Produced by 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. 12. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” * * * * * DECEMBER, 1881. _CONTENTS_: EDITORIAL. PARAGRAPHS 353 FINANCIAL—APPEALING FACTS 354 ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING 355 GENERAL SURVEY 357 SUMMARY OF TREASURER’S REPORT 367 ADDRESS OF SENATOR GEO. F. HOAR 369 EXTRACTS OF ADDRESSES RELATING TO GENERAL WORK 373 THE FREEDMEN. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONAL WORK 382 ADDRESS OF REV. C. T. COLLINS 383 ADDRESS OF REV. J. R. THURSTON 386 CHRISTIAN EDUCATION: PROF. CYRUS NORTHROP 388 HIGHER EDUCATION: PRES. E. A. WARE 390 REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CHURCH WORK 392 ADDRESS OF PRES. CYRUS HAMLIN 393 AFRICA. REPORT ON FOREIGN WORK 395 ADDRESS OF REV. J. W. HARDING 397 ADDRESS OF REV. GEO. S. DICKERMAN 398 THE UPPER NILE BASIN: COL. H. G. PROUT 398 THE INDIANS. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE 403 ADDRESS OF GEN. S. C. ARMSTRONG 403 ADDRESS OF CAPT. R. H. PRATT 405 THE CHINESE. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE 406 THE CHINESE TO EVANGELIZE CHINA: REV. C. H. POPE 408 REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FINANCE 408 ADDRESS OF REV. GEO. F. STANTON 409 VOTE OF THANKS AND REPLY 410 ECHOES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING 411 RECEIPTS 412 CONSTITUTION 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. WM. B. WASHBURN, Mass. VICE-PRESIDENTS.