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: FEBRUARY, 1887. VOL. XLI. NO. 2. The American Missionary] * * * * * [Illustration: CONTENTS] EDITORIAL. PAGE THAT $350,000, LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS, AN EXAMPLE, 33 PARAGRAPHS, 34 OUR ROLL OF HONOR, 35 NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK, 37 THE COLOR QUESTION, 38 LETTER FROM MR. ARTHINGTON, 39 THE FIELD. LIST OF MISSIONARIES AND TEACHERS, 40 THE SOUTH. NOTES IN THE SADDLE. SUPT. C. J. RYDER, 49 PAGE CHRISTMAS AT MCINTOSH, 51 THE INDIANS. FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF SANTEE, 52 THE CHINESE. MANY ADVERSARIES, 54 BUREAU OF WOMAN’S WORK. A WEEK AT A NORMAL SCHOOL, 56 HOW WE RAISED THE DEBT, 56 RECEIPTS, 58 * * * * * 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. 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, 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.