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THE

AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

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VOL. XLII. DECEMBER, 1888. No. 12.

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American Missionary Association.

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OUR ANNUAL MEETING.

The Annual Meeting at Providence, R.I., will long be remembered in the
annals of this Association. Its general characteristics were
earnestness and enthusiasm. The interest did not flag from the
beginning to the end. We were glad to welcome our newly-elected
President, Rev. Wm. M. Taylor, D.D., who, by his dignity and facility
as a presiding officer, as well as by his able addresses, added largely
to the interest of the meeting. The sermon of Dr. Little was an uplift
at the outset; the Memorial Service for Dr. Powell was a loving tribute
to his memory; the papers read were of a high order, and dealt in a
practical way with living themes bearing on the work of the
Association; the reports on the several departments of that work were
discriminating, and showed a mastery of the subjects reviewed; and the