VOL. XXXIV. No. 7. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” * * * * * JULY, 1880. _CONTENTS:_ EDITORIAL. PARAGRAPHS 193 OUR GREAT NEED 197 ARTHINGTON MISSION—THE OUTLOOK 198 THE GENERIC AND THE INDIVIDUAL NEGRO 200 THIRD STATE OF OUR EXPERIMENT 201 AFRICAN NOTES—ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 203 THE FREEDMEN. MAKE HASTE SLOWLY: Rev. J. E. Roy, D. D. 204 HAMPTON ANNIVERSARY: Rev. A. P. Foster 206 FISK UNIVERSITY 207 STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY 210 TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY 210 HOWARD UNIVERSITY 211 LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL—BEACH INSTITUTE 212 AFRICA. SUNDAY-SCHOOLS IN CENTRAL AFRICA 213 THE INDIANS. S’KOKOMISH, WASHINGTON TERRITORY 214 THE CHINESE. OUR WORK AT THE CENTRE: Rev. W. C. Pond 216 CHILDREN’S PAGE. ELEPHANT IN AFRICA 218 RECEIPTS 219 CONSTITUTION 222 AIM, STATISTICS, WANTS 223 * * * * * 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.