The American Missionary — Volume 42, No. 12, December, 1888
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The Project Gutenberg eBook, The American Missionary, Volume 42, No. 12, December, 1888, by VariousThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The American Missionary, Volume 42, No. 12, December, 1888Author: VariousRelease Date: December 20, 2004 [eBook #14383]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY, VOLUME 42, NO. 12,DECEMBER, 1888***E-text prepared by Joshua Hutchinson, Donald Perry, John Hagerson, and the Project Gutenberg Online DistributedProofreading Team from scans generously provided by Cornell UniversityTHE AMERICAN MISSIONARY DECEMBER, 1888 VOL. XLII. NO. 12CONTENTSEDITORIALTHE ANNUAL MEETING THE DANIEL HAND EDUCATIONAL FUND FOR COLORED PEOPLE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE GIFT SKETCH OF MR. HAND'SLIFE THE DEED OF TRUST SUGGESTIONS PILGRIM'S LETTERS PARAGRAPHSANNUAL MEETING.PROCEEDINGS OF ANNUAL MEETING SUMMARY OF TREASURER'S REPORT REPORTS OF COMMITTEES MEMORIAL SERVICE THE AMERICANFREEDMEN AS FACTORS IN AFRICAN EVANGELIZATION, BY SECRETARY STRIEBY THE HOPEFULNESS OF INDIAN MISSIONS AS SEEN IN THE LIGHT OFHISTORY. BY SECRETARY BEARDBUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.REPORT OF SECRETARYRECEIPTS.* * * * *NEW YORK:Published by the American Missionary Association ...
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THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY DECEMBER, 1888 VOL. XLII. NO. 12
E-text prepared by Joshua Hutchinson, Donald Perry, John Hagerson, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team from scans generously provided by Cornell University
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Title: The American Missionary, Volume 42, No. 12, December, 1888 Author: Various Release Date: December 20, 2004 [eBook #14383] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)
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CONTENTS EDITORIAL THEANNUAL MEETINGTHEDANIEL HAND EDUCATIONAL FUND FOR COLORED PEOPLETHEANNOUNCEMENT OFTHEGIFT SKETCH OFMR. HAND'S LIFETHEDEED OFTRUST SUGGESTIONS PILGRIM'S LETTERS PARAGRAPHS
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BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. REPORT OF SECRETARY
ANNUAL MEETING. PROCEEDINGS OFANNUAL MEETINGSUMMARYOFTREASURER'S REPORT REPORTS OFCOMMITTEES MEMORIAL SERVICETHEAMERICAN FREEDMEN AS FACTORS IN AFRICAN EVANGELIZATION, BYSECRETARYSTRIEBYTHEHOPEFULNESS OFINDIAN MISSIONS AS SEEN IN THELIGHT OF HISTORY. BY SECRETARY BEARD
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Vice-Presidents. Rev. A.J.F. BEHRENDS, D.D., N.Y. Rev. F.A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill. Rev. ALEX. McKENZIE, D.D., Mass. Rev. D.O. MEARS, D.D., Mass. REV. HENRY HOPKINS, D.D., MO.
Corresponding Secretaries. Rev. M.E. STRIEBY, D.D., 56 Reade Street, N.Y. Rev. A.F. BEARD, D.D., 56 Reade Street, N.Y.
Auditors. PETER McCARTEE. CHAS. P. PEIRCE.
Treasurer. H.W. HUBBARD, Esq., 56 Reade Street, N.Y.
Recording Secretary. REV. M.E. STRIEBY, D.D.
Executive Committee. JOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman. ADDISON P. FOSTER, Secretary. For Three Years. J.E. RANKIN, WM. H. WARD, J.W. COOPER, JOHN H. WASHBURN, EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN. For Two Years. LYMAN ABBOTT, CHARLES A. HULL, J.R. DANFORTH, CLINTON B. FISK, ADDISON P. FOSTER. For One Year. S.B. HALLIDAY, SAMUEL HOLMES, SAMUEL S. MARPLES, CHARLES L. MEAD, ELBERT B. MONROE.
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PRESIDENT, REV. WM. M. TAYLOR, D.D., LL.D., N.Y.
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Financial Secretary for Indian Missions. Rev. CHAS. W. SHELTON.
DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS In drafts, checks, registered letters, or post-office orders, may be sent to H.W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 56 Reade Street, New York, or, when more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 Congregational House, Boston, Mass, or 151 Washington Street, Chicago, Ill. A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a Life Member. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.—The date on the "address label," indicates the time to which the subscription is paid. Changes are made in date on label to the 10th of each month. If payment of subscription be made afterward, the change on the label will appear a month later. Please send early notice of change in post-office address, giving the former address and the new address, in order that our periodicals and occasional papers may be correctly mailed.
Secretary of Woman's Bureau. Miss D.E. EMERSON, 56 Reade St., N.Y. * * * * * COMMUNICATIONS Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the Corresponding Secretaries; letters for "THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY," to the Editor, at the New York Office.
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mention. * * * * * THEDANIEL HAND EDUCATIONAL FUND FOR COLORED PEOPLE. The gift of more than a million of dollars by Mr. Hand for the education of the colored people of the South, was a noble deed—alike patriotic, philanthropic and Christian. The gift was wisely made. It was after mature deliberation; it was during his lifetime, and thus avoids the possibility of future litigation; it is bestowed upon a race with whose wants Mr. Hand had become thoroughly familiar; it was given to a Society that from the first, amid obloquy and danger, has been true to the colored man; and it is made a permanent fund, the income only to be used, thus securing its perpetual usefulness. The conditions of the grant are simple, easily applicable, practical and not liable to render the fund inoperative by any change of circumstances. It aims simply to give to the colored people a training that will fit them for every day life, or to become teachers of their race. Hence it will be confined to primary, industrial and normal education. We have no doubt that Mr. Hand values the missionary future of the African in his native land; that he realizes the importance of his religious training in this country, and that he appreciates the need of the higher education of a portion of the race; but his gift, large as it is, cannot cover everything, and he has, therefore, wisely chosen the definite sphere in which his money shall accomplish its work. Opportunity is thus given others equally liberal to provide for other parts of the great work to be done for the negro race. Mr. Hand may not live long enough to see for many years the practical working of his far-reaching gift, but generation after generation of the Negroes of the South will rise up to call him blessed. * * * * * THEANNOUNCEMENT OFTHEGIFT. [Abridged from theProvidence Journal.] The Address of Secretary Strieby. It is my privilege, and I esteem it a great honor, to be called upon to announce one of the most surprising and gratifying facts, financially considered at least, that has ever occurred in the history of this Association. The American Missionary Association has this week received the largest gift ever made in this country by a living donor to a benevolent society. Daniel Hand, an aged resident of Guilford, Conn., formerly a merchant in the South, has given to the Association $1,000,894.25, in interest-bearing securities, to be held in trust and known as "THE DANIEL HAND EDUCATIONAL FUND FOR COLORED PEOPLE," the income only to be used for the education of colored people in the Southern States. Mr. Hand, having made his money in the South, and having seen the ignorance and consequent disadvantages of the colored people there, felt that he could not use it better than in providing for their education, and has chosen to entrust to the American Missionary Association, whose work is so largely devoted to the elevation of that people, the care of this magnificent gift, and the disbursement of its income in accordance with the provisions of the trust. * * * * * This announcement was received with great enthusiasm, which was prolonged for several minutes, and the most intense excitement prevailed. An address was then given by John H. Washburn, Esq., Chairman of the Executive Committee, after which Rev. Dr. Mears made an address, which was followed by the singing of the Doxology with great fervor and emphasis. * * * * * Remarks by Mr. John H. Washburn. Mr. President.—The last few years have been remarkable in gifts and legacies. Some have endowed colleges and universities; some, as in this case, have been for the benefit of a peculiar race, but no one in his own lifetime has ever selected a benevolent association as beneficiary, and endowed it with such a munificent gift as Daniel Hand has bestowed upon the American Missionary Association. He was, it seems to me, wise in choosing this course. Others have seen fit to put their funds in the hands of trustees organized and incorporated to hold the trust. He might have done that, but what would have been the gain over the present plan? Those trustees must have availed themselves, as the trustees of the Peabody Fund and the trustees of the Slater Fund are compelled to do, of existing organizations for knowing the needs of the people; where and how the money can be used to the best advantage. Mr. Hand availed himself of an organization ready to his hand, one whose agents are better qualified to judge of the needs of the people, the plans to be pursued, the work to be done, than any other organization in this country. Now the first thought of the executive officers and committee in receiving this magnificent gift is gratitude to God, who put it into the heart of this man to entrust to us such great means of usefulness for the people for which we labor. But there is a second thought; is this gift to be a blessing to us or a curse? That depends upon our constituents, the men and women personally, and on the churches, not on the officers of the Association. How do you, the individual givers to this Association, regard this gift? Every special gift to such organizations as this, whether it be for special endowment or to
Remarks by Dr. Mears. Rev. Dr. Mears, who occupied the chair temporarily, followed the address of Mr. Washburn, voicing the gratitude of the Association. He spoke of the feelings almost of depression after the great wants of the work had been so evident from the various reports and addresses of the meeting. The words of reply to the prophet in the famine stricken city of Samaria had been often repeated as to the possibility of relief for those despised; "Behold if the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be?" This munificent gift of a million dollars seems like a gift dropped from the pierced hand into the lap of this Association. It seems a seal of the divine favor upon this organization, whose sole care is for those races that are poor and despised. The speaker referred to the suggestion of Mr. Washburn, that the gift must be either a blessing or a curse. It would be a curse if the benefactions of the churches should be withheld because of Mr. Hand's munificence. The divineness of the gift, however, precluded such a fear. There is too much consecration in the hearts of God's children to keep back a single offering for those for whom Christ died. The great promise of the Master will prove itself true; "To him that hath shall be given." Turning to the members of the Executive Committee, the suggestion was made that the manner in which they should guard this great gift would be a potent factor in urging greater gifts from the churches. In such hands was left the burden of showing that only a blessing and not a curse was possible. Be true to your great trust. His closing words were in recognition of the blessings sure to rest upon the venerable giver whose last days have been so near heaven as to catch the beams of holy light. * * * * * SKETCH OFMR. HAND'S LIFE.
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