VOL. XXXIII. No. 7. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * “To the Poor the Gospel Preached.” * * * * * JULY, 1879. _CONTENTS_: EDITORIAL. PARAGRAPHS 193 SIGNS OF THE TIMES 194 RESPONSIBILITY OF ANSWERED PRAYER: Rev. J. E. Roy, D.D. 195 AFRICA IN AMERICA AND AMERICA IN AFRICA 196 CONGREGATIONALISM IN THE SOUTH: Rev. C. L. Woodworth 197 GENERAL NOTES 198 OUR QUERY COLUMN 201 THE FREEDMEN. THE HAMPTON ANNIVERSARY: By the Editor 201 FISK UNIVERSITY——Increasing favor——Closing days 205 STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT 207 TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT 208 HOWARD UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT 210 BEACH INSTITUTE——Year’s Work 211 GEORGIA——NO. 1 MILLER’S STATION——Work——Temperance—— Superstition 212 TENNESSEE, MEMPHIS——The Kansas Fever——Le Moyne School 213 THE CHINESE. THE NEW CONSTITUTION AND OUR MISSIONARY WORK 215 THE CHILDREN’S PAGE 217 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. American Missionary Association, 56 READE STREET, N. Y. * * * * * PRESIDENT. HON. E. S. TOBEY, Boston. VICE-PRESIDENTS.