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. APRIL, 1882. NO. 4 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. PAGE. A FINANCIAL APPEAL 97 PARAGRAPHS 98 AN OLD-TIME MIDNIGHT SLAVE FUNERAL (cut) 99 PARAGRAPHS 100 DEATH OF EDGAR KETCHUM 100 GOVERNMENTAL AID TO COMMON SCHOOLS, BY REV. C. C. PAINTER 101 BENEFACTIONS‒GENERAL NOTES‒Africa, Indians, Chinese 103 FIELD WORK. WORTHY OF RECORD 104 CHURCH, HOME AND SCHOOL, WILMINGTON, N.C. (cut) 105 A WEEK AMONG THE WORKERS‒AT ATLANTA, GA.; TALLADEGA, ALA.; FISK UNIVERSITY; LE MOYNE INSTITUTE, NEW ORLEANS, LA.; SAN FRANCISCO; HAMPTON, VA. 106 REVIVAL IN CENTRAL CHURCH AND STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS 113 HOW THE FREEDMEN CHILDREN DO IT 114 CHURCH AT LITTLE ROCK, ARK.; CHURCH AT LULING, TEX. 115 AFRICA. REV. MR. LADD AT KHARTOUM 115 CHILDREN’S PAGE. CHING LING’S PASSPORT, BY MRS. HARRIET A. CHEEVER 117 RECEIPTS 119 * * * * * American Missionary Association, 56 READE STREET, NEW YORK. * * * * * PRESIDENT, HON. WM. B. WASHBURN, Mass. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ TREASURER. H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ DISTRICT SECRETARIES. Rev. C. L. WOODWORTH, _Boston_. Rev. G. D. PIKE, D.D., _New York_. Rev. JAMES POWELL, _Chicago_. COMMUNICATIONS