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EDITORIAL.

ANNUAL MEETING FIGURES STILL IMPROVING PARAGRAPH EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS CIVIL RIGHTS IN COURT TIMHAKA TA IVANGELI

THE SOUTH.

WHAT I FOUND IN THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS, ILLUSTRATED WITH CUTS OF MOUNTAIN CABINS, A NATIVE MOUNTAIN CHURCH AND THE ACADEMY AT WILLIAMSBURG, KY.

ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES: FISK UNIVERSITY, NASHVILLE, TENN. TALLADEGA COLLEGE, TALLADEGA, ALA. STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LA. LE MOYNE NORMAL SCHOOL, MEMPHIS, TENN. AVERY INSTITUTE, CHARLESTON, S.C. NEW CHURCH AND SCHOOL AT ALCO, ALA. CHILDREN'S DAY AT CHATTANOOGA, TENN.

THE INDIANS.

LETTER FROM MISS COLLINS THE RAMONA INDIAN SCHOOL

THE CHINESE.

OROVILLE, MARYSVILLE, PETALUMA

BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.

WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS THE LOCAL SOCIETY--ITS MEMBERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

RECEIPTS

NEW YORK:

PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.

Rooms, 56 Reade Street.

Price, 50 Cents a Year, in Advance.

Entered at the Post Office at New York, N.Y., as second-class matter.

American Missionary Association.

PRESIDENT, Rev. WM. M. TAYLOR, D.D., LL.D., N.Y.

PETER McCARTEE. CHAS. P. PEIRCE.

JOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman.

ADDISON P. FOSTER, Secretary.

J.E. RANKIN, WM. H. WARD, J.W. COOPER, JOHN H. WASHBURN, EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN.

LYMAN ABBOTT, CHAS. A. HULL, CLINTON E. FISK, ADDISON P. FOSTER, ALBERT J. LYMAN.

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

Rev. CHAS. W. SHELTON.

Rev. FRANK E. JENKINS. Prof. EDWARD S. HALL.

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.

THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

American Missionary Association.

The next Annual Meeting of the American Missionary Association will be held in Chicago, Ill., at the New England Church, commencing at three o'clock Tuesday afternoon, October 29th. Rev. R.R. Meredith, D.D., of Brooklyn, N.Y., will preach the sermon. Details regarding the reception of delegates and their entertainment, together with rates at hotels, and railroad and steamboat reductions, will appear later in the religious press and in the next number of the MISSIONARY.

THE FIGURES STILL IMPROVING.

Our receipts for nine months to June 30th are: From donations, 7,213.31; from estates, ,121.54; from income, ,117.96; from tuition, ,239.62; from United States Government for Indians, ,219.37; total, 0,911.80. Our expenditures for nine months to June 30th are, 5,526.59. Debtor balance, ,614.76.

The improvement is seen in the following figures: Debtor balance at the close of April, ,318.14; at the close of May, ,795.07; June, as above, ,614.76. This improvement is due, in large part to legacies, and yet there has been marked improvement in the donations as compared with last year. We trust our friends will be encouraged to still further increase their contributions, and enable us to rejoice in a triumphant balance sheet.

OUR PRACTICAL, THOUGHTFUL FRIEND.

Nearly a year ago, we had the satisfaction of referring to a friend who contributed regularly to all the Congregational Societies, and yet reserved one hundred dollars for the society standing in need of special help. We are glad to say that was not a transient purpose, for the friend has appeared again this year and has doubled his special contribution. We trust that he stands not alone in this thoughtful and practical watchfulness over the missionary societies.

EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS.

"The earnest plea of Mr. Pond for help in his California Chinese work was brought to the notice of our Chinese teachers yesterday. We would hereby pledge you fifty dollars. His work must not stop. Would that we could do more towards its support. Would, too, that we could have one of his earnest Christian Chinese workers in our own city."

"I have just been reading the June number of the MISSIONARY, and do what I can at this time toward paying the debt. I am specially impressed by the extract from Mr. Pond's letter, and shall be pleased if you see fit to assign the enclosed to his work. However, please to use it at your discretion in any way."

Rev. C.J. Ryder writes:

It makes a heap of difference whether the pastor follows the Secretary's address with such cordial and enthusiastic endorsement or not. I am glad to testify that there is a good deal of this cordial co-operation on the part of pastors in New England.

CIVIL RIGHTS IN COURT.

During the National Council at Chicago, three years ago, Rev. S.P. Smith, a delegate from Knoxville, Tenn., applying for a dinner at a restaurant, was refused service. He prosecuted the proprietor. A jury in Chicago has just given him a verdict of 5 damages. The defence asked for a new trial on the ground that the judge had prejudiced the jury by his instructions; the judge denied the motion, stating that if he had been on the jury he would have made the fine 0. The defence is seeking a compromise, with the threatened alternative of an appeal. Mr. Smith, standing for the principle, will abide the final act of the court.

We are very proud of this book as being the first literary production in an African language of one of our graduates at the South, the Rev. B.F. Ousley, now of the East Central Africa Mission. The missionaries there have already reduced the language to writing, having formed a vocabulary of over three thousand words, and from it have printed a few books. Among them, is the one whose title appears above. It is a translation of "The Story of the Gospel," in a little volume of two hundred and six pages. We have read it with great interest so far as we have been able to understand its dialect. Within our comprehension we find Jesu, the one word in all languages for all people, Simone Petro, Johane, Marta, Maria, and Lazaru and many other such proper names. We congratulate our young people at the South that so soon they have a representative performing such literary work for the people of Africa. Much of such work seems drudgery, but it is necessary to opening the light of life to the people who sit in darkness. A booklet in the same language gives a catechism and some of the songs of the gospel, ten of which are translations by Mr. Ousley of some of the dearest of the gospel songs.

THE SOUTH.

WHAT I FOUND IN THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS.

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