEW YORK.

ORGANIZED A.D. 1850.

RULES OF BUSINESS.

PREMIUMSthe lowest safe rates.

POLICYas little restricted in terms as possible.

NON-FORFEITUREsecured in the policy under the recent law of New York.

DIVIDENDSmade annually.

MANAGEMENTsteady, reliable, business-like.

INVESTMENTS.Best security sought, rather than the largest interest.

PRINCIPAL OBJECT.To meetClaimspromptly.

RESULT.Nearly 3,000 families benefited when most needed.

HENRY STOKES, President.C. Y. WEMPLE, Vice-President.J. L. HALSEY, Secretary.S. N. STEBBINS, Actuary.

Brown Brothers & Co.59 WALL STREET,NEW YORK.Buy and Sell Bills of Exchangeon Great Britain and Ireland, France, Germany, Belgium and Holland,Issue Commercial and Travelers’ Credits, in Sterling,available in any part of the world, and inFrancsfor use in Martinique and Guadaloupe.Make Telegraphic Transfers of MoneyBetween this and other countries, through London and Paris.Make Collection of Drafts drawn abroadon all parts of the United States and Canada, and ofDrafts drawn in the United Stateson Foreign Countries.Travelers’ Creditsissued either against cash deposited or satisfactory guarantee of repayment: In Dollars for use in the United States and adjacent countries; or in Pounds Sterling for use in any part of the world. Applications for credits may be addressed as above direct, or through any first-class Bank or Banker.BROWN, SHIPLEY & CO.,26 Chapel St., Liverpool.BROWN, SHIPLEY & CO.,Founder’s Court, Lothbury, London.

Brown Brothers & Co.

59 WALL STREET,

NEW YORK.

Buy and Sell Bills of Exchangeon Great Britain and Ireland, France, Germany, Belgium and Holland,Issue Commercial and Travelers’ Credits, in Sterling,available in any part of the world, and inFrancsfor use in Martinique and Guadaloupe.

Make Telegraphic Transfers of Money

Between this and other countries, through London and Paris.

Make Collection of Drafts drawn abroadon all parts of the United States and Canada, and ofDrafts drawn in the United Stateson Foreign Countries.

Travelers’ Creditsissued either against cash deposited or satisfactory guarantee of repayment: In Dollars for use in the United States and adjacent countries; or in Pounds Sterling for use in any part of the world. Applications for credits may be addressed as above direct, or through any first-class Bank or Banker.

BROWN, SHIPLEY & CO.,

26 Chapel St., Liverpool.

BROWN, SHIPLEY & CO.,

Founder’s Court, Lothbury, London.

PAYSON’SIndelible Ink,FOR MARKING ANY FABRIC WITH ACOMMON PEN, WITHOUT APREPARATION.It still stands unrivaled after 50 years’ test.THE SIMPLEST & BEST.Sales now greater than ever before.This Ink received the Diploma and Medal at Centennial over all rivals.Report of Judges: “For simplicity of application and indelibility.”INQUIRE FORPAYSON’S COMBINATION!!!Sold by all Druggists, Stationers and News Agents, and by many Fancy Goods and Furnishing Houses.

PAYSON’S

Indelible Ink,

FOR MARKING ANY FABRIC WITH ACOMMON PEN, WITHOUT APREPARATION.

It still stands unrivaled after 50 years’ test.

THE SIMPLEST & BEST.

Sales now greater than ever before.

This Ink received the Diploma and Medal at Centennial over all rivals.

Report of Judges: “For simplicity of application and indelibility.”

INQUIRE FOR

PAYSON’S COMBINATION!!!

Sold by all Druggists, Stationers and News Agents, and by many Fancy Goods and Furnishing Houses.

W. & B. DOUGLAS,Middletown, Conn.,MANUFACTURERS OFPUMPS,HYDRAULIC RAMS, GARDEN ENGINES, PUMP CHAIN AND FIXTURES, IRON CURBS, YARD HYDRANTS, STREET WASHERS, ETC.Highest Medal awarded them by the Universal Exposition at Paris, France, in 1867; Vienna, Austria, in 1873; and Philadelphia, 1876.Founded in 1832.Branch Warehouses:85 & 87 John St.NEW YORK,AND197 Lake Street,CHICAGO.For Sale by all Regular Dealers.

W. & B. DOUGLAS,

Middletown, Conn.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

PUMPS,

HYDRAULIC RAMS, GARDEN ENGINES, PUMP CHAIN AND FIXTURES, IRON CURBS, YARD HYDRANTS, STREET WASHERS, ETC.

Highest Medal awarded them by the Universal Exposition at Paris, France, in 1867; Vienna, Austria, in 1873; and Philadelphia, 1876.Founded in 1832.Branch Warehouses:85 & 87 John St.NEW YORK,AND197 Lake Street,CHICAGO.For Sale by all Regular Dealers.

Highest Medal awarded them by the Universal Exposition at Paris, France, in 1867; Vienna, Austria, in 1873; and Philadelphia, 1876.

Founded in 1832.

Branch Warehouses:

85 & 87 John St.

NEW YORK,

AND

197 Lake Street,

CHICAGO.

For Sale by all Regular Dealers.

A UNIQUE WEEKLY.THE NEW YORK WEEKLY WITNESS,Now in its ninth year, has a circulation of fifty-three thousand, scattered over the entire continent. From the first it has maintained a thoroughly independent stand in politics, discussing all public questions of interest from a Christian standpoint. In religion it takes the same ground with the Evangelical Alliance; in temperance, with the National Temperance Society, and as regards the oppressed races, with the American Missionary Association.It gives summaries of the week’s news, full Prices Current and Financial Reports, and copious selections from the best editorials of the New York daily papers of both parties. It also gives reports of important religious and temperance meetings and makes a specialty of a daily report of the Fulton Street Prayer Meeting, which has been a much-prized portion of the paper. It stands almost alone in the New York press in reporting the Progress of the Independent Catholic Movement.A chief specialty of theWitnessis its Home Department, consisting of letters from women, discussing questions of domestic and social interest. So much is this department prized that every week for several years has brought more letters from all parts of the country than we can insert in the three columns allotted to it. There is also a column of children’s letters for which we have received a constant overflowing stream of juvenile correspondence. The interest with which children read this column is remarkable.There is an extensive literary department of theWitnessfilled with tales, mostly for children, and extracts from the best weekly and monthly papers. It has also a department for letters from all parts of the Union, chiefly from the South and West, giving information concerning various parts the country.TheWitnesswill be found to contain more readable, instructive, and interesting matter than perhaps any other weekly, and to combine in one sheet the excellencies of a newspaper, a commercial paper, a religious paper, a temperance paper, an agricultural paper, and a mother’s magazine—all for $1.50 a year; or five copies, directed separately, for $6.We also publish an eight-page weekly entitledSABBATH READING, each number having a first-class Sermon and the best religious and temperance matter we can glean from American and British periodicals. Each number contains the Sabbath-school lesson, and a report of Fulton Street Prayer Meeting. 50 cents a year.ALSO,GEMS OF POETRY, an eight-page weekly, containing selections of the choicest poetry in the English language. 75 cents a year. First volume, from 1st June to 31st December, 40 cents.Specimen copies of these publications sent free. They all stop when subscription expires.JOHN DOUGALL & CO.,No. 7 Frankfort St., New York.

A UNIQUE WEEKLY.

THE NEW YORK WEEKLY WITNESS,

Now in its ninth year, has a circulation of fifty-three thousand, scattered over the entire continent. From the first it has maintained a thoroughly independent stand in politics, discussing all public questions of interest from a Christian standpoint. In religion it takes the same ground with the Evangelical Alliance; in temperance, with the National Temperance Society, and as regards the oppressed races, with the American Missionary Association.

It gives summaries of the week’s news, full Prices Current and Financial Reports, and copious selections from the best editorials of the New York daily papers of both parties. It also gives reports of important religious and temperance meetings and makes a specialty of a daily report of the Fulton Street Prayer Meeting, which has been a much-prized portion of the paper. It stands almost alone in the New York press in reporting the Progress of the Independent Catholic Movement.

A chief specialty of theWitnessis its Home Department, consisting of letters from women, discussing questions of domestic and social interest. So much is this department prized that every week for several years has brought more letters from all parts of the country than we can insert in the three columns allotted to it. There is also a column of children’s letters for which we have received a constant overflowing stream of juvenile correspondence. The interest with which children read this column is remarkable.

There is an extensive literary department of theWitnessfilled with tales, mostly for children, and extracts from the best weekly and monthly papers. It has also a department for letters from all parts of the Union, chiefly from the South and West, giving information concerning various parts the country.

TheWitnesswill be found to contain more readable, instructive, and interesting matter than perhaps any other weekly, and to combine in one sheet the excellencies of a newspaper, a commercial paper, a religious paper, a temperance paper, an agricultural paper, and a mother’s magazine—all for $1.50 a year; or five copies, directed separately, for $6.

We also publish an eight-page weekly entitledSABBATH READING, each number having a first-class Sermon and the best religious and temperance matter we can glean from American and British periodicals. Each number contains the Sabbath-school lesson, and a report of Fulton Street Prayer Meeting. 50 cents a year.

ALSO,

GEMS OF POETRY, an eight-page weekly, containing selections of the choicest poetry in the English language. 75 cents a year. First volume, from 1st June to 31st December, 40 cents.

Specimen copies of these publications sent free. They all stop when subscription expires.

JOHN DOUGALL & CO.,

No. 7 Frankfort St., New York.

NEW AND IMPROVED STYLES THIS SEASON.MASONANDHAMLINORGANSBEST IN THE WORLD: winners of highest distinction atEVERY GREAT WORLD’S FAIR FOR THIRTEEN YEARS. Prices, $51, $57, $66, $84, $108, to $508 and upward. For easy payments, $6.30 a quarter and upward. Catalogues free. MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN CO., 154 Tremont Street, Boston; 46 East 14th Street, NEW YORK; 149 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

NEW AND IMPROVED STYLES THIS SEASON.

MASONANDHAMLINORGANS

BEST IN THE WORLD: winners of highest distinction atEVERY GREAT WORLD’S FAIR FOR THIRTEEN YEARS. Prices, $51, $57, $66, $84, $108, to $508 and upward. For easy payments, $6.30 a quarter and upward. Catalogues free. MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN CO., 154 Tremont Street, Boston; 46 East 14th Street, NEW YORK; 149 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.

J.&R.LAMB,59 Carmine St., N. Y.CHURCHFURNISHERSMemorial Windows, Memorial Tablets,Sterling Silver Communion Services.SEND FOR CIRCULAR.

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