CONTENTS

Page.
EDITORIAL.
Bureau of Woman’s Work[161]
Hon. J. J. H. Gregory—John F. Slater Educational Fund[164]
Our Finances—Paragraphs[165]
Paragraphs—Valuable Book on Indian Missions[166]
Benefactions[167]
General Notes[168]
THE SOUTH.
A Remarkable Tribute[171]
Revival Work at Fisk University—Emerson Institute[172]
Emerson Institute, Mobile, Ala. (cut)[173]
Industrial Work at Atlanta University[174]
Africa at Atlanta—One Day[175]
A Jubilate[176]
Green Cove Springs (cut). Color Line in Florida[177]
Woman’s Missionary Association[178]
Notes from the Field[179]
THE CHINESE.
The New Mission in South China[180]
CHILDREN’S PAGE.
The Coming of the Organ[181]
Mountain Family Singing Psalms[182]
RECEIPTS[183]
Copy and Mail[188]
Proposed Constitution[189]

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THE

American Missionary.


Vol. XXXVII.

JUNE, 1883.

No. 6.