Vol. XXXIV.

No. 4.

THE
AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

“To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.”

APRIL, 1880.

CONTENTS:

EDITORIAL.
Paragraphs[97]
Death of Secretaries Bush and Dashiell—Death of Miss Dell Safford[98]
Missionary Periodicals[98]
Through the Light Continent[99]
Twenty Per Cent[99]
The New Plea[100]
Congregationalism in the South[101]
Ignorance of the Negro Question[102]
An Illustrated Press[103]
Items from the Field[104]
General Notes[105]
THE FREEDMEN.
Virginia, Carrsville—Large Ingathering[106]
North Carolina, McLeansville—Factsabout the Taught and the Teachers[107]
Georgia—No. 1 Miller Station—A StrugglingChurch, etc.[109]
Georgia, Macon—A Lady’s S. S. and MissionaryWork[110]
Georgia, McIntosh, Liberty Co.—CommunionSeason[110]
Georgia—Church and School must WorkTogether[111]
Alabama—Notes from Marion—Mrs. Geo. E.Hill[113]
Mississippi, Tougaloo—A Brother’s Devotion[114]
Mississippi—Report of the State Superintendentof Public Education[115]
Louisiana—Revival in Central Church—TheologicalDepartment—Church Dedication[116]
Tennessee—Revival in Fisk University[117]
THE INDIANS.
Church—Christmas—Bibles[117]
THE CHINESE.
Our New Fields—Death of Ed. P. Sanford,Esq.[118]
CHILDREN’S PAGE.
A Voyage to Africa—Prof. Chase to hisFour-year-old Boy[120]
RECEIPTS[121]
Constitution[125]
Aid, Statistics, Wants[126]