American Missionary

American Missionary, Volume 43, No. 4, April, 1889

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THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
APRIL, 1889.
VOL. XLIII. NO. 4.

CONTENTS
EDITORIAL.
THE REMEDY--BUT WHO IS TO FURNISH IT?
SOME CURIOUS AND SUGGESTIVE FACTS
PARAGRAPHS
NOTES FROM NEW ENGLAND
PROTESTANT AND PAPIST--AN OBJECT-LESSON--SCHOOL ECHOES
A DOCTRINAL SERMON--BOOK NOTICES

THE SOUTH.
DEDICATION OF BALLARD BUILDING
TEN YEARS AT THE FRONT
PROGRESS OF EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH
NEW ORGAN AT THOMASVILLE, GA.

THE INDIANS.
VISIT TO PARK STREET CHURCH STATION

THE CHINESE.
SAN DIEGO CHINESE MISSION
BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.
NOTICE OF A CONFERENCE OF OFFICERS
TEMPERANCE WORK IN TENNESSEE
FOR THE CHILDREN.
CHRISTMAS AT S'KOKOMISH RESERVATION
RECEIPTS
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NEW YORK:
PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
Rooms, 56 Reade Street.
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Price, 50 Cents a Year, in Advance.
Entered at the Post Office at New York, N.Y., as second-class matter.
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American Missionary Association.
PRESIDENT, Rev. WM. M. TAYLOR, D.D., LL.D., N.Y.
_Vice-Presidents._
Rev. A.J.F. BEHRENDS, D.D., N.Y. Rev. ALEX. McKENZIE, D.D., Mass. Rev. F.A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill. Rev. D.O. MEARS, D.D., Mass. Rev. HENRY HOPKINS, D.D., Mo.
_Corresponding Secretaries._
Rev. M.E. STRIEBY, D.D., _56 Reads Street, N.Y._ Rev. A.F. BEARD, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._
_Recording Secretary._
Rev. M.E. STRIEBY, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._
_Treasurer._
H.W. HUBBARD, Esq., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._
_Auditors._
PETER McCARTEE. CHAS. P. PEIRCE.
_Executive Committee._
JOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman. ADDISON P. FOSTER, Secretary.
_For Three Years._
J.E. RANKIN, WM. H. WARD, J.W. COOPER, JOHN H. WASHBURN, EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN.
_For Two Years._
LYMAN ABBOTT, CHAS. A. HULL, J.R. DANFORTH, CLINTON B. FISK, ADDISON P. FOSTER.
_For One Year._
S.B. HALLIDAY, SAMUEL HOLMES, SAMUEL S. MARPLES, CHARLES L. MEAD, ELBERT B. MONROE.
_District Secretaries._
Rev. C.J. RYDER, _21 Cong'l House, Boston._ Rev. J.E. ROY, D.D., _151 Washington Street, Chicago._
_Financial Secretary for Indian Missions._
Rev. CHAS. W. SHELTON.
_Field Superintendents._
Rev. FRANK E. JENKINS. Prof. EDWARD S. HALL.
_Secretary of Woman's Bureau._
Miss D.E. EMERSON, _56 Reade St., N.Y._
COMMUNICATIONS
Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the Corresponding Secretaries; letters for "THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY," to the Editor, at the New York Office; letters relating to the finances, to the Treasurer.
DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
In drafts, checks, registered letters, or post-office orders, may be sent to H.W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 56 Reade Street, New York, or, when more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 Congregational House, Boston, Mass., or 151 Washington Street, Chicago, Ill. A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a Life Member.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.--The date on the "address label," indicates the time to which the subscription is paid. Changes are made in date on label to the 10th of each month. If payment of subscription be made afterward, the change on the label will appear a month later. Please send early notice of change in post-office address, giving the former address and the new address, in order that our periodicals and occasional papers may be correctly mailed.
FORM OF A BEQUEST
"I bequeath to my executor (or executors) the sum of ---- dollars, in trust, to pay the same in ---- days after my decease to the person who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the 'American Missionary Association,' of New York City, to be applied, under the direction of the Executive Committee of the Association, to its charitable uses and purposes." The Will should be attested by three witnesses.
THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
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VOL. XLIII. APRIL, 1889. No. 4.
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AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
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THE REMEDY--BUT WHO IS TO FURNISH IT?
President Harrison's Inaugural gives in a brief sentence the remedy for the great Southern difficulty, viz. EDUCATION.
"If, in any of the States, the public security is thought to be threatened by ignorance among the electors, the obvious remedy is education."
The Southern situation has been vigorously discussed in the last few months on the platform, and in the magazines and newspapers, and the conclusion to which the minds of thoughtful men is rapidly coming is that announced in the President's Message.
But the remedy will not apply itself, and the means for an adequate supply of educational facilities must be furnished promptly or the time will soon come when the case will be hopeless.
WHAT ARE THE SOURCES OF THIS SUPPLY?
1. The public school funds of the States themselves. This must be the main source. We recognize the fact that the Southern States are comparatively poor, and the further fact, so greatly to their credit, that some of them are paying as large a per cent. on the