VOL. XXXIV. NO. 12. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” DECEMBER, 1880. _CONTENTS_: EDITORIAL. PARAGRAPHS 385 DR. MCKENZIE’S SERMON--POWER OF RIGHT PRINCIPLES 386 THE CALL FOR ENLARGEMENT--SHALL IT BE HEEDED? 387 HOLIDAY GIFTS 388 REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: Rev. M. E. Strieby, D. D. 389 WHAT OUR AFRICAN METHODIST FRIENDS THINK 395 GENERAL NOTES--Africa, Indians, Chinese 396 CENTRAL SOUTH CONFERENCE 398 ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 399 THE FREEDMEN. GLEANINGS 400 GEORGIA--Atlanta University--Extract from Report of Board of Visitors 400 ALABAMA, ATHENS--Church, School, and Brick-making 401 MISSISSIPPI, TOUGALOO--Patient Work 402 LOUISIANA, NEW ORLEANS--Revival Meetings 403 TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE--Fisk University 404 MEMORIAL SERVICES 405 THE INDIANS. INDIAN EDUCATION IN THE EAST: Gen. S. C. Armstrong 406 THE CHINESE. CHAPTER OF GOOD THINGS: Rev. W. C. Pond 408 CHILDREN’S PAGE. A SLAVE-GIRL’S FAITH 410 RECEIPTS 412 CONSTITUTION 415 AIM, STATISTICS, WANTS, ETC. 416 * * * * * 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.