The American Missionary. Volume 43, No. 10, October, 1889

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Various. The American Missionary. Volume 43, No. 10, October, 1889

EDITORIAL

ANNUAL MEETING

VOTING MEMBERS

THE CLOSE OF OUR FINANCIAL YEAR

LETTERS FROM CONTRIBUTORS

COMPROMISES AND THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES OF GEORGIA

INDIAN CONTRACT SCHOOLS

A MINISTER'S TESTIMONY

NOTES BY THE WAY

"FREELY YE HAVE RECEIVED, FREELY GIVE."

THE SOUTH

ITEMS FROM THE FIELD

VACATION AT TOUGALOO

FROM A TEACHER IN THE TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS

SIGNS OF PROGRESS

OBITUARY

STUDENT'S LETTER

A BIT OF EXPERIENCE

THE INDIANS

FORT YATES, DAKOTA

THE CHINESE

OUR CHINESE IN CHINA

BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK

WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS

CO-OPERATING WITH THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION

GLIMPSES FROM THE FIELD

OUR YOUNG FOLKS

RECEIPTS FOR AUGUST, 1889

CURRENT RECEIPTS

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The next Annual Meeting of the American Missionary Association will be held at Chicago, Ill., in the New England Church, commencing at three o'clock Tuesday afternoon, October 29th. Rev. R.R. Meredith, D.D., of Brooklyn, N.Y., will preach the sermon. Fuller details regarding the reception of delegates and their entertainment, together with rates at hotels, and railroad reductions, will be found on the last page of the cover.

We are anxious that the Churches, Local Conferences and State Associations should be fully represented at the meeting. This Association is the almoner of their bounty and seeks their aid and counsel at its annual gatherings. We believe that the work of the past year will not only meet their approval, but increase their enthusiasm for pushing forward with renewed interest what still lies before us. We request the pastors of churches to secure the appointment of delegates, and all local Conferences and State Associations whose meetings have not been held, to name their delegates.

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But that plea had its influence in securing the adoption of the Federal Constitution. Among other difficulties in the way, a constructive guarantee of slavery seemed necessary to secure the assent of some of the Southern States. How strong the plea! Slavery was wrong to be sure, but the terrible seven years' war was ended, and a great nation was ready to come into existence! The compromise was made and the Union was formed. But did the compromise save it? No! The "pound of flesh" was at last the price. After a struggle of seventy-two years the crisis came, Sumter was fired upon and the compromise was found to be a failure. "A pound of flesh!" Nay, the flesh and blood of a million of men saved the Union.

2. Another motive for a compromise is the expectation that while it is all that can be done now, it will be a step towards the ultimate. This was strongly urged in that first compromise. It was said that the Declaration of Independence, the enthusiasm for liberty, and the world-wide boast of equal rights, must work a universal consent to the abrogation of slavery. Jefferson voiced the general sentiment when he said: "I think a change is already perceptible since the origin of the present revolution. The way I hope is preparing, under the auspices of heaven, for a total emancipation." But slavery grew stronger, instead of weaker, under the compromise, and from time to time required more compromises, and more surrenders. The Missouri Compromise, the Annexation of Texas, and the Fugitive Slave Law, each extorted under threats of the "dissolution of the Union," are examples. But no compromise ever wrenched an inch of territory from the clutch of slavery and gave it to freedom. Freedom held the whole Northwest, by the un-compromising requirement: "There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude" there!

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