Produced by Cornell University, Joshua Hutchinson, Donald Perry and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. OCTOBER, 1889. VOL. XLIII. NO. 10. CONTENTS EDITORIAL. ANNUAL MEETING VOTING MEMBERS CLOSE OF FINANCIAL YEAR LETTERS FROM CONTRIBUTORS COMPROMISES AND THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES OF GEORGIA INDIAN CONTRACT SCHOOLS A MINISTER'S TESTIMONY NOTES BY THE WAY * * * * * "FREELY YE HAVE RECEIVED, FREELY GIVE" THE SOUTH. ITEMS FROM THE FIELD VACATION AT TOUGALOO FROM A TEACHER IN THE TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS SIGNS OF PROGRESS OBITUARY STUDENT'S LETTER. A BIT OF EXPERIENCE THE INDIANS. FORT YATES, DAKOTA THE CHINESE. OUR CHINESE IN CHINA BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS PARAGRAPHS GLIMPSES FROM THE FIELD OUR YOUNG FOLKS. SCHOOL INCIDENTS 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. 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, 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. ALBERT J. LYMAN. _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, _64 Euclid Avenue, 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