Vol. XXXIII.

No. 9.

THE
AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

“To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.”

SEPTEMBER, 1879.

CONTENTS:

Forward: Rev. Eli Corwin[257]
EDITORIAL.
Paragraphs[258]
Literature of our Southern Work[259]
The Tenth Commandment[259]
Winding up a Horse[260]
Items from the Field[264]
General Notes[265]
THE FREEDMEN.
Winning by Passive Virtue: Rev. J. E. Roy, D. D.[267]
Georgia, Woodville—Dying Scenes—Pressing Work[268]
Georgia, Cypress Slash—A New Field[269]
Alabama, Montgomery—Swayne School[270]
Tennessee, Memphis—Le Moyne School—Conversations[270]
Tennessee—A Colored Girl’s Experience as a Teacher[270]
Mississippi—Letter from a Tougaloo Student[271]
AFRICA.
Mendi Mission—Religious Progress at Avery—Travels into the Interior—The Heathen—The Country[273]
THE CHINESE.
False Brethren: Rev. W. C. Pond[278]
CHILDREN’S PAGE.
Children’s Influence[281]
RECEIPTS[282]
Constitution[285]
Work, Statistics, Wants, &c.[286]