The American Missionary

The American Missionary

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Title: The American Missionary, Volume 49, No. 4, April, 1895
Author: Various
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The American Missionary
APRIL, 1895
VOL. XLIX
No. 4

CONTENTS
EDITORIAL.
OUR FINANCIAL OUTLOOK--DEATH OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, 121
ITEMS, 122
THE PROSPERITY OF THE SOUTH, 123
NOTES-BY-THE-WAY, SEC. A. F. BEARD, 124
THE SOUTH.
TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI (Illustrated), 125
LINCOLN MEMORIAL, SPECIAL METHOD, 133
LINCOLN MEMORIAL DAY IN THE SOUTH, 134
THE LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION, 135
FIELD ITEMS, 136
MISS AMY WILLIAMS, 137
THE INDIANS.
COLLECTION FOR THE DEBT AT SANTEE AGENCY, 138
LETTER FROM AN INDIAN, 139
THE CHINESE.
GLEANINGS FROM ANNUAL REPORT OF CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION, 139
BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.
THANK-OFFERING DAY, 141
RECEIPTS, 142
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NEW YORK
PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION,
Bible House, Ninth St. and Fourth Ave., New York.
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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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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.
HENRY W. HUBBARD, Esq., Bible House, N. Y.
Auditors.
PETER MCCARTEE. 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. PEIRCE.
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., 151 Washington 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., 151 Washington Street, Chicago, Ill., or Congregational Rooms, Y. M. C. A. Building, Cleveland, Ohio. 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.
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THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY
VOL. XLIX. APRIL, 1895. No. 4.
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OUR FINANCIAL OUTLOOK.
Our debt is large, but we rejoice to say that during the last three months it has been slowly diminishing. It reached its highest point November 30--$82,425.58. December 31 it was $82,032.07; January 31, $79,502.77; February 28, $76,431.49. The cause of this decrease varies in the different months. Sometimes the legacies are in advance, and sometimes the donations. The expenses have been largely reduced in all departments.
While these figures are somewhat encouraging, yet the size of the debt is ominous. The winter months, usually most fruitful in collections, have passed away, and the time for the annual appropriations is near at hand. Unless the debt can be greatly reduced, the cutting down of the appropriations for the next year must be disastrous to this great work. We do not lose our trust in God, nor our hope that the friends of these ignorant and yet struggling people