Vol. XXXII.

No. 2.

THE
AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

“To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.”

FEBRUARY, 1878.

CONTENTS:

EDITORIAL.
Paragraphs[33]
Gifts from the Field[34]
African Evangelization[35]
Life of Edward Norris Kirk, D.D.[36]
News from the Churches[37]
Central South Conference—Is the Negro Dying Out?[38]
African Emigration[39]
Indian Notes[41]
Chinese Notes[43]
NEW APPOINTMENTS.
The Southern Field[44]
Among the Chinese—Among the Indians—Mendi Mission, West Africa[48]
AFRICA.
Our New Missionaries[48]
Kaw Mendi, Sherbro, W. Africa. Rev. J. M. Williams[49]
COMMUNICATIONS.
Poetry. “Christ in the Person of the Poor.”—Replacing the Burned Buildings[50]
Campaign in Massachusetts. Dist. Sec’y Powell, of Chicago[51]
American Missionary Association. From the Fisk Expositor[53]
THE CHILDREN’S PAGE[54]
RECEIPTS[55]
CONSTITUTION[59]
WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS, &c.[60]