APPOINTMENTS. April, 1909. Adams, H. G., Columbia and Ordway, S. D. Alexander, Arthur O., Mullan, Idaho. Alexander, Robert, Portland and Hatton, No. Dak. Andrews, Harold E., Carthage, So. Dak. Arnquist, Swan, Wondel Brook, Minn. Austin, Eli, Forest, Okla. Babcock, Milton H., Lakeside, Wash. Bekeschus, Edward, Garden City, Kan. Blanchard, Wash. Bloom, Jos. V., Indianapolis, Ind. Bogenholm, Wm., Wood Lake, Wis. Bolin, Nels J., St. Joseph, Mo. and Bosworth, A. R., Flasher and Outsta., N.D. Brooks, E. L., Ellis, Washburn, and Underwood, No. Dak. Brown, D. M., Chamberlain, So. Dak. Conard, W. J., Bertha and Park Rapids Cook, A. W., Mission Hill, So. Dak. Davies, David F., Catasauqua, Penn. Davisson, W. F., Overly and Outsta., N. D. Harris, Harry R., Biwabik, Minn. Jones, William C., Pittsburg. Penn. Kovac, Andrew, Allegheny, Penn. McCarthy, Sam'l R., Spearfish, So. Dak. McGovern, J. C., Houghton, So. Dak. McKay, R. A., Atlanta, Center, and Stroud, Marshall, John, Beaver Creek and Era, Ore. New Mason, Chas. E., Mountain Home, Idaho. Mirick, E. A., McIntosh, Mentor, and Mahnomen, Minn. Mitchell, D.D., Washburn and Underwood, Moncol, Andrew J., Braddock, Penn. Mueller, R. C., Dawson and Tappan, N. D. Nelson, Andrew P., Evangelist, Wis., Minn. and No. Dak. Newberry, Chas. E., Kirkland, Wash. Nordberg, Ture E., Paterson, N. J. Okerstein, John F., Gen'l Miss'y Minn. and No. Wis. Olsson, C. F.. Clear Lake, Wis. Opdahl, B. L., New England and Horswell, No. Dak. Overman, N. E., Atlanta, Ga. Owen, Edward P., Doby Springs, Okla. Owen, G. D., Underwood and Vesta, S. D. Paulu, Anton, Vining, Iowa. Parsons, E. D., North Branch and Sunrise, Paxton, Robert F., Sulphur Spgs., Colo. Powell, Mrs. K. W., Custer, So. Dak. Prescott, H. A., Choteau, Collins, Ft. Shaw, and Simms, Mont. Reed, Marion D., Weatherford, Okla. Rogers, W. O., Jennings, Okla. Rominger, H. V., Hubbard, Howell, Central, and Clackamas, Ore. Ross, A. W., Minneapolis, Minn. Slater, S., Maddock and Hesper, No. Dak. Smith, J. A., Coldwater, Hillsdale, and Pleasant View, Okla. Smith, J. Challen, Provo City, Utah. Smith, John F., Worthing, So. Dak. Smith, Stephen, Port Angeles, Wash. Stiver, F. A., Harwood and Argusville, No. Dak. Sullens, Arthur J., Gary, Ind. Tornblom, Aug. F., Pittsburg, Penn. Trompen, J. N., Gen'l Miss'y, Colo. Uperaft, W. M., Long Branch and Rosedale, Wash. Van Luven, S. A., Portland, Ind. Warren, B. A., Sherburn, Minn. Whitton, Ezra P., Miller, So. Dak. Williams, Chas. C., Lane, So. Dak. Williams, E. R., Susquehanna, Penn. Williams, William T., Shamokin, Penn. Wolfe, A. J., Perkins, Okla. Woodmansee, F. M., Alpha, Parker, Park and Altona, Okla. Wright, Thomas J., Pleasant Valley, Wash. Zavodsky, Miss Bertha, McKeesport and Duquesne, Penn. LUCIEN C. WARNER, LL.D.; FRANK S. FITCH, D.D.; DEWITT S. CLARK, D.D.; CHARLES A. HULL (Chairman); JOHN M. HOLCOMBE; JOHN R. ROGERS; WILLIS D. WOOD; WILLIAM H. WARD, D.D.; EDWARD P. LYON; JOHN B. CLARK, LL.D.; BENJAMIN F. BLAIR; PHILIP S. MOXOм, D.D.; WILLIAM W. MCLANE, D.D.; LEWELLYN PRATT, D.D.; G. HENRY WHITCOMB. BOSTON OFFICEs 615 CongregATIONAL HOUSE, Boston, Mass. District Secretary, Rev. GEORGE H. GUTTERSON. Field Representative, Mrs. IDA VOSE WOODBURY. COMMUNICATIONS Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the Corresponding Secretaries; letters for the Editor, at the New York Office; letters relating to the finances, to the Treasurer; letters relating to woman's work, to the Secretary of the Woman's Bureau. DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS in drafts, checks, registered letters, postoffice orders, may be sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 287 Fourth Avenue, New York; or, when more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 615 Congregational House, Boston, Mass., or 153 La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill. A payment of thirty dollars constitutes a life member. 1907-08.... $50,458.97 $6,392.98 $14,684.34 $416.20 $1,946.51 $73,899.00 $28.039.54 $101,938.54 1908-09.. 54,503.45 7.369.32 14,238.68 88.57 1,541.22 77,746.24 34,415,08 112,161.32 Increase... Decrease.. 4,049.48 976.34 3,847.24 6,375.54 10,222.78 445.66 327.63 405.29 FORM OF A BEQUEST. "I GIVE AND BEQUEATH the sum of- -dollars to the 'American Missionary Association,' incorporated by act of the Legislature of the State of New York." The will should be attested by three witnesses. CONDITIONAL GIFTS. Anticipated bequests are received on the Conditional Gift plan; the Association agreeing to pay an annual sum in semi-annual payments during the life of the donor or other designated person MISSIONARY LITERATURE AND ITS USES By Miss D. E. Emerson, Secretary T T is a great thing to belong to the Kingdom of God," said a prominent minister, who in view of the flocking of aliens to American soil felt deeply the oppor tunity of America to assimilate, and the opportunity of the church to Christianize these people of every race and tongue coming to our shores. Another influential leader, moved by messages brought from missionaries directly engaged in the work, especially revealing our Africa in America gave expression to the same thought. "It is a great thing to be a Christian," said he, "and we are only half Christianized if we do not look at humanity through Christ's eyes, and only half awake to what God has called us to do." It is indeed a great thing to bear the name of Christian and to belong to the Kingdom of God. We reverently rejoice in it. We sing, "I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord," and our hearts are loyal and true. We are interested, to some extent, in the growth of the Kingdom. But do we look at humanity through Christ's eyes and are we eagerly watching the movements that affect our loved kingdom so that we know what is hindering and what is helping our spiritual domain? In Mrs. Browning's "Casa Guidi Windows" we find the thought, They that would do greatly in a universe that breaks and burns must ever know before they do. Which of us who loves her country would fail to keep in touch through the best periodicals or the daily press with the great movements of the day that affect the United States? Japan, China, Russia, and all foreign affairs now attract our attention, not alone from interest in these governments and progress of these peoples, but also in relation to our own government and our country's best good. To be intelligent on the questions of the day is expected of every patriot. If the signs of the times cannot be interpreted, they can at least be noted and remembered. Aside from our personal interest we would feel ashamed as Americans to be found ignorant of such subjects. And so in our busy lives we all do find bits of time that used at frequent intervals enable us, in a measure, to keep the run of affairs of large moment, and in conversation to at least put an intelligent question here and there. Should it not be our ambition to be equally intelligent in things pertaining to the Kingdom? Equally interested to talk about them and to pass on to others, to neighbors and friends, fellow church members, our sources of information? Especially facts that will reveal the real condition, the spiritual need of humanity, where it seems greatest, and what God calls To see humanity upon us to do. through Christ's eyes is to see from the missionary standpoint and the work of ministry is one in which all may take part. Now how shall we do it? Back of it all there must of course be the great all-swaying motive of love; love that creates enthusiasm and will cause one to begin with the very a b c of missions if need be, in order to get one's exact bearings. First, it is essential to learn the names of the National Congregational Societies and their familiar initials. There is a leaflet, brief, comprehensive, issued jointly by the Societies, naming each with date of organization and line of work. Next, learn the reason for the existence of these Societies, when and why each was created, what important part each has had in building up God's Kingdom. It is a fascinating study and when once mastered is not easily forgotten. It is the providence of God revealed in missions. There is literature accessible for this. Third, having laid your missionary foundation having grasped these fundamentals, it is a comparatively easy matter to keep abreast with the times in missionary information. The monthly missionary magazine is the special and reliable source, communicating the progress of events in the missionary world. It is for missions what the daily paper is for the news of current events. We need it as we need the daily paper, in order to know what is going on about us. Every patriotic lover of God's Kingdom ought to have THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY, the combined magazine, which covers the entire field of Home Missions. Subscription price 50 cents. a year. In our crowded lives of the present day we do not spend much time over our newspapers; we have learned to scan and seize upon those reports and communications that are of special import to our own needs and that touch important interests; but we read daily, if not, we ask questions of some one who has read. So with our monthly missionary magazine. We learn to turn to it promptly to find the latest word on what we are particularly interested in or that will throw light on some of the perplexing problems with which the church of God is dealing. We can not afford to be without the missionary magazine. This sort of training gives us desire for and appreciation of missionary leaflets more in detail, descriptive, particularizing fields of work and workers. Often we find our missionary magazine and missionary literature throwing light upon situations touched upon in daily papers, political situations in this and other countries. We become alert to learn all that can be told of immigration, of Mormonism, of the race question involved in the Orientals in this country as well as the Southern Negro, of the present day frontier in the mountain section of the South. The very best use that we can make of all this literature is to first, ourselves absorb this information; inevitably it creates enthusiasm and Oh, the blessed contagion of enthusiasm. Then, talk about these things; they are part of our lives, part of our country's history and present responsibility, things that pertain to our loved Kingdom of God. Have on hand a selection of attractive literature on definite subjects-particularized missions and offer a leaflet to your uninterested neighbor as something in which you are personally intensely interested; perhaps she will be also. One can tactfully use the news of the daily paper as an introduction, whenever it touches Orientals, Negroes, island possessions, immigration, etc. Anything on the industrial development of the South easily leads up to the present day frontier in the Southern mountains and incidentally to the Child Labor problems. Use fiction to interest others. Take any interesting book that people are reading and that bears on your subject, and work out from that to the actual situation. Supplement the book with missionary literature. To illustrate: Some have read "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine." You who know the missionary work among the Southern mountaineers can see that, allow |