VOL. XXXII. No. 7. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” * * * * * JULY, 1878. _CONTENTS_: EDITORIAL. PARAGRAPHS 193 PERMANENT, INTEREST-BEARING INVESTMENTS.—THE CLAIM OF NEED 195 “THESE STUPID BLACKS.”—AN AGED MINISTER’S ENTHUSIASM 197 THREE EXTRACTS 198 OBITUARY.—ITEMS FROM CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS 200 CHINESE ITEMS.—GENERAL NOTES 201 THE FREEDMEN. COMMENCEMENT AT HAMPTON INSTITUTE 203 FISK UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT 205 KENTUCKY: Then and Now 206 GEORGIA: Religious Life in Atlanta University.—A Photograph with Lights and Shades 207 ALABAMA: Dedication of Emerson Institute.—The Church and the Literary Club.—Montgomery—Swayne School—A Year’s Work—Closing Exercises.—A Surprise Party in a Southern Church—Another Female Missionary Needed.—A Blessed Work 210 THE CHINESE. JEE GAM’S LETTER 215 THE CHILDREN’S PAGE 216 RECEIPTS 218 CONSTITUTION 221 WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS, &c. 222 * * * * * 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. * * * * * PRESIDENT. HON. E. S. TOBEY, Boston. VICE PRESIDENTS.