[Illustration: SEPTEMBER, 1888. The American Missionary VOL. XLII. NO. 9.] [Illustration: CONTENTS] EDITORIAL. ANNUAL MEETING—FINANCIAL, 237 A CREED—PARAGRAPHS, 238 MR. MOODY—AFRICA—SIOUX BILL, 239 MOUNTAIN WORK AND THE COLORED PEOPLE, 240 EMANCIPATION IN BRAZIL, 241 INTER-BLENDING OF MISSIONARY WORK, 242 SCHOOL ECHOES—EXTRACT, 244 DEATH OF MRS. L. A. ORR, 245 ON TO JESUS; ON TO GOD, 246 THE SOUTH. NOTES IN THE SADDLE. By District Secretary Ryder, 246 THE BUSY WORKERS, 248 TALLADEGA COLLEGE, 249 TRINITY SCHOOL, ATHENS, ALA., 251 STUDENT’S LETTER. HOW I WON MY SCHOOL, 252 THE INDIANS. SPEECH OF AN INDIAN CHIEF, 255 FORT YATES, DAKOTA, 255 THE CHINESE. CHRISTIAN CHINESE EN ROUTE TO CHINA, 256 BUREAU OF WOMAN’S WORK. LETTER FROM SAN FRANCISCO, 259 OUR YOUNG FOLKS. LITTLE INDIANS, 260 RECEIPTS, 261 * * * * * 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. F. A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill. Rev. ALEX. MCKENZIE, D.D., Mass. 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._