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Title: American Missionary, August, 1888, (Vol. XLII, No. 8)

Author: Various

Release Date: November 20, 2004 [EBook #14102]

Language: English

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THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY

August, 1888.

Vol. XLII. No. 8.

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL FINANCIAL.—A CONVERSATION THE VERNACULAR—THE LAST GOVERNMENT ORDER ENDORSEMENT OF SOLICITORS—PROF. LAWRENCE LONDON MISSIONARY CONFERENCE—GETTYSBURG BOOM IN PRICE OF A SLAVE—EXTRACTS FROM EXAMINATION PAPERS ON DR. JAMES POWELL'S PORTRAIT—PARAGRAPH

THE SOUTH.
  NOTES IN THE SADDLE. By District Secretary Ryder.
  ATLANTA UNIVERSITY
  COMMENCEMENT AT FISK UNIVERSITY
  AN HOUR AT STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY
  CLOSING EXERCISES AT TILLOTSON

THE INDIANS. PARAGRAPH FROM OAHE SEWING WOMEN AT FORT BERTHOLD AN INDIAN CHURCH SOCIABLE

THE CHINESE. ITEMS

BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. PARAGRAPHS NOTES FROM MISS COLLINS

OUR YOUNG FOLKS. THE TRUE BLUE CARD

RECEIPTS

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NEW YORK:

PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION,

Rooms, 56 Reade Street.

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Price, 50 Cents a Year, in Advance.

Entered at the Post Office at New York, N.Y., as second class matter.

American Missionary Association.

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PRESIDENT, REV. WM. M. TAYLOR, D.D., LL.D., N.Y.

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.
Rev. HENRY HOPKINS, D.D., Mo.

Corresponding Secretaries.

Rev. M.E. STRIEBY, D.D., 56 Reade Street, N.Y.
Rev. A.F. BEARD, D.D., 56 Reade Street, N.Y.

Treasurer.

H.W. HUBBARD, Esq., 56 Reads Street, N.Y.

Auditors.

PETER McCARTEE.
CHAS. P. PEIRCE.

Executive Committee.

JOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman.
ADDISON P. FOSTER, Secretary.

For Three Years.
LYMAN ABBOTT,
CHARLES A. HULL,
J.R. DANFORTH,
CLINTON B. FISK,
ADDISON P. FOSTER.

For Two Years
S.B. HALLIDAY,
SAMUEL HOLMES,
SAMUEL S. MARPLES,
CHARLES L. MEAD,
ELBERT B. MONROE.

For One Year.
J.E. RANKIN,
WM. H. WARD,
J.W. COOPER,
JOHN H. WASHBURN,
EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN.

District Secretaries.

Rev. C.J. RYDER, 21 Cong'l House, Boston.
Rev. J.E. ROY, D.D., 151 Washington Street, Chicago.

Financial Secretary for Indian Missions.

Rev. CHAS. W. SHELTON.

Secretary of Woman's Bureau.

Miss D.E. EMERSON, 56 Reade St., N.Y.

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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.

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.

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=THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.=

VOL. XLII. AUGUST, 1888. No. 8.

=American Missionary Association.=

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*FINANCIAL.*

Our receipts for the nine months ending June 30 are $214,434.40, an increase of $10,913.66, as compared with the corresponding months of last year. The increase of receipts from legacies is only $184.81, showing that almost the entire increase is from collections, and this we regard as the genuine test of the confidence of our patrons in the work of the Association. On the other hand, a large part of this increase is for special objects, and does not aid us in meeting regular appropriations. We must add, also, that our expenditures during the last nine months have been $21,828.95 greater than for the same months last year. These facts point inevitably to the trilemma—debt, curtailment or increased receipts.

It is easy to say "retrench," and if it is the unmistakable call of the churches, we must do it. But we wish to present another aspect of the subject. In a case where enlargement in the way of new or improved buildings is imperatively demanded to ensure the usefulness of the school, and where there comes to us Providentially, and without solicitation on our part, the proffer of the money to make those enlargements, is it our duty to refuse that money? If our constituents have the facts before them, we, as their agents, will cheerfully abide their decision. To this end will be found below the sketch of a conversation, not imaginary, but which actually occurred, and which will present some of these facts. We ask our patrons to read it and then to decide whether our action in these cases was right, and, if so, whether it should be a guide for the future.

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*A CONVERSATION—ITS RESULTS, ITS LESSONS.*

About two years ago a gentleman came to this office, and said to one of the Secretaries:

"If a person