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Title: American Missionary, August, 1888, (Vol. XLII, No. 8)

Author: Various

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THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY

August, 1888.

Vol. XLII. No. 8.

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL
FINANCIAL.--A CONVERSATION
THE VERNACULAR--THE LAST GOVERNMENT ORDER
ENDORSEMENT OF SOLICITORS--PROF. LAWRENCE
LONDON MISSIONARY CONFERENCE--GETTYSBURG
BOOM IN PRICE OF A SLAVE--EXTRACTS FROM EXAMINATION PAPERS
ON DR. JAMES POWELL'S PORTRAIT--PARAGRAPH

THE SOUTH.
NOTES IN THE SADDLE. By District Secretary Ryder.
ATLANTA UNIVERSITY
COMMENCEMENT AT FISK UNIVERSITY
AN HOUR AT STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY
CLOSING EXERCISES AT TILLOTSON

THE INDIANS.
PARAGRAPH FROM OAHE
SEWING WOMEN AT FORT BERTHOLD
AN INDIAN CHURCH SOCIABLE

THE CHINESE.
ITEMS

BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.
PARAGRAPHS
NOTES FROM MISS COLLINS

OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
THE TRUE BLUE CARD

RECEIPTS

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NEW YORK:

PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION,

Rooms, 56 Reade Street.

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Price, 50 Cents a Year, in Advance.

Entered at the Post Office at New York, N.Y., as second class matter.

American Missionary Association.

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PRESIDENT, REV. WM. M. TAYLOR, D.D., LL.D., N.Y.

_Vice-Presidents._

Rev. A.J.F. BEHRENDS, D.D., N.Y.
Rev. ALEX. McKENZIE, D.D., Mass.
Rev. F.A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill.
Rev. D.O. MEARS, D.D., Mass.
Rev. HENRY HOPKINS, D.D., Mo.

_Corresponding Secretaries._

Rev. M.E. STRIEBY, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._
Rev. A.F. BEARD, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._

_Treasurer._

H.W. HUBBARD, Esq., _56 Reads Street, N.Y._

_Auditors._

PETER McCARTEE.
CHAS. P. PEIRCE.

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