The American Missionary

The American Missionary -
Volume 50, No. 6,
by Various

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Title: The American Missionary - Volume 50, No. 6, June 1896
Author: Various
Release Date: November 21, 2006 [Ebook #19890]
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The American Missionary - Volume 50, No. 6, June 1896
by Various

Edition 1, (November 21, 2006)

CONTENTS
Editorial The Jubilee Year Fund. FIFTY-DOLLAR JUBILEE
SHARES. THE ACCEPTABLE MITES. NO COLOR-LINE IN
CLEVELAND. ORANGE PARK NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL
SCHOOL IN FLORIDA CLOSED BY THE SHERIFF. OUR
CHURCHES. THE TALENTED TENTH. ALASKA MISSION. The
South. HISTORY OF A CHURCH IN ALABAMA. MEETINGS
AMONG THE HILLS AND AT A CONVICT CAMP. A BRIGHT
AND CANDID VIEW OF OUR MOUNTAIN WORK. REVIVALS.
ITEMS FROM THE FIELD. The Indians. REVIVAL--LIBERAL
CONTRIBUTIONS. Crow Agency, Montana The Chinese. Jubilee
Year Fund, Additional Shares. RECEIPTS FOR APRIL, 1896.
WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS

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.
Honorary Secretary and Editor.
REV. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., Bible House, N. Y.
Corresponding Secretaries.
REV. A. F. BEARD, D.D., REV. F. P. WOODBURY, D.D., Bible
House, N. Y. 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.
GEORGE S. HICKOK. JAMES H. OLIPHANT.
Executive Committee.
CHARLES L. MEAD, Chairman. CHARLES A. HULL, Secretary.
For Three Years.
SAMUEL HOLMES SAMUEL S. MARPLES, CHARLES L. MEAD,
WILLIAM H. STRONG, ELIJAH HORR.
For Two Years.
WILLIAM HAYES WARD, JAMES W. COOPER, LUCIEN C.
WARNER, JOSEPH H. TWICHELL, CHARLES P. PIERCE.

For One Year.
CHARLES A. HULL, ADDISON P. FOSTER, ALBERT J. LYMAN,
NEHEMIAH BOYNTON, A. J. F. BEHRENDS.
District Secretaries.
REV. GEO. H. GUTTERSON, 21 Cong'l House, Boston, Mass. REV.
JOS. E. ROY, D.D., 153 La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill.
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. L. JUNE, 1896. No. 6.

The Jubilee Year Fund.
Extract from the appeal of the Executive Committee of the American
Missionary Association:
*Fifty Dollars a Share.*
It is proposed to raise during the next six months a special Jubilee Year
Fund of $100,000 in shares of $50 each, with the hope and expectation
that these shares will be taken by the friends of missions without
lessening those regular contributions which must be depended upon to
sustain the current work.
FORM OF A PLEDGE.
Share, $50. $100,000.
THE JUBILEE YEAR FUND OF THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY
ASSOCIATION.
I hereby take ..... shares (Fifty Dollars each) in the Jubilee Year Fund of
the American Missionary Association, to be paid before the close