Produced by Cornell University, Joshua Hutchinson, Valere Swinnen and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. The American Missionary March, 1895 Volume XLIX, No. 3. CONTENTS THIS NUMBER--FIELD NOTES ARE THEY GRATEFUL? PIONEER MISSIONARY IN AFRICA (Illustrated) PIONEER MISSIONARY AMONG INDIANS (Illustrated) A SOUTHERN JOURNEY, BY SEC. BEARD VALUE OF PURE AND INTELLIGENT CHURCHES TILLOTSON, AUSTIN, TEXAS (Illustrated) DEATH OF DR. TAYLOR DEATH OF REV. C.C. PAINTER--ONE MISSIONARY DAY SOUTHERN FIELD NOTES A SCHOOLBOY'S COMPOSITION WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS RECEIPTS NEW YORK PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. Bible House, Ninth St. and Fourth Ave., New York. 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, MERRILL E. GATES, LL.D., MASS. _Vice-Presidents._ Rev. F.A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill. Rev. ALEX. MCKENZIE, D.D., Mass. Rev. HENRY HOPKINS, D.D., Mo. Rev. HENRY A. STIMSON, D.D., N.Y. Rev. WASHINGTON GLADDEN, D.D., Ohio. _Corresponding Secretaries._ Rev. M.E. STRIEBY, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._ Rev. A.F. BEARD, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._ Rev. F.P. WOODBURY, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._ _Assistant Corresponding Secretary._ Rev. C.J. RYDER, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._ _Recording Secretary._ Rev. M.E. STRIEBY, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._ _Treasurer._ HENRY W. HUBBARD, Esq., _Bible House, N.Y._ _Auditors._ PETER McCARTEE. JAMES MITCHELL. _Executive Committee._ CHARLES L. MEAD, Chairman. CHARLES A. HULL, Secretary. _For Three Years._ WILLIAM HAYES WARD, JAMES W. COOPER, LUCIEN C. WARNER, JOSEPH H. TWICHELL, CHARLES P. PEIRCE. _For Two Years._ CHARLES A. HULL, ADDISON P. FOSTER, ALBERT J. LYMAN, NEHEMIAH BOYNTON, A.J.F. BEHRENDS. _For One Year._ SAMUEL HOLMES, SAMUEL S. MARPLES, CHARLES L. MEAD, WILLIAM H. STRONG, ELIJAH HORR. _District Secretaries._ Rev. GEO. H. GUTTERSON, 21 _Cong'l House, Boston, Mass._ Rev. JOS. E. ROY, D.D., 151 _Washington Street, Chicago, Ill._ Rev. W.E.C. WRIGHT, D.D., _Cong'l Rooms, Y.M.C.A. Building, Cleveland, Ohio._ _Secretary of Woman's Bureau._ Miss D.E. EMERSON, _Bible House, 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; letters relating to woman's work, to the Secretary of the Woman's Bureau. DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS