VOL. XXXIV. NO. 9. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” * * * * * SEPTEMBER, 1880. _CONTENTS_: EDITORIAL. ANNUAL MEETING—PARAGRAPHS 257 ENCOURAGING SIGNS OF THE TIMES 260 HELP WITHOUT MONEY—THE TWO PARTIES AND THE CHINESE 261 INDIANS, RESERVATIONS AND RAILROADS 262 BETTER HOMES FOR THE COLORED PEOPLE 264 GROWTH OF IDEAS AMONG THE NEGROES AND INDIANS 266 AFRICAN NOTES 268 ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 270 THE FREEDMEN. A JULY VACATION 271 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA—Lincoln Mission, Washington 272 ALABAMA—Florence and her People 273 LOUISIANA—Lady-Missionary’s Letter 274 TENNESSEE—Better Prospects of Memphis, &c. 275 TENNESSEE—Flower Mission and Care for the Sick 276 AFRICA. MENDI MISSION—Good Hope Station 276 THE INDIANS. LA POINTE AGENCY 277 THE CHINESE. SERMONS BY OUR CHINESE HELPERS 278 CHILDREN’S PAGE. TRIP UP THE YANG-TSE-KIANG 281 RECEIPTS 282 CONSTITUTION 286 AIM, STATISTICS, WANTS 287 * * * * * 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.