VOL. XXXIV. No. 8. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” * * * * * AUGUST, 1880. _CONTENTS:_ EDITORIAL. ANNUAL MEETINGS 225 FINANCIAL NOTICE 225 PARAGRAPHS 226 HARD CASES 228 TEACHER OR MISSIONARY, WHICH? 229 WRONGS OF THE PONCAS 230 THE NEGRO ON THE INDIAN 231 EADLE KEAHTAH TOH 232 BLACK MISSIONARIES FOR AFRICA: Rev. G. D. Pike, D. D. 235 ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 237 AFRICAN NOTES 238 THE FREEDMEN. ATLANTA UNIVERSITY—TALLADEGA COLLEGE 239 BEREA COLLEGE: Secretary Strieby 242 TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY: Pres’t De Forest 243 BREWER NORMAL SCHOOL: J.D. Backenstose 244 STORRS SCHOOL, ATLANTA, GA.—WOODBRIDGE, N. C. 245 ALABAMA: Rev. W. H. Ash 247 THE CHINESE. MISSION WORK AMONG THE MINERS 248 RECEIPTS 250 CONSTITUTION 253 AIM, STATISTICS, WANTS 254 * * * * * 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.