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) [Illustration: VOL. XXXVI. JANUARY 1882 NO. 1 THE American Missionary “THEY ARE RISING ALL ARE RISING, THE BLACK AND WHITE TOGETHER” 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. * * * * * CONTENTS. * * * * * EDITORIAL. SALUTATION, 1882 1 PARAGRAPHS—A GOOD WAY TO DO IT 2 JOHN BROWN MEMORIAL STEAMER (with cut) 3 BENEFACTIONS 4 ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 5 INDIAN GIRLS AT HAMPTON (with cuts) 6 GENERAL NOTES—Indians, Africa, Chinese 7 TRAINING GIRLS FOR HOME LIFE: By Miss M. L. Sawyer 10 RELATION OF THE FAMILY TO THE NATION’S WELFARE: by Miss E. B. Emery 12 FREEDMEN. TENNESSEE—Interesting Exercises in Fisk University, Nashville 14 GEORGIA—Storrs School, Atlanta 15 MISSISSIPPI—Dedication of Strieby Hall, Tougaloo 15 WORK IN THE SOUTH 16 AFRICA. EXTRACTS FROM JOURNAL OF REV. H. M. LADD 18 CUT OF CAIRO 19 THE CHINESE. CALIFORNIA AND CHINA: By Rev. W. C. Pond 21 CHILDREN’S PAGE. HOW A STRAIN OF MUSIC CALLED A WANDERER HOME 23 MISSIONARY VEGETABLES 24 RECEIPTS 25 CONSTITUTION 29 AIM, STATISTICS, WANTS, ETC. 30 * * * * * THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * VOL. XXXVI. JANUARY, 1882. NO. 1. * * * * * 1882.