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: MAY, 1887. VOL. XLI. NO. 5. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY] * * * * * [Illustration: CONTENTS] EDITORIAL. FINANCIAL, 129 PARAGRAPHS, 130 LINCOLN MEMORIAL CHURCH, 132 THE PRAYERS OF THOSE WHO PRAY, 133 AN INCIDENT, 134 THE SOUTH. NOTES IN THE SADDLE, 136 REVIVALS—STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY—FISK UNIVERSITY—SAVANNAH—STORKS SCHOOL, 139 CONCERT AT FISK UNIVERSITY, 142 THE INDIANS. FAILURE OF THE SIOUX BILL, 144 THE GRAND RIVER MISSION, 145 THE CHINESE. A NEW HOME, 146 BUREAU OF WOMAN’S WORK. THE MOTHERS’ LEAGUE, 147 PARAGRAPH, 148 FOR THE CHILDREN. DOLLARS FOR SELF AND CENTS FOR CHRIST, 149 RECEIPTS, 151 * * * * * 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. ALEX. MCKENZIE, D.D., Mass. Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill. 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. _For One Year._ LYMAN ABBOTT. A. S. BARNES. J. R. DANFORTH. CLINTON B. FISK. A. P. FOSTER. _District Secretaries._