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. AUGUST, 1882. NO. 8. 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. * * * * * PAGE. EDITORIALS. ANNUAL MEETING—Mr. Ladd’s Return from Africa 225 THE JOHN BROWN STEAMER 226 OUR OPPORTUNITY—Atlanta Church 227 CHANGE OF ENVIRONMENT Rev. W. W. Patton, D.D. 228 TEMPERANCE TEXT-BOOKS 230 BENEFACTIONS 231 THE FREEDMEN. ANNIVERSARY REPORTS 231 ATLANTA UNIVERSITY, GA. 231 TALLADEGA COLLEGE, ALA. 233 STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS 234 TILLOTSON INSTITUTE, AUSTIN, TEXAS 235 VIEW ON BAYOU AT HOUSTON (Cut) 236 NORMAL SCHOOL, WILMINGTON, N.C. 237 LE MOYNE INSTITUTE, MEMPHIS, TENN. 238 LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL, MACON, GA. 238 “PINE GROVE COLLEGE,” KENTUCKY 240 FAMILIAR SCENE IN LOUISVILLE, KY. (Cut) 241 AFRICA. MR. LADD’S JOURNAL 242 EGYPTIANS OF UPPER EGYPT (Cut) 245 THE CHINESE. LETTER FROM REV. W. C. POND 246 CHILDREN’S PAGE. A TENNESSEE BAND OF HOPE 248 RECEIPTS 249 * * * * * 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. JAMES POWELL, _Chicago_. Rev. G. D. PIKE, D.D., _New York_. COMMUNICATIONS