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    Vol. XXXV.                                         No. 12.


                                THE

                       AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

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               “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.”

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                          DECEMBER, 1881.




                            _CONTENTS_:


  EDITORIAL.

    PARAGRAPHS         353
    FINANCIAL—APPEALING FACTS      354
    ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING        355
    GENERAL SURVEY      357
    SUMMARY OF TREASURER’S REPORT      367
    ADDRESS OF SENATOR GEO. F. HOAR      369
    EXTRACTS OF ADDRESSES RELATING TO GENERAL WORK      373


  THE FREEDMEN.

    REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONAL WORK         382
    ADDRESS OF REV. C. T. COLLINS      383
    ADDRESS OF REV. J. R. THURSTON       386
    CHRISTIAN EDUCATION: PROF. CYRUS NORTHROP      388
    HIGHER EDUCATION: PRES. E. A. WARE      390
    REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CHURCH WORK      392
    ADDRESS OF PRES. CYRUS HAMLIN      393


  AFRICA.

    REPORT ON FOREIGN WORK       395
    ADDRESS OF REV. J. W. HARDING      397
    ADDRESS OF REV. GEO. S. DICKERMAN      398
    THE UPPER NILE BASIN: COL. H. G. PROUT      398


  THE INDIANS.

    REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE       403
    ADDRESS OF GEN. S. C. ARMSTRONG      403
    ADDRESS OF CAPT. R. H. PRATT      405


  THE CHINESE.

    REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE      406
    THE CHINESE TO EVANGELIZE CHINA: REV. C. H. POPE      408
    REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FINANCE      408
    ADDRESS OF REV. GEO. F. STANTON      409
    VOTE OF THANKS AND REPLY      410
    ECHOES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING       411


  RECEIPTS      412

  CONSTITUTION      416

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         Published by the American Missionary Association,
                      ROOMS, 56 READE STREET.

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                Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance.

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American Missionary Association,

56 READE STREET, N.Y.

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  PRESIDENT.

    HON. WM. B. WASHBURN, Mass.


  VICE-PRESIDENTS.

    Hon. E. S. TOBEY, Mass.
    Hon. F. D. PARISH, Ohio.
    Hon. E. D. HOLTON, Wis.
    Hon. WILLIAM CLAFLIN, Mass.
    Rev. STEPHEN THURSTON, D.D., Me.
    Rev. SAMUEL HARRIS, D.D., Ct.
    WM. C. CHAPIN, Esq., R.I.
    Rev. W. T. EUSTIS, D.D., Mass.
    Hon. A. C. BARSTOW, R.I.
    Rev. THATCHER THAYER, D.D., R.I.
    Rev. RAY PALMER, D.D., N.J.
    Rev. EDWARD BEECHER, D.D., N.Y.
    Rev. J. M. STURTEVANT, D.D., Ill.
    Rev. W. W. PATTON, D.D., D.C.
    Hon. SEYMOUR STRAIGHT, La.
    Rev. CYRUS W.