Produced by Cornell University, Joshua Hutchinson, Donald Perry and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. DECEMBER, 1889. VOL. XLIII. NO. 12 CONTENTS. EDITORIAL. OUR ANNUAL MEETING FINANCIAL THE DANIEL HAND FUND THE LITERATURE OF THE MEETING NOTICES FROM THE PRESS THE "AMERICAN MISSIONARY" BRIEF NOTES ANNUAL MEETING. PROCEEDINGS OF ANNUAL MEETING SUMMARY OF TREASURER'S REPORT THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION--ITS PLACE AND WORK. BY SECRETARY STRIEBY THE MISSIONARY VIEW OF THE SOUTHERN SITUATION. BY SECRETARY BEARD REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ADDRESSES ON THESE REPORTS, BY MESSRS. WRIGHT, WOODBURY, TAYLOR, HIATT, FISK, FOSTER, RIGGS, STIMSON, GOODWIN, AND SALISBURY CLOSING ADDRESS BY REV. DR. TAYLOR BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. REPORT OF SECRETARY WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS 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._ S.B. HALLIDAY, SAMUEL HOLMES, SAMUEL S. MARPLES, CHARLES L. MEAD, ELBERT B. MONROE. _For Two Years._ J.E. RANKIN, WM. H. WARD, J.W. COOPER, JOHN H. WASHBURN, EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN. _For One Year._ LYMAN ABBOTT, CHAS. A. HULL, CLINTON B. FISK, ADDISON P. FOSTER, ALBERT J. LYMAN. _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 Superintendent._ Rev. FRANK E. JENKINS. _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