Produced by Cornell University, Joshua Hutchinson, Donald Perry and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY July, 1889 Vol. XLIII. No. 7 CONTENTS EDITORIAL. FINANCIAL CONGREGATIONALISM IN GEORGIA ATLANTA UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY AND SKILL OF THE NEGRO PARAGRAPHS CASTE IN THE CHURCHES THE SOUTH. MOUNTAIN WORK IN TENNESSEE WILLIAMSBURG ACADEMY, KY. MARSHALLVILLE, GA. ALBANY, GA. WILMINGTON, N.C. SENIOR CLASS AT LE MOYNE INSTITUTE ITEMS THE INDIANS. TRIP AMONG THE OUT-STATIONS THE CHINESE. THE CHINESE WORK, REV. DR. DANA BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. MEETING OF STATE ORGANIZATIONS MERIDIAN, MISS. MACON, GA. OUR YOUNG FOLKS. WORK AMONG THE CHILDREN 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. 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._ _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, EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN, WM. H. WARD, J.W. COOPER, JOHN H. WASHBURN. _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