ended upon to sustain the
current work.

FORM OF A PLEDGE.

Share, $50.
$100,000.

THE JUBILEE YEAR FUND
OF THE
AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.

I hereby take ..... shares (Fifty Dollars each) in the Jubilee Year Fund
of the American Missionary Association, to be paid before the close of the
fiscal year, Sept. 30, 1896.

_Name_ . . . . . . .

_P. O. Address_ . . . . . . . .

FIFTY-DOLLAR JUBILEE SHARES.

In the last number of THE MISSIONARY we gave the gratifying report of 34
shares taken for this fund, and in the present number we have the pleasure
of adding 75 more. We are fully aware of the difficulties under which we
send forth the call for responses to this much-needed fund. Other appeals
have been made, and are still pressed upon the churches, all of them
worthy of the generosity with which they are met.

But the ability of the churches to meet the demands of their varied
mission work is not exhausted, and the spirit of consecration among the
followers of Christ, even when self-denial must be practiced, has not
reached its limit. We therefore urge our appeal with strong confidence
that we shall not be felt to be intruders, but that we are simply trying
to fulfill the duty imposed upon us in carrying the Gospel to the most
needy and destitute in our land.

We must repeat the plea made by our Executive Committee that in giving to
this Jubilee Fund, the contributions for our regular work, to which we are
committed and whose claims we cannot repudiate, may not be neglected.

THE ACCEPTABLE MITES.

ANDERSONVILLE, GA.--"Please find inclosed $2.31, which is a contribution
from our church toward paying the debt of the American Missionary
Association. It is very little, but more than I supposed the people would
raise, there is so little money in the place."

GREENWOOD, S. C.--"It is a great pleasure to me to hand you herewith bank
draft for $11, which is the amount of our collection for the Lincoln
Memorial Day. I have delayed the remitting of this amount somewhat to give
others an opportunity who wished to contribute, but were not quite ready.
The amount is not large, but it is from the people and expresses in a
measure their