Vol. XXXIII.

No. 10.

THE
AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

“To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.”

OCTOBER, 1879.

CONTENTS:

EDITORIAL.
The Annual Meeting—Paragraphs[289]
Worker at Rest (Mrs. Peebles)—Death of Father Jocelyn[291]
Random Suggestions[293]
A Strong Appeal[294]
Language of Equatorial Africa[296]
Strange but True Story[297]
Items from the Field[299]
General Notes[300]
THE FREEDMEN.
North and South—Some Things in Common[304]
Reminiscences—“It’s the Color that Tells”[306]
Tennessee, Nashville—Remarkable Conversion and Triumphant Death[309]
Georgia, Byron—First Impressions[310]
THE CHINESE.
The Beginning of Harvest—Ong Lune[310]
CHILDREN’S PAGE.
Country School-Houses[313]
RECEIPTS[314]
Constitution[317]
Work, Statistics, Wants &c.[318]

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