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: JULY, 1887. VOL. XLI. NO. 7. The American Missionary] * * * * * [Illustration: CONTENTS] EDITORIAL. FOURTH OF JULY,—DEATH OF MRS. PARR, 187 PARAGRAPHS, 188 THE JOHN BROWN SONG, 189 AT THE MONUMENT OF LINCOLN, 191 THINGS TO BE REMEMBERED—NO. 2, 192 THE IMPRESSIONS OF TEN YEARS, 193 THE SOUTH. NOTES IN THE SADDLE, 195 ATLANTA UNIVERSITY, 197 STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY, 198 TWO EXAMPLES OF PERSEVERANCE, 199 THE INDIANS. CHARGE AT THE ORDINATION OF REV. GEO. W. REED, 201 THE CHINESE. EVANGELISTIC WORK, 204 MISSIONS IN CHINA, 206 BUREAU OF WOMAN’S WORK. TEMPERANCE WORK IN OUR SCHOOLS, 206 ENGLISH AS SHE IS _Not_ TAUGHT, 208 FOR THE CHILDREN. CHILDREN’S TEMPERANCE WORK, 209 RECEIPTS, 209 * * * * * 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.