The American Missionary * * * * * October, 1888. Volume XLII No. 10. * * * * * Contents Financial. Annual Meeting Voting Members--Paragraphs Qualifications Of Candidates For Mission Work Immigrants And Negroes Book Review Gift Of Books From Mr. Willey The Unconscious Influence Of Our Missionaries Expulsion Of Negroes From Marion, Ark Extracts School Echoes Rome And The Freedmen THE SOUTH. Vacation Echoes Extract From A Graduating Essay STUDENT'S LETTER. The Blue-Jacket Teacher THE INDIANS. Mr. Moody's Missionary Meetings THE CHINESE. Confucius And Christ BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. Sketch Of Mission Life On The Frontier 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. * * * * * The American Missionary American Missionary Association. * * * * * President, Rev. WM. M. Taylor, D.D., LL.D., N.Y. 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. 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, Charles A. Hull, 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.J. Ryder, 21 Cong'l House, Boston. Rev. J.E. Roy, D.D., 151 Washington Street, Chicago. Financial Secretary for Indian Missions. Rev. Chas. W. Shelton. Secretary of Woman's Bureau. Miss D.E. Emerson, 56 Reade St., N.Y. * * * * * COMMUNICATIONS Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the Corresponding 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.