VOL. XXXIII. No. 11. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” * * * * * NOVEMBER, 1879. _CONTENTS:_ EDITORIAL. OUR ANNUAL MEETING 321 DEATH OF REV. WM. PATTON, D. D. 321 PARAGRAPHS 322 NO DEBT—NO DEFICIT 323 MISSIONARY MASS CONVENTIONS—OUR NEW MEN 324 THE MENDI MISSION 325 THE ARTHINGTON MISSION 326 SELF-PROTECTION: Extract from address of REV. ALBERT H. HEATH 326 SUNDAY-SCHOOL LETTERS 329 ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 329 GENERAL NOTES 331 THE FREEDMEN. PART OF A TOUR THROUGH THE CAROLINAS 334 CONTRASTS 335 GEORGIA, ATLANTA: Economical Industrial Department 337 GEORGIA, SAVANNAH: Revival—Work and Results 338 ALABAMA, FLORENCE: New Church Building 339 ALABAMA, TALLADEGA: Protracted Meetings 339 AFRICA. MENDI MISSION—Annual Meeting of the Missionaries 339 THE INDIANS. A TOUR AMONG THE CLALLAM INDIANS 342 CHILDREN’S PAGE. CABIN PRAYER-MEETINGS—Which was the Hero? 344 RECEIPTS 346 CONSTITUTION 349 WORK, STATISTICS, WANTS, &c. 350 * * * * * 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.