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THE
MISSIONARY

HERALD

EEW YORK
PUBLIC LIBRARY

Vol. XCIV

DECEMBER, 1898

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CONTENTS
Editorial Paragraphs

485

WESTERN TURKEY MISSION. From
Dr. Tracy.....

505
The New Rooms of the American

CENTRAL TURKEY MISSION. From
Board. (With One Illustration.)....

492

Mr. Sanders and President Fuller... 507
China's Dowager Empress and Em-

MADURA MissioN.–From Mr. Vurughan, 509
peror. By Rev. J. E. Walker, of Shao-wu, 494

FOOCHOW Mission. From Mr. Hub.
bard ....

510
Educational Reform in China. By Ed-
wurd R. Wagner, M.D., Lin Ching,

NORTH CHINA MISSION.- From Mr. C.
North China...
495 E. Ewing and Mr. Spragne..

511
Bardezag, Western Turkey. By Miss

Notes from the Wide Field.

513
Sophia Newnham....

497 Africa : Livingstonia.- North American

Indians : The Kitkahtlas.—Samoa.
Greek Work in the Cesarea District
of Turkey. By Rev. H. K. Wingate, of

Miscellany. Bibliographical..
Cesilieu...

502
Notes for the Month..

519
Letters from the Missions..
504 Donations ..

520
WEST CENTRAL AFRICAN MISSION.
From Mr. Riad......
For Young People....

525
504

A Christian Grave-tender in China. By
ZULU MISSION. From Mr. Bunker and

Rei. E. E. Aiken, of Tientsin. (With
Mr. Ransom..

505 Three Illustrations.)

516

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