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The American Missionary

MARCH, 1898.

VOL. LII. No. 1.



CONTENTS

EDITORIAL.

  REMOVAL--THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY, NOW A QUARTERLY--LIST
    OF FIELD WORKERS, 1
  OUR INDUSTRIAL WORK, 2
  BOTH ARE RIGHT, 3
  FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES--CHINA AND THE CHINESE--ALASKA, 4

THE FIELD.

  OUR FIELD WORKERS, 5
  TEACHERS' RESIDENCES, 27

THE SOUTH.

  BLESSED SEASON--ORANGE PARK, FLA., 32
  CONG'L CHURCH, ATLANTA, GA., 33
   MINISTERS OF BLACK BELT, ALA., 35

OBITUARY.

  DEA. SAMUEL HOLMES, 38
  MISS MARY E. McLANE, 39
  MISS ANNA COFFIN, 39

RECEIPTS, 40

JUBILEE SHARES, 54

WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS, 55



NEW YORK:

PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION,

THE CONGREGATIONAL ROOMS,

FOURTH AVENUE AND TWENTY-SECOND STREET, NEW YORK.


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Entered at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., as Second-Class mail
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American Missionary Association.

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PRESIDENT, MERRILL E. GATES, LL.D., MASS.

_Vice-Presidents._

  Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill.
  Rev. ALEX. McKENZIE, D.D., Mass.
  Rev. HENRY HOPKINS, D.D., Mo.
  Rev. HENRY A. STIMSON, D.D., N. Y.
  Rev. WASHINGTON GLADDEN, D.D., Ohio.

_Honorary Secretary and Editor._

  Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D.

_Corresponding Secretaries._

  Rev. A. F. BEARD, D.D.
  Rev. F. P. WOODBURY, D.D.
  Rev. C. J. RYDER, D.D.

_Recording Secretary._

  Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D.

_Treasurer._

  H. W. HUBBARD, Esq.

_Auditors._

  D. C. TIEBOUT.
  CHARLES NEWTON SCHENCK.

_Executive Committee._

  CHARLES L. MEAD, Chairman.
  CHARLES A. HULL, Secretary.

  _For Three Years._

  WILLIAM HAYES WARD,
  JAMES W. COOPER,
  LUCIEN C. WARNER,
  CHARLES P. PEIRCE,
  LEWELLYN PRATT,

  _For Two Years._

  CHARLES A. HULL,
  ALBERT J. LYMAN,
  NEHEMIAH BOYNTON,
  A. J. F. BEHRENDS,
  EDWARD S. TEAD,

  _For One Year._

  SAMUEL S. MARPLES,
  CHARLES L. MEAD,
  ELIJAH HORR,
  FRANK M. BROOKS,
  CHARLES S. OLCUTT.

_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.


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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.


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sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, Fourth Avenue and Twenty-second
Street, 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
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