Produced by Cornell university, Joshua Hutchinson, Donald Perry and the Distributed Proofreaders Team The American Missionary JANUARY, 1889. VOL. XLIII. NO. 1. CONTENTS PICTURE OF MR. DANIEL HAND EDITORIAL. NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS FINANCIAL--LARGE GIFTS OF THE WEALTHY THE SOUTHERN SITUATION PARAGRAPHS--ITEMS FROM THE FIELD DEATH OF MRS. GEO. A. WOODARD SYSTEMATIC SPENDING. REV. C.J. RYDER THE CHINESE. SCRAPS FROM CORRESPONDENCE BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. STATE ORGANIZATIONS ANNUAL MEETING MOUNTAIN WHITE WORK. MRS. A.A. MYERS NEEDS OF COLORED WOMEN AND GIRLS. MRS. G.W. MOORE 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., LLD., 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._ _Recording Secretary._ Rev. M.E. STRIEBY, 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._ J.E. RANKIN, WM. H. WARD, J.W. COOPER, JOHN H. WASHBURN, EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN. _For Two Years._ LYMAN ABBOTT, CHAS. A. HULL, J.R. DANFORTH, CLINTON B. FISK, ADDISON P. FOSTER. _For One Year._ S.B. HALLIDAY, SAMUEL HOLMES, SAMUEL S. MARPLES, CHARLES L. MEAD, ELBERT B. MONROE. _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 _Field Superintendents._ Rev. FRANK E. JENKINS. Prof. EDWARD S. HALL. _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.