Produced by Cornell University, Joshua Hutchinson, Ralph Janke and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. The American Missionary JANUARY, 1890. VOL. XLIV. NO. 1. * * * * * CONTENTS EDITORIAL. NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS "NOW, CONCERNING THE COLLECTION"--THE CORINTHIAN CHURCH AFRICA--ITS SHADOW AND SUNSHINE CONVENTIONS OF COLORED PEOPLE--SCHOOL ECHOES ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT EATON THE SOUTH. FIELD NOTES, BY REV. F.E. JENKINS REVIVAL AT WASHINGTON, D.C. A GLAD THANKSGIVING STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS TILLOTSON INSTITUTE THE INDIANS. MISSIONARY LIFE AMONG THE DAKOTA INDIANS NEW CHURCH AT FORT YATES, DAKOTA THE CHINESE. CHINA FOR CHRIST BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. MASS MEETING OF THE WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNIONS WORDS FROM OUR ANNUAL MEETING 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. ALEX. McKENZIE, D.D., Mass. Rev. F.A. NOLLE, 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._ 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 Ave., Cleveland, Ohio._ _Financial Secretary for Indian Missions. Field Superintendent._ Rev. CHAS. W. SHELTON. 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