VOL. XXXV. NO. 3. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” * * * * * MARCH, 1881. _CONTENTS_: EDITORIAL. PARAGRAPHS 65 SENATOR BROWN ON THE EDUCATIONAL QUESTION—OVERTURE TO THE NATIONAL COUNCIL 67 MIXED SCHOOLS 68 EXCEPTIONS AND THE RULE—CONVERSION VERSUS EDUCATION 69 INCONSIDERATE GIVING 71 THE INDIAN PROBLEM: Gen. S. C. Armstrong 72 GENERAL NOTES—Africa, Indians 74 ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 76 THE FREEDMEN. NORTH CAROLINA, MCLEANSVILLE—Severe Winter, Good Progress, etc. 78 GEORGIA, ATLANTA—Sequel to Begging Letter: Mrs. T. N. Chase 79 ALABAMA, MOBILE—Emerson Institute 80 MISSISSIPPI, TOUGALOO—A Changed Home 81 TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE—Cabin, Frame House and Little Brick 82 TEXAS, PARIS—The African Congregational Church 83 THE INDIANS. COMMUNION SUNDAY AT HAMPTON: Miss Isabel B. Eustis 85 WOMAN’S HOME MISS. ASSOC’N ANNOUNCEMENT 87 CHILDREN’S PAGE. CHILD’S LETTER—A CRUMB FOR THE BOYS 89 RECEIPTS 89 AIM, STATISTICS, WANTS, ETC. 96 * * * * * 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.