The American Missionary - Volume 49, No. 5,?by Various
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Title: The American Missionary - Volume 49, No. 5, May 1895
Author: Various
Release Date: November 23, 2006 [Ebook #19903]
Language: English
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The American Missionary - Volume 49, No. 5, May 1895
by Various
Edition 1, (November 23, 2006)
CONTENTS
Editorial FINANCES. LET IT BE REMEMBERED: CHURCH WORK IN THE SOUTH. FRIGHT AT A CAMERA. Revival Services in the Mountains. A Passage at Arms. A SUBSCRIPTION LIST. The South. IN NORTH CAROLINA. A SUNDAY AT TALLADEGA, ALA. STORRS SCHOOL, ATLANTA, GA. ANDERSONVILLE, GA. The Indians. ITEMS FROM INDIAN MISSIONS. MRS. ADELAIDE RIDEOUT RIGGS. AN INDIAN HELPING NEEDY WHITES. The Chinese. STREET PREACHING IN CHINATOWN. Bureau of Woman's Work. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR IN THE BLACK BELT. WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS. RECEIPTS FOR MARCH, 1895.
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 mail matter.
AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
PRESIDENT, MERRILL E. GATES, LL.D., MASS.
Vice-presidents.
REV. F. A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill. REV. HENRY HOPKINS, D.D., Mo. REV. ALEX. MCKENZIE, D.D., Mass. REV. HENRY A. STIMSON, D.D., N. Y. REV. WASHINGTON GLADDEN, D.D., Ohio.
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.
Assistant Corresponding Secretary.
REV. C. J. RYDER, 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 MCCARTER. JAMES MITCHELL.
Executive Committee.
CHARLES L. MEAD, Chairman. CHARLES A. HULL, Secretary.
For Three Years.
WILLIAM HAYES WARD, JAMES W. COOPER, LUCIEN C. WARNER, JOSEPH H. TWICHELL, CHARLES P. PIERCE.
For Two Years.
CHARLES A. HULL, ADDISON P. FOSTER, ALBERT J. LYMAN, NEHEMIAH BOYNTON, A. J. F. BEHRENDS.
For One Year.
SAMUEL HOLMES SAMUEL S. MARPLES, CHARLES L. MEAD, WILLIAM H. STRONG, ELIJAH HORR.
District Secretaries.
REV. GEO. H. GUTTERSON, 21 Cong'l House, Boston, Mass. REV. JOS. E. ROY, D.D., 153 La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill. REV. W.E.C. WRIGHT, D.D., Cong'l Rooms, Y.M.C.A Building, Cleveland, Ohio.
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; letters relating to woman's work, to the Secretary of the Woman's Bureau.
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., or 153 La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill. A payment of thirty dollars 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 give and bequeath the sum of ---- dollars to the 'American Missionary Association,' incorporated by act of the Legislature of the State of New York." The will should be attested by three witnesses.
THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY
VOL. XLIX. JUNE, 1895. No. 5.
FINANCES.
The outlook is not bright. The receipts for March from both donations and estates have fallen off so that in spite of retrenchments the total indebtedness is somewhat increased. We have now reached the close of the first six months of the fiscal year, and, with a decrease of $11,246.73 in all items of expenditure, the debt is $79,696.61. In the last (April) number of THE MISSIONARY it was shown that there had been during the previous three months a small but actual reduction of the debt. The present showing brings the figures back to what they were substantially in January last.
We hope this falling off is but temporary. We know the pressure of the times and the difficulty of obtaining money. We are fully aware, too, that many of our friends make their contributions with self-denial, but, standing as we do, with the responsibility for the great work entrusted to this Association, and knowing how vital it is to the welfare and uplifting of the impoverished and ignorant
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