Produced by Ian Crann, Joshua Hutchinson, KarenD and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Cornell University Digital Collections) VOL. XXXV. No. 10. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” * * * * * OCTOBER, 1881. _CONTENTS_: EDITORIAL. ANNUAL MEETING—PARAGRAPHS 289 TALLADEGA COLLEGE (with Illustration) 292 THE STRONG AND THE WEAK: Rev. G. N. Marden 295 GIVING, FROM A COMMONPLACE STAND-POINT: Rev. Samuel Scoville 296 BENEFACTIONS 297 GENERAL NOTES—Africa, Indians, Chinese 298 ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 300 THE FREEDMEN. KENTUCKY—Work at Berea: Dr. Mayo in _Journal of Education_ 301 KENTUCKY—Sowing in Tears and Reaping in Joy: Rev. J. A. R. Rogers, Berea 303 TENNESSEE—Letter from Miss Alice E. Carter, Nashville 304 ALABAMA—Letter from Mrs. M. V. Curtis, Selma 304 GEORGIA—Extract from a Fraternal Letter of Rev. T. L. Day 306 TEXAS—Death of S. B. White, Paris 306 AFRICA. DEATH OF REV. MR. KEMP 307 THE INDIANS. WORK ON A SHORT TOUR: Rev. M. Eells 308 THE CHINESE. “STEADFAST, IMMOVABLE:” Rev. W. C. Pond 310 GLEANINGS 313 CHILDREN’S PAGE. A MISSIONARY POTATO 315 RECEIPTS 316 CONSTITUTION 319 AIM, STATISTICS, WANTS, ETC. 320 * * * * * 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.