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    VOL. XXXV.                                          NO. 3.

                                THE

                       AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

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               “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.”

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                           MARCH, 1881.




                            _CONTENTS_:


  EDITORIAL.

    PARAGRAPHS                                                65
    SENATOR BROWN ON THE EDUCATIONAL QUESTION—OVERTURE
      TO THE NATIONAL COUNCIL                                 67
    MIXED SCHOOLS                                             68
    EXCEPTIONS AND THE RULE—CONVERSION VERSUS EDUCATION       69
    INCONSIDERATE GIVING                                      71
    THE INDIAN PROBLEM: Gen. S. C. Armstrong                  72
    GENERAL NOTES—Africa, Indians                             74
    ITEMS FROM THE FIELD                                      76


  THE FREEDMEN.

    NORTH CAROLINA, MCLEANSVILLE—Severe Winter, Good
      Progress, etc.                                          78
    GEORGIA, ATLANTA—Sequel to Begging Letter: Mrs.
      T. N. Chase                                             79
    ALABAMA, MOBILE—Emerson Institute                         80
    MISSISSIPPI, TOUGALOO—A Changed Home                      81
    TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE—Cabin, Frame House and Little
      Brick                                                   82
    TEXAS, PARIS—The African Congregational Church            83


  THE INDIANS.

    COMMUNION SUNDAY AT HAMPTON: Miss Isabel B.