American Missionary

American Missionary, Volume 44, No. 6, June, 1890

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The American Missionary
June, 1890. VOL. XLIV. NO. 6.

CONTENTS
EDITORIAL.
Removal
Dr. Storrs on the Negro Problem
Missionaries to Alaska
In a Nutshell
Higher Education of the Colored People
Spring Conferences
Mississippi Immigrants
Notes from New England
Music's Mission
Items
THE SOUTH.
Our School Work
Our Church Work
Revival at Wilmington, N.C.
Ballard School, Macon, Ga.
Dreary Picture of Place and People
Report from Mountain Schools
The King's Daughters Society
THE INDIANS.
Our S'kokomish Mission
THE CHINESE.
Jottings
BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.
Paragraphs--State Missionary Unions
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
Letter from a Teacher
Woman's State Organizations
RECEIPTS.

NEW YORK:
Published By The American Missionary Association
Bible House, Ninth St. and Fourth Ave., New York.
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., _Bible House, N.Y._ Rev. A.F. Beard, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._ Rev. F.P. Woodbury, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._
_Recording Secretary._ Rev. M.E. Strieby, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._
_Treasurer._ H.W. Hubbard, Esq., _Bible House, N.Y._
_Auditors._ Peter McCartee. Chas. P. Peirce.
_Executive Committee._ John H. Washburn, Chairman. Addison P. Foster, Secretary.
_For Three Years._ S.B. Halliday, Samuel Holmes, Samuel S. Marples, Charles L. Mead, Elbert B. Monroe.
_For Two Years._ J.E. Rankin, Wm. H. Ward, J.W. Cooper, John H. Washburn, Edmund L. Champlin.
_For One Year._ Lyman Abbott, Chas. A. Hull, Clinton B. Fisk, Addison P. Foster, Albert J. Lyman.
_District Secretaries._ Rev. C.J. Ryder, _21 Cong'l House, Boston, Mass._ Rev. J.E. Roy, D.D., _151 Washington Street, Chicago, Ill._ Rev. C.W. Hiatt, _64 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio._
_Financial Secretary for Indian Missions._ Rev. Chas. W. Shelton.
_Secretary of Woman's Bureau._ Miss D.E. Emerson, _Bible House, 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, Bible House, New York, or, when more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 Congregational House, Boston, Mass., 151 Washington Street, Chicago, Ill., or 64 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. 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.
Vol. XLIV. June, 1890. No. 6.
American Missionary Association.
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REMOVAL.
The Rooms of the American Missionary Association are now in the Bible House, New York City. Correspondents will please address us accordingly.
Visitors will find our Rooms on the sixth floor of the Bible House, corner Ninth Street and Fourth Avenue; entrance by elevator on Ninth Street.
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DR. STORRS, ON THE NEGRO PROBLEM.
Not long since Rev. R.S. Storrs, D.D., preached a sermon in his own pulpit, presenting the claims of the American Missionary Association for the annual collection in its behalf from the Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, N.Y. This sermon appeared in print in one of the daily papers, and attracted the attention of a benevolent gentleman deeply interested in the Christian education of the colored people, who was so impressed with the great value of the address, that he has furnished the Association with the means to print a large edition for general circulation. This we have done, and we presume that already, many of our readers have had the opportunity of reading this