Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, KarenD, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Cornell University Digital Collections.) [Illustration: The American Missionary January, 1884. VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 1.] CONTENTS * * * * * PAGE. EDITORIAL: ANOTHER YEAR--THIS NUMBER 1 PAMPHLET--AMERICAN MISSIONARY--JOINT COMMITTEE 2 ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS A DAY 3 PARAGRAPHS 4 WANTED--BENEFACTIONS--GENERAL NOTES 5 TRAVELING IN AFRICA (CUT) 6 CHINESE WOMEN (CUT) 8 BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK: THE INDIAN WOMAN, BY MRS. A. L. RIGGS 9 THE CHINESE, BY MRS. W. C. POND 11 MOUNTAIN WHITE WORK IN KENTUCKY, BY MRS. A. A. MYERS 12 COLORED PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH, BY MISS IDA M. BEACH 16 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 19 FORM OF CONSTITUTION--THE BUREAU IN THE WEST 21 CHILDREN'S PAGE: CHRISTMAS GIVING AT MYSTIC, CONN. 23 CHILDREN BEARING CHRISTMAS GIFTS (CUT) 24 RECEIPTS 26 CONSTITUTION 30 * * * * * 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. VICE-PRESIDENTS. REV. C. L. GOODELL, D.D.; REV. F. A. NOBLE, D.D.; REV. A. J. F. BEHRENDS, D.D.; REV. J. E. RANKIN, D.D.; REV. ALEX. MCKENZIE, D.D. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.--REV. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._ TREASURER.--H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._ AUDITORS.--WM. A. NASH, W. H. ROGERS. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. JOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman; A. P. FOSTER, Secretary; LYMAN ABBOTT, A. S. BARNES, J. R. DANFORTH, CLINTON B. FISK, S. B. HALLIDAY, EDWARD HAWKS, SAMUEL HOLMES, CHARLES A. HULL, SAMUEL S. MARPLES, CHARLES L. MEAD, S. H. VIRGIN, WM. H. WARD, J. L. WITHROW. DISTRICT SECRETARIES. Rev. C. L. WOODWORTH, D.D., _Boston_. Rev. G. D. PIKE, D.D., _New York_. Rev. JAMES POWELL, _Chicago_. COMMUNICATIONS