VOL. XXXIII. No. 8. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” * * * * * AUGUST, 1879. _CONTENTS_: EDITORIAL. ANNUAL MEETING 225 PAINS OF RETRENCHMENT 225 FREEDMEN’S MISSIONS AID SOCIETY 227 MISSIONS IN CENTRAL AFRICA 228 EDUCATION OF FREEDMEN 229 CONGREGATIONALISM IN THE SOUTH--ITS RELATION TO THE AFRICAN RACE 230 DEATH OF A TEACHER 232 ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 232 GENERAL NOTES 233 THE FREEDMEN. ATLANTA UNIVERSITY--Tenth Anniversary 235 TALLADEGA COLLEGE--College, Farm and Seminary 237 BEREA COLLEGE--Crowded Commencement 238 S. C., ORANGEBURG--School Closing--Religious Life 240 GEORGIA, MCINTOSH--Call for a Lady Missionary 240 GEORGIA, FORSYTHE--Temperance and Religion 241 ALABAMA, FLORENCE--Corner-Stone of a Church Laid 241 TENNESSEE--Teachers’ Institute 242 TENNESSEE--By-ways of Tennessee 243 AFRICA. MENDI MISSION--Explorations--Industrial Work 245 THE CHINESE. NOTES AND CLIPPINGS: Rev. W. C. Pond 246 CHILDREN’S PAGE. MY HOME IN INDIAN TERRITORY 249 LETTERS TO THE TREASURER--Words of Cheer 250 RECEIPTS 251 WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS, &C. 254 * * * * * 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.