AGENTS ARE WANTED at every post-office, and liberal commission will be paid to those who expend time and effort in increasing the circulation of THE SUNDAY MAGAZINE. [Illustration: finger pointing right] ANY PASTOR or SUNDAY-SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT, sending the address of a person likely, in his judgment, to make a good agent for THE SUNDAY MAGAZINE, will receive a sample copy of the Magazine free of charge. _Women are often the must successful agents._ [Illustration: finger pointing right] NOW IS THE TIME TO SUBSCRIBE! [Illustration: finger pointing left] Price, postpaid, $2.50 per year. Specimen Copies, 10 cents each. [Illustration: finger pointing right] Specimen Copies of all the Frank Leslie Publications, postpaid--three weeklies and four monthlies--30 cents. Address _MRS. FRANK LESLIE_, _Publisher_, 53-55-57 PARK PLACE, NEW YORK. * * * * * THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY VOL. XXXIX. February, 1885. NO. 2. * * * * * American Missionary Association. * * * * * $365,000 NEEDED FOR THE CURRENT YEAR. * * * * * Your Committee are convinced that not less than a THOUSAND DOLLARS a day are imperatively demanded to perfect the admirably organized plans of the Association, even for the present, to say nothing of the pressing needs of the early future.-- [FINANCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT ADOPTED BY ANNUAL MEETING AT SALEM.] * * * * * THE FIGURES. _Receipts._ Col. and Don. Estates. Total. Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 1884 $43,627.90 $7,714.00 $51,341.90 " 1 " 31, 1883 48,299.79 4,536.51 52,836.30 ---------- ---------- ---------- Decrease $4,671.89 Inc. $3,177.49 Dec. $1,494.40 * * * * * The receipts published in this number bring us to the end of the first three months of our fiscal year. The summary given above shows how we stand as compared with last year. Total compared with total, we are behind. May we not, however, hope that the turning-point will soon be reached, and that all through the rest of the year it shall be our privilege to chronicle a steady increase? We are out in the current of our work. We cannot turn back. The thirteen thousand dollar deficit from the last year adds to our solicitude. We ask our friends to keep their eyes upon the figures as we publish them from month to month. They will prove to be very suggestive teachers. * * * * *