CONTENTS

EDITORIAL.
[ANNUAL MEETING, 345]
[LOWELL, 346]
[FINANCIAL STATEMENT, 347]
[CAPITAL AND LABOR, 348]
[THE ALASKA MISSION, 349]
[DEATH OF HON. A.C. BARSTOW AND OF REV. GEO. S. SMITH, 350]
THE SOUTH.
[THE WALDENSES AT VALDESE, N.C., 351]
[NOTES FROM THE MOUNTAINS, 354]
["NOLICHUCKY JACK'S" DESCENDANTS, 355]
[PROMISING OPENINGS FOR SCHOOL AND CHURCH, 356]
[SOUTHERN FIELD NOTES, 357]
[CAPPAHOSIC'S SIXTH COMMENCEMENT, 359]
[PRAYERFUL AND INDUSTRIOUS FAMILY, 361]
[A VISIT TO UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, 362]
THE INDIANS.
[MISSION SERVICES AT TWO KETTLE VILLAGE, 363]
[INDIAN MISSION COLLECTIONS, 366]
THE CHINESE.
[THE PRESENT DISTRESS, 366]
BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.
[ANNUAL MEETING—A FEW WORDS TO BOYS, 368]
[WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS, 371]
[RECEIPTS, 373]


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American Missionary Association.


President, Merrill E. Gates, LL.D., Mass.

Vice-Presidents.

Rev. F.A. Noble, D.D., Ill.
Rev. A.J.F. Behrends, D.D., N.Y.
Rev. Alex. Mckenzie, D.D., Mass.
Rev. Henry Hopkins, D.D., Mo.
Rev. Henry A. Stimson, D.D., N.Y.

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.

H.W. Hubbard, Esq., Bible House, N.Y.

Auditors.

Peter McCartee.
Richard S. Barnes.

Executive Committee.

Charles L. Mead, Chairman.
Charles A. Hull, Secretary.

For Three Years.

Charles A. Hull,
Addison P. Foster,
Albert J. Lyman,
Nehemiah Boynton,
A.J.F. Behrends.

For Two Years.

Samuel Holmes,
Samuel S. Marples,
Charles L. Mead,
William H. Strong,
Elijah Horr.

For One Year.

William Hayes Ward,
James W. Cooper,
Lucien C. Warner,
Joseph H. Twichell,
Charles P. Peirce.

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.


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