Front matter
Reading edition

EDITORIAL
Page.
The Figures—Financial
269
Annual Meeting
270
The Silent South
271
Sale of Bullets
272
The New Education in the New South
273
Philadelphia Institute
274
Obituary Notice of Prof. W. L. Gordon
275
Missionary Steamer
276
Address by Dr. E. S. Atwood
277
Extract from Georgia Paper
283
THE SOUTH.
One of the Deacons
284
Jellico, Tenn.—Among the Churches in Maine
286
The Reason Why
287
THE CHINESE.
How we Train the Chinese for Preaching
288
Chinese View of the Statue of Liberty
290
BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.
Illinois Woman's Home Missionary Union
291
CHILDREN'S PAGE.
Shoeblack Jim
292
RECEIPTS
292
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