—— N. H. “A Friend” 100.00 —— Vt. “A Friend” 100.00 Norwich, Conn. Miss. S. Mace 20.00 Rockville, Conn. J. N. Stickney 25.00 West Meriden, Conn. Edmund Tuttle, to const. CHARLES L. MERRIAM, L. M. 30.00 New York, N. Y. Stephen T. Gordon 100.00 Benzonia, Mich. Mrs. S. A. B. C. 1.00 Detroit, Mich. Rev. F. T. Bayley 15.00 Streator, Ill. Hon. Samuel Plumb 250.00 Kilmarnock, Scotland. John Galloway 1,000.00 ————————— 1,641.00 Previously acknowledged May Receipts 10,522.72 ————————— Total $12,163.72 Receipts of the CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION, (E. Palache, Treas.) from March 21 to June 20, 1878: FROM AUXILIARIES, $17.10. Petaluma Chinese Mission. Chinese 8.10 Stockton Chinese Mission. Mrs. M. C. Brown $3; Wm. Saunders $1; A. Van R. Paterson $1; Chinese $4 9.00 FROM CHURCHES, $59.60. San Francisco. First Cong. Ch. 44.35 Bethany. Church (in part) 15.25 FROM EASTERN FRIENDS, $55. Bangor, Me. Mrs. E. R. Burpee, _for Barnes’ Mission House_ 25.00 Lake George, N. Y. Rev. H. S. Huntington $25; Other friends $5 30.00 —————— Total $131.70 * * * * * 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,[A] 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.