[Illustration: SEPTEMBER, 1883. VOL. XXXVII. NO. 9. The American Missionary] CONTENTS PAGE. EDITORIAL. ANNUAL MEETING—THIS NUMBER—FINANCIAL 257 THE NERVE OF MISSIONS 258 THE JOHN BROWN STEAMER (drawing) 259 SECOND NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSEMBLY 260 HON. FREEMAN WALKER 261 SIXTY YEARS IN THE HARVEST FIELD—GIFT BY A BOHEMIAN BOY 262 BENEFACTIONS 263 GENERAL NOTES 264 VICTORIA FALLS, ZAMBESE RIVER (cut) 266 THE COLOR-LINE. OPINIONS FROM THE PRESS 267 BUREAU OF WOMAN’S WORK. FROM OUR LADY MISSIONARY, WILMINGTON, N.C. 279 A VALUED WORKER GONE 279 CHILDREN’S PAGE. CHUNG WAH 280 A CHINESE GARDEN (cut) 281 RECEIPTS 282 PROPOSED CONSTITUTION 286 * * * * * 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 relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the Corresponding Secretary; those relating to the collecting fields, to the District Secretaries; letters for the Editor of the “American Missionary,” to Rev. G. D. Pike, D.D., at the New York Office; letters for the Bureau of Woman’s Work, to Miss D. E. Emerson, at the New York Office. DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS