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CONTENTS
EDITORIAL.
The Jubilee Meeting—Up To Date
Only Thirty Days More
Jubilee Share Fund—Paragraphs
THE SOUTH.
A Negro Upon Self-Help And Self-Support
Beach Institute, Savannah, Ga.,
Ballard Normal School, Macon, Ga.
Brewer Normal School, Greenwood, S. C.
Talladega College Commencement
Snap Shots At Talladega Students
Albany Normal School, Albany, Ga.
Chandler Normal School, Lexington, Ky.
Extracts From Letter Of a Southern Pastor
Letter From a Former Student
Grand View Church
THE CHINESE.
Visits To Three Missions
BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.
The Association Jubilee
SHARES JUBILEE YEAR FUND.
RECEIPTS.
NEW YORK:
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Bible House, Ninth St. and Fourth Ave., New York.
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American Missionary Association.
President, Merrill E. Gates, LL.D., Mass.
Vice-Presidents.
Rev. F. A. Noble, D.D., Ill.
Rev. Henry Hopkins, D.D., Mo.
Rev. Alex. McKenzie, D.D., Mass.
Rev. Henry A. Stimson, D.D., N. Y.
Rev. Washington Gladden, D.D., Ohio.
Honorary Secretary and Editor.
Rev. M. E. Strieby, D.D., Bible House, N. Y.
Corresponding Secretaries.
Rev. A. F. Beard, D.D., Rev. F. P. Woodbury, D.D., Bible House. N. Y.
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.
George S. Hickok.
James H. Oliphant.
Executive Committee.
Charles L. Mead, Chairman.
Charles A. Hull, Secretary.
For Three Years.
For Two Years.
For One Year.
Samuel Holmes,
William Hayes Ward,
Charles A. Hull,
Samuel S. Marples,
James W. Cooper,
Addison P. Foster,
Charles L. Mead,
Lucien C. Warner,
Albert J. Lyman,
William H. Strong,
Joseph H. Twichell,
Nehemiah Boynton,
Elijah Horr.
Charles P. Peirce.
A. J. F. Behrends.
District Secretaries.
Rev. Geo. H. Gutterson, 21 Cong'l House, Boston, Mass.
Rev. Jos. E. Roy, D.D., 153 La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill.
Secretary of Woman's Bureau.
Miss D. E. Emerson, Bible House, N. Y.
COMMUNICATIONS
Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the Corresponding Secretaries; letters for "The American Missionary," to the Editor, at the New York Office; letters relating to the finances, to the Treasurer; letters relating to woman's work, to the Secretary of the Woman's Bureau.
DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
In drafts, checks, registered letters, or post-office orders, may be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, Bible House, New York; or, when more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 Congregational House, Boston, Mass., or 153 La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill. A payment of thirty dollars constitutes a Life Member.
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THE
American Missionary
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