The American Missionary MARCH, 1885. VOL. XXXIX. NO. 3. * * * * * CONTENTS PAGE. EDITORIAL. THE FIGURES--FINANCIAL 67 DEATH OF REV. G. D. PIKE, D. D. 68 PARAGRAPHS 69 TILLOTSON CHURCH--WORD TO MINISTERS 70 THE TEST APPLIED 71 RELIGIOUS CULTURE OF THE SLAVES BEFORE THE WAR 74 A TEACHER'S APPEAL 75 ADDRESS AT ANNUAL MEETING. PREACHING THE MAIN FEATURE IN MISSIONARY WORK 76 THE SOUTH. ITINERARY FROM AUSTIN TO CORPUS CHRISTI 79 VIEWS IN TEXAS 81 WEEK OF PRAYER 82 LETTER FROM STUDENT 84 THE CHINESE. LOU QUONG AT HIS HOME IN CHINA 84 BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM WORSHIPING ANCESTORS (cut) 86 BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. WOMAN'S SOCIETIES 86 LETTER FROM LADY MISSIONARY 87 MONTHLY REPORT OF A TEACHER 88 CHILDREN'S PAGE. VIC'S LILIES 88 RECEIPTS 89 * * * * * 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. * * * * * American Missionary Association. * * * * * PRESIDENT, Hon. WM. B. WASHBURN, LL. D., Mass. _Vice-Presidents._ Rev. C. L. GOODELL, D. D., Mo. Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D. D., Ill. Rev. A. J. F. BEHRENDS, D. D., N. Y. Rev. ALEX. McKENZIE, D. D., Mass. Rev. D. O. MEARS, D. D., Mass. _Corresponding Secretary._ Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D. D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._ _Assistant Corresponding Secretary._ Rev. JAMES POWELL, D. D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._ _Treasurer._ H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._ _Auditors._ W. H. ROGERS, PETER McCARTEE. _Executive Committee._ JOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman. A. P. FOSTER, Secretary. _For Three Years._ LYMAN ABBOTT. A. S. BARNES. J. R. DANFORTH. CLINTON B. FISK. A. P. FOSTER. _For Two Years._ S. B. HALLIDAY. SAMUEL HOLMES. SAMUEL S. MARPLES. CHARLES L. MEAD. ELBERT B. MONROE. _For One Year._ J. E. RANKIN. WM. H. WARD. J. L. WITHROW. JOHN H. WASHBURN. EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN.