The American Missionary

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THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY
July, 1889
Vol. XLIII. No. 7

CONTENTS
EDITORIAL.
FINANCIAL CONGREGATIONALISM IN GEORGIA ATLANTA
UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY AND SKILL OF THE NEGRO

PARAGRAPHS CASTE IN THE CHURCHES
THE SOUTH.
MOUNTAIN WORK IN TENNESSEE WILLIAMSBURG
ACADEMY, KY. MARSHALLVILLE, GA. ALBANY, GA.
WILMINGTON, N.C. SENIOR CLASS AT LE MOYNE INSTITUTE
ITEMS
THE INDIANS.
TRIP AMONG THE OUT-STATIONS
THE CHINESE.
THE CHINESE WORK, REV. DR. DANA
BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.
MEETING OF STATE ORGANIZATIONS MERIDIAN, MISS.
MACON, GA.
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
WORK AMONG THE CHILDREN
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., LLD., 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, EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN, WM. H. WARD, J.W.
COOPER, JOHN H. WASHBURN.
_For Two Years._
LYMAN ABBOTT, CHAS. A. HULL, 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._ Rev. C.W. HIATT, _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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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.
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THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

VOL. XLIII. JULY, 1889. No. 7.

The American Missionary Association
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FINANCIAL.
_The Figures Improving._
The receipts of the Association for the eight months to May 31, 1889,
are: from donations, $134,993.37; from estates, $26,530.09; income,
$6,479.21; tuition, $26,084.21; U.S. Gov't, $9,540.87, total,
$203,627.75. Expenditures for the eight months, $229,422.82. Debtor
balance, $25,795.07.
The debtor balance reported in the last MISSIONARY for the seven
months ending April 30th, was $28,328.14. The showing, therefore, is
favorable, and we appeal to our friends to make their contributions so
generous that at the end of the fiscal year we may report entire freedom
from