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their hearts. "Oh Jesus," thus it runs, we cannot perfectly believe in Thee. Bound by the evil spirit, he will not let our hearts go, lest we believe in Thee, oh Christ! lest we also be saved by Thee, oh Jesus, Thou Son of God! Oh Jesus, how great is Thy love to us! Thou camest down from heaven, when Thou didst understand the love of Thy Father to all mankind. They were going to the place of torment, they were not going to Him. Thou saidst, I go to the natural world to be slain as a payment for their sin. I will purchase them with My blood." The darkness was passing for New Zealand, the true Light was now shining indeed. E. D.

BELOW AND ABOVE.

HERE 'ER a fair and spreading tree is found,
That is not all its life which meets the eye;
A fibrous network stretching underground
Sustains each verdant bough that waves on high.
Deep down within the soil, unheard, unseen,

The busy roots are working night and day;
The hard opposing stones they wind between,
Through cleft and figure gently force their way.
With a selecting instinct well they know

What will afford them fittest nourishment,
Where hidden springs of precious moisture flow,
What juices best for each soft filament.

And as they work, they grow; by spreading, thrive;
Their vital power is by its increase shown.

So is it in the souls of all who strive

To make the tidings of salvation known.
They work not for reward; free service theirs ;
Yet, by a law which through creation reigns,
The earth he tills the labourer's strength repairs,
Who bless are blessed, and every giver gains.
The glorious sunshine, the refreshing rain,

The healthy fanning breeze, the nightly dews,
Give vigour to the leaves, and these again

Down through the furthest roots new strength diffuse.

O wondrous interchange! O tides of life,

That flow and ebb from each extremity! O rival powers! wrestling in friendly strife, Which shall do most to vivify the Tree?

O busy roots! slack not your loving toil;

Stretch deeper, wider, through your lowly sphere; Still draw nutrition from the darksome soil

The distant, outmost, topmost boughs to cheer. Spread wider, higher, O ye branches fair!

Through cold and heat, frowning or favouring skies; Your goodly fruits let hungering nations share,

And pluck, while yet on earth, foretastes of Paradise.

ON THE AFGHAN FRONTIER: PREACHING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.

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ROM the Rev. T. J. Lee Mayer, our missionary at Bannu, on the Afghan frontier, comes the following very interesting account of bazaar preaching in the midst of fierce Mohammedan fanatics. The occasion was in February last, and the Bishop who was with him was the Bishop of Lahore, Dr. French. In the GLEANER of September, 1880, a full account was given of the work at Bannu, written by Mrs. Mayer:

We have had a visit from the Bishop and the Rev. R. Clark, who have refreshed our spirits and cheered our hearts. It was only a flying visit, but the Bishop gave a most interesting address to a fairly-filled meeting on "Home Influence," and another to the schoolboys, besides confirming the daughter of the Scripture teacher, Masih Dyal, and Abdul Masih's two sons, Ummed and Mirh Masih, who came in from Esa Kheyl on purpose. They both promise, I think, to follow their father, and gave me much pleasure in examining and preparing them for Confirmation. We had our usual stormy meeting in the bazaar-a glorious listening crowd, again broken up by the bitter hostility of the mullahs (Moslem priests)

and the violence of their disciples; however, I was very thankful the Bishop was not hurt. There were three or four thousand people in the bazaar, and they rather lost their heads, as they generally do when excited by fanatics.

To-day, I had rather a quieter day, thanks to two policemen, who kindly prevented my books and person from being seized-which is all one wants. I don't at all mind a row, because I can generally get them quiet for a few moments, and put in the whole Gospel plan when once I get their attention; but when five or six fellows are tugging at one's clothes, and shoving one about like the crush at a football-goal, it becomes rather difficult to keep one's footing, to say nothing of the thread of one's discourse.

A few Sundays back, I was preaching on Paul's conversion, when a mullah, a very old and bitter opponent whom I had once or twice brought to a standstill in his arguments, again came up and began cursing me as usual, and hissing out the "Kalima" in my face. [The Kalima is the Moslem creed, "There is no god but God, and Mohammed is His prophet."] I took hold of him by the sleeve and showed him to the people, and said, "Paul was once such an one as our friend here, ever speaking against the Way, the Truth, and the Life, but when God revealed Jesus Christ to him, he became a changed man, and went about preaching the truths he once destroyed, which God grant you may do, old man." It is not a thing one would always do, but I had the Christians, Benjamin and Masih Dyal, with me, and I invited them to pray for him, and taking off my hat before the crowd, simply asked God to change his heart and reveal Jesus to him. He seemed completely dumfoundered, and, repeating the Kalima, at once withdrew, nor have we seen him since.

The illustrated lecture, with the diagrams of the Religious Tract Society on the MSS. of the Holy Scriptures, was a perfect success. I held it in the schoolroom, which was densely crowded, and had powerful lamps put behind, which showed up the character to perfection. Several people were unable to get in, and I trust many have profited by the instruction given. It gave me an opportunity of preaching the Gospel to many who would perhaps never hear it in any other way. The officers (Native) of the regiments also attended, which was a great step in the right direction.

EXAMPLES AND SUGGESTIONS.

Letters to the Editor.

A Girls' Working Party.

DEAR have found successful in our parish in interesting the young people

SIR,-Perhaps some of your readers would like to know of a plan

in missionary work.

We have a fortnightly working party formed of young girls from nine years old upwards. We make scrap-books, work-cases, balls, pincushions, &c., and dress dolls to send out as prizes to one of the mission schools, from which we receive letters saying how glad they are of our gifts. We also prepare work, such as patchwork, wool slippers, mats, &c., for the native women and girls to finish. This plan utilises the energies of these young people, whose work would hardly be good enough for sale, as the members almost exclusively consist of the working classes in a manufacturing village. We obtain our materials through asking various friends for any odds and ends of wool, canvas, or scraps of silk, print, &c., and the girls often bring these themselves. A box is placed on the table for any contributions in money. Occasionally we have a tea-party, when the profits go towards buying dolls, &c., and we invite some one interested in missionary work to give us an address. Of course the attendance at the working parties varies greatly, but on the whole the interest keeps up well, and we are constantly adding new members. M. E. M.

How to Increase the Society's Income. IR,-Lord Cairns in his speech delivered in Exeter Hall, at the Anniversary Meeting of the C.M.S., said:-"£200,000 or £220,000 a year, a goodly income no doubt; but what is that for a nation which spends every year £120,000,000 or £200,000,000 in the purchase of those intoxicating drinks which no one would consider a necessary of life, and which most of us here look upon as the pernicious bane of our country?" Weighty and solemn words! Would it be possible for the friends of the C.M.S., if not prepared wholly to become teetotallers, at least to halve their wine and spirit bill, and to give the half thus saved as an additional offering to the cause of God? A TOTAL ABSTAINER.

On the Notice Board.

Notice Board in his church porch a copy of the coloured Diagram of the Religions of the World, called "A Plea for Missions," and thus has aroused considerable interest in the parish, and it has led many of the people to make inquiry about it, and to ask for an explanation. Might not this plan be adopted in other places? J. H.

NE of our Hampshire Honorary District Secretaries has fastened on the

A Reason for a Larger Subscription. IR,-I enclose five shillings worth of stamps for the Church Missionary Society. I have a raise of five shillings a quarter, so I think I must try and send another shilling than usual. L. D.

A BRIGHT DAY AT RAGHAVAPURAM.

LETTER FROM MRS. STONE.

RAGHAVAPURAM, S. INDIA, 14th April, 1883. AST Monday, the 9th April, was a wonderful and most interesting day for us, and for all the Christians in Raghavapuram, and the surrounding district; for on that day the foundation-stone, or as I should say, the very first stone of the church was laid. For many miles around there is no church; indeed the nearest is between sixty and seventy miles away to the east, and on the north there is none between this part of the Kistna District and Hyderabad.

At five o'clock that morning most of the Christians were up and astir, some making flags, others decorating the gates leading into the church compound, partly with garlands, and partly in the usual native way of threading leaves together at the stalk and letting them hang downwards. Below these were arches of wood with verses illuminated on them-"The Lord is a great God"; "This is none other than the House of God, this is the gate of heaven"; also the words, "Alleluia, to God be glory, honour, and power." These were painted by a teacher in the village.

At this time of the year the heat is so great that we shut up the house at eight o'clock in the morning to keep it as cool as possible, but there was plenty of work to occupy all the spare time inside, for there were flags to be made, and also one large banner. As St. Mark the Evangelist's day is the only Saint's day which comes in the month of April, it was settled that his name should be given to the church. On the banner, with the help of Domatatti Stephen, catechist, but now reading with a view of being ordained as pastor to this place, the name of the church was painted in brightly coloured large letters. This banner was nailed up on two bamboos, and at the top of each was tied a large bunch of leaves. Meanwhile, Mr. Stone was busily engaged in many ways, one important one being, preparing the document and coins to place in a bottle in the foundation-stone. This contained an account of the number of Christians and catechumens in the District at this time, also the names of the catechists, and members of the Church Council. To this were added words mentioning the efforts made some years ago by the Rev. T. Y. Darling to collect a large sum for the building of the church, which enables us to begin it now. The coins added were one rupee, one eight anna piece, one half anna, one pie, also an English threepenny piece, which was the only English money we could find, and one or two were anxious that it should be added!

At four o'clock our boarding girls were ready to go down to the Prayer House. Each girl had a little flag in her bunch of ferns, so they

[SEPT., 1883.

God, for Christ's sake, give me Thy Holy Spirit "); and having learned it he said, "Shall I tell you the prayer I have been in the habit of using?" Of course the

reply was, Yes. He said, "O God, lead me against my will." Does not this indicate one taught by the Spirit of God, one groping for the light?

Of Salt and Gilead generally, Mr. Allan writes:

The work on this side Jordan is profoundly interesting, and offers in the fullest sense an open door, so far as such a thing is possible in the Turkish dominions. The people are peculiarly docile and simpleminded, and remind me of all one reads of the North American Indians. In Salt it is evident that the Gospel has taken root, and in the villages the ground seems ready for the seed which may be sown to germinate.

all looked very bright as they went away. We soon followed them, and on nearing the Prayer House, were greeted with the sweet sounds of our beautiful hand-bells, which the boarding boys were ringing. They had been doing so at intervals for half an hour to call the people to service. The Prayer House outside was decorated with some flags made by the Christians, on which were marked the day of the month, and the year; there were also palm leaves which we had given, tied here and there. The whole place was crowded from end to end, and not only was every corner of the verandah filled, but there were palmyra mats on the ground outside, which were covered by people. Some Native Christians had come in bandies (or country carts) from a distance, others had walked on foot, indeed hundreds made an effort to come from all the district around.

Service began at half-past four with a hymn on "Heaven is my home." Then the sub-catechist read the Litany. After this, we all quietly took our places to make a procession through the village to the church compound, the large banner being carried at the head, and the older members of the congregation going first. The agents in the district, men and women, boys and girls, all followed, bearing palm branches, flags, and plantain leaves, and as we went along we all sang a hymn of joy. The heathen flocked out to see this new sight. At the gateways of the church compound some members of the Native Church Council stood waiting to receive the offerings.

Having passed through the gates the great company had to be arranged. There were great mounds of earth thrown up, from the foundations. On these mounds the people stood up, but with the help of some men most of the children were lifted down into the trenches dug for the foundations, so that many of them stood around the stone about to be laid. One mound of earth was especially left for the heathen and caste people, who gladly took their places to watch us. Then Mr. Stone put up his hand as a token for silence, which was immediately responded to, so that every word spoken, or read, could be distinctly heard. First we sang a hymn on "Lift up your heads, O ye gates." Then he read some suitable prayers and collects. Next the catechist read Ps. lxxxvii., His foundation is in the holy mountains," &c. It was my privilege to lay the stone, and this I did with the help of old Venkayya, who was the first man who became a Christian in these parts. As soon as this was done, Mr. Stone declared the stone to be laid, saying these words in Telugu, "With true faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, we lay the first stone of this church, to be called St. Mark the Evangelist."

A hymn followed, and afterwards Kâliyâna Ramen Garu (C.M.S. agent on the Walter Jones Fund), who is working amongst the caste people in Jaggipett, gave a short address. The verse he took was from Ezra iii

11, "And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid." He spoke also about the spiritual building up that would be assisted by the services held in the future church, of which we had just laid the foundation-stone. Our service was then ended by prayer for a blessing on all the work by D. Stephen, and Mr. Stone gave the benediction.

The evening sun in all its golden glory, which is so peculiarly beautiful in this climate, had now sunk, and it was getting dusk. Friends gathered in little groups to talk; some wandered all round the foundations to see what the size of the church would be; others crowded around the boarding boys, who had struck up a peal with the hand-bells, as soon as the service was over; and so the time passed for about half an hour, when it became quite dark and the stars shone out. Through the kindness of Colonel Phelips (a friend of ours in Masulipatam), a large gift of fireworks had arrived to be sent off at the end of this day. There were coloured lights, sky rockets, and pots to be placed on a stand, containing

stars and coloured balls, and a whole blaze of brightness came from them on being set fire to. The Christians had raised a little money to procure torches also, so that when we had all been fully satisfied with the fireworks, there still was light to guide us here and there. Some of the agents had brought fiddles and native musical instruments, also native bells, and they began singing again. It was nearly 8 P.M., and time to be going home, so we made our way through the remaining crowds, who one after the other made "salaams" to us, and we all felt that a day had just ended which would be treasured up in our memories during the remainder of our lives.

Through the efforts of the Rev. T. Y. Darling the greater part of the money required for the building of this church was collected about ten

or twelve years ago, and although for the last five years we have been looking forward to commencing it, yet with completing the bungalow, and building the Girls' Boarding School, we have not been able to do so till now. Perhaps one of the most interesting events of the day was counting the money collected, after our return home. The collection consisted of rupees (2s.), 30; half rupees (1s.), 13; quarter rupees (6d.), 23; one-eighth rupee (3d.), 30; half annas (d.), 231; one quarter of an anna (1) farthings), 197; a pair of ear-rings, a slip of paper giving a young buffalo, and a good many pieces of paper with promises of various A few Christians and some heathen gave their contributions afterwards. The total collection will amount to about 80 to 85 rupees (or £8 to £8 10s.). The number of small coins will help to show the

sums.

large number who gave, and the hearty interest shown in the event by all classes of the Hindu community, both Christian and heathen. In this collection was included four rupees, the last contribution of D. Stephen towards the 40 rupees (£4) he has saved by care and selfdenial in order to make the church site a freehold. A considerable sum more will be needed for the completion of the edifice and the duly fitting it up with readingdesk, communion rails, &c.

In conclusion, we commend it to Him who can supply all our need, trusting that the building may not only be a witness to the heathen around, but that in God's own good time it may prove to be to them "the gate to heaven."

ALICE CAMERON STONE.

[We have great pleasure in adding that the money required has since been supplied; indeed it had already been raised when Mrs. Stone wrote. It was collected in England by the Rev. A. W. Poole, formerly of the same Telugu Mission, and now Bishop-designate for Japan. A sum of £110 reached Mr. Stone on Whit-Sunday, and £50 more has been sent since. It was quite unexpected, and was received with great thankfulness.-ED.]

THE MONTH.

THE Valedictory Dismissal of missionaries is fixed for Monday, Oct. 1st, at the Vestry Hall, Kensington. Among those returning to the field will be the Rev. J. B. Wood, to Lagos; the Rev. J. W. Handford, to Frere Town; Mr. C. Stokes, to Central Africa; the Rev. C. T. Wilson, late of Uganda, now going to Palestine; the Rev. G. Litchfield, late of Uganda, now going to the Bheel Mission, North India; the Rev. T. R. Hodgson, late of North India, going to Baghdad; the Rev. F. A. P. Shirreff, to Lahore; the Rev. W. J. Richards, to Travancore; the Rev. A. R. Cavalier, formerly of Ceylon, to Tinnevelly; the Rev. J. D. Valentine, to Mid China; and probably three or four others; besides several new men whose appointments have been mentioned before.

THE Rev. J. H. Horsburgh, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, the Rev. G. E. A. Pargiter, B.A., of Merton College, Oxford, and the Rev. E. W. Elliott, B.A., of St. Catherine's College, Cambridge, whose acceptance by the Society has been previously mentioned, have been appointed respectively to the Mid China Mission, to St. John's College, Agra, and to the Rugby-Fox Mastership at Masulipatam.

WE ought before to have mentioned the appointment of the Rev. C. A. Blackburn to Mauritius, and of Mr. J. B. McCullagh as a lay missionary

to the North Pacific Mission. Both sailed in June.

It is with special pleasure that we announce the appointment, by the Church of England Zenana Society, of Miss Marion Gray, daughter of the Rev. W. Gray, Secretary of the C.M.S., to the head teachership of the Alexandra Christian Girls' Boarding School at Amritsar. This important school belongs to the C.M.S., but is conducted by ladies of the C.E.Z.M.S.

THE same society has accepted Miss Gough, daughter of the veteran C.M.S. missionary in China, the Rev. F. F. Gough, as a missionary to the Chinese women of Fuh-Chow. This is an important move forward on the part of that society, which has hitherto been confined to India; and it is partly due to the efforts of Mrs. Fagg, the writer of the interesting articles in our pages entitled "Listen."

THE Indian Female Normal School and Instruction Society has appointed as its Clerical Secretary the Rev. A. H. Lash, late C.M.S. missionary in Tinnevelly, who is so well known to our friends for his work in connection with the Sarah Tucker Female Institution.

THE Telugu Mission has had many losses of late years. We cannot grudge the Rev. A. W. Poole to the Japan Bishopric; but we are truly sorry that the Revs. W. Clayton and W. G. Baker are forbidden by the Medical Board to return to a tropical climate. The former has been appointed to act as Association Secretary of the Society for the counties of Hants, Berks, Bucks, and Oxon, during the Rev. J. Hamilton's absence in West Africa.

THE Bishop of Saskatchewan has appointed the Rev. J. A. Mackay, one of the C.M.S. missionaries in his diocese, to the office of Archdeacon.

By the death of the Rev. James Abner Lamb, at Lagos, on July 1st, the C.M.S. has lost one of its most faithful and whole-hearted missionaries. He was a solicitor before devoting himself to missionary work, and had been educated at Cheltenham College. On his offer of service to the Society being accepted, he spent a few months at the Islington College to read divinity, and was then ordained, in September, 1861. In November of that year he went out to Lagos as Secretary of the Yoruba Mission, which then included in its ranks veterans like Townsend, Gollmer, and Hinderer. In 1870 he was transferred to Sierra Leone, and acted as Secretary there; but in 1873, his health failing, he returned home, and was soon appointed Vicar of Hoyland, in Yorkshire. This was a valuable living, but in 1876 he gave it up to go out to East Africa, to succeed Mr. Price at Frere Town, where he laboured most earnestly for two years. In 1879 he was again sent to Sierra Leone as Secretary for West Africa; and only last spring he left England for the sixth time to go back to his old post, Lagos. In fact, he has always been a man for an emergency. Again and again the Commit'ee invited him to fill special vacancies; and

he and Mrs. Lamb were ever ready to sail in any direction where they could serve the cause they loved. His loss just now, when there are so few missionaries on the West African coast, seems to our eyes irreparable; but He who has taken His servant to Himself will not forsake the work. Mr. Lamb was buried in the churchyard of Christ Church, Lagos, which church he himself built fourteen years ago. The Governor of Lagos attended the funeral, and an immense concourse of Native Christians.

THE Rev. William Johnson, Minister of Christ Church, Madras, who died suddenly in that city on July 13th, had been a C.M.S. missionary for eleven years in Travancore, from 1866 to 1877. He was, indeed, closely connected with the Society in many ways. His father was a Travancore missionary, and died there in 1846. His mother (who survives) is a daughter of Henry Baker, sen., and sister of Henry Baker, jun. He himself was born at Cottayam, educated at the C.M. Children's Home, and prepared for orders at the C.M. College; and he married a sister of the Rev. R. C. Macdonald, for some years C.M.S. missionary at Madras. He was the author of a Catechism of Sacred Geography, and a translation of Bishop Wilberforce's Agathos, in Malayalam.

OTHER recent deaths must also be mentioned with deep regret in these pages. Mrs. Sargent, the excellent wife of the venerable Bishop who superintends the C.M.S. Missions in Tinnevelly, entered into her rest on June 19th. She will be greatly lamented and missed by the Tinnevelly Christians. Canon Battersby, of Keswick, who died on July 23rd, was an Hon. Life Governor of the Society, and had done much for it by his influence in Cumberland and Westmoreland. Professor Birks also was an old and hearty friend. He delivered a remarkable speech at the Anniversary of 1859. The Dean of Exeter, Dr. Boyd, preached the Annual Sermon at St. Bride's-one of great power and eloquence-in 1864; and he frequently presided at the large meetings which are held balf-yearly at Exeter.

THE death of the venerable Dr. Robert Moffat removes the patriarch of English missionaries. He went out to Africa in 1816, the very year in which the C.M.S. began its Mission in Sierra Leone; so that almost the whole of the Society's vast work has been accomplished, not during the lifetime merely, but during the missionary career, of one man now taken from our midst. All Christendom should honour the apostle of South Africa and the father-in-law of Livingstone.

THE third Annual Meeting of the Bengal C.M.S. Native Church Council was held on May 9th and 10th, at Calcutta. There was a Communion service at Trinity Church at 7.30 A.M., with a sermon by the Raj Kristo Bose "on true Christian liberty as distinguished from that which often passes under the name of independence, but is in reality a slavery to the carnal nature." During the meetings reports were presented from the various pastorates; and papers were read, followed by animated discussion, on missionary work among non-Christians, and on education for Native Christian children. The Rev. W. R. Blackett presided, and among those present were the Rev. Piari Mohun Rudra, Secretary; Babu Omesh Chunder Dutt, Treasurer; the Revs. Modhu Sudan Seal, Molam Biswas, and Sartok Biswas; Messrs. H. H. Sandal, P. M. Mukerji, &c.

BISHOP SARGENT is appealing for help to restore, and almost entirely rebuild, the church at Kadatchapuram, Tinnevelly, where the Rev. John Devasayagam formerly ministered. Mr. Devasayagam was the first Native clergyman in South India, and was ordained in 1830. He died in 1864, universally respected. One of his sons, the Rev. Jesudasen John, is now pastor of Palamcotta, and another, the Rev. Samuel John, is a missionary

to educated Hindus at Madras. Mrs. Satthianadhan of Madras is his daughter. Bishop Sargent wants about £500, of which the Native Christians on the spot will raise £100. There are 1,259 Church members in the Kadatchapuram district, of whom 442 are communicants.

THE Rev. G. Maunsell, our missionary at Opotiki, New Zealand, has made, at the request of the Bishop of Auckland, a Maori version of Canon Norris's Key to the Acts of the Apostles. He had previously translated the Key to the Four Gospels.

RECEIVED.-M. P., Sale of Plants (all row sold) £2 12s.

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MISSIONARY ALMANACK.

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1 M God is love, 1 John 4. 8. [Jo. 3. 16. 2 T God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, 3 W God commendeth His love toward us, Ro. 5. 8. [the end, Jo. 13. 1. 4T Rebmann d., 1876. Having loved His own, He loved them unto 5F Bp. Russell d., 1879. The Lord loveth the righteous, Ps. 146. 8. 6 S Bp Cotton drowned, 1866. Who shall separate us from the love [of Christ? Ro. 8. 35. 7S 20th aft. Trin. Our Father, which hath loved us, 2 Th. 2. 16. M. Ez. 34. Phil. 1. E. Ez. 37 or Dan. 1. Lu. 8. 1-26.

8 M He that loveth Me shall be loved of My Father, Jo. 14. 21. 9T Bp. Hadfield consec., 1870. His love is perfected in us, 1 Jo. 4. 12. 10 W Price sailed for E. Africa, 1874. O continue Thy lovingkindness, 11 T How excellent is Thy lovingkindness, Ps. 36. 7. [Ps. 36. 10. 12 F It is a good thing...to show forth Thy lovingkindness, Ps. 92. 2. [utterly take from him, Ps. 89. 33. 13 S Miss. expelled fr. Abeokuta, 1867. My lovingkindness will I not [midst of Thy temple, Ps. 48. 9. 14 S 21st. aft. Trin. We have thought of Thy lovingkindness in the

M. Dan. 3. Col. 3. 1-18. E. Dan. 4 or 5. Lu. 11. 29.

15 M D. Fenn d., '78. Thy lovingkindness is better than life, Ps. 63. 3. 16 T Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, Heb. 12. 6. 17 W Noble d., 1865. I love them that love Me, Prov. 8. 17.

[kindness, Ps. 103. 4. 18 T St. Luke. Healeth all thy diseases...crowneth thee with loving19 F Mrs. Crowther d., 1880. In His love He redeemed them, Is. 63. 9. 20 S I have loved thee with an everlasting love, Jer. 31. 3. [hath to us, 1 Jo. 4. 16. 21 S 22nd aft. Trin. We have known and believed the love that Gol M. Dan. 6. 2 Thess. 1. E. Dan. 7. 9, or 12. Lu. 15. 11.

22 M Ragland d., '58. Bp. Barclay d., '81. More than conquerors thro' 23 I will love them freely, Hos. 14. 4. [Him that loved us, Ro. 8. 37. 24 W To know the love of Christ, wh. passeth knowledge, Eph. 3. 19. 25 T He will rest in His love, Zeph. 3. 17. [love, Cant. 2, 4. 26 F Townsend sailed for W. Africa, 1836. His banner over me was 27 S 1st Stone Childr. Home, 1851. The Father Himself loveth you, [Jo. 16. 27. 28 S 23rd aft. Trin. SS. Simon & Jude. Bp. Moule consec., 1880. Christ [loved the Church, and gave Himself for it, Eph. 5. 25. M. Hos. 14, or Is. 28. 9-17. 1 Tim. 5. E. Joel 2. 21, or 3. 9, or Jer. 3. 12—19. 29 M 1st Sikh ord., 1854. Continue ye in My love, Jo. 15. 9. [Lu. 19. 28. 30 T We love Him because He first loved us, 1 Jo. 4. 19.

31 W If God so loved us, we ought also to love one another, 1 Jo. 4. 11.

MORE JERSEY BREEZES.

IX. Our Daily Blessings.

"All His benefits."- Ps. ciii. 2.

UR daily blessings! How much does that short epitome contain ! It is the much in little of bounteous benediction. According as our temperaments differ, so does one or another of the Christian graces seem to us the more attractive. The young, beaming with hope, will take Joy to heart, and long to see much of it gushing forth among the ransomed of the Lord. The aged asks only to be permitted to lie down in Peace with God and man. Woman finds rest for her yearning sympathy in the endearments of home Love; while man, panting for conflict, grasps the strong shield of Faith. Long-suffering is perfected in the ailing and the evil-entreated; while Temperance braces the healthful and sends him onward with elastic footstep.

But the lovely grace, wherein all others take root and flourish, is GRATITUDE. "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits" is a stirring exhortation continually needed by our sluggish souls. With meek, heaven-gazing eye and onwardpressing step, the sweet spirit of thankfulness is always within call. She is our best helper and friend, the unobtrusive guardian of all things lovely and of good report. Perhaps we have neglected to invoke this kind angel when clouds obscured the ever-during sun. We have grieved her and made her weep, as we passed, in cheerless despondency, amid the countless gifts of

the All-Bountiful. It may help us to enumerate some of what we are apt to call "common mercies, because they come to so many. And, when we pause to reflect, what have we that we have not received? Think of the perfection of our marvellous body, and how all its magic machinery goes on, without our care or forethought. How unbearable should we find such responsibility, even for one hour! The pliant hand, the sensitive eye, the brain with its fairy network-ca -can we help standing in awe ? Shall we not consecrate all we are and have to our Creator's service? When we awake refreshed each new morning, let us say, I laid me down and slept; I awaked, for the Lord sustained me. As we step over the threshold of the chamber which has heard our grateful, trustful outpourings, let us be joyous and brave, quite sure the Lord's good gifts will meet us at every turn. Each happy circumstance is undeserved; each sorrowful one might be sadder. Candour will readily admit that Gratitude is never out of season. If we delight to record God's mercies, they will spring up for us on every side, for a thankful heart, like a true philosopher's stone, turns seemingly adverse combinations to pure gold.

Let us open our eyes and see; may the Lord open our lips, that they may show forth His praise. Even our special needs and tastes are tenderly noted and gratified. And how much do earthly benefactions brighten our daily life! Suppose wo adopt the beautiful expression of Oriental gratitudo: "I thank God for thy goodness to me." There is too little counting-up of our mercies, too much murmuring, fretting, and anxiety. Comes not our every experience from the appointment of a pitiful Father? Shall not He, the Judge of all the earth, do right? The whole day takes its colouring from the thoughts of the morning hour; the whole life, from the blossoms of its spring-tide. Those who are labouring, in whatsoever place or capacity, to spread the glad tidings of Salvation, specially need to gird themselves continually with the invincible panoply of gratitude. Their poor hearts must often be so weary; the frail flesh so willing, the fainting spirit so weak. Let them make gratitude their constant companion. Let them, when in danger of losing courage, "set their foot on the lost Ebenezer " in their journey, and "give a spring." The effort shall be rewarded. Sudden brightness shall illumine the dark and dreaded passage, and with the happy confidence of obedient, loving children, they shall own what a joyous and pleasant thing

it is to be thankfu!.

A. M. V.

THE DIOCESE OF SASKATCHEWAN. [The pictures in the present number are all illustrative of this article.] ANY of our readers have heard some of the always vigorous and interesting speeches of the Bishop of Saskatchewan. We give some pictures illustrative of his Diocese, and take the opportunity to add a brief summary of C.M.S. work in it.

The see was founded in 1874, as part of the wise and farseeing plan formed by the present Bishop of Rupert's Land, Dr. Machray, for dividing his then enormous Diocese into the four dioceses of Rupert's Land, Moosonee, Athabasca, and Saskatchewan. To Moosonee and Athabasca two C.M.S. missionaries were appointed, Dr. Horden and Dr. Bompas; and to Saskatchewan a clergyman who was helping Bishop Machray in St. John's College at Winnipeg, Dr. Maclean. The four dioceses form an Ecclesiastical Province, of which the Bishop of Rupert's Land is Metropolitan.

The Diocese of Saskatchewan, speaking roughly, lies between