THE MONTH. HE Archbishop of Canterbury will take the chair at the C.M.S. Annual Meeting on May 1st. This is usually Lord Chichester's place as President; but it has been the custom for a new Archbishop on the first occasion of his attending to preside as Vice-Patron. In addition to the speakers already mentioned, it is hoped that the Revs. A. W. Poole, H. Newton, W. J. Richards, and Dr. Downes, will represent the missionary army either morning or evening. WE are thankful to be able to report the acceptance by the Committee of seven more offers of service from candidates ready to proceed to the mission field without further training in the C.M. College, viz.:—(1) The Rev. C. T. Wilson, M.A., late of the Nyanza Mission, who had retired and taken a parish in Hampshire, but who has now offered again for Palestine; (2) the Rev. George E. A. Pargiter, B.A., of Merton College, Oxford, senior curate of West Ham, and son of the Rev. R. Pargiter, formerly C.M.S. missionary in Ceylon, and now an Association Secretary; (3) Dr. Percy Brown, M.B., brother of the Principal of the Government Medical College at Lahore; (4) Dr. E. G. Horder, L.R.C.P., &c., of Edinburgh; (5) Mr. W.E. Oliphant, of the London College of Divinity, St. John's Hall, Highbury, about to be ordained; (6) Dr. Shapurji Dhunjibhoy Bhabha, a Parsee of Bombay, and an M.D. of Glasgow, surgeon in charge of the Willesden Cottage Hospital; (7) Miss Eva Young, sister of Mrs. Pickford of Ceylon, who has offered for, and been appointed to, the Tamil Girls' Boarding School at Colombo. Dr. Brown is appointed a medical missionary to the Niger; and Dr. Horder to Bishop Burdon's new medical Mission at Hoihow, in the Island of Hainan, South China. ANOTHER member of the C.M.S. Committee has been taken to his rest -Mr. George Loch, formerly a Judge of the High Court of Calcutta. While in India he was a hearty friend of missionary work, and in the Home Committee his calm judgment and good sense were much valued. THE Bishop of Travancore and Cochin (Dr. Speechly), and the Rev. W. T. Satthianadhan, of Madras, have been appointed Fellows of Madras University. ON Feb. 24th the Bishop of Lahore opened the new chapel of the C.M.S. Divinity College at Lahore, which has been built with funds bequeathed for the purpose by the late Rev. G. M. Gordon. On the following day, in the chapel, the Bishop admitted three well-tried Native brethren to deacon's orders, Nobin Chandar, Malih Ishaq, and Thomas Edwards. The Rev. N. Chandar will be pastor at Batala, Mr. Baring's station; the Rev. M. Ishaq is appointed to Dera Ghazi Khan; and the Rev. T. Edwards will minister to the Native congregation at Simla, whose lay pastor he has already been. THE Bishop of Moosonee has appointed the Rev. T. Vincent, C.M.S. (countryborn) missionary at Albany, Hudson's Bay, to the office of Archdeacon of Moose. He was ordained in 1860, but had laboured some time before that as a lay agent. ON December 22nd the Revs. J. Hannington, R. P. Ashe, and E. C. Gordon, and Mr. C. Wise were still at a place called Msalala, at the south end of the Victoria Nyanza, and all four were suffering from fever. on A GIFT of £600 has been made to the Society's Extension Fund by Mrs. Henry Wright, to provide for a Native medical missionary at Salt, the other side Jordan" (see Miss Tristram's article in the GLEANER of May, 1882); and we are glad to hear that a good man has been found for the post, Dr. Ibrahim Zourab, of the Beyrout Medical College. A VENERABLE C.M.S. missionary, the Rev. F. Hildner, died on Feb. 28th, at Syra. He was a native of Saxony, and went originally to Greece for the Basle Missionary Society. He joined the C.M.S. in 1829, and in 1811 received Anglican orders from Bishop Blomfield. For more than forty years he carried on a large school in the Island of Syra, and won the universal respect of the community. The British Consul writes to the Society that the Greek Archbishop of Syra placed the cathedral at the disposal of the Rev. Mr. Newton, Acting Chaplain at the British Legation at Athens, who went over to Syra to conduct the funeral, and that a vast concourse of people assembled for the ceremony. After Mr. Newton had read the Burial Service, the Archbishop delivered a touching discourse, and the body was then conveyed to the British Protestant cemetery. Ir is not necessary to refer in these pages to the debate in the House of Lords on April 12th upon the work and agents of the C.M.S. in West Africa. Lord Derby, on the part of the Government, acknowledged that the Society could not be fairly held responsible for the sad affair that had provoked the discussion; and Lord Cairns, in a most powerful speech, vindicated it from the Duke of Somerset's unjust aspersions, as also did Lord Chichester. The Archbishop of Canterbury, who had shown special kindness in the matter, was prepared to defend the Society at length if it should be necessary; but after the previous speeches his few hearty words were sufficient. It is interesting that his maiden speech in Parliament should have been made in behalf of the C.M.S. THE reports this year from the Niger Mission, sent in by the two African Archdeacons, Henry Johnson and Dandeson Crowther, are among the most remarkable that have reached the Society from any part of the world. In the Delta, at Bonny and Brass, where ten years ago the most degraded heathenism and barbarism reigned almost undisturbed, there are now 4,000 souls under regular Christian instruction; and at some of the upper stations (the furthest of which is 320 miles up the river) there have been notable conversions in the past year. The Committee are especially sensible of the mercy of God in making Onitsha, which six years ago was the scene of the barbarous cruelty for which two Native ex-agents of the Mission have lately been brought to justice (and which is referred to above), a field for very signal manifestations of the power of the Divine Word. Not only were fortythree adult converts baptized there in the year; not only are many hundreds attending the Church Services; not only has the king, hitherto hostile, suddenly commanded the observance of Sunday, and arranged for a public service at his own court; not only has a leading chief been buried without the offering of human sacrifices at his grave; but the Onitsha Christians have spontaneously visited neighbouring towns to tell the story of the Gospel, and Archdeacon Johnson, being invited to one of them, found 1,500 people waiting to hear him. We shall give some good extracts shortly. SOME interesting letters have been received from the Rev. A. J. Hall, of the Quoquolt (or Kwag-gutl) Mission, established at Fort Rupert, Vancouver's Island, four years ago, but now removed to Alert Bay, some distance off. It has been a most difficult and trying work; but the first baptism of one of that tribe took place on July 20th. He was a young man at Fort Rupert, named Wamis, who had been for some time one of a little band of catechumens. He was attacked by consumption, and finding himself sinking rapidly, asked to be brought to Alert Bay to be baptized and to die. Two days after his admission into the visible Church he passed away, simply trusting in Christ; the firstfruits, if it please God, of an abundant harvest of souls from his nation. Mr. Hall now reports the baptism of the second convert, on Jan. 21st. THE Rev. A. F. Painter, of Travancore, reports a remarkable movement among the Hill Arrians, the people to whom the late Henry Baker first carried the Gospel. In one district, 157 adult males gave up their idols and removed their heathen marks at one time, including one of the chief devil-priests. "I trust," he writes, "that it is indeed the work of God's Holy Spirit on the hearts and consciences of these people." THE CHURCH MISSIONARY GLEANER. THE WISDOM OF GOD. JUNE, 1883. F. M. 20th.... 4.32 p.m. L. Qr. 27th.... 7.38 p.m. 1 F Where shall wisdom be found? Job. 28. 12. 6 W The only wise God, I Ti. 1. 17. a man that is good in His He led them forth by the [right way, Ps. 107. 7. [hast Thou made them all, Ps. 104, 24. 10 S 3rd aft. Trin. O Lord, how manifold are Thy works! in wisdom M. 1 Sam. 2. 1-27. John 19. 1-25. E. 1 Sam. 3, or 4. 1-19. Jam. 2. 11 M St. Barnabas. S. Crowther ord., '43. Thou shalt guide me with Thy 12 T He giveth wisdom unto the wise, Dan. 2. 21. [connɛel, Ps. 73. 24. 13 W He hath established the world by His wisdom, Jer. 10. 12. 14 T Persia Miss. adopt., '75. I will lead them in paths that they have 15 F Counsel is Mine,and sound wisdom, Pro.8.14. [not known, Is.42.16. 16 S The foolishness of God is wiser than men, 1 Co. 1. 25. [very deep, Ps. 92. 5. 17 S 4th aft. Trin. Adjai brought to S. Leone, 1822. Thy thoughts are M. 1 Sam. 12. Acts 2. 1-22. E. 1 Sam. 13, or Ruth 1. 1 Pet. 2. 11 to 3. 8. 18 M Adm. Prevost at Metlakahtla, 1878. Let the counsel of the Holy [One draw nigh, Is. 5. 19. 19 T The Lord of Hosts is wonderful in counsel and excellent in work 20 W Queen's Accn. By Me kings reign, Pro. 8. 15. [ing, Is. 28. 29. 21 T The Child grew....filled with wisdom, Lu. 2. 40. 22 F Whence hath this Man this wisdom? Matt. 13. 54. [Is. 11. 2. 23 S The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom, [wisdom of God, 1 Co. 1. 24. 24 S 5th aft. Trin. St. John Bapt. Christ the power of God, and the M. 1 Sam. 15. 1-24, or Mai. 3. 1-7. Matt. 3. E. 1 Sam. 16 or 17, or Mal. 4. [Matt. 14. 1-13. 25 M In Whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom, Col. 2. 3. 26 T His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Is. 9. 6. [3.28. 27 W Ld. Lawrence d., '79. They saw the wisdom of God was in him,1 K. 28 T How unsearchable are His judgments, Ro. 11.33. [1 Ch. 22. 12. 29 F St. Peter. Bp. Crowther cons., '64. The Lord give thee wisdom, 30 S O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of [God! Ro. 11. 33. THE SOCIETY'S ANNIVERSARY. NOTHER Anniversary has come and gone. Another Annual Report has been presented; and another of the Society's years is already some weeks old. The Report this year began with a bright word. It opened with this sentence--"A joyful and a pleasant thing it is to be thankful." We cannot here give all the facts that justified this expression, and a good many of them have been mentioned in the GLEANER already; but our readers will like to hear a little about the funds. The Ordinary Income of the year was £200,402. Besides this, £6,037 was contributed to the Extension Fund; various Special Funds brought in £13,335; and there were "extraordinary receipts," from certain sales of property, &c., £5,457. Total, £225,231; besides the £72,193 Stock for China and Japan from Mr. W. C. Jones. The Ordinary Expenditure was £202,128; in addition to which £4,063 was drawn from the Extension Fund, and £9,293 spent in connection with various Special Funds. The Committee point out four grounds of thankfulness to God suggested by an examination of these figures:1. The Ordinary Income is nearly £10,000 above that of the previous year. The Local Associations throughout the country have sent up £5,070 more. Brighton, Birmingham, Bristol, Hampstead, Norwich, show particular advance. 2. Comparing the average Ordinary Income ten years ago and now, namely 1869-73 and 1879-83, we find an advance from £149,180 to £192,641. That is, we are receiving now £43,000 a-year more than we did ten years ago. 3. The Reserve Funds, without which the Society's work could not be carried on at all (it would take too much space to explain why here), and which successive deficits had reduced in 1879 to £43,000, have risen in the last four years to £84,000. 4. Outside all these stands the Extension Fund, started in 1880, to which has been contributed, in less than three years, the large sum of £26,211. All this is indeed encouraging. But we must add that the Expenditure is growing much faster than the Income. It sprang up £12,000 in the past year, and will be much higher again in the current year; and unless there should again be a great advance in the contributions, the Reserve Funds will have to be largely drawn upon. But our readers will ask, What about the "Half as Much Again"? The Report says:— The Committee are quite unable to ascertain what it has produced. It has unquestionably been responded to by a great number of individuals, whose hearts God has touched; but in probably the large majority of cases there are no means of tracing the response. If a little child puts three-halfpence into its missionary box instead of a penny-as is known to have been done by many-how can that be registered? Nor would that missionary box then give "half as much again" unless every separate contributor did the like. It might be thought that Annual Subscriptions alone, if increased fifty per cent., would effect a large augmentation in the income; yet if every annual subscriber in the kingdom gave "half as much again," the whole increase would not exceed £20,000. The great variety in the sources of income has to be remembered; and to obtain the £300,000 mentioned by the Bishop of Ossory, not only Subscriptions, but Benefactions, Church Collections, Boxes, Cards, Sales of Work, &c., &c., and even Legacies, would have to be "half as much again." Looking at the actual circumstances of the case, therefore, the Committee see no reason for discouragement because the result of Mr. Bickersteth's appeal is not more apparent. They doubt not that the many considerable increases in the returns from Associations are in fact due to it, and that it has been blessed of God to deepen in thousands of hearts a sense of the greatness of the cause and a desire to help it on; and they confidently anticipate that the appeal will continue to exercise a real influence upon the hearts of the Society's friends, the result of which will appear in future years. A few lines, as usual, about the Anniversary itself. Of Canon Tristram's magnificent sermon at St. Bride's- -a sermon certainly not surpassed, if equalled, by any one of the fourteen which the present writer has heard there-we give a brief account on another page; and we will only here add that it was good to see in the vast congregation many hundreds of younger men and women. Gray heads were in a minority at that wonderful Monday evening service. This is a fact full of hope for the Society and its great work. Exeter Hall seemed, if possible, fuller than ever on Tuesday, and the new Archbishop of Canterbury ascended the platform and took the chair amid immense cheering. He was accompanied by the Earl of Chichester (President), Earl Cairns, the Bishops of Norwich, Gloucester and Bristol, Rochester, Liverpool, Calcutta, Antigua, Saskatchewan, and Bishops Alford and Ryan. His Grace's own speech, which followed the reading of the Report, was an appeal for greater energy in the attack upon the more cultivated sections of heathendom. It was true, he said, that St. Paul had acknowledged that "not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called "; but, he asked, did not St. Paul long and yearn nevertheless for the souls of the wise and the noble and mighty? and ought we not to try and save them too, as well as the poor and the weak? and do we not want learned and cultivated men, graduates of our Universities, for such a work as that? Nothing could have been more appropriate than what followed. After a short but hearty speech from Lord Cairns, the first missionary to address the meeting was an Oxford graduate, whose special work in India had been to deal with the educated high-caste Hindus, the Rev. A. W. Poole of Masulipatam. No doubt we do need the Archbishop's reminder that the Brahmin priest and the Buddhist philosopher have souls to be won as well as the uncivilised negro and the simple Red Indian; but Mr. Poole, both in his own person and in his most admirable speech (quite the best speech of the day), showed that the Church Missionary Society has not neglected this higher and harder sphere of work altogether. He described how Robert Noble, forty years ago, gathered the proud Brahmin youths in his college, and taught them patiently day by day; and how from that one college had come some twenty-five converts, influential Hindu gentlemen, besides the wives and families of several of them : It was Robert Noble's aim so to reach men of power among the natives that they should be the pillars of the Native Church when he had passed away. In this view it is impossible to over-estimate the importance of these conversions, whose number seems so small. Exactly opposite to the Noble School there stands the Native court-house. The judge, who daily administers impartial justice in the name of the British Government in that court-house, is a converted Brahmin from the School. The magistrate in the adjoining district is another; the minister of the Native congregation and missionary in charge of the district of Masulipatam is another; two of the head-masters of our Anglo-Vernacular schools and seven assistant-masters in those schools are all men brought to the knowledge of God in the Noble High School of Masulipatam. One of them edits the Native Christian magazine. All our translating, writing, teaching, guiding and directing the work of the Native Church, is in the hands of that small but steadfast community. Therefore, I repeat, judging not by their numbers, but by their importance, it is impossible to thank God too much for the blessing which He has vouchsafed to the work of the Noble High School. We find that wherever the district missionary goes, if he meets with a pupil of the School, there he has a friend made ready to hand, if nothing more. And no language of mine can convey to this meeting an idea of the numberless cases which have been brought under our personal notice of secret disciples, of men convinced in beart, but still unable to throw off the shackles of their iron bondage. Mr. Poole also described his lectures to the high-caste Englishspeaking Hindus : It was our custom in Masulipatam to have Sunday morning lectures on you," he exclaimed, "for letting us keep Lucknow!"-alluding to the proposal three or four years ago to withdraw from that city, and the subsequent resolution to continue the Mission. The Rev. Henry Newton, of Ceylon, is well-known among our friends for his capital speeches; and on this occasion he did exactly what was wanted-applied the lessons of the meeting, urging the active promotion of juvenile associations, the holding of quarterly meetings, the circulation of the GLEANER, and efforts this year to get "half as many again of subscribers. Bishop of Saskatchewan and the Rev. E. Lombe, who were the two last speakers, are always welcome and always telling. Mr. Lombe delivered a thorough-going "C.M.S." speech, bringing out illustration after illustration of God's favour to the Society in past years, and calling for more prayer and more work. The The C.M.S. is the only Society that fills Exeter Hall twice, with two very different audiences, on one day. Very few friends come to both the great meetings; and those who only come in the morning miss a remarkable sight-an assemblage of practical workers, Sunday-school teachers, collectors, &c., who attend, not to see Earls and Bishops, but to hear missionary speeches. The TATTOOED FACE OF A MAORI CHIEF. Christianity attended by 200 or 300 intelligent hearers. Of course this provoked opposition, and after my first lecture a Native barrister advertised a rival lecture for the following Saturday. In a clever speech he discarded all" book revelations." The next day (Sunday) his Chairman (a Hindu gentleman, not a Christian) presided for me, and said with much earnestness: "I wish to take this opportunity of saying that I entirely disagree with the lecture of yesterday. Christianity has its Bible, Mohammedanism its Koran, the Hindus their Vedas. It is not for us to say that all are alike false, but to read and search in order to know which is the true revelation of God." He concluded with the wonderfully pathetic and solemn words: "My friends, we devote far too much time to the consideration of things of this life. Let us devote a little more to the things of eternity." At the end of the course of lectures, filteen or twenty persons were found willing and eager to join a class for the study of God's Word. After a short speech from the venerable Rev. Sydney Gedge, who spoke with a power wonderful for an octogenarian, and who had known the present Archbishop when he was a schoolboy, the Bishop of Calcutta rose. He had only arrived in England a few days before. In a very animated and animating address, he spoke of what he had himself seen of the Society's work in India, of the Bheel Mission and the Gônd Mission, and Tinnevelly (especially the Sarah Tucker Institution), and Travancore, and Amritsar, and Peshawar, and Allahabad, and Lucknow. "Thank Bishop of Ballarat, who formerly, as Samuel Thornton, of Birmingham, was well-known and highly popular as a speaker, presided this time; and he was followed by the Home Secretary of the Society, the Rev. Henry Sutton, who did not read a report, but spoke one -a much more attractive method, at least when he is the spokesman! Then came two missionaries, Dr. Downes of Kashmir, in the far north of India, and the Rev. W. J. Richards of Travancore, in the far south: the former telling of seed-sowing but no fruit yet, and the latter of an abundant harvest, a Native church with 20,000 members. Mr. Henry Morris, an active member of the Committee, and formerly a magistrate in India, closed with an impressive exhortation to all present to join in more prayer and more effort for the great cause. THE STORY OF THE NEW ZEALAND MISSION. By the Author of " England's Daybreak," "The Good News in Africa," &c. VI. HE position of the Church of Christ was vividly foretold by the sacred and loyal poet of the Hebrews: "As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters." It does one's whole heart good to turn from the contemplation of such horrors as those recorded in the pages of last month's GLEANER, to the story of the holy, faithful, and loving work perseveringly carried on in the very midst of it by our missionaries, and those of our Wesleyan bretheren. Persecuted indeed they were, "but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed." In August, 1823, they were cheered by another visit from Mr. Marsden, bringing with him further helpers, the Rev. Henry Williams, with his wife and family, and Mr. Fairburn, a mechanic. Mr. Henry Williams was one of those good gifts of God to His tried and weary servants, who seem to be sent in the hour of need, as a manifest proof that their work is of God, and that He is able as well as willing to provide the right man for the time and place. He had seen something of the rougher passages of life before his ordination, having been a lieutenant in the Navy. He and his brother, who joined him not long after, had both dedicated themselves to their Heavenly Master with a whole-heartedness which knew how to rejoice that they were counted worthy to suffer for His sake; and to the needful grace from above they added no common capacity for the difficult parts assigned to them-a cool intrepidity which never flinched in danger, and a practical self-help which commanded the respect of those who could appreciate common sense, though they understood not the value of a Christian life. Of Mrs. Henry Williams, we need only say that she was a true help-meet for such a husband. She had counted the cost of the stormy lot before her, and her very presence seemed to bring sunshine with it for those under her influence. Strengthened by these additions to their forces, Mr. Marsden determined to found a new station on the south side of the Bay of Islands, in a beautiful spot at Paihia. About 300 acres of level ground were sheltered by an amphitheatre of wooded and fern-clad hills, whilst a hard sandy beach in front led down to the sea. Three small rocky islands, mantled with foliage, stood near the shore, greatly adding to the beauty of the prospect, while protecting the landing-place from the violence of the waves. Here then they set to work; ranges of houses (made of rushes) were hastily constructed for their own homes, and the protection of their supplies; native labourers were employed to help clear the ground, and fence in enclosures for planting and their cattle; crops were sown, and boys and girls taken into the family for training. So far, all seemed hopeful, but the new-comers were not to escape the peculiar trials and difficulties which had beset their brethren both at Rangi-hona and Keri-keri. The favourable impression made at first starting upon the natives wore off, and they also began to assume an insolent bearing in their dealings with the white men, and to betray their thieving propensities. Very fond of visiting the station, they seemed to covet whatever they set eyes on, quite apart from the question of whether it would actually be of use to them or not, and the ample folds of the large vests in which they were gracefully enveloped afforded easy concealment of the articles upon which they laid hands. The missionaries soon found they must watch every single visitor unceasingly, from the time he entered their PROCESS OF TATTOOING, NEW ZEALAND. premises until he left; and even with all their vigilance, ropes, brooms, tools, knives, blankets, and wearing apparel were constantly disappearing. An iron pot, the pendulum of the clock, part of the stove, and even books and papers were run off with. Miss Tucker somewhat quaintly tells us that, "Two volumes of Milner's 'Church History' met with a fate little anticipated by their writer, of being converted into New Zealand cartridges ! Want of proper food became a trial at Paihia as it had been elsewhere. There was an abundance of pigs and potatoes all around, but these were only to be had in exchange for ammunition, and at one time the only animal food they could get was American salt beef, absolutely uneatable by any who had not the strongest constitutions. Their turkeys and fowls had all been carried off. At another, they were reduced to a supply of flour several years old, and so musty and offensive that they could scarcely keep it in the house. The produce of their gardens and fields had been wantonly destroyed by the natives. Nor were their goods always quietly removed. On various occasions the neighbouring chiefs came with bodies of armed men to seize all they could get. With loud and angry voices, uttering wild threats as to what they would do if their demand were not complied with, they required admittance, showering furious blows upon the fencing, and often leaping it and forcing their way in, while they brandished their spears and hatchets with savage gesticulations. There was no part of their slight dwelling to which Mrs. Williams and her four helpless little ones could retire for safety. It was then that her husband's dauntless courage and cool self-possession proved, humanly speaking, the protection of his family. He met the invaders unarmed, even with a stick, and after reasoning with and protesting against their cowardice in thus attacking the defenceless, ordered his workmen, both European and native, to turn them out. His men, like their master, were entirely weaponless, but after some struggle they invariably succeeded in overcoming and getting rid of their invaders. As this happened on several occasions, Mr. Williams at last determined upon more decisive measures. He sent to the leaders, saying that if the stolen goods were not restored within three days, and a stop put to the marauders, he should not remain at Paihia, but remove to a better neighbourhood. This had the desired effect: the property was restored, and from that time the Mission premises were left comparatively unmolested. But the difficulty of procuring proper food remained, and needed the adoption of some other remedy. It had long been felt that the possession of a small vessel by the missionary band, which could bring supplies from Port Jackson, and facilitate communication between the stations, would be most desirable. But the Society's money could not be spared for the purchase of such a ship, and to build one without a dock or shipwrights seemed a despairing project. Mr. Williams, however, was not to be daunted. We have said that he had been in the Navy, and that Mr. W. Hall, one of the first brave pioneer band, had some knowledge of ship carpentering. Between these two, assisted by their two mechanics and some native workmen, the keel of their vessel was laid in July, 1824, and after eighteen months' hard labour it was completed, of 55 tons burden; "small enough to run up the many creeks and rivers of the Islands, and large enough to cross the ocean to Port Jackson." One can imagine the interest and excitement of the launching, which took place January 24th, 1826. A thousand natives, in their picturesque costumes, assembled to witness it; the sea seemed alive with numberless canoes, and boats from the whaling ships in the bay, and the little Herald herself was gaily decorated with flags. good missionary's heart beat fast with hope and anxiety as the stays were knocked away, and the object of so many prayers and efforts glided smoothly and beautifully into the water. It seemed a gracious token of future blessing, that as they stood in for Port Jackson, which was their first destination, they met Mr. Marsden on his way to Paihia, with the Rev. W. Williams, our hero's brother both by kinship and in the work. Together they joyfully returned to their station, and arriving on Easter Eve, March 26th, were gladdened the following day by the brightest services and largest congregations that had ever yet rejoiced their hearts. The It is a significant fact, that the Brompton, in which Mr. Marsden returned, was unfortunately wrecked by going on the reef which now bears its name. It sailed on the Sabbath, which both surprised and alarmed several chiefs who were on board. They said, "You have taught us not to sail our canoes on the sacred day. Your God has ordered the ship to rest, then let it rest; if your God be like the New Zealand god, He will kill the ship; if your ship should die, you must not blame our god for killing it." The kindness of the natives into whose hands they fell, both to the shipwrecked veteran missionary and his companions, was however, overruled of God to the furtherance of the work. A Hindu Mother's Influence. HE urgent need of extending missionary work among the women of all classes in India is painfully illustrated in many cases. Of such is the following: An educated Hindu gentleman in good practice at Mîrat as a homoeopathic doctor, after being a sincere seeker after truth for ten years, ever since he was a student in the C.M.S. Cathedral Mission College at Calcutta, was at length fully convinced that Christ was the one only Saviour for him, but several times drew back from baptism in consequence of the bitter opposition and distress of his mother. At last, during her absence on a visit, he made up his mind to take up the cross boldly; but the very day before his intended baptism, of which she had heard by telegraph, she came back, and again her lamentations prevailed. But though he yielded, his di-tress was so great that he gave up his practice, and went right away to Kashmir. OVER THE WATER. BY EVELYN R. GARBATT. CHAPTER VI.-THE MISSIONARY MEETING. T was with a beating heart that Sasie Ogilvie made her way to Mr. North's room the following day. Mrs. Caston shook her head ominously in reply to Sasie's question as to how her lodger was. "The doctor he 's just been, miss, and he don't think much of him, I fear. It seems to me, miss, as if he was slowly sinking, no strength, no appetite, no nothing, and he wanders that much that it makes me feel quite bad. It would be a mercy if he was taken, as I said to my husband this morning. It isn't, you see, miss, as if he'd any near relatives to mourn his loss, but he's just one alone, as you may say; and between you and me, miss, I hope for all of our sakes his illness won't be a lingering one, for it is almost more than I can manage. Jessie and I have to be always running in and out to see how he fares, poor old gentleman, and what with the shop and my home duties I don't know which way to turn." "May I see him ?" asked Sasie, but even now she half hoped that Mrs. Caston would say he had better be kept quiet, as she dreaded the interview; but Mrs. Caston immediately began to lead the way upstairs, saying, "Come up, by all means, miss; he don't have many people to see him. Mr. Lancaster is about the most regular visitor that he has." The blind was half-way down and the fire low when they entered, so that Sasie found it difficult at first to distinguish the different objects in the room; but when her eyes grew accustomed to the light, she saw her old friend lying with closed eyes on a couch by the window. "Here's a young lady come to see you, sir-Miss Ogilvie," said Mrs. Caston, bending over him, and then, as his eyes slowly opened, she put a chair for Sasie, and left the room, but Sasie knelt down by the sofa and put her hand on.his, without speaking; she felt she could not speak. Mr. North's eyes roamed over her face, but there was no sign of recognition on his part. "Too late," thought Sasie, sorrowfully. "I can give him no pleasure now; he does not even know me." "I am Sasie," she said softly; "Sasie Ogilvie; don't you remember me?" "Sasie? where have I heard that name ? Sasie? ah! but no, it can't be her-too dark a place for her. No sunshine, or birds, or flowers." Then shutting his eyes he murmured-"Birds over the water, Gracie, and flowers, and souls, did you say? eh, eh, and souls!" Sasie sat by with trembling lips and dimmed eyes, stroking his hand. Suddenly he opened his eyes again. "Sasie, did you say? Nay, but the sunshine and the birds, and the pretty hair; it's too dark for that, she can't be here." A thought struck Sasie. Rising from her seat she softly drew up the blind. The winter sun struggling through the clouds shone down upon her bright hair and girlish face as she stood a moment before him. A strange smile flitted across the old man's face as he shaded his eyes with his hand and looked at her. "Thank God!" he murmured. "It is my little bit of sunshine." Sasie did not know how long she stayed in that room, but finally left him in a quiet sleep, with the bunch of violets which she had brought him in his hand. The doctor pronounced Mr. North better the following day. Sasie went regularly to see him after this; no trouble seemed too great for her to take for him. Her music and reading societies were no longer her first thought, although she by no means neglected them. Her family felt the difference. "The change won't last long," remarked Mildred, laughing, "Sasie will soon grow weary of reading to old Mr. North every day, just as she gets tired of every other hobby; but it is certainly a blessing to her family that she finds more time to be of use than she did." For Sasie, having found that it was possible to break through the rules she had made for herself as to time, without breaking the rules of her societies, was more at liberty to do what she was wanted for than formerly; in fact her societies fell into their proper places. Old Mr. North was |
