Vol. XXXIII. No. 9. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” * * * * * SEPTEMBER, 1879. _CONTENTS_: FORWARD: Rev. Eli Corwin 257 EDITORIAL. PARAGRAPHS 258 LITERATURE OF OUR SOUTHERN WORK 259 THE TENTH COMMANDMENT 259 WINDING UP A HORSE 260 ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 264 GENERAL NOTES 265 THE FREEDMEN. WINNING BY PASSIVE VIRTUE: Rev. J. E. Roy, D. D. 267 GEORGIA, WOODVILLE--Dying Scenes--Pressing Work 268 GEORGIA, CYPRESS SLASH--A New Field 269 ALABAMA, MONTGOMERY--Swayne School 270 TENNESSEE, MEMPHIS--Le Moyne School--Conversations 270 TENNESSEE--A Colored Girl’s Experience as a Teacher 270 MISSISSIPPI--Letter from a Tougaloo Student 271 AFRICA. MENDI MISSION--Religious Progress at Avery--Travels into the Interior--The Heathen--The Country 273 THE CHINESE. FALSE BRETHREN: Rev. W. C. Pond 278 CHILDREN’S PAGE. CHILDREN’S INFLUENCE 281 RECEIPTS 282 CONSTITUTION 285 WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS, &C. 286 * * * * * 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.