The American Missionary. Volume 49, No. 04, April, 1895

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Various. The American Missionary. Volume 49, No. 04, April, 1895

American Missionary Association

EDITORIAL

OUR FINANCIAL OUTLOOK

DEATH OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS

ITEMS

THE PROSPERITY OF THE SOUTH

NOTES-BY-THE-WAY

THE SOUTH

TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI

LINCOLN MEMORIAL—SPECIAL METHOD

LINCOLN MEMORIAL DAY IN THE SOUTH

THE LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION

FIELD ITEMS

MISS AMY WILLIAMS

THE INDIANS

COLLECTION FOR THE DEBT AT SANTEE AGENCY

LETTER FROM AN INDIAN

THE CHINESE

GLEANINGS FROM THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION FOR THE YEAR ENDING AUGUST 31, 1894

BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK

RECEIPTS FOR FEBRUARY, 1895

EXTRACT FROM AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION

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Our debt is large, but we rejoice to say that during the last three months it has been slowly diminishing. It reached its highest point November 30—$82,425.58. December 31 it was $82,032.07; January 31, $79,502.77; February 28, $76,431.49. The cause of this decrease varies in the different months. Sometimes the legacies are in advance, and sometimes the donations. The expenses have been largely reduced in all departments.

While these figures are somewhat encouraging, yet the size of the debt is ominous. The winter months, usually most fruitful in collections, have passed away, and the time for the annual appropriations is near at hand. Unless the debt can be greatly reduced, the cutting down of the appropriations for the next year must be disastrous to this great work. We do not lose our trust in God, nor our hope that the friends of these ignorant and yet struggling people will not suffer the work to be seriously hindered. We respectfully invoke pastors to secure for us as liberal contributions as possible, and we ask individual donors to remember the work with special gifts.

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The appointment of Bishop Whipple, of Minnesota, to be a member of the Board of Indian Commissioners was an appointment eminently fit to be made. Few men in this country stand higher in their knowledge of the Indians and their wants, or have shown a more intelligent and self-sacrificing interest in their behalf.

The Indian Territory, occupied by what has been regarded as the Civilized Tribes, is in a precarious position. The recent investigation by the Committee under ex-Senator Dawes has brought out the facts in startling distinctness. The recommendations of the Senator are very clear and radical, but it is feared that delay in the settlement of the question will only protract and aggravate the difficulty.

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