The American Missionary

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The American Missionary
AUGUST, 1896
VOL. L. No. 8.

CONTENTS
EDITORIAL.
THE JUBILEE YEAR FUND, 241 SHARES--LEADERS, 242

HARRIET BEECHER STOWE, 244
THE SOUTH.
THE HISTORIES OF OUR CHURCHES, 245 DEER LODGE, TENN.,
245
ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES.
COMMENCEMENT AT FISK UNIVERSITY, 247 HOWARD
UNIVERSITY, 249 LINCOLN ACADEMY, 249 ALLEN NORMAL
SCHOOL, 251 SALUDA SEMINARY, 253 BURRELL SCHOOL,
253 BLOWING ROCK, N.C., 254 ENFIELD--LINCOLN SCHOOL,
MERIDIAN, 255 A LESSON IN HOME BUILDING, 256 ITEM, 256
THE INDIANS.
CLOSING EXERCISES AT SANTEE NORMAL SCHOOL, 257
THE CHINESE.
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, 259
SHARES JUBILEE YEAR FUND, 260
WOMEN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS, 262
RECEIPTS, 264

NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY
ASSOCIATION,
Bible House, Ninth St. and Fourth Ave., New York.
Price, 50 Cents a Year in advance.
Entered at the Post Office at New York, N.Y., as second-class mail
matter.
* * * * *
_American Missionary Association._
PRESIDENT, MERRILL E. GATES, LL.D., MASS.
_Vice-Presidents._
Rev. F.A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill. Rev. ALEX. McKENZIE, D.D., Mass.
Rev. HENRY HOPKINS, D.D., Mo. Rev. HENRY A. STIMSON,
D.D., N.Y. Rev. WASHINGTON GLADDEN, D.D., Ohio.
_Honorary Secretary and Editor._
REV. M.E. STRIEBY, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._
_Corresponding Secretaries._
Rev. A.F. BEARD, D.D. Rev. F.P. WOODBURY, D.D., _Bible House,
N.Y._ Rev. C.J. RYDER, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._
_Recording Secretary._

Rev. M.E. STRIEBY, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._
_Treasurer._
H.W. HUBBARD, Esq., _Bible House, N.Y._
_Auditors._
GEORGE S. HICKOK. JAMES H. OLIPHANT.
_Executive Committee._
CHARLES L. MEAD, Chairman. CHARLES A. HULL, Secretary.
_For Three Years._
EAMUEL HOLMES, SAMUEL S. MARPLES, CHARLES L. MEAD,
WILLIAM H. STRONG, ELIJAH HORR.
_For Two Years._
WILLIAM HAYES WARD, JAMES W. COOPER, LUCIEN C.
WARNER, JOSEPH H. TWICHELL, CHARLES P. PEIRCE.
_For One Year._
CHARLES A. HULL, ADDISON P. FOSTER, ALBERT J. LYMAN,
NEHEMIAH BOYNTON, A.J.F. BEHRENDS.
_District Secretaries._
Rev. GEO. H. GUTTERSON, _21 Cong'l House, Boston, Mass._ Rev.
Jos. E. ROY, D.D., _153 La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill._
_Secretary of Woman's Bureau._
Miss D.E. EMERSON, _Bible House, 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; letters relating to woman's work, to the
Secretary of the Woman's Bureau.

DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
In drafts, checks, registered letters, or post-office orders, may be sent to
H.W. Hubbard, Treasurer, Bible House, New York; or, when more
convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 Congregational House,
Boston, Mass., or 153 La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill. A payment of thirty
dollars 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 give and bequeath the sum of ---- dollars to the 'American
Missionary Association,' incorporated by act of the Legislature of the
State of New York." The will should be attested by three witnesses.
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THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY
VOL. L. AUGUST, 1896. No. 8.
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The Jubilee Year Fund.
Extract from the appeal of the Executive Committee of the American
Missionary Association:
Fifty Dollars a Share.
It is proposed to raise during the next six months a special Jubilee Year
Fund of $100,000 in shares of $50 each, with the hope and expectation
that these shares will be taken by the friends of missions without
lessening those regular contributions which must be depended upon to
sustain the current work.
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FORM
OF A PLEDGE. | | | | Share, $50. $100,000. | | | | THE JUBILEE YEAR
FUND | | OF THE | | AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. | |
| | I hereby take .... shares (Fifty Dollars each) in the | | Jubilee Year
Fund of the American