VOL. XXXIV. NO. 4. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” * * * * * APRIL, 1880. _CONTENTS_: EDITORIAL. PARAGRAPHS 97 DEATH OF SECRETARIES BUSH AND DASHIELL—DEATH OF MISS DELL SAFFORD 98 MISSIONARY PERIODICALS 98 THROUGH THE LIGHT CONTINENT 99 TWENTY PER CENT 99 THE NEW PLEA 100 CONGREGATIONALISM IN THE SOUTH 101 IGNORANCE OF THE NEGRO QUESTION 102 AN ILLUSTRATED PRESS 103 ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 104 GENERAL NOTES 105 THE FREEDMEN. VIRGINIA, CARRSVILLE—Large Ingathering 106 NORTH CAROLINA, MCLEANSVILLE—Facts about the Taught and the Teachers 107 GEORGIA—NO. 1 MILLER STATION—A Struggling Church, etc. 109 GEORGIA, MACON—A Lady’s S. S. and Missionary Work 110 GEORGIA, MCINTOSH, LIBERTY CO.—Communion Season 110 GEORGIA—Church and School must Work Together 111 ALABAMA—Notes from Marion—Mrs. Geo. E. Hill 113 MISSISSIPPI, TOUGALOO—A Brother’s Devotion 114 MISSISSIPPI—Report of the State Superintendent of Public Education 115 LOUISIANA—Revival in Central Church—Theological Department—Church Dedication 116 TENNESSEE—Revival in Fisk University 117 THE INDIANS. CHURCH—CHRISTMAS—BIBLES 117 THE CHINESE. OUR NEW FIELDS—DEATH OF ED. P. SANFORD, ESQ. 118 CHILDREN’S PAGE. A VOYAGE TO AFRICA—PROF. CHASE TO HIS FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY 120 RECEIPTS 121 CONSTITUTION 125 AID, STATISTICS, WANTS 126 * * * * * 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.