event he and his whole family were admitted into the visible Church by baptism.

As it was getting late I ascended my loft. The bed was simply four boards laid across two forms, and yet I was very happy. A nest of rats was close to my head, but I forgot them entirely while listening to the men talking far into the night of Jesus, and God's wonderful love, while inquirers were asking most intelligent questions. I stayed in that place for four days; the ignorance of the poor women was deplorable, and I could not help thinking if the next generation are to be better than these, these women must be taught. "In Him was life, and the life was the light of men." "Ye are the light of the world." "Go ye therefore into all the world." Yes, dear friends, go, and take that life-giving Gospel with you. And give of your substance, ye who abide by the spoil. The Master needs it: will ye lay it up in bags that are full of holes, and try to keep to yourselves that which will take to itself wings and flee away, when He wants it? No, give, and give now, and God accept your sacrifice. M. F.

THE "CAMP" AT MARGATE.

HE income of the Church Missionary Society is raised in many ways. Benefactions, subscriptions, missionary boxes, house-tohouse collections, and collections at sermons and meetings are the most usual methods. In many places, however, the zeal and ingenuity of our friends have devised other plans for awakening interest and raising money; and to one such device we now draw attention.

A handsome contribution is yearly raised by the Church Missionary Juvenile Association at Margate. In 1865, the first year of the special effort, a Missionary Tree was thought of. It produced £39. The following year a second Tree produced £100, a great increase in the quantity of fruit its branches bore. Then, as Margate is a sea-side town, the idea of a Ship was conceived, which bore excellent results for three years in succession. Then came a Grove, a Hive, and another Ship, followed by an Ark, a Chalet, a Bread Fruit Tree, a Bower, a Vineyard, a Pagoda, and a Grove again. The most popular of all these was the Hive, which, with its "Missionary Bee Collections," yielded as much as £221. The Pagoda brought in £150. This year a MISSIONARY CAMP was resolved on, which has yielded nearly £150 also, making a total of more than two thousand guineas raised for the Society by this Juvenile Association in the eighteen years.

In each case, the room in which the sale was held, or a part of it, was fitted up in the likeness of the Grove, or Hive, or Ship, or other device. How the Camp was managed the following extract from the programme will show :

The hall will be transformed into a tented field; and the Camp will be stored with every variety of work, and with useful and approved articles as in the former seventeen years.

A guard will be furnished by the 7th East Kent Rifles, kindly permitted by Lieut. E. Foord-Kelcey.

On the platform will be found spoils of war, the results of foregoing expedi tions by a battalion of cadets.

A canteen will be opened for refreshments and luncheon, for which all kinds of provisions are solicited, to furnish a good mess for all visitors. Camp tea served at four, and at seven o'clock.

The attractions will be so great that the encampment is likely to be speedily carried by a storm of golden fire, and the tents swept away by an avalanche of silver; at any rate, the camp having been fairly looted by hundreds of assailants, a trace will be sounded at five o'clock.

The Camp will be re-opened for evening visitors at 6.30.

The Camp will be seen in its best when gorgeously illuminated; but camp fires being put out, tents will be finally struck at nine p.m.

This eighteen years' work has been carried on under the auspices of the Rev. H. Woods Tindall, so well known as the Lecturer of Trinity Church, Margate, who is now removed to Manchester. He has been assisted by Miss Rich, the untiring Secretary of the Association. The pupils in the numerous private schools at Margate have taken the greatest interest in the yearly gatherings, and it is they who have raised a large part of the money. We trust that, now Mr. Tindall has left Margate, our young friends there will feel specially bound to keep up the Association in all its strength and attractiveness, and continue to support the cause of their Divine Leader and Master with all zeal and earnestness.

GOSPEL TROPHIES.

Carolis Almeda, the "Old Stick-man" of Talangama.

N the 10th of December, 1881, an old man, very well known to many gentlemen in Colombo, Carolis Almeda by name, though better known as the "Old Stick-man," passed away from earth to heaven, so that the place which knew him so well now knows him not.

I had known the old man ever since I went to Ceylon,

i.e., for fifteen years, as a consistent Christian, and in his later years as a shining light" in his village. The old man lived near the road-side, and if he knew that I was to pass along the road, would wait for me, and after telling me something about himself, or the work in his village, and asking me about the work in those places to which I had been, would let me depart, and always with his blessing, most earnestly and solemnly invoked in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. I miss the old man's bright countenance, and for weeks and months after his death I never passed along that road without expecting to see his happy face. When the C.M.S. missionaries began the work of Christ in the Talangama villages, Carolis Almeda despised and ridiculed them, and paid no regard either to the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, or the religion which He had founded. He was a married man, and had two little boys, whose mother died when they were very young. When his children were old enough he sent them to the C.M.S. School at Talangama, where they became convinced of the truth of the Christian religion. They were, however, so afraid of their father that, for a time, these two boys did not make their convictions known to him; but as faith increased they felt constrained to try and bring about the conversion of their father, and resorted to a stratagem to accomplish their purpose.

They said one Sunday, "Father, if you will also go with us to the church we shall be so very glad. We are very sorry because you do not go." The father replied, "My boys, I cannot go to church. You can go. The Buddhist religion is good for me." The sons immediately said, "If so, we also will not go to church," and at once took off their Sunday clothes, and put them in the house. The father was grieved, and thought, Though I do not believe the Christian religion, yet to please my sons I must go with them to the church; and so he said, "Put on your clothes again, I also will go with you," and thus the three of them went to church.

Although he went to church only to please his sons, and with no idea of ever becoming a Christian, it pleased God to plant the Gospel of His Son Jesus Christ in the heart of Carolis Almeda; and from that day, on every Sunday, and every day when religious services were held, he attended the church with his sons, and also began daily to read the Word of God. After a time father and sons were all baptized, and lived together in peace and happiness, until both of his children were taken away from him by death, and the old man was left alone to bear testimony by a long and consistent life to the reality of his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

After the death of his sons, he for a long time tried to maintain himself by making walking-sticks, which he collected from the jungles and sold to Europeans in Colombo. Some of the old man's productions were most ingenious and fantastic. He would search out any sticks of peculiar growth, and fashion them with heads of snakes, or cranes, or whatever in his fancy the natural growth most resembled. He took quite a pride in his work, and was delighted when he succeeded in producing a better specimen than ordinary. As age and infirmities increased, he was less able to work, and he was unfit to go alone into the jungle to hunt for sticks; but the good Lord mercifully raised up kind friends who helped him, and he also received a small monthly allowance from a fund administered by the Ceylon Government. In this way his last days were rendered comfortable, and he was freed from all anxiety about temporal things; but to the very last he tried, in a feeble way, to carry on his old trade, which had become a pleasure to him, and he did not like to be idle.

It was a real sorrow to him when, owing to age and infirmity, he was no longer able to walk to the church. Several times I picked him up and took him with me in my waggon, on those Sundays when I went to his church to administer the Lord's Supper; and he was so very grateful, and so glad to be present at the Table of the Lord.

As his strength failed, his faith and hope brightened, and he spoke of his death cheerfully and hopefully to all who visited him. Talking to them, he would also bless and pray for them, saying, "I have no fear of death. I have entrusted my spirit to the Lord Jesus Christ." And his countenance testified to the brightness of his faith and hope. His old and wrinkled face glowed with delight as he testified of the grace and goodness of the Lord in sending to him the glorious light of the Gospel of His dear Son. Often have I sat or stood and watched the old man's face as he thus spake of "Jesus and His love"; and very often have I bowed my head as he prayed God for His blessing on me and mine, and the work of the Lord in which I was engaged.

It was his wish that he should die on a Saturday, and then be carried to the churchyard as the people were going to church-for it would be "like going to church,” he said—and be buried by the side of his sons, and this

wish he expressed to his friends. When he was dying he prayed for the whole Church of Christ and the Christians of his own Church, and as he had often wished, so he fell asleep on the Saturday, and was carried by the people to church on the Sunday and buried in the presence of a large

congregation.

It is difficult to state his exact age, but it is believed that he was about 97 years old. He had known all the C.M.S. missionaries who had lived at Cotta, and often did he bless God for sending them to make known His truth to the people of the Cotta district. He had known the district before they came, and he was fond of comparing the missionaries to lamps which had enlightened the surrounding darkness by their preaching and teaching in the churches and schools which they had established. "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." "Let your light so shine before men." R. T. DOWBIGGIN.

THE STORY OF THE NEW ZEALAND MISSION.
By the Author of "England's Daybreak," "The Good News in
Africa," &c.
IV.

HE details of the first actual settlement of a missionary band in the Great Britain of the Southern Seas, as New Zealand has sometimes been called, are all so interesting that it is an effort to hurry over them, as the limits of time and space require. We must not linger now over Ruatara's romantic story. His ardent reception of his European friends; the thrilling interest of the first missionary service on the Christmas Sunday of December 25th, 1814, when he interpreted to his people the "glad tidings of great joy" as they fell from Mr. Marsden's lips; the planning out of the future Church and settlement; the affectionate welcome received by the missionary on his further excursions inland; and then the sudden blow which fell upon all the bright hopes awakened, by the noble young chieftain's fatal illness and death within a fortnight after. Remedies might, indeed, have availed to save his life, but he was "tapu," forbidden by the idol priests to touch either suitable food or medicine, and spite of Mr. Marsden's reiterated efforts to break this barrier, the influence of the priests prevailed. He listened eagerly again and again to the story of the Cross, and clung to his teacher's prayers with him, but seemed unable to break through the fetters of superstition and idolatry further than this

MAORI CHIEF.

before he sank. To complete the mournful tragedy, his favourite wife declared herself unable to live without him, and committed suicide the following day.

The death of Ruatara might truly be called, in Longfellow's words, "The setting of a great hope like the setting of the sun," to the little band of missionary pioneers, but He was with them, Whose presence is all in all to His people, and, their hearts stayed on Him, they were not permitted to fear. Mr. Marsden remained with them till the end of February to see them properly settled, and then had to return to his own post at Port Jackson. The party consisted of Mr. Kendal, Mr. Hall, and Mr. King, with their wives and children, Mrs. King's mother, and seven mechanics and labourers. Their work was twofold-to provide themselves by the labour of their hands with the necessaries of life, while seeking in every way to bring Christian and civilising influences to bear upon the natives. The position itself involved much trial of feeling, from the condition of those whose welfare they were seeking. Their persons and habits were so filthy and disgusting, and the English language they had picked up from the sailors was so terrible, that the mere intercourse with the natives implied no small amount of self-denial. Then the difficulty of carrying on anything like steady instruction was prodigious. The boys were clever and intelligent, and would seem deeply interested for a little while, but presently would jump up to dance or play, and the teacher would have perhaps to follow his pupils into the bush, and coax them to sit still there, if only for a quarter of an hour, while they learnt an English word or a letter of our alphabet.

The settlers' wives had the same trial with the girls. They took the more promising into their homes, and at first they seemed delighted with acquiring the arts of household work, but speedily tiring of it, they would run off just when most wanted. Mrs. Williams' description of her experiences at Paihia, though occurring some years later, gives too graphic a picture of this state of things to be omitted.

"A missionary's wife," she says, "must for the sake of cleanliness wash and dress her children and make the beds herself. She must be housemaid, chambermaid, and nurse, and must superintend everything connected with the cooking. The very best of the girls will perhaps, just as you are wanting her, take

herself off to swim, and then will lie down to sleep for two or three hours. If they are not in the humour to do what you tell them, they will not understand you, or will answer, What care I for that?' The moment a boat arrives, away run all the native servants, men, boys, and girls, to the beach. If anything is to be seen the mistress must do the work while the servants go to look; and she must not blame them, for if they are gentlemen's children, rangatirus,' they will run away in a pet, and if they are slaves, 'kukis,' they will laugh at her and tell her she has 'too much of the mouth.' Having been forewarned of this, I wait and work away till they choose to come back, which they generally do at meal-time."

More serious difficulties, however, lay before them. As the novelty and charm of a first European settlement began to wear away, the Maori began to betray more of their real character. The stores of flour, biscuit, rice, clothes, blankets, axes, and other tools which had been necessarily provided and brought with them for the settlers, or to be used in barter for fresh provisions, &c., were eagerly coveted by the natives, and as with them to see had hitherto been to seize whatever they had a mind for, they would come and imperatively demand to be given anything they fancied. When refused, however courteously, the more daring amongst them would leap the fences, break into the stores, and help themselves! Even worse than this, a spirit of wanton mischief broke out at times in the whole neighbourhood. On purpose, the people broke down the fences, and let the cattle of the English loose into the bush, and sent herds of pigs to devastate the wheatfields; then perhaps laid hands upon their poultry, and killed and carried it off before their very eyes. They had an especial appetite for the possession of nails of all sorts, and though they knew they were to be had for the asking from the smith, they wantonly cut up a good wheel-barrow one day in order to possess themselves of the nails which held it together, and another time pulled a shed to pieces or the same

purpose.

shalt not be afraid of any terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day," was eminently fulfilled to them. Their letters written at the time breathe, without exception, a grand conviction of their perfect personal safety in the hollow of His hand. Not one betrays even a hint of fear for themselves or those dearer to them than their own lives. Truly the grace given to Shadrach, Meshech, and Abed-nego has not been wanting to others beside of His faithful servants. The very spirit of that noble answer of the Jewish heroes, "O, Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us out of thine hand, O king-but if not,

be it known to thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up "-seemed to breathe in this missionary band, and with them likewise, according to their faith, it was unto them. Not a hair of their head was injured.

After a time, lack of food came upon them as a new trial. Their own stores, more or less stolen or destroyed, failed them; the natives had plenty in the form of pigs or potatoes, but becoming indifferent to other objects of barter, they would part with it only for guns or powder. These our friends long refused to give, and when, sorely driven, they broke through their own rule, in some instances they regretted it much afterwards.

Truly the enemies around them were legion, but they never lost sight of the one simple object which had brought them there. They laboured hard to bring the perishing souls around them to a knowledge of the only true God, and the way of eternal life. They did not confine their efforts to Rangi-hona, their own settlement, but as their acquaintance with the language increased, they went out on Sabbath days into the neighbouring villages to teach. and to preach; and sometimes made more distant excursions, either visiting the coast in a native canoe, or penetrating on foot into the interior. Gradually, and almost unperceived by the missionaries themselves, improvement set in. The chiefs began frequently to visit them in a friendly manner, and even allowed them to speak to them about their souls. The school had been established, and though often suspended for want of food (for the children would only come when they were fed), the real progress of the scholars was perceptible. The labourers hired for work became more regular and industrious, and inclined for religious instruction. Thus the morning broke over the hills, though it was far indeed from being a morning without clouds, as we shall see next month. E. D.

Nor was it only the "spoiling of their goods" that our missionary friends were called to bear in patience and without retaliation. The untutored savages around them added insults and threats of the most alarming character to these injuries. It was no uncommon thing for them to be told that before morning their house should be burnt over their heads, as an evening farewell from an angry mob; or sometimes it was that "the stones were then heating for the oven in which they were to be cooked before being devoured." But their Master's promise, "Thou

THE MONTH.

UR readers will be glad to hear that the Henry Wright memorial steamer is now afloat. She was launched from Messrs. Green's yard at Blackwall on March 10th. Many of the Committee and friends assembled on the occasion; and in a bitter north-east wind and driving snow a little open-air service was held. The Bishop of Bedford's touching hymu, "For all the saints who from their labours rest," and the popular missionary hymn, "Hark, the swelling breezes," were sung, and prayer was offered by the Rev. Walter Abbott, Vicar of Paddington. Sir John Kennaway, M.P., whose interest in the C.M.S. East Africa and Nyanza Missions is well known, addressed the meeting in a few admirably chosen words, dwelling on the Society's long and close connection with Africa, and on Mr. Wright's deep and peculiar interest in that continent, the name of which might almost be said to be written on his heart. Miss Agnes Wright, the eldest daughter of our dear and lamented friend, then named the vessel, and as she flung the bottle at its bows, the supports were knocked away, and the Henry Wright glided gracefully into the river amid shouts of cheering. We hope to give a picture of the ship shortly, when we shall describe her more fully. She has been built by Messrs. Green from the plans and under the superintendence of the marine engineers, Messrs. John Thompson & Son.

WE have noticed the consecration of the new Bishop of Sierra Leone on another page. Bishop Ingham bid farewell to the C.M.S. Committee at a special meeting on Feb. 28th, when he was addressed by Sir W. Hill, Bishop Parry, and Mr. Wigram, and, after an impressive reply, was solemnly commended in prayer to God by one of the most venerable of the clerical members, the Rev. J. Hawksley. The Bishop and Mrs. Ingham sailed for Africa on March 2nd.

THE arrangements for the Society's Anniversary are not complete at the time of writing; but among those who have promised to take part in the Morning Meeting on Tuesday, May 1st, are Earl Cairns, the Bishop of Saskatchewan, and the Rev. E. Lombe; and the Bishop of Baliaarat will preside in the evening. All four are well known as powerful speakers. The Address at the Breakfast will be given by Canon Bell. We have previously mentioned that the Archbishop of Canterbury will be present at the morning meeting, and that Canon Tristram will preach the Annual Sermon.

THE annual Day of Intercession for Foreign Missions, the Tuesday before Ascension Day, will fall this year on May 1st, the day of the C.M.S. Anniversary. As any of the seven succeeding days may be observed, the Committee have fixed the following Tuesday, May 8th, for their own services in London. We earnestly trust that one or other of the eight days will be kept by all our friends. Both thanksgiving and prayer were never more called for. Papers can be had from the Church Missionary House.

THE Bishop of Mid-China has appointed his brother, the Rev. Arthur E. Moule, now our missionary at Shanghai, to the office of Archdeacon. We are glad that the nineteenth C.M.S. missionary to receive that title should be our excellent brother who is now the Ven. Archdeacon Moule.

Two missionary ladies have lately died in New Zealand, viz., Mrs. Clarke, widow of Mr. G. Clarke, and mother of Archdeacon E. B. Clarke; and Mrs. Spencer, wife of the Rev. S. M. Spencer. We hope to give a fuller account, but have not space this month.

MRS. HODGES, wife of the Rev. E. N. Hodges, Principal of the C.M.S. Noble College at Masulipatam, has been dangerously ill; but we rejoice to hear that she has been mercifully raised up almost from the point of death. She and her husband must, however, come home immediately.

THE Rev. Bernhard Maimon arrived at Bagdad on Jan. 24th, and has begun work in that historic city with much zeal and hope. We shall give some account of this new Mission hereafter. The Rev. T. R. Hodgson, of Jubbulpore, who was to have joined it ere this, is returning to England first under medical orders.

LETTERS have been received from Mr. O'Flaherty and Mr. Mackay in Uganda, up to August 10th. The five baptized converts were going on satisfactorily, and others were asking for baptism. King Mtesa continued friendly. Mr. Hannington and his party were still at the south end of the Victoria Nyanza, on November 13th, waiting for their boat, but hoped

to cross over soon.

THE Rev. Raj Kristo Bose, Pastor of Trinity Church, Calcutta, reports the death, on Oct. 30th last, of Jadu Bindu Ghose, the old man baptized a few years since by Mr. Vaughan, whose strange and touching history was told in the GLEANER of April, 1879, under the title of "A Fifty Years' Search for Peace." (See also the number for July, 1880.) Mr. R. K. Bose says, as Mr. Vaughan often said, that he was a happy, devout and God-loving man."

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THE Native Church of Lagos has established a society called "The Lagos Church Missions," similar to the one at Sierra Leone. Hitherto the missionary contributions of the congregations have come home to the Parent Society. Now they will be expended on the Native Church's own evangelistic efforts. The first public meetings, adult and juvenile, were held in the schoolroom of St. Paul's, Breadfruit, on December 6th. Bishop Crowther presided, and the Rev. James Johnson read the report, which announced that £138 had been already raised. We heartily wish God-speed to the new society.

THE Annual Conference of clergy, teachers, and lay delegates of the Native Church in the Province of Fuh-Kien, China, was held at FuhChow from Dec. 9 to 17. There were special services and prayer meetings, and discussions on important topics; and two days were occupied by the examination of catechists. Sermons were preached by the Revs. J. R. Wolfe, Ting Sink-ki, Sia Seu-ong, and. W. Banister; and addresses were given by the Rev. Wong Kiu-taik on "Thy kingdom come," the Rev. Ngoi Kaik-ki on Sanctification, Catechist Ting Changseng on the Power of Faith, and Catechist Ling Seng-mi on the Sympathy of Christ. There were discussions on "Foot Binding," opened by the Rev. Ting Sing-ki; on Persecution and Matters of Law," by the Rev. Ngoi Kaik-ki; on Schools," by Catechist Wong Seng-tau; on "Medical Work," by the Rev. Wong Kiu-taik (himself a doctor); on "Woman's Work"; and on Subscribing Money." The whole proceedings are described as most interesting and encouraging.

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THE C.M.S. Native Christian Boys' Boarding-school and Young Men's Hostel at Calcutta is doing a good work. There are thirty boarders, most of them sons of respectable Bengali Christians, who pay for their maintenance and education. Most of these are pupils of the C.M.S. High School, but a few are undergraduates of the Calcutta University. There is a Christian head-master, Babu Parbati Charan Banerjea, who works under Dr. Baumann's supervision. There are three "monitors,” “bright, godly, and earnest (Native) undergraduates, who have united themselves into a close triumvirate for the promotion of the spiritual good of their juvenile charge." These monitors hold a prayer-meeting with the boys every Saturday evening, teach them in the Sunday-school, and have compiled a Hymn Book for them, translating into Bengali such hymns as A few more years shall roll," "Pilgrims of the night," "Just as I am," "Jesu, still lead on," &c. The last-named hymn is a special favourite.

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THE Director of the Missionaries' Children's Home is appealing for special gifts to endow "Leaving Scholarships" for the boys in the Home, that is, sums of money to provide a higher education for the most promising of them after leaving the Home at the age of 16. It is just at that age that help is specially required for them; and such scholarships, of which it is hoped to establish four, each tenable for four years, would enable boys of mark to look forward to going to the Universities. Further particulars will be gladly supplied by the Director, the Rev. A. J. P. Shepherd, Highbury Grove, N.

THE Bishop of Toronto, Dr. Sweatman, has remitted to the Society £71 11s. 10d. voted to it from the Mission Fund of his Diocese. He writes that he circulates 650 copies monthly of the C.M. Gleaner, and 700 of the Juvenile Instructor.

RECEIVED.—Martha A. Wade, Skipton, Contents of Missionary Box, £1 4s. ; A. C., Fulham Road, for China, 6s.; "Esto Fideles," a seal (no value).

F. M. 22nd.. 3.12 a.m. L. Qr. 29th.. 2.23 p.m.

THE GLORY AND MAJESTY OF GOD.

1T SS. Philip & James. Day Intercn. C.M.S. Ann. Meetings. Who [is so great a God as our God? Ps. 77. 13.

2 W Clothed with honour and majesty, Ps. 104. 1.
3T Ascension Day. Crowned with glory and honour, Heb. 2. 9.

5 S

M. Dan. 7. 9-15. Lu. 24. 44. E. 2 K. 2. 1-16. Heb. 4.

4 F Livingstone d., 1873. The glory which Thou gavest Me I have Who is this King of glory? Ps. 24. 10. [given them, Jo. 17. 22. [Ps. 24. 10. Sun. aft. Ascension. The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory, M. Deu. 30. Lu. 23. 26-50. E. Deu. 34, or Josh. 1. 1 Thess. 3.

6 S

7 M In Thy majesty ride prosperously, Ps. 45. 4. [thee, Is. 60. 1. 8T Frere Tn. Estate bought, '75. The glory of the Lord is risen upon 9 W Elmslie op. dispensary, Kashmir, 1875. They shall come and see 10 T All flesh shall see it together, Is. 40. 5. [My glory, Is. 66. 18. 11 F Rebmann discov. Mt. Kilimanjaro, 1818. Thou art more glorious [than the mountains of prey, Ps. 76. 4. 12 S Abdul Masih bapt., 1811. How great are Thy works, Ps. 92. 5. [4. 14. 13 S Whit Sun. Ember Week. The Spirit of glory and of God, 1 Pet. .M. Den. 16. 1-18. Rom. 8. 1-18. E. Is. 11, or Ez. 38. 25. Gal. 5. 16, or Ac. 14 M His glory covered the heavens, Hab. 3. 3. [18. 24 to 19. 21. 15 T 1st Santal bapt., 1864. The earth was full of His praise, Hab. 3. 3. 16 W, The voice of the Lord is full of majesty, Ps. 29. 4. 17 T His work is honourable and glorious, Ps. 111. 3.

18 F Thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth, Ps. 80. 1. 19 S Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined, Ps. 50. 2. [Ps. 29. 2. 20 S Trinity Sun. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto His name, M. Is. 6.1-11. Rev. 1. 1-9. E. Ge. 18, or 1 & 2.1-4. Eph. 4. 1--17, or Matt. 3. 21 M According to Thy name, so is Thy praise, Ps. 48. 10. 22 T 1st Maori ord., 1853. I will speak of the glorious honour of Thy 23 W Sing for the majesty of the Lord, Is. 24. 14. [majesty, Ps. 145.5. 24 TJ. Quaker d., 1882. Thine eyes shall see the King in His beauty, 25 F How great is His beauty! Zec. 9. 17. [Is. 33. 17. 26 S T. Scott preached 1st Ann. Ser. 1801. Let the beauty of the Lord [our God be upon us, Ps 90. 17. 27 S 1st aft. Trin. Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary, Ps. 96. 6. M. Jos. 3. 7 to 4. 15. John 10.22. E. Jos. 5. 13 to 6. 21, or 24. Heb. 2.1 to 3.7. 28 M Show me Thy glory, Ex. 33. 18. [Ps. 96. 3. 29 T Bp. Anderson consec., 1849. Declare His glory among the heathen, 30 W Make known the glorious majesty of His kingdom, Ps. 145. 12. 31 T O God, who is like unto Thee? Ps. 71, 19.

MORE JERSEY BREEZES.

V. Our Dear Ones.

"Whosoever shall do the will of My Father which is in heaven, the same is My brother, and sister, and mother."-Matt. xii. 50.

ROM the beginning a beneficent Creator hath set the solitary in families. And truly the word "Family at once suggests order, love, and harmony; the genial economy of the Home above. If early cut adrift from household bands of pleasantness, still kindly hands have opened one and another door of welcome, and family affection has almost made us forget the yearning for what might have been. It is when drinking in the depth of tenderness contained in the time-honoured Saxon words father and mother, brother and sister, that the heart's compassion wells forth for those Christ-loving ones, who willingly bid a long adieu to the sanctities of their childhood's home. Oh to grasp their hand, as, with faltering step, they linger tearfully, and whisper to them words whose pathos will soothe them with sweetness inexpressible: "Whosoever shall do the will of My Father which is in heaven, the same is My brother, and sister, and mother."

And to whom will Jesus supply a love surpassing that of the dearest earthly relationships? To those who do His Father's will. It has been wisely said that obedience, promptly and fully given, is the most beautiful thing that walks the earth. And is not one who, having counted the cost, calmly relinquishes all we understand by Home, obeying to the letter our Saviour's

command? He has, by God's grace, given vent to a holy zeal in the grand cause of Truth; he has a message from God to deliver, and how is he straitened until it be accomplished! All goes bravely during the period of self-examination and final decision. But the parting moment has come all too swiftly, and our courage fails. How can we tear ourselves away? Who will be able to see with our absent eyes, and give us the thousand tiny details which we must sigh for in vain? Let us calm ourselves and listen. Let us open our bereaved hearts to Him, and He will prove more to us than we can ask, or even think.

Does this meet the glance of one who has left a precious father thousands of miles away? In obeying the mighty irresistible call, Son, daughter, go work to-day in My vineyard, you are but carrying into practice the holy lessons of His consistent life. Or is it a cherished mother, whose dear image wrings your heart and makes you sigh for the sea-bird's pinions? You shall be soothed in your solitude as one whom his mother comforteth. Do you sigh now and again for the manly counsel of the brother with whom you worked and played, or for the soft caress of the leaning, loving sister? Ah, limit not the capacities of the Saviour's heart. Think of the one Family, the one Elder Brother, the one Great Father of us all. Lay your poor head on the gentle Saviour's bosom and think of His life on earth. So lonely! In weariness and painfulness, in watchings and fastings, He still went about doing good, and He knows just what it costs you to follow His steps. You are working with God, and must eventually prevail. Go forward, setting His glory before you as the sole aim of all your strivings.

But it is, perhaps, the dear ones left behind who experience The the keenest and most enduring sense of desolation. sacrifice of darling son or daughter has been cheerfully made, but the daily round, the common task, have none of the absorbing interest of travel, and the very sunshine and flowers have lost their brightness, now the circle has been broken. Here is oil for such troubled waters: "What I do, thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter." Hereafter ! That is the key to our life of Faith. On earth a great affection must ever be a great affliction, but it will not be so where all centres in Him Whose best name is Love. Oh, to be willing and obedient! His ways are past our finding out. Some He sends forth into the "loud stunning tide of human care and crime"; others He desires to sit still in the House. If we listen for His bidding, and obey it with a heart brimful of love, we shall find response wherever man is found-fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, of whose existence we should never have known, but for the mysterious marching orders of the Great Captain, Who speaks, and none can gainsay, and Whose dear approval can alone satisfy our longing souls. A. M. V.

THE STORY OF THE NEW ZEALAND MISSION.
By the Author of " England's Daybreak," "The Good News in
Africa," &c.
V.

FEW minutes spent upon the history of Hongi, Ruatara's uncle, will perhaps put us in possession of the peculiarities of New Zealand character, and the special difficulties with which our missionaries had to contend, as much as any subject of this period we could select for study. Mr. Marsden met with this man during his first visit to the Bay of Islands in 1814, and described him as a warrior of a very mild disposition, with but