Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, KarenD and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Cornell University Digital Collections) [Illustration: NOVEMBER, 1887. The American Missionary VOL. XLI. No. 11.] [Illustration: CONTENTS] * * * * * EDITORIAL. FREE FROM DEBT! 307 DEATH OF PRESIDENT WASHBURN, 308 NEGRO “AUNT” AND “UNCLE,” 309 YOUNG MEN IN THE SOUTH, 310 * * * * * FRED DOUGLASS AT THE GOWDEN GATE, 311 PARAGRAPHS, 311 THE USE OF A LIFE, 312 GENERAL SURVEY. FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 313 THE CHINESE. REVIEW OF THE YEAR, 324 RECEIPTS, 326 * * * * * 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. * * * * * [A]PRESIDENT, Hon. WM. B. WASHBURN, LL.D., Mass. _Vice-Presidents._ Rev. A. J. F. BEHRENDS, D.D., N.Y. Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill. Rev. ALEX. MCKENZIE, D.D., Mass. Rev. D. O. MEARS, D.D., Mass. Rev. HENRY HOPKINS, D.D., Mo. _Corresponding Secretary._ REV. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ _Associate Corresponding Secretaries._ Rev. JAMES POWELL, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ Rev. A. F. BEARD, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ _Treasurer._ H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ _Auditors._ PETER MCCARTEE. CHAS. P. PEIRCE. _Executive Committee._ JOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman. A. P. FOSTER, Secretary. _For Three Years._ S. B. HALLIDAY. SAMUEL HOLMES. SAMUEL S. MARPLES. CHARLES L. MEAD. ELBERT B. MONROE. _For Two Years._ J. E. RANKIN. WM. H. WARD. J. W. COOPER. JOHN H. WASHBURN. EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN. _For One Year._ LYMAN ABBOTT. A. S. BARNES. J. R. DANFORTH. CLINTON B. FISK. A. P. FOSTER. _District Secretaries._ Rev. C. L. WOODWORTH, D.D., _21 Cong’l House, Boston_. Rev. J. E. ROY, D.D., _151 Washington Street, Chicago_. _Financial Secretary for Indian Missions._ Rev. CHARLES W. SHELTON.