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DOUBLE NUMBER. SEE FOURTH PAGE COVER.

CONTENTS.

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EDITORIALS.

PARAGRAPH—Financial Outlook. 353 ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING. 354 SUMMARY OF THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TREASURER. 357 GENERAL SURVEY. 359

FREEDMEN.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONAL WORK. 369 HIGHER EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO. Pres. E. M. Cravath. 370 REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CHURCH WORK. 372 REMARKS OF REV. C. O. BROWN. 374

AFRICA.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. 375 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PROPOSED EXCHANGE OF MISSIONS. 376

THE INDIANS.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. 377 WORK AND DUTY IN THE EAST. Gen. S. C. Armstrong. 378

THE CHINESE.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. 380 ADDRESS OF REV. JAMES BRAND, D.D. 381

MISCELLANEOUS.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE. 383 PETITION OF PRESIDENT WARE AND OTHERS. 384 EXCHANGE OF MISSIONS. By Secretary Strieby. 385

ADDRESSES AT THE ANNUAL MEETING.

PRESIDENT HAYS’ ADDRESS. 391 ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT A. D. WHITE. 395 ADDRESS OF REV. A. G. HAYGOOD, D.D. 399 FROM ADDRESS OF GEN. C. B. FISK. 406 FROM ADDRESS OF REV. A. J. F. BEHRENDS. 407 RELATION OF THE A. M. A. TO CIVILIZATION, By Rev. F. L. Kenyon. 409

DEDICATION OF LIVINGSTONE MISSIONARY HALL. 410

RECEIPTS. 411

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American Missionary Association,

56 READE STREET, NEW YORK.

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PRESIDENT, HON. WM. B. WASHBURN, Mass.

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.

Rev. M. E. STRIEBY. D.D., 56 _Reade Street, N.Y._

TREASURER.

H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., 56 _Reade Street, N.Y._

DISTRICT SECRETARIES.

Rev. C. L. Woodworth, _Boston_. Rev. G. D. Pike, D.D., _New York_. Rev. James Powell, _Chicago_.

COMMUNICATIONS

relating To the work of the Association may be addressed to the Corresponding Secretary; those Relating To the collecting fields, to the District Secretaries; letters for the Editor of the “American Missionary,” to Rev. G. D. Pike, D.D., at the New York Office.

DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

may be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 56 Reade Street, New York, or, when more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, Rev. C. L. Woodworth, Dist. Sec., 21 Congregational House, Boston, Mass., or Rev. James Powell, Dist. Sec., 112 West Washington Street, Chicago, Ill. A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a Life Member. Letters relating to boxes and barrels of clothing may be addressed to the persons above named.

FORM OF A BEQUEST.

“I BEQUEATH to my executor (or executors) the sum of ——— dollars, in trust, to pay the same in ——— days after my decease to the person who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the ‘American Missionary Association’ of New York City, to be applied, under the direction of the Executive Committee of the Association, to its charitable uses and purposes.” The Will should be attested by three witnesses.

The Annual Report of the A. M. A. contains the Constitution of the Association and By-Laws of the Executive Committee. A copy will be sent free on application.

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The

AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

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VOL. XXXVI. DECEMBER, 1882. No. 12.

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American Missionary Association.

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The annual meeting of this Association was held in Plymouth Church, Cleveland, O., Oct. 24–26, and was one of great interest. In this number of the MISSIONARY we have endeavored to give a glimpse of what was said and done. For want of space, almost nothing is published entire except the reports of the committees.

For Dr. Goodell’s sermon on “More Power from Christ for the World’s Larger Needs,” Dr. Ward’s paper on “Caste in Education,” Dr. Noble’s on “God’s Way of Vindicating Brotherhood” and Dr. Roy’s on “The New South,” we must for the present refer our readers to _The Advance_ of November 2d.

The papers read before the Women’s Meeting by Mrs. Andrews, Miss Cahill and Miss Hamilton are reserved for mention in the January MISSIONARY.

The addresses given by Dr. Gregory, Dr. Rust and Mr. Beard, representing the Baptist, the Methodist and the Society of Friends may be used in compiling a pamphlet relating to the work done among the freedmen. Other addresses or papers may also be given in pamphlet form.

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THE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK.

That part of the report of the Committee on Finances at our Annual Meeting which says: “More ample facilities for church and educational work bring with them larger demands for funds, so that simply to preserve its efficiency in fields already occupied, the Association requires an annual increase in contributions,” will be readily appreciated by all who are accustomed to study the laws of growth. Every new building either for school or church purposes; every additional scholar, whether among the Negroes, Indians or Chinese; every church and school organized, calls for enlarged expenditures. The recommendation at Cleveland that $50,000 be added to the current income of the Association for general uses during the next fiscal year is based on sound business principles. It is not one dollar more than will be required to give the greatest efficiency to our operations. As in the past, so in the future we must have, if we do what is pressing to be done, money for special purposes.

1. The church work, that has grown so steadily under our care, requires $10,000 for enlargement the coming year.

2. The work contemplated among the Indians, in addition to that carried on by us during the past year, will also require at least $20,000.

3. We have purchased fourteen acres of land at Little Rock, Ark., for a site for the Edward Smith college, and need $25,000 in addition to the amount pledged to provide the buildings needful.

4. We need a new dormitory at Austin, Tex. Allen Hall was crowded to its utmost the day the present school year was opened, and among the first duties of the teachers was the painful one of turning needy students away.

The committee at Cleveland, in urging that $375,000 be raised for the coming year, observes that, “While the receipts for the past two years have been more than $100,000 larger than in the two years next preceding them, the expense of raising and disbursing these funds and managing the affairs of the Association has increased less than $400 per annum, thus showing that the Association is fully equipped for a much larger work without additional cost for the machinery of administration.” We never were in such good condition to do the work we have in hand so economically, wisely and successfully as at present, and there never was a time when the welfare of the nation and the cause of Christ were more fruitful with promise. The voice of the whole people, North, South, East and West, is calling upon us to go forward with renewed strength. Shall we have the means needful?

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ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING.

The thirty-sixth Annual Meeting of the American Missionary Association was held in Plymouth Church, Cleveland, Ohio, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, October 24th to 26th, 1882.

Promptly at three o’clock Tuesday afternoon, the meeting of the Association was called to order by the President, Hon. William B. Washburn, of Massachusetts. Devotional services were conducted by Prof. John Morgan, of Oberlin, after which Gov. Washburn, on assuming the chair for the first time, said:

“I appear before you on this occasion with feelings of a mixed character; partly painful, partly pleasing—painful when I reflect that your expectations in regard to the presiding officer whom you have lately selected probably never will be realized; pleasing—doubly pleasing—to remember that I have received the support of so distinguished an organization as has invited me to preside over its deliberations.

“Let me, then, first of all, thank you for the honor conferred, and assure you that no effort of mine shall be wanting to meet the demands of the occasion.

“I know full well the many trials and difficulties which this Society has been called upon to pass through in the past. Your labors have been for the most part among the neglected and despised races of our country. Society rests upon selfish principles. Men respect the honored and the elevated, not the despised and the down-trodden. Hence a great portion of the labors of this organization has been unknown and uncared-for by the great majority of mankind; and yet it is in the midst of such degradation that we get the brightest glimpses of Christianity, the widest and broadest views of humanity. The aspect to-day which we witness of endeavoring to raise even the lowest masses of mankind into intellectual, moral and spiritual dignity, never was broader than at the present hour. Take courage, then, and feel that your labors have not been in vain. The success which has attended your efforts during the past year, the wonderful increase of the means which have been provided this organization by an enlarged constituency, the bright aspect of the future, ought to strengthen the hands and encourage the hearts of all who are interested in this organization to make greater sacrifices, if need be, in the future than have ever been made in the past.

“Every true citizen, every real patriot ought to feel to-day a special interest in the prosperity and the success of this Society.

“It has been well said that essential to the perpetuity of our republican institutions are two conditions: Popular intelligence and popular morality. In other words, in order that free institutions may be preserved, there must be general intelligence and sound morals. Hence, two institutions are essential—schools and Christian churches. Free institutions without intelligence can exist only in name. It is moral, not physical ills which we have to fear. While the people themselves remain pure no human force can prevail against them.

“When four millions of slaves were suddenly set free the great problem to solve was, what shall we do with them? To-day each vote of those individuals counts as much in the ballot-box as the vote of the most distinguished and intelligent citizen in the land. Would we preserve, therefore, and hand down to our children those institutions which were entrusted to our charge by our fathers, and which have been shedding on us blessings to which all other nations are perfect strangers, then we must educate and Christianize these millions of new-born citizens. I honor this organization especially to-day because it has done more than all other instrumentalities, perhaps, combined to bring about this grand result. Let no one, then, be discouraged or falter at the magnitude of the work; for, if we rise to the level of our opportunity, if we are true to ourselves, victory will sooner or later be ours.”

Rev. George R. Merrill, of Ohio, was then elected Secretary, and Rev. S. M. Newman, of Wisconsin, Assistant Secretary.

The Treasurer, H. W. Hubbard, Esq., then read his report, which was referred to the Committee on Finance.

The annual report of the Executive Committee of the Association was presented by Rev. M. E. Strieby, D.D., Corresponding Secretary of the Society, and its several portions were referred to appropriate committees.

After the appointment of the various committees, the remainder of the session was devoted to prayer and conference, led by Rev. C. L. Woodworth, District Secretary of the Association. This season of prayer derived special interest from the fact that the same hour was observed by the workers throughout the field.

Tuesday evening, after devotional services, led by Rev. Arthur Little, D.D., of Chicago, the annual sermon was preached by Rev. C. L. Goodell, D.D., of St. Louis, from the text, Matthew 28:18, the theme being “More Power from Christ for the World’s Larger Needs.”

After the sermon, Rev. J. E. Twichell, D.D., presented an address of welcome in behalf of the churches and people of Cleveland. The observance of the Lord’s Supper followed, at which Rev. T. M. Post, D.D., of St. Louis, and President J. H. Fairchild, D.D., of Oberlin, presided.

Wednesday morning the prayer meeting was conducted by Rev. H. L. Hubbell, of New York. At the opening of the regular session at nine o’clock, the report of the Committee on the Revision of the Constitution of the Association was presented by Rev. George M. Boynton, of Massachusetts. A general discussion followed, in which the speakers were limited to ten minutes each, and which was closed promptly at half-past ten o’clock. On motion, the report was made the order for two o’clock in the afternoon. Rev. F. L. Kenyon, of Iowa, read a paper on “The Relation of the A. M. A. to Civilization.” Gen. S. C. Armstrong, of Hampton, Va., read a paper on “The Indian Problem,” which was followed by a few remarks from Father Potter, of Ohio, formerly for about twenty years a missionary among the Cherokee Indians. Rev. W. H. Ward, D.D., of New York, read a paper on “Caste in Education.”

After the opening of the Wednesday afternoon session with prayer, the order of the day was taken up and the report of the Committee on the Constitution was referred to a special committee of thirteen, to reconsider the whole subject, and report at the next Annual Meeting, after having obtained an expression of opinion from each of the State Congregational organizations. An invitation was presented to the Association from Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Eells to visit Oakwood on Friday morning, which was received with an expression of thanks. Rev. F. A. Noble, D.D., of Illinois, read a paper on “God’s way of vindicating Brotherhood.” The report of the Committee on African Missions was presented by Rev. M. McG. Dana, D.D., of Minnesota. Rev. Henry M. Ladd, D.D., of New York, using a large map, gave an account of his recent extended missionary explorations on the Upper Nile. Rev. M. E. Strieby, D.D., Secretary of the Association, read a Paper in regard to the proposed exchange of Missions with the A. B. C. F. M., and a special committee was appointed to which the paper was referred. Rev. James Brand, D.D., of Ohio, presented the report of the Committee on Chinese Missions.

Wednesday evening, after opening with devotional exercises, Rev. A. G. Haygood, D.D., of Georgia, delivered an interesting address, followed by addresses from Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, of New York, and Rev. A. J. F. Behrends, D.D., of Rhode Island.

Thursday morning the prayer-meeting was led by Rev. Moses Smith, of Michigan. The business session was opened with prayer by Prof. A. H. Currier, of Oberlin, after which Rev. W. E. Brooks, President of Tillotson Institute, Texas, presented the claims of the work there. The report on Indian Missions was presented by Rev. A. H. Ross, D.D., of Michigan. Prof. G. F. Wright, of Ohio, next presented the report on the Educational Work at the South, and was followed by Mr. B. F. Ousley, a graduate of Fisk University, who spoke upon the report, and also by Prof. A. Salisbury, the recently appointed superintendent of the educational work of the Association. Rev. E. M. Cravath, President of Fisk University, read a paper on “Higher Education.” Rev. Arthur Little, D.D., of Chicago, presented the report of the Committee on Church Work, which was followed by addresses from Rev. C. O. Brown and Mr. Geo. W. Moore, a graduate of Fisk University.

The Woman’s Missionary Meeting was held at nine o’clock Thursday morning in the chapel of the church, when papers were read by Mrs. G. W. Andrews, of Talladega, Ala., Miss Annie Cahill, of Nashville, Tenn., and Miss Hamilton, of Memphis, Tenn.

Thursday afternoon the session was opened with devotional exercises. The Committee on the proposed transfer of missions reported, through Rev. M. McG. Dana, D.D., of Minnesota, favoring the general plan, but making it a condition that the interests of the work already in hand be not sacrificed, and with this condition referring the whole subject to the Executive Committee of the Association, with power. The report was accepted and adopted. A petition was presented by President Ware, of Atlanta University, requesting the appointment of a committee to define the policy of the Association with reference to its work among the different races, which was referred to the Executive Committee. The officers of the Association were re-elected for the ensuing year. Addresses were then made by Rev. J. M. Gregory, D.D., of Washington, D.C., representing the work of the Baptists at the South, and by Rev. R. S. Rust, D.D., of Ohio, representing the Methodists, and by Elkanah Beard, representing the Friends in the same field. These brethren were received in a spirit of cordial fellowship and co-operation. Rev. J. E. Roy, D.D., Field Superintendent of the Association, read a paper on “The New South.” The concluding address of the session was made by Secretary Strieby, representing the work of the Congregational churches at the South. The report of the Finance Committee was presented by J. G. W. Cowles, Esq. Thursday evening a mass meeting was held in the Tabernacle. The music was furnished by a choir of seventy-five voices from Oberlin, under the leadership of Prof. F. B. Rice. After devotional exercises, addresses were made upon “The National Problem of Southern Education,” by ex-President R. B. Hayes, of Ohio: President A. D. White, of Cornell University, and by Hon. J. L. M. Curry, of Virginia. Rev. G. D. Pike, D.D., in behalf of the Association, tendered a resolution of thanks to the churches and people of Cleveland for their hospitality, and to the committees, pastors, choir and railroads for their kindness in contributing to the success of the meetings.

It was the prevailing feeling that the meeting at Cleveland was, on the whole, a great success. Although there were other attractions which drew many away, yet the attendance was large, and at the closing session there were over three thousand present. The weather was fine, the papers presented of a high order, and the interest from beginning to end unabated. Nothing was lacking in the way of preparation, and with the impetus of this meeting resting upon it, the Association takes courage and looks forward to another year of work with renewed faith and hope.

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SUMMARY OF THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPT. 30th, 1882.

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RECEIPTS.

From Churches, Sabbath-schools, Missionary Societies and Individuals $186,166.62 From Estates and Legacies 78,612.47 From Income. Sundry Funds 7,701.04 From Tuition and Public Funds 24,400.22 From Rents, Southern Property 704.10 ———————————$297,584.45 Balance on hand Sept. 30th, 1881 518.80 ——————————— $298,103.25 ===========

EXPENDITURES.

_The South._

For Church and Educational Work, Lands, Buildings, etc. $230,733.07

_The Chinese._

For Superintendent, Teachers, Rent, etc. 12,454.45

_The Indians._

For Missionaries and Student Aid 2,020.00

_Foreign Missions._

Mendi Mission: For Superintendent, Missionaries, Supplies, etc. 9,548.70 For John Brown Steamer, amt. transferred 7,002.43

Jamaica Mission: For support of aged Missionary 250.00

_Publication Account._

For American Missionary (22,000 Monthly), Annual Reports (1,500), Circulars, Clerk Hire, Postage, etc. 9,043.38

_Cost of Collecting Funds._

BOSTON OFFICE.

For Salary Rev. G. L. Woodworth, Dist. Sec. $2,500.00 For Salary Rev. Lewis Grout, Agent 900.00 For Traveling Expenses of Dist. Sec. and Agent 613.21 For Clerk Hire, Rent, Printing, Postage, etc. 1,628.27 ———————— 5,641.48

CHICAGO OFFICE.

For Salary Rev. James Powell, Dist. Sec. 2,500.00 For Traveling Expenses 540.16 For Clerk Hire, Postage, Stationery, etc. 700.20 ———————— 3,740.36

MIDDLE DISTRICT.

For Salary Rev. O. D. Pike, D.D., Dist. Sec. 2,500.00 For Salary Rev. O. H. White, D.D., Special Work 355.00 For Trav. Expenses, Printing, Postage, etc. 178.70 ———————— 3,033.70

_Cost of Administration._

For Salary Rev. M. E. Strieby, D.D., Cor. Sec. 3,500.00 For Clerk Hire for Cor. Sec. 1,720.00 For Salary of H. W. Hubbard, Treas. 2,500.00 For Clerk Hire 1,200.00 For Rent, Stationery, Printing, Furniture, Janitor, Expressage, Postage, Trav. Ex., etc. 3,336.99 ———————— 12,256.99

_Miscellaneous._

For Expenses in settlement of Legacies 157.25 For Expenses of Annual Meeting 515.91 For Amounts paid Annuitants, balance 850.86 For Amounts refunded, sent Treas. by mistake 64.84 1,588.86 ——————————— $297,313.42 Balance in hand Sept. 30th, 1882 789.83 ———————————$298,103.25 ===========

_Endowment Funds received_, 1881–82.

President’s Chair. Talladega College $15,000.00 Graves’ Theo. Scholarships, for Talladega College 5,000.00 Belden Scholarship, Bond of Oregon Short-Line Railway Co., for Talladega College 1,000.00 Fisk University Scholarship, Note of Gen. C. B. Fisk 500.00

_Statement of Arthington Mission Fund, for Africa._

Balance in hand Sept. 30th, 1881 25,477.53 Received from Oct. 1, 1881, to Sept. 30, 1882 5,172.92 ————————— $30,650.45 Amount expended 9,280.53 Balance in hand Sept. 30, 1881 21,369.92 ————————— 30,650.45