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The American Missionary.

November, 1889.
Volume XLIII. No. 11.

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Contents


    EDITORIAL.

  Free Once More
  The National Council
  The  Delegates
  The Mohonk Conference
  Notes from New England
  Death of Superintendent Hall and of Dr. Lane


    GENERAL SURVEY.

  The South
  Educational Work
  Church Work
  Mountain Work
  The Indians
  The Chinese
  Enlargements and Improvements
  Woman's Work
  Finances
  Daniel Hand Fund


    THE CHINESE.

  Review Of The Year


    BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.

  Paragraphs
  Woman's Work in North Carolina
  Woman's State Organizations


    RECEIPTS

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  NEW YORK.
  PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
  Rooms, 56 Reade Street.

  Price, 50 Cents a Year, in Advance.
  Entered at the Post Office at New York, N.Y., as Second-Class Matter.

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American Missionary Association.


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


_Vice-Presidents._

  Rev. A.J.F. BEHRENDS, D.D., N.Y.
  Rev. F.A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill.
  Rev. ALEX. MCKENZIE, D.D., Mass.
  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._


_Recording Secretary._

  Rev. M.E. STRIEBY, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._


_Treasurer._

  H.W. HUBBARD. Esq., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._


_Auditors._

  PETER McCARTEE.
  CHAS. P. PEIRCE.


_Executive Committee._

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


  _For Three Years._

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


  _For Two Years._

    LYMAN ABBOTT,
    CHAS. A. HULL,
    CLINTON B. FISK,
    ADDISON P. FOSTER,
    ALBERT J. LYMAN.


  _For One Year._

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


_District Secretaries_

  Rev. C.J. RYDER, _21 Cong'l House, Boston._
  Rev. J.E. ROY, D.D., _151 Washington Sheet, Chicago._
  Rev. C.W. HIATT, _64 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio._


_Financial Secretary for Indian Missions._

  Rev. CHAS. W. SHELTON.


_Field Superintendents._

  Rev. FRANK E. JENKINS.
  Prof. EDWARD S. HALL.


_Secretary of Woman's Bureau._

  Miss D.E. EMERSON, _56 Reade St., N.Y._

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THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

VOL. XLIII.   NOVEMBER, 1889.   NO. 11.

AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.

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FREE ONCE MORE.

At the close of our fiscal year in 1887, we were enabled to utter the
joyful word "Free," no _debt_ darkening our balance sheet. Last
year (1888) we were compelled to moderate our tone and say "Not quite
free," for a balance of $5,641.21 stood on the wrong side of our
ledger. But now, in the good providence of God