CONTENTS.
| Page. | |
| EDITORIALS. | |
| Annual Meeting—Last Word, Financial | [289] |
| Paragraphs | [290] |
| National Aid for National Education | [292] |
| National Education Assembly | [293] |
| Address of Mr. Butler R. Wilson | [294] |
| Benefactions | [296] |
| General Notes—Africa, Indians | [297] |
| Items From the Field | [298] |
| THE FREEDMEN. | |
| Studies in the South | [299] |
| Negro Prayer-Meeting (Cut) | [301] |
| AFRICA. | |
| Dr. Ladd’s Journal | [303] |
| THE CHINESE. | |
| God Answers Persevering Prayer | [310] |
| Missionary Class in China (Cut) | [312] |
| CHILDREN’S PAGE. | |
| Letter from an African Boy | [313] |
| A Question of Color | [314] |
| RECEIPTS | [314] |
| The Proposed Constitution | [318] |
American Missionary Association,
56 READE STREET, NEW YORK.
President, Hon. WM. B. WASHBURN, Mass.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.
Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., 56 Reade Street N.Y.
TREASURER.
H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., 56 Reade Street, N.Y.
DISTRICT SECRETARIES.
Rev. C. L. WOODWORTH, Boston. Rev. G. D. PIKE, D.D., New York.
Rev. JAMES POWELL, Chicago.
COMMUNICATIONS
relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the Corresponding Secretary; those relating to the collecting fields, to the District Secretaries; letters for the Editor of the “American Missionary,” to Rev. G. D. Pike, D.D., at the New York Office.
DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
may be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 50 Reade Street, New York, or, when more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, Rev. C. L. Woodworth, Dist. Sec., 21 Congregational House, Boston, Mass., or Rev. James Powell, Dist. Sec., 112 West Washington Street, Chicago, Ill. A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a Life Member. Letters relating to boxes and barrels of clothing may be addressed to the persons above named.
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 Annual Report of the A. M. A. contains the Constitution of the Association and the By-Laws of the Executive Committee. A copy will be sent free on application.
THE
American Missionary.
Vol. XXXVI.
OCTOBER, 1882.
No. 10.