Bridgeport, Conn. A. L. Winton, $25; Dea. E. W. Marsh, $20; Edward Sterling, $10 $55.00 Derby, Conn. Miss Sarah A. Hotchkiss 5.00 Hartford, Conn. Roland Mather, $100; Charles Seymour, $10 110.00 New Haven, Conn. Gen. E. S. Greeley, $250; Mrs. Atwater Treat, $5 255.00 West Haven, Conn. Cong. Sab. Sch. 25.00 Paterson, N.J. John C. Ryle, $50; George J. Tillotson, $25 75.00 Grand Rapids, Mich. Ladies’ Home Miss. Soc. of First Cong. Ch., _for furnishing room_ 30.00 Union City, Mich. I. W. Clark, $5; Individual, $1 6.00 Fox Lake, Wis. “Friends,” Bbl. of C. ——————— Total 561.00 Previously acknowledged from Oct. 1st to Aug. 31st 5,084.71 ——————— Total $5,645.71 * * * * * FOR MISSIONS IN AFRICA. From Oct. 1st to Sept. 30th $26,289.62 * * * * * SCHOLARSHIP FUND. Streator, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Plumb, _for Fisk University_ 2,000.00 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,[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. 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.