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  VOL. XXXIII.                                            NO. 5.

                                THE

                       AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

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               “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.”

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                            MAY, 1879.




                            _CONTENTS_:


  EDITORIAL.

    PARAGRAPHS                                                   129
    THE LAND—ITS WEALTH AND ITS WANT                             130
    WAR OR MISSIONS                                              132
    THE <DW64> HEGIRA                                             133
    WOMAN’S WORK FOR WOMAN—CONGREGATIONALISM IN THE SOUTH        135
    ITEMS FROM THE FIELD                                         137
    GENERAL NOTES                                                138

  THE FREEDMEN.

    TOUR INTO THE SOUTHWEST: Rev. J. E. Roy, D. D.               140
    GEORGIA, ATLANTA—Lady Missionary Needed                      143
    ALABAMA, MONTGOMERY—Tenantry, Promising Field, &c.: Rev.
      F. Bascom, D. D.                                           143
    ALABAMA, MOBILE