The American Missionary

The American Missionary

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The American Missionary

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October, 1888.
Volume XLII No. 10.
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Contents
Financial. Annual Meeting Voting Members--Paragraphs
Qualifications Of Candidates For Mission Work Immigrants And
Negroes Book Review Gift Of Books From Mr. Willey The
Unconscious Influence Of Our Missionaries Expulsion Of Negroes
From Marion, Ark Extracts School Echoes Rome And The Freedmen
THE SOUTH. Vacation Echoes Extract From A Graduating Essay
STUDENT'S LETTER. The Blue-Jacket Teacher
THE INDIANS. Mr. Moody's Missionary Meetings
THE CHINESE. Confucius And Christ
BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. Sketch Of Mission Life On The
Frontier
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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The American Missionary
American Missionary Association.
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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.
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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.
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The American Missionary.
VOL. XLII. OCTOBER, 1888. No. 10.
American Missionary Association.
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FINANCIAL--THE DEBT.
Our receipts for the eleven months ending August 31st show an
increase from collections of $14,452.76; a decrease in legacies of
$5,195.52; with a net increase of $9,257.24 over the corresponding
months of last year. On the other hand, the expenditures for these
eleven months have been $31,835.70 more than those of last year, and
hence a debt of over $22,000 is impending. The explanation is to be
found in the fact that an unusually large per cent. of our collections this
year is in specified gifts for special objects, and could not, therefore, be
used to meet appropriations for current work; and the added
expenditures have been absolutely required by the natural and healthful
growth in our varied industrial, school and church work in all parts of
our extended field.

As our friends have had occasion to know, we are making an earnest
appeal for special help to avert this threatened debt. The responses thus
far are encouraging, but not such as to leave the question beyond doubt.
This magazine will reach most of