VOL. XXXII. No. 3. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” * * * * * MARCH, 1878. _CONTENTS_: EDITORIAL. PARAGRAPHS 65 PAYING THE DEBT 66 NEGROLOGY 67 BILLS IN CONGRESS 68 EDUCATION AMONG THE FREEDMEN 69 WHAT CAN THE WOMEN DO?—SCHOOL ITEMS 70 NEWS FROM THE CHURCHES—TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION—NEGRO NOTES 71 CHINESE NOTES 72 POETRY. “No Room in the Inn” 74 THE FREEDMEN. GEORGIA: Atlanta University 75 GEORGIA MACON: Devotion to Study—Conversions to Christ 78 ALABAMA: Breaking Ground for New Emerson Institute Building. Prof. T. N. Chase 78 TENNESSEE: A Debt Extinguisher—The Happiest Girl in the Land. Rev. T. Cutler 79 THE INDIANS. THE INDIAN COMMISSIONERS 80 THE CHINESE. ADDRESS BY FUNG AFFOO 81 AFRICA. THE MENDI MISSION 83 COMMUNICATIONS. EDUCATION OF THE COLORED PEOPLE. Rev. J. E. Rankin, D. D. 84 FROM A LIFE MEMBER.—SLAVE AND FREE LABOR COTTON. From the N. Y. _Herald_ 85 THE CHILDREN’S PAGE 86 RECEIPTS 87 WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS, &c. 92 * * * * * 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.