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    VOL. XXXV.                                          NO. 9.

                                THE

                       AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

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               “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.”

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                         SEPTEMBER, 1881.




                            _CONTENTS_:


  EDITORIAL.

    ANNUAL MEETING—FINANCIAL—OUR BROADSIDE                 257
    THE PLACE OF THE CHURCH IN THE WORK OF MISSIONS        258
    HEALING OF THE NATION’S WOUND                          260
    SUGGESTION WORTH PASSING ALONG                         261
    BENEFACTIONS—GENERAL NOTES                             262


  THE FREEDMEN.

    OUR CHURCH WORK BROADSIDE.
      Washington, D.C.; Hampton, Va.                       265
      Wilmington, Beaufort, N.C.; Charleston,
        Orangeburg, S.C.; First Cong. Ch.,
        Atlanta, Ga.                                       266
      Cut First Cong. Ch., Atlanta, Ga.                    267
      Atlanta Univ., Savannah, Ga.                         268
      Woodville, Marietta, Cypress Slash, Ga.              269
      Belmont and Louisville, Ga.; Talladega,
        Mobile, Marlon, Ala.                               270
      Montgomery, Selma, Ala.                              271
      Shelby Iron Works, Childersburg, Florence,
        Ala.; Tougaloo, Miss.; Cong.
        Churches of Louisiana                              272
      Nashville, Memphis, Tenn.                            275
      Chattanooga, Tenn.; Berea, Ky.; Little
        Rock, Ark.                                         276
      Goliad, Paris, Flatonia, Texas                       277
      Corpus Christi, Texas                                278


  THE CHINESE.

    JOTTINGS FROM THE FIELD                                278


  WOMAN’S HOME MISS. ASSOC’N.

    MISS WILSON’S WORK IN KANSAS                           280


  CHILDREN’S PAGE.

    PAULPHEMIA’S MA                                        282


  RECEIPTS                                                 284

  CONSTITUTION                                             287

  AIM, STATISTICS, WANTS, ETC.                             288

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

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                Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance.

Entered at the Poet Office at New York, N.Y., as second-class matter.




American Missionary Association,

56 READE STREET, N.Y.

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  PRESIDENT.

    HON. E. S. TOBEY, Boston.


  VICE-PRESIDENTS.

    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. WALLACE, D.D., N.H.
    Rev. EDWARD HAWES, D.D., Ct.
   