THE
AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

“To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.”

DECEMBER, 1879.

THE ANNUAL MEETING.
Paragraphs	353
The Financial Outlook	354
Proceedings	355
General Survey	356
Report of Finance Committee	368
THE FREEDMEN.
Report of the Committee on Educational Work	368
Report of Committee on Church Work	370
Providential Calls: Rev. M. E. Strieby, D. D.	372
The Negro in America: Prest. R. H. Merrell, D. D.	378
Church Work in the South: Rev. C. L. Woodworth	384
AFRICA.
Report of the Committee	388
The Mendi Country: Rev. G. D. Pike	390
THE INDIANS.
Report of the Committee	394
The Indian Question: Rev. H. A. Stimson	395
THE CHINESE.
Report of the Committee	401
America and China: Rev. J. H. Twichell	402

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