VOL. XXXII. No. 2. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” * * * * * FEBRUARY, 1878. _CONTENTS_: EDITORIAL. PARAGRAPHS 33 GIFTS FROM THE FIELD 34 AFRICAN EVANGELIZATION 35 LIFE OF EDWARD NORRIS KIRK, D.D. 36 NEWS FROM THE CHURCHES 37 CENTRAL SOUTH CONFERENCE—IS THE NEGRO DYING OUT? 38 AFRICAN EMIGRATION 39 INDIAN NOTES 41 CHINESE NOTES 43 NEW APPOINTMENTS. THE SOUTHERN FIELD 44 AMONG THE CHINESE—AMONG THE INDIANS—MENDI MISSION, WEST AFRICA 48 AFRICA. OUR NEW MISSIONARIES 48 KAW MENDI, SHERBRO, W. AFRICA. REV. J. M. WILLIAMS 49 COMMUNICATIONS. POETRY. “Christ in the Person of the Poor.” —REPLACING THE BURNED BUILDINGS 50 CAMPAIGN IN MASSACHUSETTS. DIST. SEC’Y POWELL, OF CHICAGO 51 AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. From the _Fisk Expositor_ 53 THE CHILDREN’S PAGE 54 RECEIPTS 55 CONSTITUTION 59 WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS, &c. 60 * * * * * NEW YORK: Published by the American Missionary Association, ROOMS, 56 READE STREET. * * * * * Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance. * * * * * A. Anderson, Printer, 28 Frankfort St. _American Missionary Association_, 56 READE STREET, N. Y. * * * * * PRESIDENT. HON. E. S. TOBEY, Boston. VICE PRESIDENTS.