Produced by Joshua Hutchinson 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: DECEMBER, 1887. The American Missionary VOL. XLI. NO. 12.] [Illustration: CONTENTS] * * * * * EDITORIAL. THIS NUMBER PORTLAND MEETING, 335 SUBSCRIBERS FOR THE “MISSIONARY,” 336 PARAGRAPHS, 337 STUDENT AID, 338 MORE ABOUT THE JOHN BROWN SONG, 339 MISSISSIPPI CONVICT SYSTEM, 341 ANNUAL MEETING. PROCEEDINGS OF ANNUAL MEETING, 343 SUMMARY OF TREASURER’S REPORT, 352 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES, 354 DR. BUCKINGHAM’S MEMORIAL ADDRESS, 361 THE MISSIONARY INFLUENCE OF A LIFE, AND THE LIFE OF A MISSIONARY INFLUENCE. By Secretary Beard, 365 THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN. By Secretary Strieby, 372 NEED OF INTELLIGENCE IN BENEVOLENCE. By Secretary Powell, 379 BUREAU OF WOMAN’S WORK. REPORT OF SECRETARY, 387 RECEIPTS, 390 * * * * * 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, —— —— _Vice-Presidents._ Rev. A. J. F. BEHRENDS, D.D., N.Y. Rev. ALEX. MCKENZIE, D.D., Mass. Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill. Rev. D. O. MEARS, D.D., MASS. Rev. HENRY HOPKINS, D.D., Mo. _Corresponding Secretaries._ Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ 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._ 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,