Produced by Joshua Hutchinson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Cornell University Digital Collections) The American Missionary APRIL, 1895 VOL. XLIX No. 4 CONTENTS EDITORIAL. OUR FINANCIAL OUTLOOK--DEATH OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, 121 ITEMS, 122 THE PROSPERITY OF THE SOUTH, 123 NOTES-BY-THE-WAY, SEC. A. F. BEARD, 124 THE SOUTH. TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI (Illustrated), 125 LINCOLN MEMORIAL, SPECIAL METHOD, 133 LINCOLN MEMORIAL DAY IN THE SOUTH, 134 THE LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION, 135 FIELD ITEMS, 136 MISS AMY WILLIAMS, 137 THE INDIANS. COLLECTION FOR THE DEBT AT SANTEE AGENCY, 138 LETTER FROM AN INDIAN, 139 THE CHINESE. GLEANINGS FROM ANNUAL REPORT OF CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION, 139 BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. THANK-OFFERING DAY, 141 RECEIPTS, 142 * * * * * 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. HENRY HOPKINS, D.D., Mo. Rev. ALEX McKENZIE, D.D., Mass. 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._