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: September, 1887. VOL. XLI. NO. 9. The American Missionary] [Illustration: CONTENTS] * * * * * EDITORIAL. ANNUAL MEETING, 243 INCREASED SIZE OF THE PRESENT NUMBER, 243 FINANCIAL, 243 PARAGRAPHS, 244 THINGS TO BE REMEMBERED—No. 4, 245 THE SOUTH. THE GLENN BILL IN THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE, 247 GEORGIA’S NEED OF TEACHERS, 265 LE MOYNE INSTITUTE, 266 THE CHINESE. CALIFORNIA AS A MISSIONARY FIELD, 267 GRADUATING ADDRESS OF YAN PHOU LEE AT YALE COLLEGE, 269 RECEIPTS 273 * * * * * 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, D.D., 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._ Rev. C. L. WOODWORTH, D.D., _21 Cong’l House, Boston_. Rev. J. E. ROY, D.D., _151 Washington Street, Chicago_. _Financial Secretary for Indian Missions._ Rev. CHARLES W. SHELTON. _Field Superintendent._