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THE CONGREGATIONAL ROOMS,

FOURTH AVENUE AND TWENTY-SECOND STREET, NEW YORK.

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Price, 50 Cents a Year in advance.

Entered at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., as Second-Class mail
matter.

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American Missionary Association.

CONGREGATIONAL ROOMS,

Fourth Avenue and Twenty-second Street,--New York City.

PRESIDENT, MERRILL E. GATES, LL.D., MASS.

_Vice-Presidents._

Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill.
Rev. ALEX. McKENZIE, D.D., Mass.
Rev. HENRY HOPKINS, D.D., Mo.
Rev. HENRY A. STIMSON, D.D., N.Y.
Rev. WASHINGTON GLADDEN, D.D., Ohio.

_Honorary Secretary._

Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D.

_Corresponding Secretaries._

Rev. A. F. BEARD, D.D.
Rev. F. P. WOODBURY, D.D.
Rev. C. J. RYDER, D.D.

_Recording Secretary._

Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D.

_Treasurer._

H. W. HUBBARD, Esq.

_Auditors._

D. C. TIEBOUT.
CHARLES NEWTON SCHENCK.

_Executive Committee._

CHARLES L. MEAD, Chairman.
CHARLES A. HULL, Secretary.

_For Three Years._

WILLIAM HAYES WARD,
JAMES W. COOPER,
LUCIEN C. WARNER,
CHARLES P. PEIRCE,
LEWELLYN PRATT,

_For Two Years._

CHARLES A. HULL,
ALBERT J. LYMAN,
NEHEMIAH BOYNTON,
A. J. F. BEHRENDS,
EDWARD S. TEAD,

_For One Year._

SAMUEL S. MARPLES,
CHARLES L. MEAD,
ELIJAH HORR,
FRANK M. BROOKS,
CHARLES S. OLCOTT.

_District Secretaries._

Rev. GEO. H. GUTTERSON, _21 Cong'l House, Boston, Mass._
Rev. JOS. E. ROY, D.D., _153 La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill._

_Secretary of Woman's Bureau._

MISS D. E. EMERSON, _New York Office_.

COMMUNICATIONS

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; letters relating to woman's work, to the Secretary
of the Woman's Bureau.

DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

In drafts, checks, registered letters, or post-office orders, may be
sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, Fourth Avenue and Twenty-second
Street, New York; or, when more convenient, to either of the Branch
Offices, 21 Congregational House, Boston, Mass., or 153 La Salle
Street, Chicago, Ill. A payment of thirty dollars constitutes a Life
Member.

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