CONTENTS.
| Page. | |
| EDITORIALS. | |
| Annual Meeting—Financial | [257] |
| Amendments to Constitution—School Work for Indians | [258] |
| Caste on the Cars | [259] |
| Address of the Rev. Geo. M. Boynton | [260] |
| Misplaced Benevolence—Benefactions | [263] |
| General Notes—Africa, Indians, Chinese | [264] |
| Items From the Field | [266] |
| THE FREEDMEN. | |
| Southwestern Congregational Assoc. | [267] |
| Teachers’ Institute at Memphis | [269] |
| Sunday-School Institute at Tougaloo | [269] |
| Go Home to Thy Friends—A Rice Plantation (Cut) | [270] |
| Work at Florence, Ala.—Topeka, Kansas | [271] |
| THE INDIANS. | |
| Variety in Missionary Life | [272] |
| Indians Speaking Across a Chasm (Cut) | [273] |
| Indians at Hampton | [274] |
| THE CHINESE. | |
| The Penalty of Prosperity | [275] |
| Yakut Villagers (Cut) | [277] |
| CHILDREN’S PAGE. | |
| The Boy Who Grew Up in a Cotton Patch | [278] |
| RECEIPTS | [279] |
| The Proposed Constitution | [284] |
American Missionary Association,
56 READE STREET, NEW YORK.
President, Hon. WM. B. WASHBURN, Mass.
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, 56 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 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.
SEPTEMBER, 1882.
No. 9.