The American Missionary — Volume 33, No. 02, February, 1879
Vol. XXXIII.
No. 2.
To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.
FEBRUARY 1879.
CONTENTS:
NEW YORK: Published by the American Missionary Association , Rooms, 56 Reade Street.
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American Missionary Association , 56 READE STREET, N. Y.
PRESIDENT.
Hon. E. S. TOBEY, Boston.
VICE-PRESIDENTS.
Hon. F. D. Parish, Ohio. Hon. E. D. Holton, Wis. Hon. William Claflin, Mass. Rev. Stephen Thurston, D.D., Me. Rev. Samuel Harris, D.D., Ct. Wm. C. Chapin, Esq., R. I. Rev. W. T. Eustis, D.D., Mass. Hon. A. C. Barstow, R. I. Rev. Thatcher Thayer, D.D., R. I. Rev. Ray Palmer, D.D., N. Y. Rev. J. M. Sturtevant, D.D., Ill. Rev. W. W. Patton, D.D., D. C. Hon. Seymour Straight, La. Horace Hallock, Esq., Mich. Rev. Cyrus W. Wallace, D.D., N. H. Rev. Edward Hawes, Ct. Douglas Putnam, Esq., Ohio. Hon. Thaddeus Fairbanks, Vt. Samuel D. Porter, Esq., N. Y. Rev. M. M. G. Dana, D.D., Minn. Rev. H. W. Beecher, N. Y. Gen. O. O. Howard, Oregon. Rev. G. F. Magoun, D.D., Iowa. Col. C. G. Hammond, Ill. Edward Spaulding, M.D., N. H. David Ripley, Esq., N. J. Rev. Wm. M. Barbour, D.D., Ct.
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EDITORIAL
Paragraphs
OUR CONCERT OF PRAYER.
THE MISSIONS IN CENTRAL AFRICA.
HOW THE COLLEGE DIRECTS AND TRANSMUTES NATURAL FORCES.
PURITANISM AND THE DESPISED RACES.
RE-DEDICATION OF THE BEACH INSTITUTE.
ITEMS FROM THE FIELD.
GENERAL NOTES.
NEW APPOINTMENTS.
THE SOUTHERN FIELD.
AMONG THE CHINESE.
AMONG THE INDIANS.
MENDI MISSION, WEST AFRICA.
THE FREEDMEN.
NORTH CAROLINA.
GEORGIA.
"There is Life in the Old Land Yet."
ALABAMA.
TENNESSEE.
Freedom's Day.
CHILDREN'S PAGE.
RECEIPTS
AIM AND WORK.
STATISTICS.
WANTS.
MAGAZINE.
FORM OF A BEQUEST.