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[Illustration: DECEMBER, 1887.

The American Missionary

VOL. XLI.

NO. 12.]




[Illustration: CONTENTS]

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  EDITORIAL.

    THIS NUMBER PORTLAND MEETING,                          335
    SUBSCRIBERS FOR THE “MISSIONARY,”                      336
    PARAGRAPHS,                                            337
    STUDENT AID,                                           338
    MORE ABOUT THE JOHN BROWN SONG,                        339
    MISSISSIPPI CONVICT SYSTEM,                            341


  ANNUAL MEETING.

    PROCEEDINGS OF ANNUAL MEETING,                         343
    SUMMARY OF TREASURER’S REPORT,                         352
    REPORTS OF COMMITTEES,                                 354
    DR. BUCKINGHAM’S MEMORIAL ADDRESS,                     361
    THE MISSIONARY INFLUENCE OF A LIFE,
      AND THE LIFE OF A MISSIONARY INFLUENCE. By
      Secretary Beard,                                     365

    THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN. By Secretary Strieby,          372

    NEED OF INTELLIGENCE IN BENEVOLENCE. By Secretary
      Powell,                                              379


  BUREAU OF WOMAN’S WORK.

    REPORT OF SECRETARY,                                   387


  RECEIPTS,                                                390


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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
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American Missionary Association.

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  PRESIDENT, —— ——


  _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. JAMES POWELL, D.D., 56 _Reade Street, N.Y._
    Rev. A. F. BEARD, 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.
    A. P. FOSTER, Secretary.

    _For Three Years._

      LYMAN ABBOTT,
      A. S. BARNES,
      J. R. DANFORTH,
      CLINTON B. FISK,
      A. 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. L. WOODWORTH, D.D., 21 _Cong’l House, Boston_.
    Rev. J. E. ROY, D.D., 151 _Washington Street, Chicago_.


  _Financial Secretary for Indian Missions._

    Rev. CHAS. W. SHELTON.


  _Field Superintendent._

    Rev. C. J. RYDER.


  _Bureau of Woman’s Work._

    _Secretary_, Miss D. E. EMERSON, 56 _Reade Street, N.Y._

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COMMUNICATIONS

Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the
Corresponding Secretaries; those relating to the collecting fields,
to Rev. James Powell, D.D., or to the District 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.

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           VOL. XLI.       DECEMBER, 1887.       No. 12.

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American Missionary Association.

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This is the Annual Meeting number of THE MISSIONARY. It is twice
the usual size, and more than twice the usual value. Addresses
omitted for lack of space will appear in subsequent numbers. Dr.
Behrends’s sermon will be printed in the Annual Report.

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THE PORTLAND MEETING was one of the best in the history of the
Association. The intellectual and spiritual power of all the
sessions was marked and sustained throughout. The attendance was
large. The churches provided right royally for those who attended.
The ministers and those associated with them worked night and day.
They anticipated every want. They made themselves the servants of
all. We cannot thank them as we ought. We