with one of the daughters of America in the sacred ties of matrimony, neither has he in this country legitimate children. He is of those of whom the apostle says, "They forbid to marry." He is one with the "Man of sin, the son of perdition; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God." He has nothing that he can call his in this country, unless it be the goods and fortune which, at the cost of great sacrifices of our people, he has been able to get together. This man, with a horde of idlers of the same stamp, has been, and continues to be, the pest and the ruin of our poor people, who have had to carry them on their shoulders and will have to carry them yet for we do not know how long. What is certain is that they are still upon the people. There are many places in this territory where there are no schools now and perhaps will not be for many years, and the people will live and die in ignorance. May God have mercy on so many souls for whom Christ died! If the good people of your Society can help us with their money to establish schools in some places in which we have our mission stations they will do a great work spiritually for the cause of Christ. We hope that those whom God has so much blessed, and who, for their part, have done so much for the good of humanity, will do what lies in their power to help us in the work of the enlargement of the kingdom of the Saviour. One of the means of advancing this work is to educate the people, and to teach them that they are free; free in conscience and thought, free to be saved if they wish, for God through the merits of Christ will make them free. What a blessed thought, to be free in Christ! May God bless those holy ones and prosper them in wealth and charity! A Missionary of the A. H. M. S. This Report has been delayed beyond the proper time for issuing it because it was deemed not best to hold our annual meeting until after the anniversaries of the American Board and the American Missionary Association had been held. This is the only national, undenominational Society that devotes itself entirely to caring for the neglected children who are reached by no other agency. It organizes more Schools and reaches more destitute communities than any other Sunday School missionary agency in the world, and at less expense. During the year closing March 31st, 1885, it established 1,799 new SundaySchools and brought 7,900 teachers and 67,666 scholars into them. It aided for the first time 1,713 other Schools, which have 16,060 teachers and 146,122 scholars; and besides this aided 2,991 schools that had been assisted in previous years, where there were 17,836 teachers and 167,770 scholars; making 6,603 communities reached, where 41,790 teachers are giving Bible instruction to 381,558 children and youth. 7,179 Bibles and 11,120 Testaments were given to the destitute, and 8,982 meetings were held, and over 200 churches developed from its schools, and over 3,400 conversions are reported. Can there be any surer, better or more expeditious way than to evangelize the neglected corners? The people are glad to come; the Union is effectively reaching them, its work is permanent, and prepares the way for the churches, and is more needed than ever before in the history of America. Send contributions to F. G. ENSIGN, Superintendent N. W. District, 150 Madison St., Chicago, Ill. S. A. KEAN & CO., BANKERS. 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