VOL. XXXV. NO. 6. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” * * * * * JUNE, 1881. _CONTENTS_: EDITORIAL. TILLOTSON NORMAL AND COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE 161 PARAGRAPHS 162 ARTHINGTON MISSION—TIMELY PROPOSAL 163 THE SECOND CALL: Rev. Jas. Powell 164 THE NEGRO FOR HIS PLACE: Prof. C. C. Painter 165 ANNIVERSARY ANNOUNCEMENTS 167 BENEFACTIONS—ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 168 GENERAL NOTES—Freedmen, Africa, Indians, Chinese 169 THE FREEDMEN. ALABAMA, MOBILE—Conference—Woman’s Missionary Meeting 172 LOUISIANA—South-Western Cong’l Assoc. 174 KANSAS—Condition of the Blacks Contrasted 176 THE INDIANS. LETTER FROM JAMES MURIE 177 THE CHINESE. JEE GAM ON THE MISSION IN CHINA 179 WOMAN’S HOME MISS. ASSOC’N MONTHLY REPORT 181 CHILDREN’S PAGE. FRANKIE’S CHAPEL 183 RECEIPTS 184 LIST OF OFFICERS 189 CONSTITUTION 190 AIM, STATISTICS, WANTS, ETC. 191 * * * * * 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. [Illustration: TILLOTSON COLLEGIATE AND NORMAL INSTITUTE.] THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * VOL. XXXV. JUNE, 1881. NO. 6. * * * * * American Missionary Association. * * * * * TILLOTSON NORMAL AND COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE. PRES. WM. E. BROOKS. Tillotson Normal and Collegiate Institute? (See opposite page.) Where is it? What is it? When opened? How welcomed? What is its present outlook, and what are its needs?