ing the former
address and the new address, in order that our periodicals and
occasional papers may be correctly mailed.

FORM OF A BEQUEST.

"I GIVE AND BEQUEATH the sum of ---- dollars to the 'American
Missionary Association,' incorporated by act of the Legislature of the
State of New York." The will should be attested by three witnesses.

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THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY

VOL. L. MAY, 1896. No. 5.

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THE JUBILEE YEAR FUND.

In the last number of THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY we published the plea of
the Executive Committee of this Association for an offering to relieve
the Association in its financial necessities. We present below the
working point of that document in these words:

It is proposed to raise during the next six months a special
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.

As the means of securing these gifts we subjoin the blank form of a
pledge, which, when signed by individuals or officers of churches, may
be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, Bible House, New York. When the
amount pledged is paid our treasurer will send as a receipt a neatly
printed certificate. On another page will be found a list of pledges
already made.

We solicit especial attention to the closing paragraph of the sentence
quoted above, asking that these special gifts _shall not lessen the
regular contributions_, upon which the Association must depend to
sustain the current work.

We send forth this appeal under a deep sense of responsibility. We
know that business is still depressed and that many of the friends to
whom we make this plea have responded generously to the calls of
sister missionary societies. But we feel that it is a duty we owe to
God and to the needy peoples for whom we labor to attempt the relief
of this Association in its embarrassing and hindering liabilities. We
confidently believe that many of the churches and generous
individuals to whom we make this plea, feel as we do, a sense of duty
and responsibility in this important matter. Some to whom this may
come may be able to respond at once with a pledge of _one_ or _more_
shares. But to those who cannot, we urge that they lay by in store