from said fund, specifying its source, object and intention."

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SUGGESTIONS.

Something to Remember.

Our first thought is for the pastors and churches to whom these words
may come. It is this: Remember that the American Missionary Association
has not a million of dollars to expend in its work.

It has the yearly income of this great gift as a Trust Fund to be used,
not for the work which our churches have taken on, but to do a specific
work which would not otherwise be undertaken. The American Missionary
Association will carry out the wishes of this large giver in their
trust, and the Hand Fund will not be used to supplement the other work
committed to the Association.

Do not say then, that we have a million and need nothing. Our execution
of a trust to do additional work to the extent of $50,000 a year or
more, in no way changes our dependence upon the constituency of the
A.M.A. We have no balance whatever at the bank to supplement any lack
from the churches. The Hand Fund stands out distinctly committed to its
appropriate work. This it will do.

It will, however, make the work to which we are already committed more
imperative. We do not believe that the churches will in any degree
defeat the purposes of Mr. Hand by devoting less than before to their
own work, but that they will rather encourage larger gifts than ever,
by an emulation of a like spirit, to be used for the redemption of a
race. This is not a Trust Fund to relieve the churches. It is to make
their work greater and more effective.

The reports of the several committees at Providence all called for an
enlargement of our work. It was recommended that $375,000 be raised and
used in the fiscal year 1888-1889. This means something more than
$30,000 a month. The receipts for October were $16,416.07, being but a
little more than half of that which is needed. Our dependence must be
where it has been; first of all upon God, and then upon those who are
his stewards. We do not believe that God's stewards will be willing to
use this signal illustration of fidelity to stewardship as a reason why
they should do less rather than more in their working together with
him. The American Missionary Association begins its year with a debt of
$5,000 and needs $30,000 a month to carry on its regular work.

Large Gifts no Substitute for Small Ones.

A Pope of Rome in the midst of his great wealth once said, "I cannot
say as