[Illustration: The American Missionary VOL. XXXIX NO. 7 July, 1885.] CONTENTS * * * * * PAGE. EDITORIAL. THE FIGURES--FINANCIAL 187 EXERCISE OF BENEVOLENCE 188 THE COLORED PEOPLE AT THE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION. 189 PARAGRAPHS 191 CONGREGATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF OHIO--GRAVE OF LOVEJOY--WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH THE CHINESE? 192 THE SOUTH. FISK UNIVERSITY 195 ANNIVERSARY AT HAMPTON INSTITUTE 196 GREGORY INSTITUTE 198 RELIGIOUS INTEREST AT TALLADEGA 199 LETTER FROM REV. J. H. PARR, AUSTIN--THE OLD COMMISSARY BUILDING 201 STUDENT'S LETTER 202 OBITUARY: MRS. H. M. STEVENS 203 OBITUARY: MISS O. E. GOODRIDGE 204 BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. STATE ORGANIZATIONS--VERMONT SCHOOL AT MCINTOSH, GA.--ILLINOIS HOME MISS. UNION 205 A TRUE INCIDENT 206 CHILDREN'S PAGE. THE LITTLE BLACK GIRL'S SACRIFICE 207 RECEIPTS 208 * * * * * 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. _District Secretaries._