VOL. XXXIII. No. 10. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” * * * * * OCTOBER, 1879. _CONTENTS_: EDITORIAL. THE ANNUAL MEETING—PARAGRAPHS 289 WORKER AT REST (MRS. PEEBLES)—DEATH OF FATHER JOCELYN 291 RANDOM SUGGESTIONS 293 A STRONG APPEAL 294 LANGUAGE OF EQUATORIAL AFRICA 296 STRANGE BUT TRUE STORY 297 ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 299 GENERAL NOTES 300 THE FREEDMEN. NORTH AND SOUTH—SOME THINGS IN COMMON 304 REMINISCENCES—“IT’S THE COLOR THAT TELLS” 306 TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE—Remarkable Conversion and Triumphant Death 309 GEORGIA, BYRON—First Impressions 310 THE CHINESE. THE BEGINNING OF HARVEST—ONG LUNE 310 CHILDREN’S PAGE. COUNTRY SCHOOL-HOUSES 313 RECEIPTS 314 CONSTITUTION 317 WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS &C. 318 * * * * * NEW YORK. Published by the American Missionary Association. ROOMS, 56 READE STREET. * * * * * Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance. Entered at the Post Office at New York, N. Y. as second-class matter. AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION, 56 READE STREET, N. Y. * * * * * PRESIDENT. HON. E. S. TOBEY, Boston. VICE-PRESIDENTS.