“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 [in some States three are required--in other States only two], who should write against their names, their places of residence [if in cities, their street and number]. The following form of attestation will answer for every State in the Union: “Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said [A. B.] as his last Will and Testament, in presence of us, who, at the request of the said A. B., and in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.” In some States it is required that the Will should be made at least two months before the death of the testator. * * * * * The Christian Union HENRY WARD BEECHER,} LYMAN ABBOTT, } EDITORS. “_In my own family, every one of us, from the eldest to the youngest, finds something in every weekly issue to be read with interest and instruction_”--Leonard Bacon. Special Contributors During the Summer Months: JOHN HALL, D. D., PHILLIPS BROOKS, CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER, GAIL HAMILTON, JOHN BURROUGHS, ROSE TERRY COOKE, FRANCES E. WILLARD, E. P. ROE, AND OTHERS. Short Stories Have recently appeared, or will shortly appear, BY CONSTANCE FENIMORE WOOLSON, ROSE HAWTHORNE LATHROP, MARY E. C. WYETH, HELEN CAMPBELL, LOUISE STOCKTON, SUSAN COOLIDGE, ELIOT McCORMICK, AND OTHERS. Literary Reviews By specialists in their several departments. BIBLICAL CRITICISM Howard Crosby, D.D. MENTAL SCIENCE Pres’t J. H. Seelye, D.D. ENGLISH LITERATURE S. Austin Allibone, LL.D. AMERICAN HISTORY Benson J. Lossing. EUROPEAN HISTORY Geo. M. Towle. ETC. The Home. Practical Hints on Home Life, Indoors and Out-doors. Recent contributions by MRS. HENRY WARD BEECHER, JULIET CORSON, L. DELMONICO, F. W. BEACH, WM. HOYT COLEMAN. The Outlook. An editorial review of the important events of the current week. Plymouth Pulpit.