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 SEPTEMBER, 1896 VOL. L No. 9 CONTENTS EDITORIAL. THE JUBILEE MEETING--UP TO DATE 273 ONLY THIRTY DAYS MORE 274 JUBILEE SHARE FUND--PARAGRAPHS 275 THE SOUTH. A NEGRO UPON SELF-HELP AND SELF-SUPPORT 276 BEACH INSTITUTE, SAVANNAH, GA., 279 BALLARD NORMAL SCHOOL, MACON, GA. 280 BREWER NORMAL SCHOOL, GREENWOOD, S. C. 281 TALLADEGA COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT 282 SNAP SHOTS AT TALLADEGA STUDENTS 283 ALBANY NORMAL SCHOOL, ALBANY, GA. 285 CHANDLER NORMAL SCHOOL, LEXINGTON, KY. 286 EXTRACTS FROM LETTER OF A SOUTHERN PASTOR 288 LETTER FROM A FORMER STUDENT 289 GRAND VIEW CHURCH 291 THE CHINESE. VISITS TO THREE MISSIONS 292 BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. THE ASSOCIATION JUBILEE 295 SHARES JUBILEE YEAR FUND. 298 RECEIPTS. 299 * * * * * 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._ Rev. GEO. H. GUTTERSON, _21 Cong'l House, Boston, Mass._ Rev. JOS. E. ROY, D.D., _153 La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill._ _Secretary of Woman's Bureau._