Recess was taken until 2 P.M.


THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

The Association was called to order by Rev. D.O. Mears, D.D., a
Vice-president, and prayer was offered by Rev. P.B. Davis, of
Massachusetts.

L.C. Warner, M.D., of New York, presented the report of the Finance
Committee.

Secretary Strieby then made the announcement of the gift to the
Association of the largest donation ever made to a benevolent society
by a living donor, $1,000,894.25, from Mr. Daniel Hand, of Guilford,
Ct. Further statements were made by John H. Washburn, Esq., Chairman of
the Executive Committee; and by Rev. D.O. Mears, D.D.

The doxology was sung, and the following resolution was offered by
Samuel Holmes, Esq., Chairman of the Finance Committee, and was adopted
by a rising vote.

_Resolved._--That we recognize the goodness of Almighty God in
putting it into the heart of Mr. Daniel Hand to make the
munificent gift of more than one million dollars for the
education of the colored youth of the South, to be expended under
the direction of the American Missionary Association.

We rejoice in the flood of beneficent influence which will flow