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.) The American Missionary, OCTOBER, 1885. VOL. XXXIX No. 10. * * * * * CONTENTS * * * * * EDITORIAL PAGE. THE FIGURES--FINANCIAL 269 ANNUAL MEETING 270 THE SILENT SOUTH 271 SALE OF BULLETS 272 THE NEW EDUCATION IN THE NEW SOUTH 273 PHILADELPHIA INSTITUTE 274 OBITUARY NOTICE OF PROF. W. L. GORDON 275 MISSIONARY STEAMER 276 ADDRESS BY DR. E. S. ATWOOD 277 EXTRACT FROM GEORGIA PAPER 283 THE SOUTH. ONE OF THE DEACONS 284 JELLICO, TENN.--AMONG THE CHURCHES IN MAINE 286 THE REASON WHY 287 THE CHINESE. HOW WE TRAIN THE CHINESE FOR PREACHING 288 CHINESE VIEW OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY 290 BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. ILLINOIS WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION 291 CHILDREN'S PAGE. SHOEBLACK JIM 292 RECEIPTS 292 * * * * * 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._