The American Missionary * * * * * JANUARY, 1888. VOL. XLII. NO. 1. * * * * * CONTENTS EDITORIAL. NEW YEAR'S GREETING--FINANCIAL PARAGRAPHS PROHIBITION ITEMS PARAGRAPHS THE SOUTH. NOTES IN THE SADDLE RELIGIOUS INTEREST IN LINCOLN CHURCH, WASHINGTON, D.C. THE INDIANS. THE FOURTH BROTHER. By Mr. Frank Wood THE CHINESE. DOES RESTRICTION RESTRICT? BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. FOUNDATION LAYING AND HOME BUILDING IN THE SOUTH. By Miss Josephine Kellogg THE SANTEE NORMAL TRAINING SCHOOL AND INDIAN MISSIONS. By Mrs. Chas. W. Shelton THE DAKOTA MISSIONARY SOCIETY RECEIPTS * * * * * 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, ---- ---- _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 Secretaries._ Rev. M.E. STRIEBY, D.D., 56 Reade Street, N.Y. 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. ADDISON P. FOSTER, Secretary. _For Three Years._ LYMAN ABBOTT, A.S. BARNES, J.R. DANFORTH, CLINTON B. FISK, ADDISON P. FOSTER, _For Two Years._ S.B. HALLIDAY, SAMUEL HOLMES, SAMUEL S. MARPLES, CHARLES L. MEAD, ELBERT B. MONROE, _For One Year._ J.E. RANKIN, WM. H. WARD, J.W. COOPER, JOHN H. WASHBURN, EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN. _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. CHAS. W. SHELTON, _Field Superintendent._ Rev. C.J. RYDER. _Bureau of Woman's Work._ _Secretary_, Miss D E. EMERSON, 56 _Reade Street, N.Y._ * * * * * COMMUNICATIONS Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the Corresponding Secretaries; those relating to the collecting fields, to Rev. James Powell, D.D., or to the District Secretaries; letters for "THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY," to the Editor, at the New York Office. DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS In drafts, checks, registered letters or post-office orders, may be sent to H.W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 56 Reade Street, New York, or, when more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 Congregational House, Boston, Mass., or 151 Washington Street, Chicago, Ill. A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a Life Member. FORM OF A BEQUEST.