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[Illustration: JULY, 1887.

  VOL. XLI.

  NO. 7.

  The American Missionary]

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[Illustration: CONTENTS]


  EDITORIAL.

    FOURTH OF JULY,—DEATH OF MRS. PARR,                 187
    PARAGRAPHS,                                         188
    THE JOHN BROWN SONG,                                189
    AT THE MONUMENT OF LINCOLN,                         191
    THINGS TO BE REMEMBERED—NO. 2,                      192
    THE IMPRESSIONS OF TEN YEARS,                       193


  THE SOUTH.

    NOTES IN THE SADDLE,                                195
    ATLANTA UNIVERSITY,                                 197
    STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY,                                198
    TWO EXAMPLES OF PERSEVERANCE,                       199


  THE INDIANS.

    CHARGE AT THE ORDINATION OF REV. GEO. W. REED,      201


  THE CHINESE.

    EVANGELISTIC WORK,                                  204
    MISSIONS IN CHINA,                                  206


  BUREAU OF WOMAN’S WORK.

    TEMPERANCE WORK IN OUR SCHOOLS,                     206
    ENGLISH AS SHE IS _Not_ TAUGHT,                     208


  FOR THE CHILDREN.

    CHILDREN’S TEMPERANCE WORK,                         209


  RECEIPTS,                                             209

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AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.

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  PRESIDENT, Hon. WM. B. WASHBURN, LL.D., Mass.


  _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, Mo.


  _Corresponding Secretary._

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


  _Associate Corresponding Secretaries._

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

    _For Two Years._
      J. E. RANKIN.
      WM. H. WARD.
      J. W. COOPER.
      JOHN H. WASHBURN.
      EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN.

    _For One Year._
      LYMAN ABBOTT.
      A. S. BARNES.
      J. R. DANFORTH.
      CLINTON B. FISK.
      A. P. FOSTER.


  _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. CHARLES W. SHELTON.


  _Field Superintendent._

    Rev. C. J. RYDER, _56 Reade Street, N.Y._


  _Bureau of Woman’s Work._

    _Secretary_, Miss D. E. EMERSON, _56 Reade Street, N.Y._

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