al Jubilee
Year Fund of $100,000 in shares of $50 each, with the hope and
expectation that these shares will be taken by the friends of missions
without lessening those regular contributions which must be depended
upon to sustain the current work.

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| FORM OF A PLEDGE. |
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| Share, $50. $100,000. |
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| THE JUBILEE YEAR FUND |
| OF THE |
| AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. |
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| 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. |
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| Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| P.O. Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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JUBILEE SHARES.

Our readers will notice that our jubilee share list is increasing in
numbers. We have reason to be grateful to God in that he has moved the
hearts of so many and led them to help our Lord's needy ones. We would
that those who have responded to our appeals could see the things that
we see, and hear the things which we hear. We have nothing but gratitude
for the fact that in this time of financial distress and uncertainty,
when money is so hard to get, the cause which we bring to the Christian
love and patriotism of good people is not losing, but gaining in their
sympathies and help. This trying year--trying to so many, therefore
trying to us--brings a jubilee thanksgiving to us, in that we are not
sinking deeper into the horrible pit and miry clay of debt, but are
little by little being pulled out of the slough. We know not how long
the pull may be, but if those who love the Lord Jesus Christ will pull
all together we shall not fail, and