VOL. XXXIV. NO. 6. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” * * * * * JUNE, 1880. _CONTENTS_: PARAGRAPHS 161 SIX PREACHERS, ALL CALLED—NEW INDUSTRIES AND SIGNIFICANT FEATURES OF NEW LIFE IN THE SOUTH 166 THE NEGRO, ON THE STATUS AND EXODUS OF THE NEGRO 167 CONDITIONS OF INDIAN CIVILIZATION—AFRICAN NOTES 169 ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 170 THE FREEDMEN. A TOUR OF THE CONFERENCES 172 NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE 175 SOUTH-WESTERN CONGREGATIONAL ASSOCIATION 176 GEORGIA, MACON—Revival 177 ALABAMA—Notes from Selma 179 AFRICA. LETTER FROM PROF. T. N. CHASE 180 THE CHINESE. POLITICS AND THE MISSION, ETC. 182 CHILDREN’S PAGE. LETTERS FROM INDIAN BOYS 184 RECEIPTS 185 CONSTITUTION 189 AIM, STATISTICS, WANTS 190 * * * * * 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.