The American Missionary — Volume 35, No. 11, November, 1881Various
Religion
The American Missionary — Volume 35, No. 11, November, 1881
Various
Congregational churches -- Missions -- Periodicals; Home missions -- Periodicals
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Annual Meeting.
The American Missionary Association will hold its Thirty-fifth
Anniversary in the city of Worcester, November 1-3.
On Tuesday, at three o’clock P.M., the Executive Committee will
render their Annual Report.
At 7.30 o’clock, Tuesday evening, the Annual Sermon will be
preached by Rev. C. D. Hartranft, D.D., of Hartford, Communion
following.
On Wednesday morning, papers will be read on topics of special
interest relating to the work.
Wednesday afternoon and Thursday will be occupied with Reports of
Committees and addresses thereon.
On Wednesday and Thursday evenings, there will be addresses from
Senator George F. Hoar, Gen. O. O. Howard, President M. H. Buckham,
and other distinguished speakers.
The Committees on hospitality, reduction of railroad fares, and
other matters of detail pertaining to the meeting, will be duly
published in the religious papers.
The Executive Committee proposes the following amendments to the
Constitution of the American Missionary Association to be submitted
to the Annual Meeting for action thereon, viz.:
ART. III. Any person who contributes to the funds of the
Association may become a member thereof for the current
year by requesting to be enrolled as such at the time such
contribution is paid into the treasury of the Association, and
any contributor to the amount of thirty dollars, at one time,
may, on request to that effect, be enrolled as a Life Member.
ART. V. The Annual Meeting shall consist of the Officers, Life
Members who have been such prior to the first day of October
preceding the time of such meeting, such persons as have been
enrolled as members within one year prior to that date, and of
delegates from churches that have within the year contributed
to the funds of the Society, and from State Associations
and Conferences, each of such churches, associations and
conferences to be entitled to one delegate.
ART. VI. The officers of the Association shall be a President,
Vice-Presidents, Corresponding Secretaries, (who shall also
keep the records of the Association,) Treasurer, Auditors, and
an Executive Committee of not less than twelve members.
ART. VII. After “dismissing,” omit the parenthesis. Omit ART.
VIII., and number ARTS. IX. and X. respectively VIII. and IX.
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DAVID H. GILDERSLEEVE, PRINTER, 101 CHAMBERS STREET, NEW YORK.
Transcriber’s Notes
Missing punctuation inserted and obvious printer’s punctuation
errors corrected.
On page 339, “neigborhood” corrected to “neighborhood”. (the entire
neighborhood enlisted)
On page 348 in the first New Britain entry, inserted missing “i” in
“Collins”.
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