Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, Karen Dalrymple, 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 MARCH, 1896 VOL. L No. 3 CONTENTS EDITORIAL. WHAT NOW? 81 BISHOP HAYGOOD--PAMPHLETS, 82 "HOSANNA"--"CRUCIFY", 83 PRESENT NEED OF THE INDIANS, 85 BOHEMIAN GIRL'S GIFT--ACTIVITY, ECONOMY, BENEVOLENCE, 87 IN MEMORIAM. REV. HENRY SWIFT DE FOREST D.D. 88 MISS LUCELIA E. WILLIAMS, 89 THE SOUTH. THANKS, GOVERNOR STONE--WILMINGTON, N. C. 90 PRAYER WITH BACKBONE--FUNNY ANSWERS, 91 FAMILY FEUD IN THE MOUNTAINS--AN INCIDENT OF MOUNTAIN WORK, 92 PARAGRAPHS, 93 THE INDIANS. DI TAPI'O? 94 THANKSGIVING DAY--BUSY DAY--THANK OFFERING, 96 THE CHINESE. WATSONVILLE MISSION, 97 SANTA CRUZ MISSION, 98 WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS, 99 RECEIPTS, 101 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 a 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._ EAMUEL 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._