VOL. XXXIII. NO. 6. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” * * * * * JUNE, 1879. _CONTENTS_: EDITORIAL. PARAGRAPH—MONEY WHICH COSTS MONEY 161 RAILROADS AND RIVERS 162 CONGREGATIONALISM IN THE SOUTH 164 WORK STOPPED, BUT THE RECOMPENSE CONTINUED 165 ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 166 GENERAL NOTES 167 OUR QUERY COLUMN 169 THE FREEDMEN. A TOUR OF A MONTH THROUGH THE SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES: Rev. J. E. Roy, D. D. 169 TENNESSEE, MEMPHIS—Students’ Day at Le Moyne 171 GEORGIA—NO. 1 MILLER STATION—Perils of Young Converts—An Open House 171 GEORGIA—Midway Church—Dorchester Academy—New Church at Cypress Slash 172 SOUTH CAROLINA, CHARLESTON—Plymouth Church and Avery Institute 174 ALABAMA—State Conference 176 LOUISIANA—South-Western Conference—Revivals and Conversions 178 THE INDIANS. SPICE OF MISSIONARY LIFE 181 THE CHINESE. THE “CONGREGATIONAL WAY” IN MISSION WORK: Rev. Wm. C. Pond 184 GOLDEN WEDDING GIFTS 186 RECEIPTS 186 WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS, &C. 190 * * * * * NEW YORK: Published by the American Missionary Association. ROOMS, 56 READE STREET. * * * * * Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance. American Missionary Association, 56 READE STREET, N. Y. * * * * * PRESIDENT. HON. E. S. TOBEY, Boston. VICE-PRESIDENTS.