VOL. XXXIV. NO. 10. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” * * * * * OCTOBER, 1880. _CONTENTS_: EDITORIAL. OUR ANNUAL MEETING—PARAGRAPHS 289 PARAGRAPHS 290 JUBILEE SINGERS 291 ATLANTA’S COLORED PEOPLE—COMMON SENSE FOR COLORED MEN 292 OUR SCHOOLS AND THE COMMON SCHOOL SYSTEM 293 A NEW SOUTH, NOT A NEW ENGLAND IN THE SOUTH 294 MTESA AND THE RELIGION OF HIS ANCESTORS 296 BEGGING LETTER 297 AFRICAN NOTES 299 ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 300 THE FREEDMEN. COLORED CADETSHIP 302 NORTH CAROLINA, MCLEANSVILLE—Revival Interest 302 SOUTH CAROLINA, GREENWOOD 303 GEORGIA—Midway Anniversary 304 GEORGIA—Atlanta University and Temperance 305 ALABAMA—Shelby Ironworks 305 ALABAMA—FLORENCE—Outside Work 306 MISSISSIPPI—Tougaloo University 307 THE INDIANS. S’KOKOMISH AGENCY: Rev. Myron Eells 308 SISSETON AGENCY: Chas. Crissey 309 THE CHINESE. SERMON BY JEE GAM 310 CHILDREN’S PAGE. CHINESE AND CHINESE CUSTOMS 312 RECEIPTS 313 CONSTITUTION 317 AIM, STATISTICS, WANTS 318 * * * * * 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.