_For Two Years._

CHARLES A. HULL,
ADDISON P. FOSTER,
ALBERT J. LYMAN,
NEHEMIAH BOYNTON,
A.J.F. BEHRENDS.

_For One Year._

SAMUEL HOLMES,
SAMUEL S. MARPLES,
CHARLES L. MEAD,
WILLIAM H. STRONG,
ELIJAH HORR.

_District Secretaries._

Rev. GEO. H. GUTTERSON, 21 _Cong'l House, Boston, Mass._
Rev. JOS. E. ROY, D.D., 151 _Washington Street, Chicago, Ill._
Rev. W.E.C. WRIGHT, D.D., _Cong'l Rooms, Y.M.C.A. Building, Cleveland,
Ohio._

_Secretary of Woman's Bureau._

Miss D.E. EMERSON, _Bible House, N.Y._

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THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY

VOL. XLIX.
March, 1895.
No. 3.

In this number of THE MISSIONARY we present our readers with an
interesting variety of information, embracing sketches of personal
observation by secretaries of the Association, letters from field
workers, pictures of pioneers in two important fields, and pictures of
one of our higher institutions. It is with sorrow that we are compelled
to notice the death of our late honored and beloved President, Dr.