Contents Editorial ANNUAL MEETING.  The Federal Election Bill And The Mississippi Convention.  Notes From The West.  The South Out To Rockhold, Ky.  Church Work.  Straight University.  Better Class Of Students.  Temperance In Tennessee.  Items.  The Indians.  Mr. Shelton At Northfield Again.  The Widow’s Mite.  The Chinese The Pictures Lights And Shadows Bureau Of Woman’S Work.  Christian Endeavor For The Boys And Girls Of The Southern Mountains Woman’s Work In North Carolina Woman’s State Organizations.  Receipts For August, 1890.  Notes

American Missionary Association
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President, Rev. Wm. M. Taylor, D.D., LL.D, N.Y.

Vice-Presidents.
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Rev. A. J. F. Behrends, D.D., N.Y.

Rev. F. A. Noble, D.D., Ill.

Rev. Henry Hopkins, D.D., Mo.

Rev. Alex.  Mckenzie, D.D., Mass.

Rev. D.O.  Mears, D.D., Mass.

Corresponding Secretaries.
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Rev. M.E.  Strieby, D.D., Bible House, N.Y.

Rev. A.F.  Beard, D.D., Bible House, N.Y.

Rev. F.P.  Woodbury, D.D., Bible House.  N.Y.

Recording Secretary.
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Rev. M.E.  Strieby, D.D., Bible House, N.Y.

Treasurer.
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H.W.  Hubbard, Esq., Bible House, N.Y.

Auditors.
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Peter Mccartee.

Chas. P. Peirce.

Executive Committee,
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John H. Washburn, Chairman.

Addison P. Foster, Secretary.

For Three Years.

S.B.  Halliday,

Samuel Holmes,

Samuel S. Marples,

Charles L. Mead,

Elbert B. Monroe,

For Two Years.

J.E.  Rankin,

Wm. H. Ward,

J.W.  Cooper,

John H. Washburn,

Edmund L. Champlin,

For One Year.

Lyman Abbott,

Chas. A. Hull,

Clinton B, Fisk,(1)

Addison P. Foster,

Albert J. Lyman.

District Secretaries.
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Rev, C. J. Ryder, 21 Cong’l House, Boston, Mass.

Rev. J. E. Roy, D.D., 151 Washington Street, Chicago, Ill.

Rev. C. W. Hiatt, 64 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.

Financial Secretary for Indian Missions.
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Rev. Chas. W. Shelton.

Secretary of Woman’s Bureau,
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Miss D.E.  Emerson, Bible House, N.Y.

Communications
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Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the
Corresponding Secretaries; letters for “THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY,” to the
Editor, at the New York Office; letters relating to the finances, to the
Treasurer.