The American Missionary — Volume 42, No. 12, December, 1888

by Various

ROLL.

State Associations.

Rev. C.B. Curtis, Ala.; Rev. Horace C. Hovey, Conn.; Rev. B.A. Imes,
Tenn.; Rev. S.M. Newman, D.C.

Local Conferences.

Rev. A.K. Gleason, Mass.; William P. Hubbard, Me.; Rev. D.E. Jones,
Conn.; Rev. H.G. Marshall, Conn.; Rev. B.G. Northrop, Conn.; Miss L.L.
Phelps, Me.; Rev. M.C. Stebbins, Vt.; Rev. Lewis Williams, N.Y.; Mrs.
Lewis Williams, N.Y.

Delegates from the Churches.

Rev. F.D. Austin, N.H.; Dea. Edward Autz, R.I.; Horatio Bailey, Mass.;
Rev. John Barstow, Mass.; Edward D. Beach, Conn.; Rev. Wm. H. Beard,
Conn.; Dea. George T. Beach, Conn.; Rev. Quincy Blakely, N.H.; N.C.
Boutelle, Mass.; Mrs. Juliet H. Brand, O.; Rev. H.S. Brown, Conn.; Rev.
Wm. T. Briggs, Mass.; M.A.H. Brigham, R.I.; Rev. F.L. Bristol, Mass.;
Frank E. Bundy, Mass.; Mrs. J.I.W. Burgess, Mass.; Rev. Wolcott
Calkins, Mass.; A.A. Carr, Mass.; Mrs. Robert Chapman, Conn.; Mrs. Mary
W. Claflin, Ill.; Rev. and Mrs. S.W. Clarke, Mass.; Rev. Bernard
Copping, Mass.; Leyrand S. Carpenter, Conn.; Rev. Zenas Crowell, Mass.;
Mr. and Mrs. Joshua W. Davis, Mass.; Dea. Levi S. Deming, Conn.; Rev.
John W. Dodge, Mass.; Rev. R.C. Drisko, Vt.; Rev. and Mrs. A.J. Dyer,
Mass.; Rev. Edward O. Dyer, Mass.; Rev. John Elderkin, Conn.; Miss Mary
E.P. Elderkin, Conn.; Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Eldredge, Mass.; Rev. F.F.
Emerson, R.I.; Rev. Thomas A. Emerson, Conn.; Rev. F.L. Ferguson,
Conn.; Rev. R.H. Gidman, Conn.; Mrs. N.M. Goodale, Mass.; Mrs. L.M.
Gurney, Mass.; Arthur H. Hale, N.H.; Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Hall, Conn.;
Mrs. S.I. Hall, Mass.; Rev. Henry E. Hart, Conn.; Rev. J.P. Harvey,
Mass.; Rev. Wm. H. Haskell, Me.; Rev. and Mrs. R.W. Haskins, Mass.;
Rev. Henry A. Hazen, Mass.; Miss Helen E. Haynes, Mass.; C.F. Haywood,
Mass.; Rev. James L. Hill, Mass.; Dea. Farrington Holbrook, Mass.;
Silas R. Holmes, Conn.; Rev. and Mrs. Palmer S. Hulbert, Mass.; Joseph
W. Hungerford, Conn.; Charles Jewett, Tenn.; Miss Mary K. Keith, Mass.;
L.B. Kendall, R.I.; Rev. G.N. Killogg, Conn.; Rev. H.L. Kelsey, Conn.;
Rev. George S. Kemp, Mass.; James O. Kendall, Mass.; Dea. A. Kingsbury,
Conn.; Edmund F. Leland, Mass.; Rev. J.R. McLean, Texas; Russel
Manchester, R.I.; Dea. George T. Meech, Conn.; Rev. and Mrs. George A.
Miller, Conn.; L.A. Morgan, Conn.; James A. Morse, N.H.; Rev. Chas. S.
Murkland, N.H.; Dea. and Mrs. B.A. Nourse, Mass.; Rev. Bernard Paine,
Conn.; Mrs. C.M. Palmer, Mass.; Rev. C.W. Park, Conn.; Rev. H.J.
Patrick, Mass.;. Mrs. Abner C. Paul, Mass.; Dea. Charles Peck, Conn.;
Mrs. Kathleen M. Phipps, Mass.; Rev. Charles M. Pierce, Mass.; George
W. Pike, Conn.; Herbert W. Pillsbury, Mass.; Rev. E.S. Potter, Mass.;
Samuel Prentice and wife, Conn.; Rev. and Mrs. A.J. Quick, Conn.; Rev.
George W. Reynolds, Me.; George E. Richards, Mass.; Elisha F.
Richardson, Mass.; Rev. C.B Riggs, Tenn.; Mrs. George H. Rugg, Mass.;
Rev. Moses T. Runnels, N.H.; Lawson A. Seagrave, Mass.; Rev. John
Scott, Conn.; J.H. Shedd, Mass.; George W. Shelton, Conn.; Rev. Thomas
Simms, Conn.; Dea. P. Skinner, Jr., R.I.; Rev. J.D. Smiley, R.I.; Miss
Augusta Smith, Mass.; Arthur M. Stone, Mass.; Rev. Chas. B. Strong,
Conn.; Rev. George W. Stearns, Mass.; Alexander Storer, Mass.; J.W.
Stickney, Mass.; Mrs. E.M. Strong, Conn.; Mrs. Wm. H. Swett, Mass.;
Caleb T. Symmes, Mass.; Rev. Wm. M. Thayer, Mass.; Miss M. Estelle
Vance, Mass.; Rev. M. Van Horne, R.I.; Rev. R.W. Wallace, Mass.; Mr.
and Mrs. Henry S. Walter, Conn.; Dea. Francis J. Ward, Mass.; Mrs.
Francis J. Ward, Mass.; Dr. Lucien C. Warner, N. Y.; Rev. James Wells,
Mass.; Rev. C.A. White, Mass.; Rev. John E. Wildey, R.I.; Rev. Preston
B. Wing, Mass.; Chas. P. Wood, Mass.; Dea. Franklin Wood, N.Y.; Mr. and
Mrs. Clinton A. Woodbury, Me.; Rev. W. Woodbury, Mass.; Rev. J.J.
Woolley, R.I.; Rev. Wm. H. Woodwell, Mass.

Life Members.

H.N. Ackerman, Mass.; Rev. F.H. Adams, R.I.; Rev. W.S. Alexander,
Mass.; J.H. Bailey, Conn.; Rev. F.W. Baldwin, Mass.; Rev. John W.
Ballantine, Mass.; Rev. Luther H. Barber, Conn.; Dea. H.W. Barrows,
Mass.; A.C. Barstow, R.I.; Miss Mattie R. Barstow, Conn.; Rev. A.F.
Beard, KY.; Rev. Edwin S. Beard, Conn.; Mrs. E.H. Beckwith, N.J.; Miss
L. Beckwith, Conn.; David Birge, Conn.; Rev. J.T. Blades, Mass.; George
Booth, R.I.; Rev. James Brand, O.; Chas. N. Brown, N.Y.; Mrs. Chas. N.
Brown, N.Y.; Dea. T.F. Buckingham, Conn.; Mrs. Delia E. Bucklin, Mass.;
Mr. J.I.W. Burgess, Mass.; Miss Anna M. Cahill, Tenn.; Dea. Samuel B.,
Capen, Mass.; Rev. DeWitt S. Clark, Mass.; Walter C. Clark, Conn.; John
H. Cleveland, Conn.; Rev. J.W. Cooper, Conn.; Robert Cushman, R.I.;
Rev. M.M.G. Dana, Mass.; George P. Davis, Mass.; Rev. and Mrs. E.
Dawes, Mass.; Rev. P.B. Davis, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Day, Mass.;
Rev. Oliver S. Dean, Mass.; Rev. Morton Dexter, Mass.; Rev. Samuel W.
Dike, Mass.; John B. Doolittle, Neb.; Charles Duncan, Mass.; Rev. W.R.
Eastman, Mass.; Miss D.E. Emerson, N.Y.; Rev. John L. Ewell, Mass.; Mr.
and Mrs. Franklin Fairbanks, Vt.; Rev. S.H. Fellows, Conn.; Rev. L.Z.
Ferris, R.I.; Milton M. Fisher, Mass.; Miss M.M. Fitch, Mass.; Rev.
Edward T. Fleming, Ga.; Rev. Addison P. Foster, Mass.; Mrs. Jacob
Fullarton, Mass.; Mrs. E.A.H. Grosvenor, Mass.; Rev. Alexander Hall,
Conn.; Mrs. Mortimer Hall, Mass.; Rev. George E. Hall, N.H.; Rev. C.H.
Hamlin, Mass.; Samuel R. Heywood, Mass.; Miss Lucy J. Harrison, Conn.;
Rev. W.D. Hart, R.I.; Rev. Allen Hazen, Mass.; Miss Alma J. Herbert,
N.H.; Rev. John W. Hird, Mass.; Elisha Holbrook, Mass.; Mrs. Farrington
Holbrook, Mass.; Dea. Henry T. Holt, N.Y.; Rev. Rowland B. Howard,
Mass.; H.W. Hubbard, N.Y.; Rev. and Mrs. W.T. Hutchins, Conn.; Rev.
A.H. Johnson, Mass.; Rev. H.E. Johnson, R.I.; Mrs. Loring Johnson,
Mass.; Rev. Samuel Johnson, N.Y,; Rev. R.R. Kendall, Mass.; Rev. Arthur
Little, Ill.; Rev. G.E. Lovejoy, Mass.; Rev. J.H. Lyon, R.I.; Rev. P.W.
Lyman, Mass.; Rev. A.P. Marion, Mass.; Roland Mather, Conn.; Chas. L.
Mead, N.Y.; Rev. D.O. Mears, Mass.; Rev. and Mrs. C.E. Milliken, N.H.;
Rev. Eldridge Mix, Mass.; Elbert B. Monroe, Conn.; Rev. George W.
Moore, D.C.; Mrs. Woodbridge Odlin, Mass.; Rev. Henry A. Osgood, Mass.;
Rev. Wm. S. Palmer, Conn.; Rev. Leonard S. Parker, Mass.; Mrs. H.P.
Parsons, Conn.; Rev. Charles H. Peck, Conn.; Rev. A.B. Peffers, Mass.;
George F. Platt, Conn.; Mrs. Willard Pettee, Mass.; Rev. and Mrs. S.W.
Powell, Mass.; Dea. Augustus Pratt, Mass.; Rev. Lewellyn Pratt, Conn.;
Samuel A. Pratt, Mass.; Rev. George H. Reed, Mass.; Rev. A.M. Rice,
Mass.; Mrs. E.B. Rice, Mass.; A.H. Richardson, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. C.A.
Richardson, Mass.; Rev. N. Richardson, R.I.; Mrs. M.E. Richardson,
Mass.; Rev. James Richmond, Mass.; Mrs. R.B. Risk, Mass.; Rev. Edward
P. Root, Conn.; Rev. Jos. E. Roy, Ill.; Dea. E.A. Russell, Conn.; Rev.
C.J. Ryder, Mass.; Rev. G.S.F. Savage, Ill.; Rev. George H. Scott,
Mass.; Rev. Charles W. Shelton, Conn.; F.C. Sherman, Conn.; Rev. J.E.
Smith, Tenn.; L.B. Smith, R.I.; Rev. C.M. Southgate, Mass.; Rev.
Wayland Spaulding, N.Y.; Albert Spooner, Mass.; S.A. Spooner, Mass.;
Miss Mary N. Shaw, Mass.; Mrs. A.S. Steele, Tenn.; Rev. Geo. E. Street,
N.H.; Rev. M.E. Strieby, N.Y.; Rev. J.M. Sturtevant, O.; Rev. and Mrs.
R.M. Taft, Mass.; Dea. and Mrs. Edwin Talcott, Conn.; E.O. Taylor,
Mass.; Rev. Geo. A. Tewksbury, Mass.; J.C. Thorn, R.I.; Rev. L.
Thompson, Mass.; Rev. John R. Thurston, Mass.; Rev. John E. Tuttle,
Mass.; Dea. Peter E. Vose, Me.: Mrs. Caroline L. Ward, Mass.; Rev.
William Hayes Ward, N.J.; Mrs. L.C. Warner, N.Y.; John H. Washburn,
N.Y.; John Watrous, Conn.; Rev. Albert Watson, N.H.; Mrs. Elizabeth H.
Watson, R.I.; Dea. Eben Webster, Mass.; Mrs. L.A. Weld, Conn.; Rev.
Isaac C. White, Mass.; Dea. Jonas White, Mass.; Edward A. Williams,
Conn.; Mrs. Mary H. Williams, Mass.; Miss S. Maria Williams, Conn.;
S.H. Williams, Mass.; Rev. Clarence H. Wilson, N.Y.; Mark H. Wood,
R.I.; Dea. Frank Wood, R.I.; George M. Woodward, Mass.; Mrs. George M.
Woodward, Mass.; Rev. Henry D. Woodworth, Mass.; Rev. Walter E.C.
Wright, Ky.

Visitors.

H.T. Aborn, Mass.; Rev. E.W. Allen, Mass.; John G. Allen, Mass.; Miss
Mary E. Averill, Conn.; Miss Maria Bachellor, Mass.; Miss C.A.K.
Bancroft, Mass.; Miss A.B. Barrows, Conn.; Miss S.F. Batchelder, N.H.;
Mrs. Abby S. Bates, R.I.; John R. Beecroft, N.Y.; Rev. Howard Billman,
Conn.; Mrs. G.N. Bird, Mass.; Miss Clara B. Blackinton, Mass.; Rev.
Charles H. Bliss, Ill.; Mrs. H. P. Bliss, R.I.; Miss Rebecca Bliss,
R.I.; Mrs. George Booth, R.I.; E.P. Borden, Mass.; Mrs. S.C. Bourne,
Mass.; Mrs. E.P. Boynton, Mass.; A.G. Brewer, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
P. Buffum, R.I.; Miss R. Bullard, Mass.; Mrs. Charles F. Burgess,
Conn.; Mrs. E.H. Cady, Conn.; Miss Mary J. Capron, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs.
E.W. Cain, Mass.; Rev. J.H. Childs, Mass.; Miss Mary C. Collins, Dak.;
Mrs. A.B. Cook, R.I.; Miss Katie A. Craig, Mass.; Rev. A.W. Curtis,
Ala.; William L. Curtis, O.; Miss Anne Cushman, Mass.; Mrs. P.B. Davis,
Mass.; Mrs. O.L. Dean, Mass.; T.R. Dennison, Mass.; Edward W.
Doolittle, Neb.; Mrs. Charles Duncan, Mass.; Joseph R. Dunham, R.I.;
Miss Anna M. Dyer, Mass.; Miss S.S. Evans, Ala.; Mrs. Addison P.
Foster, Mass.; Mrs. A. Fearing, Mass.; Mrs. L.L. Ferris, R.I.; Rev.
J.L. Fowle, Mass.; Miss Emma R. Freeman, R.I.; P.H. Gardner, R.I.; Miss
Mary A. George, N.H.; Rev. Simeon Gilbert, Ill.; Joshua H. Given, Pa.;
Miss Charlotte L. Gleason, Mass.; Mrs. J.R. Goodale, R.I.; Mrs. C.L.
Greene, Mass.; Rev. David Gregg, Mass.; Mrs. M.F. Hardy, Mass.; Rev.
Elijah Harmon, Mass.; Dea. G.E. Herrick and wife, Mass.; Mrs. S.R.
Heywood, Mass.; George Wm. Hill, R.I.; Rev. H.R. Hoisington, Conn.;
Dea. E. Francis Holt, Mass.; Mrs. Henry T. Holt, N.Y.; Mrs. George M.
Howe, Me.; Miss B.A. Howe, Mass.; Mrs. W.P. Hubbard, Me.; Miss. A.
Hunt, Mass.; Rev. Henry S. Huntington, Me.; Mrs. H.M. Hurd, Mass.; O.M.
Hyde, Conn.; Rev. Frank E. Jenkins, N.Y.; Loring Johnson, Mass.; Mrs.
Samuel Johnson, N.Y.; Mrs. Charlotte Johnson, Mass.; Miss Olive M.
Johnson, Mass.; Miss Hannah N. Johnson, Mass.; Mrs. D.E. Jones, Conn.;
Mrs. Mary A. Jones, Mass.; Mrs. George S. Kemp, Mass.; Mrs. Jane Kerr,
Mass.; Rev. Evarts Kent, Ga.; Mrs. A.E. Kingman, Minn.; Mrs. A.
Kingsbury, Conn.; Chas. H. Leonard, M.D., R.I.; Rev. Edwin Leonard,
Conn.; Mr. and Mrs. Jas. M. Linsley, Conn.; E.C. Marsh, Maas.; Mr. and
Mrs. C.H. May, Mass.; Mrs. C.M. Merriam, Mass.; William Merrill, Mass.;
Miss Anna Metcalf, Mass.; Mrs. Ella S. Moore, D.C.; Miss E. Morrison,
Mass.; Mrs. P.H. Nichols, Mass.; Rev. and Mrs. A.F. Newton, Mass.; Mrs.
Henry B. Noyes, Conn.; Mrs. C.P. Paige, Mass.; Miss Sarah M. Paine,
R.I.; Mrs. C.M. Palmer, Mass.; Mrs. S.E. Parker, Mass.; Rev. R.M.
Peacock, Mass.; Mrs. Charles H. Peck, Conn.; Miss C.E. Perkins, Mass.;
Rev. George A. Perkins, Mass.; Miss Elizabeth B. Pierce, Mass.; Miss E.
Plimpton, Ga.; Miss M. Ella Porter, Conn.; Mrs. Daniel Potter, Mass.;
Harriett R. Pratt, Mass.; Mrs. Samuel A. Pratt, Mass.; Mrs. Maria B.
Prescott, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Rice, Conn.; Mrs. Robert
Richmond, Mass.; Rev. Augustine Root, Mass.; I.H. Rowland, Conn.; Mrs.
M.M. Russegue, Mass.; Mrs. S.H. Ryder, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Sadd,
Conn.; Mrs. F.A. Sadd, Conn.; Mrs. G.S.F. Savage, Ill.; Mrs. C.W.
Shelton, Conn.; O.L. Slader, R.I.; Henry D. Smith, Conn.; Rev. Stephen
Smith, Mass.; Eliza Smith, Mass.; Albert K. Smiley, N.Y.; Miss M.W.
Staples, Mass.; Miss Angelina Stebbins, Mass.; Mrs. E.P. Stetson,
Mass.; Rev. Edward G. Stone, N.H.; H.A. Street, Conn.; Mr. and Mrs.
William Swift, Conn.; Rev. C. Terry, Mass.; Rev. G.H. Tilton, Mass.;
Miss C.E. Warren, Mass.; Tyler Waters, Mass.; Mrs. Eben Webster, Mass.;
D.W. Whittlesey, Conn.; Mrs. C.R. Wilcox, R.I.; Mrs. Randale, Mass.;
Mrs. Winslow, Mass.; Miss C.L. Wood, Mass.; Charles P. Wood, Mass.;
Rev. F.G. Woodworth, Miss.

The Nominating Committee was appointed as follows: Rev. James G. Vose,
D.D., of Massachusetts; Rev. S.L. Blake, D.D., of Connecticut; Hon.
Franklin Fairbanks, of Vermont; Rev. Henry J. Patrick, of
Massachusetts; C.L. Mead, Esq., of New York.

The Treasurer, H.W. Hubbard, Esq., presented his annual report, with schedules and the certificates of the auditors, which was accepted and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Rev. James G. Vose, D.D., of Providence, made an address of welcome, which was responded to by the President.

The Survey of the Field by the Executive Committee was read by Secretary A.F. Beard, D.D., and was accepted, and the parts were referred to the special committees to be appointed.

The Association, led by Secretary Strieby, united in a concert of prayer with workers in the field.

The Nominating Committee reported the following committees, which were appointed:

Committee on Business.—Rev. M. McG. Dana, D.D., of Massachusetts;
E.B. Monroe, Esq., of Connecticut; Rev. F.F. Emerson, D.D., of Rhode
Island; Rev. P.B. Davis, of Massachusetts; Rev. John Barstow, of
Massachusetts.

Committee on Finance.—A.L. Williston, Esq., of Massachusetts; L.C.
Warner, M.D., of New York; Roland Mather, Esq., of Connecticut; S.S.
Marples, Esq., of New York; F.W. Carpenter, Esq., of Rhode Island.

Committee of Arrangements.—Rev. J.H. McIlvaine, D.D., of Rhode
Island; G.E. Luther, Esq., of Rhode Island; John McAuslan, Esq., of
Rhode Island; J. G. Parkhurst, Esq., of Rhode Island; Asa Lyman, Esq.,
of Rhode Island; Z. Williams, Esq., of Rhode Island.

Benediction by the President.