Produced by Cornell University, Joshua Hutchinson, Donald Perry and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY May, 1889 VOL. XLIII. NO. 5. CONTENTS EDITORIAL. FINANCIAL CENTENNIAL CONGREGATIONALISM IN GEORGIA NOTES FROM THE SOUTH ILLUMINATED SPOTS THE GOVERNMENT AND THE INDIANS NOTES FROM NEW ENGLAND WHAT THE WORLD SAYS PARAGRAPHS SOUTHERN ECHOES BOOK NOTICE THE SOUTH. THE GEORGIA CONGREGATIONAL ASSOCIATION EVANGELISTIC LABORS THOMASVILLE, GA. DEATH OF MRS. BENNETT THE INDIANS. PERILS OF MISSIONARY LIFE FIRST FRUITS THE CHINESE. LOS ANGELES CONGREGATIONAL CHINESE MISSION BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION ALABAMA ASSOCIATION THREE NEW ORGANIZATIONS IN THE SOUTH OUR YOUNG FOLKS. HOW THE PENNIES GREW 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._ _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, 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