VOL. XXXII. No. 4. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” * * * * * APRIL, 1878. _CONTENTS_: EDITORIAL. THE WARDS OF THE ALMIGHTY 97 DOUGLASS AND HAYES AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY 98 CHURCH WORK IN THE SOUTH 99 FOUR NEW MISSIONARIES FOR AFRICA 100 THE TWO INDIAN POLICIES 102 NEWS FROM THE CHURCHES—ITEMS FROM THE SCHOOLS 103 LIGHTS AND SHADOWS 104 INDIAN NOTES 105 CHINESE NOTES 106 OBITUARIES 107 THE FREEDMEN. TALLADEGA COLLEGE 108 NORTH CAROLINA: “A mighty still religion.” “Good Christians is Peaceable.” 111 ALABAMA: Debt-raising in a Colored Church 112 LOUISIANA: Revival News 113 TENNESSEE: Le Moyne Normal School—A Woman’s Work Among Women 114 KENTUCKY: Berea College 115 HYMN 117 THE INDIANS. WASHINGTON TERRITORY: Three Indian Boys and Their Letters. Rev. Myron Eells, S’kokomish 118 INDIAN WELCOME TO AN AGENT. Dr. I. L. Mahan, Red Cliff, Wis. 118 THE CHINESE. THE CHINESE NEW YEAR—MOB DENUNCIATIONS—THE GREAT COMMISSION LESSENED—CONVERSIONS. Rev. W. C. Pond, San Fransisco 119 LETTER FROM AH JAM 120 THE CHILDREN’S PAGE 121 RECEIPTS 122 WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS, &c. 126 * * * * * 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.