Produced by Cornell University, Joshua Hutchinson, Josephine Paolucci and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. FEBRUARY, 1890. VOL. XLIV. NO. 2. CONTENTS EDITORIAL. OUR MISSIONS AND MISSIONARIES REV. FRANK E. JENKINS SOUTHERN NOTES PARAGRAPHS A BEAUTIFUL GIFT--THE SOUTHERN SITUATION REV. W.W. PATTON, D.D.--REVIVAL AT STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY LIST OF OUR FIELD WORKERS ADDRESS OF RT. REV. H.B. WHIPPLE LETTER FROM MISS COLLINS GRAND VIEW, TENN. BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. PARAGRAPHS THE WAY ONE MISSION BAND RAISED ITS MONEY 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. 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._ 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._ Rev. CHAS. W. SHELTON. _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 In drafts, checks, registered letters, or post-office orders, may be sent to H.W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 56 Reade Street, New York, or, when more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 Congregational House, Boston, Mass., 151 Washington Street, Chicago, Ill., or 64 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a Life Member.