American Missionary

American Missionary, Volume 43,
No. 4, April, 1889

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THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
APRIL, 1889.
VOL. XLIII. NO. 4.

CONTENTS
EDITORIAL.

THE REMEDY--BUT WHO IS TO FURNISH IT?
SOME CURIOUS AND SUGGESTIVE FACTS
PARAGRAPHS
NOTES FROM NEW ENGLAND
PROTESTANT AND PAPIST--AN OBJECT-LESSON--SCHOOL
ECHOES
A DOCTRINAL SERMON--BOOK NOTICES

THE SOUTH.
DEDICATION OF BALLARD BUILDING
TEN YEARS AT THE FRONT
PROGRESS OF EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH
NEW ORGAN AT THOMASVILLE, GA.

THE INDIANS.
VISIT TO PARK STREET CHURCH STATION

THE CHINESE.
SAN DIEGO CHINESE MISSION
BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.
NOTICE OF A CONFERENCE OF OFFICERS
TEMPERANCE WORK IN TENNESSEE
FOR THE CHILDREN.
CHRISTMAS AT S'KOKOMISH RESERVATION
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.
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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. 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 Reads 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, J.R. DANFORTH, CLINTON
B. FISK, ADDISON P. FOSTER.
_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 Street, Chicago._
_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._
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; letters relating
to the finances, to the Treasurer.

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.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.--The date on the "address label,"
indicates the time to which the subscription is paid. Changes are made
in date on label to the 10th of each month. If payment of subscription
be made afterward, the change on the label will appear a month later.
Please send early notice of change in post-office address, giving the
former address and the new address, in order that our periodicals and
occasional papers may be correctly mailed.
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.
THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
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VOL. XLIII. APRIL, 1889. No. 4.
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AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
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THE REMEDY--BUT WHO IS TO FURNISH IT?
President Harrison's Inaugural gives in a brief sentence the remedy for
the great Southern difficulty, viz. EDUCATION.
"If, in any of the States, the public security is thought to be threatened
by ignorance among the electors, the obvious remedy is education."
The Southern situation has been vigorously discussed in the last few
months on the platform, and in the magazines and newspapers, and the
conclusion to which the minds of thoughtful men is rapidly coming