The American Missionary November 1888 Volume XLII. No. 11. CONTENTS EDITORIAL NOT QUITE FREE--ENCOURAGING RESPONSES TO OUR APPEAL THE MOHONK CONFERENCE ORDINATION--THE YELLOW FEVER THE SAMARITAN WOMAN GENERAL SURVEY OUR SCHOOLS--CHURCH WORK--MOUNTAIN WORK--THE INDIANS--THE CHINESE--WOMAN'S BUREAU--FINANCES STUDENT'S LETTER STRUGGLES IN THE "LONE STAR STATE" THE CHINESE REVIEW OF THE YEAR BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS 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, 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.