Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, Karen Dalrymple, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Cornell University Digital Collections.) The American Missionary JANUARY, 1896 Vol. L No. 1 CONTENTS EDITORIAL. THE NEW YEAR, 1 PAMPHLETS AND SPEECHES, 2 JUBILEE BELL BANK, 3 MEETING WOMAN'S BUREAU--CLIPPINGS, 3 THE CHINESE. ENDEAVOR TESTIMONIES, 4 IN MEMORIAM. PROF. GEO. L. WHITE, 6 MISS ADA M. SPRAGUE, 7 MRS. N. D. MERRIMAN--MISS LILLIAN BEYER, 8 BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. ANNUAL MEETING--REPORT OF SECRETARY, 9 ADDRESS OF MRS. SYDNEY STRONG, 13 ADDRESS OF MISS ANNETTE P. BRICKETT, 15 EXTRACTS FROM ADDRESS, MISS H. S. LOVELAND, 18 ADDRESS OF MRS. HARRIS, 20 EXTRACTS FROM ADDRESS OF MRS. WOODBURY, 21 WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS 23 RECEIPTS, 25 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 mail 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. _Honorary Secretary and Editor._ REV. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., _Bible House, N. Y._ _Corresponding Secretaries._ Rev. A. F. BEARD, D.D., Rev. F. P. WOODBURY, D.D., _Bible House, N. Y._ Rev. C. J. RYDER, D.D., _Bible House, N. Y._ _Recording Secretary._ Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., _Bible House, N. Y._ _Treasurer._ H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., _Bible House, N. Y._ _Auditors._ GEORGE S. HICKOK. JAMES H. OLIPHANT. _Executive Committee._ CHARLES L. MEAD, Chairman. CHARLES A. HULL, Secretary. _For Three Years._ SAMUEL HOLMES, SAMUEL S. MARPLES, CHARLES L. MEAD, WILLIAM H. STRONG, ELIJAH HORR. _For Two Years._ WILLIAM HAYES WARD, JAMES W. COOPER, LUCIEN C. WARNER, JOSEPH H. TWICHELL, CHARLES P. PEIRCE. _For One Year._ CHARLES A. HULL, ADDISON P. FOSTER, ALBERT J. LYMAN, NEHEMIAH BOYNTON, A. J. F. BEHRENDS. _District Secretaries._