VOL. XXXII. No. 11. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” * * * * * NOVEMBER, 1878. _CONTENTS_: EDITORIAL. THE ANNUAL MEETING 321 PARAGRAPHS 321, 322 MR. STANLEY’S INTEREST IN CHRISTIAN MISSIONS 322 THE INDIAN AGENTS WE NEED 325 “HAMPTON TRACTS.”—CONGREGATIONALISM IN THE SOUTH 327 SUNDRIES.—GENERAL NOTES 328 THE FREEDMEN. ALABAMA—Florence: Rev. L. C. Anderson.—A Memphis Letter.—A New Orleans Letter.—Scholarship Letters 331–334 AFRICA. THE MENDI MISSION: Rev. A. P. Miller 334 THE INDIANS. FORT BERTHOLD, D. T.: Rev. C. L. HALL 337 LAKE SUPERIOR AGENCY: I. L. Mahan 339 RED LAKE AGENCY, MINN: C. P. Allen, M. D. 341 THE CHINESE. CHINAPHOBIA: Dr. M. C. Briggs 342 THE CHILDREN’S PAGE 343 RECEIPTS 344 * * * * * 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.