“In the November MISSIONARY the Indians are mentioned. I am at this moment intensely desirous that the Indians of the South American continent should be reached by the Gospel message. This appears to me to be very difficult, sadly, sadly difficult. But the case in the North American continent seems to me to be altogether different. There, as it regards your part, is a government, and a people, which and who approve of all men’s reading the Christian Scriptures. Grand, glorious, if only they would be more practical. Why does not the Government at once solve the problem by sending persons well fitted for the purpose to teach each tribe to read? Then when they can read, the American Bible Society might introduce extensively to the whole of the Indian tribes in the United States the inestimably precious word of God. “For goodness’ sake, if not for God’s sake, O, Americans, arise and do this necessary thing. There is no time to be lost. You have “heaped teachers” to yourselves, and you leave these poor men and women, as worthy as yourselves, except real Christians, to their darkness, devoid of the light, joy and infinite good beyond description of a personal intimate knowledge of the sacred Christian Scriptures.” * * * * * THE FIELD. 1886-1887. The following list presents the names and post-office addresses of those who are employed in the Churches, Institutions and Schools aided by the American Missionary Association. THE SOUTH. WASHINGTON, D.C. THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT, HOWARD UNIVERSITY. Rev. W. W. Patton, D.D., Washington, D.C. Rev. J. G. Craighead, D.D., Washington, D.C. Rev. S. M. Newman, D.D., Washington, D.C. Rev. John G. Butler, D.D., Washington, D.C. LINCOLN MEMORIAL CHURCH. _Pastor_, Rev. G. W. Moore, Nashville, Tenn. _Missionary_, Mrs. G. W. Moore, Nashville, Tenn. * * * * * HAMPTON, VA. _Minister_, Rev. H. B. Frissell, Hampton, Va. * * * * * NORTH CAROLINA.