VOL. XXXV. No. 4. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” * * * * * APRIL, 1881. _CONTENTS_: EDITORIAL. PARAGRAPHS 97 THE INAUGURAL AND THE SOUTH 98 TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY 99 ARTHINGTON MISSION 100 GROWTH OF NEGRO POPULATION IN THE SOUTH 101 TONIC SOL-FA SYSTEM OF TEACHING MUSIC 102 SUCCESS, REAL AND APPARENT 103 BENEFACTIONS 104 GENERAL NOTES—Africa, Indiana, Chinese 105 ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 107 THE FREEDMEN. VIRGINIA, HAMPTON—Pastor’s Testimony 108 GEORGIA, ATLANTA—Revival Interest 109 GEORGIA, SAVANNAH—John the Baptist of the Church—Genius for Piety 109 GEORGIA, MACON—Southern Winter of 1880-81 110 ALABAMA, TALLADEGA—Accessions to the Church 111 MISSISSIPPI, TOUGALOO—Burning of Boys’ Dormitory 112 TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE—Statistics of Teaching by Students in Fisk University 114 THE CHINESE. HOW SPEEDS THE WORK? Rev. W. C. Pond 115 WOMAN’S HOME MISS. ASSOC’N MONTHLY REPORT 118 RECEIPTS 120 CONSTITUTION 126 AIM, STATISTICS, WANTS, ETC. 127 * * * * * 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.