VOL. XXXIV. NO. 5. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” * * * * * MAY, 1880. _CONTENTS_: EDITORIAL. PARAGRAPHS 129 GEN. GRANT’S RECEPTION AT STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY 132 OLD NAILS WELL CLINCHED--THE CASE IN A NUT-SHELL 133 SOUTHERN NEGROES IN NEW YORK CITY--WOMAN’S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION 134 EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA 135 LE MOYNE INSTITUTE 136 ANGLO-TURKISH CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE SLAVE-TRADE 137 H. M. STANLEY ON THE CONGO 138 JESUS SAT OVER AGAINST THE TREASURY--GRADATIONS, NATURAL AND HELPFUL 139 ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 140 THE FREEDMEN. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA--Lincoln Mission, Washington 141 NORTH CAROLINA, WILMINGTON--Report of a Visitor 141 NORTH CAROLINA--Revivals in Raleigh 142 ALABAMA--Conference of Cong’l Churches 143 " Sunday-school Convention 145 " MONTGOMERY--Health-Talks, etc. 145 KENTUCKY--The Land and the People 146 AFRICA. EXTRACT FROM A LETTER FROM PROF. CHASE 148 THE INDIANS. INDIAN BOYS AT HAMPTON 149 THE CHINESE. CHAPTER OF ITEMS 150 CHILDREN’S PAGE. ALBERT BURTON JOWETT 152 RECEIPTS 153 CONSTITUTION 157 AIM, STATISTICS, WANTS 158 * * * * * NEW YORK: Published by the American Missionary Association, ROOMS, 56 READE STREET. * * * * * Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance. Entered at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., as second-class matter. American Missionary Association, 56 READE STREET, N. Y. * * * * * PRESIDENT. HON. E. S. TOBEY, Boston. VICE-PRESIDENTS.