VOL. XXXIV. No. 1. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” JANUARY, 1880. _CONTENTS:_ EDITORIAL. SALUTATIONS 1 OUR ENLARGED WORK 2 PROF. CHASE IN AFRICA 3 INDIAN BOYS AT HAMPTON 4 PARAGRAPHS—SATISFIED 5 ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 6 GENERAL NOTES 8 THE FREEDMEN. VACATION REPORTS: Prof. T. N. Chase 9 WOMAN’S WORK FOR WOMAN: Miss L. A. Parmelee 12 THE GEORGIA CONFERENCE 14 THE CENTRAL SOUTH CONFERENCE 15 GEORGIA—Thanksgiving Services and First Impressions: Rev. C. W. Hawley 16 ALABAMA—Emerson Institute, 1865 to 1879: Rev. O. D. Crawford 17 ALABAMA—Shelby Iron Works—A Revival 19 TENNESSEE—A Student Aided: Rev. E. M. Cravath 19 TENNESSEE, MEMPHIS—Health, Business, &c.: Prof. A. J. Steele 20 THE INDIANS. S’KOKOMISH AGENCY—Homes and Schools, Lands and Titles: Edwin Eells, Agent 22 THE CHINESE. SANTA BARBARA MISSION—Chin Fung: Rev. W. C. Pond 23 CHILDREN’S PAGE. AMATEUR HEATHEN 25 RECEIPTS. 27 * * * * * 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.