Produced by Cornell University, Joshua Hutchinson, Donald Perry and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. APRIL, 1889. VOL. XLIII. NO. 4. CONTENTS EDITORIAL. THE REMEDY--BUT WHO IS TO FURNISH IT? SOME CURIOUS AND SUGGESTIVE FACTS PARAGRAPHS NOTES FROM NEW ENGLAND PROTESTANT AND PAPIST--AN OBJECT-LESSON--SCHOOL ECHOES A DOCTRINAL SERMON--BOOK NOTICES THE SOUTH. DEDICATION OF BALLARD BUILDING TEN YEARS AT THE FRONT PROGRESS OF EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH NEW ORGAN AT THOMASVILLE, GA. THE INDIANS. VISIT TO PARK STREET CHURCH STATION THE CHINESE. SAN DIEGO CHINESE MISSION BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. NOTICE OF A CONFERENCE OF OFFICERS TEMPERANCE WORK IN TENNESSEE FOR THE CHILDREN. CHRISTMAS AT S'KOKOMISH RESERVATION 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 Reads 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; letters relating to the finances, to the Treasurer. DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS