VOL. XXXII. No. 5. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” * * * * * MAY, 1878. _CONTENTS_: EDITORIAL. PARAGRAPHS 129 IN A NUT-SHELL—OUR FINANCES 130 OUR NEW CARTRIDGES 131 THE BOARD OF INDIAN COMMISSIONERS 132 KING DAVID AND KING SOLOMON 133 GEN. O. O. HOWARD 134 NEWS FROM THE CHURCHES 135 NOTES: FREEDMEN 136 INDIANS 137 THE PRESS. CONSECRATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS. Rev. James Powell 137 THE FREEDMEN. TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY, MISSISSIPPI 139 VIRGINIA: The Church and School at Franklin—Beginnings and Results 140 GEORGIA: A Large Sunday School—Faithful Teachers—A Temperance S. S. Concert.—The Old Midway Church—Returning Courage and Prosperity.—Interest in Church and Sunday-School.—Needs of this Field.—Ogeechee 141 ALABAMA: The Alabama Conference—Science and Religion 143 LOUISIANA: Part of a Day Among the Poor 145 KENTUCKY: Temperance and Evangelistic Work 146 THE AFRICAN MISSIONARIES. THE FREEDMEN’S MISSIONS AID SOCIETY—A Public Meeting in Liverpool 147 WANTED—Cloth, Bibles and School-books 148 THE INDIANS. S’KOKOMISH AGENCY, W. T.: Sunday-School Progress—An Indian Festival—Temperance and Order 148 GREEN BAY AGENCY: Education Among the Menomonee Indians 149 THE CHINESE. A REBUKE AND A RESPONSE 150 THE CHILDREN’S PAGE 151 RECEIPTS 152 WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS, &c. 156 * * * * * NEW YORK: Published by the American Missionary Association, ROOMS, 56 READE STREET. * * * * * Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance. * * * * * A. Anderson, Printer, 23 to 27 Vandewater St. _American Missionary Association_, 56 READE STREET, N. Y.