E-text prepared by Joshua Hutchinson, Donald Perry, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team from page images generously provided by Cornell University THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY JUNE, 1889 VOL. XLIII. NO. 6 CONTENTS EDITORIAL. FINANCIAL OUTLOOK VOICES FROM THE FIELD DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN THE TWO CENTURIES REV. C.W. HIATT PARAGRAPHS--THIS NUMBER--MRS. BORDEN SCHOOL ECHOES BOOK NOTICE NOTES FROM NEW ENGLAND FREDERICK DOUGLASS THE SOUTH. CHURCH BUILDING IN A DAY ITEMS FROM WHITLEY COUNTY TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY WORK AT HAMPTON DEVELOPING PATRIOTISM AMONG THE COLORED PEOPLE A NEGRO GIRL'S PROSE POEM THE INDIANS. ONE DAY'S MISSIONARY WORK WHAT SHALL WE DO ABOUT IT? THE CHINESE. METHOD OF CONDUCTING CHINESE SUNDAY-SCHOOLS BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. MEETING OF WOMAN'S STATE HOME MISSIONARY ORGANIZATIONS WOMAN'S MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION OF ALABAMA FOR THE CHILDREN. LETTER FROM A TEACHER IN GEORGIA 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, 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_. Rev. C.W. HIATT, _Cleveland, Ohio_. _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