VOL. XXXV. NO. 2. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” * * * * * FEBRUARY, 1881. _CONTENTS_: EDITORIAL. PARAGRAPHS 33 VALUE OF DR. TANNER’S EXPERIMENT 34 FREEMASONRY 35 NATIONAL EDUCATION--APPEAL OF THE EXODUS 36 NOVEMBER REPORT TO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Rev. J. E. Roy, D. D. 37 GENERAL NOTES--Africa, Indians, Chinese 38 ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 41 NEW APPOINTMENTS 43 THE FREEDMEN. GEORGIA, MARIETTA--Christmas Offering 48 GEORGIA, SAVANNAH--Beach Institute 48 ALABAMA--Missionary Work in Selma 49 LOUISIANA, NEW ORLEANS--Revival in Central Church: Rev. W. S. Alexander, D. D. 50 TENNESSEE--Methods of Revival Work in Fisk University: Prof. A. K. Spence 51 TENNESSEE, MEMPHIS--Sanitary Reform, Business, etc.: Prof. A. J. Steele 52 THE INDIANS. LETTERS FROM INDIAN BOYS 53 THE CHINESE. HOW SPEEDS THE WORK? Rev. W. C. Pond 54 CHILDREN’S PAGE. BILL AND ANDY’S LARK 56 RECEIPTS 57 CONSTITUTION 63 AIM, STATISTICS, WANTS, ETC. 64 * * * * * 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.