American Missionary

The American Missionary —
Volume 42, No. 11, November,
1888

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The American Missionary
November 1888
Volume XLII. No. 11.

CONTENTS
EDITORIAL NOT QUITE FREE--ENCOURAGING RESPONSES
TO OUR APPEAL THE MOHONK CONFERENCE
ORDINATION--THE YELLOW FEVER THE SAMARITAN
WOMAN GENERAL SURVEY OUR SCHOOLS--CHURCH
WORK--MOUNTAIN WORK--THE INDIANS--THE
CHINESE--WOMAN'S BUREAU--FINANCES STUDENT'S
LETTER STRUGGLES IN THE "LONE STAR STATE" THE
CHINESE REVIEW OF THE YEAR BUREAU OF WOMAN'S
WORK WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS RECEIPTS

NEW YORK:
PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION,
Rooms, 56 Reade Street.

Price, 50 Cents a Year, in Advance.
Entered at the Post Office at New York, N.Y., as second class matter.

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 _Reade Street, N.Y._ Rev. A.F. Beard,
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._ Lyman Abbott, Charles A. Hull, J.R. Danforth,
Clinton B. Fisk, Addison P. Foster,
_For Two Years._ S.B. Halliday, Samuel Holmes, Samuel S. Marples,
Charles L. Mead, Elbert B. Monroe,
_For One Year._ J.E. Rankin, Wm. H. Ward, J.W. Cooper, John H.
Washburn, Edmund L. Champlin.
_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.
_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.
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.
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.
VOL. XLII. November, 1888. No. 11.
American Missionary Association

NOT QUITE FREE.
In the November MISSIONARY of last year, the financial statement
bore the simple and joyous heading "FREE." This year we are
compelled to prefix two qualifying words. Our books closed September
30, with a balance of $5,641.21 on the wrong side. While we regret that
there should be any debt, we rejoice that it is no larger.
The receipts applicable to current expenses fell off somewhat during
the year, while the expenditures, owing to general growth and some
special demands were greater than last year. The first of September,
therefore, found us confronting an impending debt. The appeal which
we felt constrained to make for September, and which was made under
some special disadvantages as compared with last year, was met with
so hearty a response in gifts and in expressions of interest in our work,
as to move us to gratitude to God and thankfulness to our friends. A
few of the donors gave $1,000 each, but the larger share of the
responses contained remittances of less than $100. Many of the sums
were quite small, and some of them indicated great self-sacrifice on the
part of the donors. A few brief extracts, all that our limited space will
allow, from a small portion of the letters received, will be found below.
We thank God and take courage. We believe that our friends who
remembered us in the past will not forget us in the future, and that our
wants in October, and in all