H. Y. WEMPLE, Sec’y. J. L. HALSEY, 1st V.-P. S. N. STEBBINS, Act’y. H. B. STOKES, 2d V.-P. * * * * * THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * VOL. XXXVII. NOVEMBER, 1883. NO. 11. * * * * * American Missionary Association. * * * * * ANNUAL MEETING. We are happy to inform our friends that very satisfactory arrangements have been perfected for our Annual Meeting. Railroad facilities and steamboat accommodations have been granted at reduced rates and an able corps of speakers will be present and participate in the meeting. As this number of the MISSIONARY will reach our readers at an earlier date than usual, we give full particulars on the 4th page cover. * * * * * _Twelve Months._—Receipts from collections and donations, $186,200.56, from legacies, $126,366.73, making a total of $312,567.29, an increase of $14,982.84 over the total for last year. This encouraging showing is to be credited to legacies which have been unusually large. Our payments for the year, less balance in hand at the beginning of the year, have been $312,018.97, leaving a balance in hand for the new year of $548.32. For this result we rejoice and give thanks to God. We have not been able to accomplish all that has been pressing upon us from our several mission fields, but our faith is strong and we ask for still larger gifts and more extended efforts in the fields now white for the harvest. * * * * * THE HOUR. The hour is at hand for the annual review of the work and wants of this Association. The rapid progress of events amid which its influence is a constant factor, necessitates vigilant study, wise deliberation, and prompt action. There are divine favors to seek, interests to hold, opportunities to embrace, and hindrances to overcome. Possibly nothing is more to be feared among the latter than apathy. The belief that a work is well in hand, successful, hopeful, helpful, often gives a sense of rest that fosters unconcern, or little concern, for its entrenchment and enlargement. This condition weakens the intensity of prayer and relaxes effort. More than this, apathy among the friends of a work like ours is liable to give way for misconception or lack of comprehension of its place in the religious destinies of mankind.