VOL. XXXIV. No. 2. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” * * * * * FEBRUARY, 1880. _CONTENTS:_ EDITORIAL. PARAGRAPHS 33 ARRIVAL OF MR. NURSE IN AFRICA—KNOWING, GIVING, PRAYING 34 TILLOTSON C. & N. INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS 35 WHO SHALL CIVILIZE AFRICA—ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 36 GENERAL NOTES 37 NEW APPOINTMENTS 39 THE FREEDMEN. GEORGIA CONFERENCE REVIEW 44 EDUCATIONAL REPORT 46 ATLANTA MISCELLANIES 47 FLORIDA—Letter From Rev. Geo. Henry 48 LOUISIANA—Schools and Churches: Rev. W. S. Alexander 49 TENNESSEE—Labor among Convicts: Rev. H. S. Bennett 50 TENNESSEE—Woman’s Work among Women: Miss Hattie A. Milton 51 TENNESSEE—Student-Teachers from Le Moyne 52 THE INDIANS. BOYS FOR HAMPTON FROM FORT BERTHOLD: Rev. C. L. Hall 53 THE CHINESE. THE ROMANCE OF MISSIONS: Rev. W. C. Pond 54 RECEIPTS 56 CONSTITUTION 61 AIM, STATISTICS, WANTS 62 * * * * * 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.