VOL. XXXII. No. 1. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” * * * * * JANUARY, 1878. _CONTENTS_: EDITORIAL. 1877-1878. 1 LARGE GIFTS AND LARGE GIVERS 2 CHANGES IN THE MAGAZINE 3 WOMAN’S WORK FOR WOMAN 4 THE JUBILEE SINGERS—A GOOD USE OF NEGRO SUFFRAGE 5 PARAGRAPHS 6 NEWS FROM THE CHURCHES—SOUTHERN EXODUS NOTES 7 INDIAN NOTES 8 CHINESE NOTES 9 BOOK NOTICE 10 THE FREEDMEN. NORTH CAROLINA: Revival in Church and School. GEORGIA: Revival in Atlanta University 11 ALABAMA: Church Organized—A New Pastorate 12 TENNESSEE: Le Moyne Normal School 13 “ State Teachers’ Institute 14 TWO SIMPLE RULES. J. P. Thompson, D. D. 15 DR. PATTON’S INAUGURAL 16 THE INDIANS. FORT BERTHOLD, D. T. 17 THE CHINESE. ANNUAL MEETING—GENERAL ASSOCIATION—THE WORK 18 COMMUNICATIONS. PROTECTION BY DEVELOPMENT. Rev. C. H. Richards 19 EDUCABILITY OF THE BLACKS. A Virginia School Superintendent 21 CAMPAIGN IN CONNECTICUT. Dist. Sec’y, Powell of Chicago 22 THE CHILDREN’S PAGE 24 RECEIPTS 24 CONSTITUTION 27 WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS, &c. 28 * * * * * NEW YORK: Published by the American Missionary Association, ROOMS, 56 READE STREET. * * * * * Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance. _American Missionary Association_, 56 READE STREET, N. Y. * * * * * PRESIDENT. HON. E. S. TOBEY, Boston. VICE PRESIDENTS.