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  VOL. XXXII.                                           No. 12.

                                THE

                       AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

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               “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.”

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                          DECEMBER, 1878.




                            _CONTENTS_:


  EDITORIAL.

    ABSTRACT OF THE REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF
      THE A. M. A.                                               353
    ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION           356
    ADDRESS OF REV. SYLVANUS HEYWOOD                             371
    ADDRESS ON CHINESE MISSIONS IN AMERICA: Rev. E. S.
      Atwood                                                     373
    ADDRESS UPON THE AFRICAN MISSION: REV. G. D. Pike            377
    THE ANNUAL MEETING                                           379
    PARAGRAPHS                                                   381
    ITEMS FROM SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES                              382


  THE FREEDMEN.

    ATLANTA, GA.--Students’ Reports of Summer Work:
      Mrs. T. N. Chase                                           383
    TENNESSEE.--Woman’s Work among Women: Miss Hattie
      Milton                                                     385
    NORTH CAROLINA.--Students Want to “Batch”: Rev.
      Alfred Connett                                             387
    TALLADEGA, ALABAMA.--The Story of Ambrose Headen             388
    A GRATEFUL WARD                                              389


  AFRICA.

    THE MENDI MISSION: Rev. A.