MARCH, 1887.
THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY
VOL. XLI.
NO. 3.
| EDITORIAL. | |
| PAGE | |
| Financial—A Good Idea, | [65] |
| Extracts from Correspondents, | [66] |
| Thy Kingdom Come—Paragraph, | [68] |
| We Are Verily Guilty Concerning Our Brother, | [69] |
| Does the Higher Education Befit the Negro? | [71] |
| Some Change Needed, | [73] |
| New Light in the South, | [74] |
| Paragraph—Death of Mr. Weir, | [75] |
| THE SOUTH. | |
| Notes in the Saddle. Supt. C. J. Ryder, | [75] |
| Dedication of Ballard Building, | [77] |
| Our School of Observation—Charleston, S. C., | [79] |
| Cumberland Mountains, | [80] |
| THE INDIANS. | |
| A Visit to the Dakotas, | [82] |
| THE CHINESE. | |
| From Rev. F. B. Perkins, | [84] |
| BUREAU OF WOMAN’S WORK. | |
| Extracts from Letters—Letter from Jennie Cox, | [86] |
| FOR THE CHILDREN. | |
| Letter from a Coloured Boy to his Teacher—Letter from Mrs. A. A. Myers, | [88] |
| RECEIPTS, | [89] |
NEW YORK:
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Price, 50 Cents a Year, in Advance.
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American Missionary Association.
President, Hon. Wm. B. Washburn, LL.D., Mass.
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.
Corresponding Secretary.
Rev. M. E. Strieby, D.D., 56 Reade Street, N. Y.
Associate Corresponding Secretaries.
Rev. James Powell, 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.
A. P. Foster, Secretary.
For Three Years.
S. B. Halliday.
Samuel Holmes.
Samuel S. Marples.
Charles L. Mead.
Elbert B. Monroe.
For Two Years.
J. E. Rankin.
Wm. H. Ward.
J. W. Cooper.
John H. Washburn.
Edmund L. Champlin.
For One Year.
Lyman Abbott.
A. S. Barnes.
J. R. Danforth.
Clinton B. Fisk.
A. P. Foster.
District Secretaries.
Rev. C. L. Woodworth, D.D., 21 Cong’l House, Boston.
Rev. J. E. Roy, D.D., 151 Washington Street, Chicago.
Financial Secretary for Indian Missions.
Rev. Charles W. Shelton.
Field Superintendent.
Rev. C. J. Ryder, 56 Reade Street, N. Y.
Bureau of Woman’s Work.
Secretary, Miss D. E. Emerson, 56 Reade Street, N. Y.
COMMUNICATIONS
Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the Corresponding Secretaries; those relating to the collecting fields, to Rev. James Powell, D.D., or to the District 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.
The American Missionary.
Vol. XLI.
MARCH, 1887.
No. 3.
American Missionary Association.
The receipts published this month bring us to the end of one-third of our fiscal year. They are $17,712 less than one-third of $350,000, the total amount recommended by the National Council and the Annual Meeting. Our payments have been in excess of receipts $9,130. Add this excess to the $5,000 debt with which we began the year, and you have the condition of our treasury. We have borrowed the money to meet the deficit. Our missionaries are all paid, our work is being pushed and sustained at every point. It is evident that there must be a large increase in contributions from churches and individuals. The contributions are voluntary. As a generous contributor to our treasury says in a letter just received, “Resolutions of annual meetings are not collectable taxes.” Our work is entirely dependent upon the free-will offerings of our supporters. We appeal to them with this understanding. We invite their thoughtful attention to all the facts in the case. The next few months are the best in the year to collect money. People are all at home and about their business. Pastors are all in their pulpits. All the machinery of church and Sunday-school activities are in operation. We earnestly beseech pastors and church officers, and all friends, not to let this harvest-time pass without making special effort to put the finances of the A. M. A. on an assured foundation, before the summer months with their vacations and interruptions of church work come.