Must we refuse education to more of such students and teachers? The unexpended portion of the Stone fund is already appropriated and is not available here. 4. To meet the urgent demands for enlargement in the church work. 5. To increase our expenditures for the Indians. The nation is aroused in their behalf and Congress is ready to help. Now is the time for us to enlarge. 6. To double our appropriation for the Chinese work. No outlay yields better returns. 7. To build the John Brown steamer for the Mendi, and to complete the $50,000 fund for the Arthington Mission. These facts are our appeal. We add no words. The day has gone by when our friends will be content with good speeches and resolutions at the Annual Meeting. The hour has come for steady and effective work. We are ready for it, and the tone of the meeting at Worcester shows that our friends are also. * * * * * ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING. The Thirty-fifth Annual Meeting of the American Missionary Association was held in Plymouth Church, Worcester, Mass., on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, November 1st, 2d and 3d, 1881. As the bells in the church-tower finished chiming the “Missionary Hymn,” at three o’clock Tuesday afternoon, Secretary Strieby called the meeting to order, and in the absence of the President and Vice-Presidents, Rev. S. R. Dennen, D.D., of New Haven, was chosen to preside. After devotional services, Rev. Marshall M. Cutter, of Medford, was chosen Secretary, and Rev. John L. Ewell and Rev. C. P. Osborne Assistant Secretaries. A Nominating Committee was appointed consisting of Rev. E. H. Byington, Rev. E. P. Marvin and C. L. Mead, Esq.; also a Business Committee consisting of Rev. Geo. M. Boynton, Rev. G. R. M. Scott, and Geo. P. Davis, Esq. The Treasurer, H. W. Hubbard, Esq., read his report, which was referred to a Committee on Finance. The Annual Report of the Executive Committee was made through Rev. G. D. Pike, D.D., District Secretary, and was referred _seriatim_ to appropriate Committees. An hour was then spent in prayer and conference, with special reference to the work in the South. Tuesday evening, after devotional services, led by Rev. E. G. Porter, of Lexington, Rev. C. D. Hartranft, D.D., of Hartford, Conn., preached for the Annual Sermon a discourse appropriate to the Communion, which followed it, from Matthew xxvi, 27, l.c., “Drink ye all of it.” The Lord’s Supper was administered by Rev. Geo. W. Phillips, pastor of Plymouth Church, and Rev. Geo. H. Gould, D.D.