[Illustration: OCTOBER, 1883. VOL. XXXVII. NO. 10. The American Missionary] CONTENTS PAGE. EDITORIAL. ANNUAL MEETING—GOOD AS THREE WEEKS REVIVAL 289 CONCERT EXERCISE—REV. STEPHEN R. RIGGS, D.D. 290 OUR INDIAN WORK 291 A VISIT TO THE DAKOTA MISSION 292 THE RELATIONS OF THE CHURCH TO THE COLORED RACE 294 PAMPHLET NO. 8—A HYMN BOOK FOR OUR CHURCHES 296 A LIFE NOT TOO LONG—BENEFACTIONS 297 GENERAL NOTES—AFRICA, INDIAN, CHINESE 298 A MARAUDING PARTY IN AFRICA (cut) 299 REFLEX INFLUENCE OF A. M. A. 301 WHITE TOP MOUNTAIN, VIRGINIA (cut) 302 THE SOUTH. NOTES OF AN EDUCATIONAL TOUR IN LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI 303 A WORD FROM TILLOTSON INSTITUTE 305 LETTER FROM FLORENCE, ALA. 306 LETTER FROM MCINTOSH, GA.—ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 307 THE CHINESE. RECRUITS FOR THE SOUTH CHINA MISSION 309 BUREAU OF WOMAN’S WORK. MEETING OF BUREAU OF WOMAN’S WORK—THE PAPER MISSION AND WHAT CAME OF IT 310 CHILDREN’S PAGE. A TALK WITH THE CHILDREN 312 TOPSY LEFT ALONE (cut) 313 RECEIPTS 315 PROPOSED CONSTITUTION 317 * * * * * 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. * * * * * THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. * * * * * PRESIDENT. Hon. WM. B. WASHBURN, LL.D., Mass. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ TREASURER. H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ AUDITORS. M. F. READING. WM. A. NASH. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. JOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman; A. P. FOSTER, Secretary; LYMAN ABBOTT, ALONZO S. BALL, A. S. BARNES, C. T. CHRISTENSEN, FRANKLIN FAIRBANKS, CLINTON B. FISK, S. B. HALLIDAY, SAMUEL HOLMES, CHARLES A. HULL, SAMUEL S. MARPLES, CHARLES L. MEAD, WM. H. WARD, A. L. WILLISTON DISTRICT SECRETARIES. Rev. C. L. WOODWORTH, D.D., _Boston_. Rev. G. D. PIKE, D.D., _New York_. Rev. JAMES POWELL, _Chicago_. COMMUNICATIONS