The American Missionary. Volume 43, No. 02, February, 1889

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Various. The American Missionary. Volume 43, No. 02, February, 1889

OUR LIST OF GOOD SAMARITANS

AN EXPLICIT WARNING

PRIVILEGES OF LIFE MEMBERSHIP

THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY

THE ROMAN CATHOLICS AND THE FREEDMEN

NOTES FROM NEW ENGLAND

DEATH OF PROF. A. HATCH

THE FIELD

THE SOUTH

NORTH CAROLINA

SOUTH CAROLINA

GEORGIA

FLORIDA

ALABAMA

TENNESSEE

KENTUCKY

KANSAS

ARKANSAS

MISSISSIPPI

LOUISIANA

TEXAS

INDIAN MISSIONS

NEW MEXICO

CHINESE MISSIONS

CONVENTION OF COLORED ROMAN CATHOLICS

AMONG THE TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS

ITEMS FROM THE FIELD

THE CHINESE. A GLIMPSE AT SHADY SIDE

ANNIVERSARY OF CHINESE MISSIONS

BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK

WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS

THE MOUNTAIN GIRLS

RECEIPTS FOR DECEMBER, 1888

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One of our missionaries was recently at the North soliciting aid in sustaining his work. His appeal was repeatedly met by the response: "The Association is rich—it has just had a gift of more than a million of dollars." When he explained that only the interest can be used, and this for educational work only, the reply was: "This interest can be used in payment of appropriations already made for schools, thus releasing just so much for other purposes."

Now this is exactly what cannot be done. The Daniel Hand Fund is for new work, and only in the industrial, primary and normal schools. It is a priceless boon in this department, for we can now make enlargements here which were greatly needed, but for which we had not the means; but no part of this Fund can be applied to meet appropriations for other portions of the work. If our constituents will not enable us to meet those other demands, we can only report a debt; the Daniel Hand Fund cannot help us. We are confident this needs only to be understood, for we cannot believe that the 457,584 members of our churches have any wish to shelter themselves behind Daniel Hand.

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3. The highest privilege is that of being a live member, doing all that he can to promote the interests of the Association and of the needy peoples for whom it labors.

Congregationalism could have planted its churches all over the South before the war, but it would not strike hands with slavery; so, to-day the children of the Pilgrims demand that the A.M.A., in its growing work, shall stand true to the historic principles of the fathers, and not compromise Christian truth for any seeming temporary advantage.

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