among them, owing to a report having been spread that a person (myself) had come to take them to England, where they would be killed, so that the attendance was less than usual; still there were over thirty, and they entered with lively interest into the animated and fluent explanation of Scripture given by Mrs. Schapira's admirable, amiable, and lady-like worker, Mrs. Jokander. I visited also each of the four schools, finding altogether 137 actually present, sixty-three of whom were Moslems. The scholars repeated in English the hymn," Pass me not, O gentle Saviour," and sang in Arabic, "How sweet the name of Jesus sounds," &c.

JERUSALEM, March 28th. On Easter-day there was an excellent congregation and thirty-eight communicants. I have inspected the Orphanage and Præparandi Institution, and catechised the scholars and young men. I could find little or nothing to criticise, and much to admire-I mean in the arrangements for the two institutions, and in the wonderful acquirements of the pupils.

More than half the children in the Orphanage seemed not only able to speak and read, but to think in English, and poured forth with almost too great volubility the most copious stores of knowledge, on all portions of Scripture and all the doctrines of Christianity, even when I catechised on the Epistle to the Galatians. I never beard in any school in my life, or in any examination, such an amount of head-knowledge exhibited. Still there were traces of their answers having been all learned by rote, so I proceeded to question and cross-question them, and the result showed that they had a considerable amount of intelligent acquaintance with the meaning of what they had been saying, though not so much as appeared on the surface. I am speaking, it must be remembered, of their examination in English; when they were questioned in Arabic, they appeared to answer in a different style altogether, I mean with a perfect comprehension of what they were talking about.

In the Præparandi the instruction is chiefly conducted in Arabic, but as most of the students know English, I was able to examine them also, and the result was most satisfactory.

THE

HENRY WRIGHT" STEAMER.

E are now able to give a sketch, as promised, of the Mission Steamer Henry Wright, the launch of which, on March 10th, has been already mentioned in the GLEANER, and which sailed for East Africa on May 5th. On the day before she started, a small party of friends, including Mrs. Wright and some of her family, assembled on board, in the East India Docks, and held a little prayer-meeting to dedicate the ship to the service of God, and to pray for His gracious care of her on the voyage out, and in years to come upon the African coast. One interesting circumstance was that all the C.M.S. African Missions were represented in the little gathering:-Sierra Leone by the Rev. J. Hamilton, Yoruba and Niger by the Rev. J. B. Wood, Frere Town by Mr. Handford, the Nyanza Mission by Mr. Copplestone and Mrs. Hannington; while Mauritius and the former C.M.S. Mission in Madagascar had their representative also in the Rev. T. Campbell.

The following is a technical description of the steamer :Dimensions: length between perpendiculars, 80 feet; breadth, extreme, 16 feet; depth in

hold, 8 feet 6 inches; draft of water, 7 feet 3 inches. The vessel is composite-built, having iron frames and wood planking, principally of teak, the whole being secured with gunmetal bolts. The bottom is sheathed with pure copper. She has a teak deck, and all the woodwork above water is of that material, to stand the heat of a tropical climate. She is divided into four watertight compartments-the foremost one in case of collision, the next for accommodation of crew (consisting of seven natives and two Europeans); abaft this the machinery and coal; the after compartment being fitted for the accommodation of two ladies

some degree appreciate. What he was in that true simplicity and gentleness of character which he combined with faithful adherence to the truth, and with a power of saying the right thing and doing it, which, as has been remarked before, amounted almost to genius, I shall not here attempt to portray. It must be our care, each of us, to keep alive those sacred memories as an example and an encouragement, to ourselves and to those who shall come after us, to walk as he walked, to work as he worked, and to follow him even as he followed Christ.

It was said on one of the greatest occasions of antiquity, "The illustrious dead have the whole world for their resting-place," and certainly, wherever the Gospel is preached by the agency of the Church Missionary Society throughout the whole world, there the memory of Henry Wright will be always honoured and beloved; but his friends could hardly be satisfied without giving practical expression to their sense of the loss they had sustained, by some tribute of remembrance and affection which should have for its object the active promotion of missionary work. What form their offering should take, and what should be the sphere of its operation, were felt to be questions to be decided by what might be judged to have been his desire. Queen Mary it was who said that when she died "Calais" would be found engraved on her heart; and so we might say it was with Henry Wright in regard to Africa. Africa had been the first object of Church Missionary effort, and to Africa attention was again chiefly directed during the time of his secretariat. In old days it was the West Coast where the work was carried on. Now the discoveries of Livingstone and Stanley, and the increased activity of our cruisers, had turned men's

in a cabin, also a captain's cabin and a saloon. She will be rigged as a schooner.

We think the readers of the GLEANER will like to have Sir John Kennaway's speech at the launch on March 10, which we were unable to give in our April number. He said

I have been requested to give an address on this occasion, but my words must necessarily be few. First because, as you know, tide waits for no man, and next because it would be cruel to detain you under these snowy skies, exposed to blasts that certainly seem to come straight "from Greenland's icy mountains." And indeed it would seem almost unnecessary that anything should be said to-day, when the memories of him whose name that vessel is to bear are so tender and so deep in our hearts, and when we see everywhere in the Missions the fruits of his labours and the evidences of his thoughtful care. But along with all this, the tide of human life runs so fast, and the press of daily work is so absorbing, that it may be well but for a few moments to carry our thoughts back to that sad August day when the Form of the Master came walking over the waters of Coniston Lake, to call to Himself the servant who was spending and being spent in His blessed service. What Henry Wright was to those who knew and loved Him-to the Church Missionary Society-to the cause of Christ and His Church throughout the world-we can in

thoughts to the East Coast. There was the call to Uganda, and the opportunities offered by the settlement of liberated slaves at Frere Town. We all know what has been done there; at what a cost of life the seed has been sown; how in spite of this-yea, rather, how in consequence of it-the fruit is beginning to show; and here then seemed to be the fittest sphere for the memorial of him to whose inception and to whose liberality the work was SO largely due. But what as to the form to be taken? There was this to guide us. It was known that he would not have wished an accumulation of hoarded treasure, but something

which in its entirety should be giving effect and impetus to the carrying on of the work to which he gave his life. The Highland Lassie which Sbergold Smith took out to the East Coast in 1876 was the gilt of Henry Wright and his family, but the Highland Lassie is no longer sufficient for the work, and so the idea was taken up and began to grow which has found expression in that form of beauty about to spring into life which we see before us to-day, and which we hope would best have satisfied bis wishes and his prayers as a means to the great end that " Africa may be won to Christ."

The steamer has cost £5,550, which has all been raised by special gifts, but the Society will have to expend £1,250 in placing her, fully fitted up, at Zanzibar. Of the £5,550 a large part has come in small sums from all parts of the country, and indeed of the world. Sunday-school children, widows, domestic servants, and persons entirely anonymous, have poured in their willing and loving contributions. Will they now pray for the vessel they have helped to provide, that she may be "sanctified, and meet for the Master's use"?

AN

THE MONTH.

N account of the Society's Anniversary appears on another page. Here it may be added that at the Clerical Breakfast which precedes the morning meeting, an impressive address was given by Canon Bell.

ON May 2nd, the morning after the Anniversary, the Rev. F. E. Wigram entertained at breakfast, at Freemasons' Hall, 240 of the Honorary District Secretaries, members of Committee, &c. After breakfast, a very able address was given by the Rev. W. H. Barlow, partly an exposition of Rev. iii. 7—13, and partly dealing with the practical duties of an Hon. District Secretary. The Rev. E. H. Bickersteth and Sir John Kennaway also addressed the meeting.

THE Bishops of Newcastle, Llandaff, and Truro have accepted the office of Vice-President of the Society. The Committee have also appointed as Vice-Presidents the Bishops of Sierra Leone and Tasmania, the Earl of Harrowby, Sir Bartle Frere, G.C.S.I., and George Arbuthnot, Esq.

To fill six vacancies in the list of One Hundred Honorary Governors of the Society for Life the Committee have nominated the following:The Rev. Canon Tristram, Honorary Association Secretary for the Northern District; the Rev. W. Doyle, and G. F. Watts, Esq., Hon. Secretaries of the Manchester Auxiliary; Hugh Evans, Esq., Treasurer of the Liverpool Auxiliary; R. C. Hankinson, Esq., President of the Southampton Auxiliary; and Colonel Channer, for many years a member of the Committee.

THE REV. E. H. Bickersteth has written another earnest letter on the need of "Half as Much Again," and of "Half as Many Again," i.e., of workers for the Missionary cause both at home and abroad. He suggests a "Nine Days' Mission" in various great towns, similar to those now so common for evangelistic purposes, but with the object of systematically setting before the people the claims of the foreign Mission field and the work done there. We earnestly hope that some zealous friends will try this plan, and thus set a pattern for others to follow.

THE usual Day of Intercession service for the C.M.S. Committee and friends was held at St. Dunstan's, Fleet Street, as announced, on May 8th. The Rev. W. Martin (Rector) and the Rev. F. E. Wigram officiated; and the sermon was preached by the Ven. Archdeacon Richardson, on the words, "That your love may abound yet more and more" (Phil. i. 9).

SEVEN Islington students will (D.V.) have been ordained before this number appears, on Trinity Sunday, viz. :-Messrs. J. W. Handford (of East Africa), Tom Harding, Arthur W. Cotton, Thos. Holden, Milnes N. S. Atkinson, John B. Panes, and John W. Tims. All these except Mr. Atkinson, and also Mr. S. Ledward (whose health, we regret to say, prevents his ordination), competed in the Oxford and Cambridge Prelimirary Theological Examination; and all passed, Mr. Ledward and Mr. Panes in the 1st class, the other five in the 2nd class, and none in the 3rd.

THE Rev. A. R. Cavalier, late of the Tamil Cooly Mission, Ceylon, who has been acting for two or three years, while at home, as Organising Secretary of the Indian Female Normal School and Instruction Society, is about to return to the mission field, and has been appointed to Tiunevelly, to work with Bishop Sargent.

THE Society has lost one of its oldest and staunchest friends by the death of the Rev. G. Lea, of Edgbaston, Birmingham. For half a century he bad (with Mrs. Lea) laboured devotedly in its cause. He became Hon. Sec. of the Birmingham Auxiliary in 1860, and was appointed an Hon. Life Governor of the Society in 1868.

Two former C.M.S. missionaries have entered into the rest in the past few weeks, the Rev. John Harding, D.D., Vicar of Martin, Salisbury, who was at Allepie, Travancore, from 1848 to 1854; and Mr. J. Stack, who was in New Zealand from 1833 to 1847.

WE deeply regret to annource the death of Mrs. J. T. Last, of Mamboia, Eastern Central Africa. She received a sunstroke on Feb. 4th, while visiting the villages and talking with the women, and died on March 10th. She will be remembered as the first Englishwoman to

reside so far in the interior of East Africa; and she had been most successful in winning the affections of the people. The loss to the Mission is great, as well as to the bereaved husband. Dr. Baxter writes, "She died in harness; and when her dark sisters think of their 'white mother,' they will be reminded of the heavenly home of which she used to speak, and whither she has gone; and thus thinking of her, God grant that they may be led to long to follow her."

LETTERS have been received from the south end of the Victoria Nyanza to Feb. 14th. Mr. Hannington had been very ill again, and at last, to his deep regret, had felt it right to start homeward. Mr. Gordon was at Kagei, and Mr. Ashe and Mr. Wise at Msalala (west of Jordan's Nullah), but the two latter were about to move also to Kagei, and then Mr. Ashe proposed crossing the Lake to Uganda. Mr. Stokes and Mr. Copplestone have arrived in England.

BISHOP INGHAM landed at Sierra Leone on March 17th, and was most kindly received by Governor Havelock at Government House. The Bishop writes:-"Mrs. Ingham and I are agreeably surprised at everything, so far as that which is outward and visible goes. The foliage is lovely; the heat does not overpower us; we have throughout the day most delicious breezes." The installation of the Bishop took place in the Cathedral on Easter Tuesday. The Governor ordered all public offices to be closed, and was himself present, as were no less than twenty Native clergymen and an immense congregation. The Bishop preached, taking two texts, St. John xvii. 21, "That they all may be one," and Eph. iv 3, "Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace." Afterwards he entertained the clergy at luncheon at the West Africa Hotel, at the close of which an address of welcome was presented to him. THE Government Census of India, of 1881, the results of which are in course of publication, has again, like the partial Census of 1871, been a surprise to those who disbelieve or doubt the progress of Christianity in India. A leading London daily newspaper says, "It was not supposed that the Christian population of India was so large as it is now shown, or that it exceeded in number the warlike race (the Sikhs of the Panjab) which fought so good a fight against our own army less than forty years back." The total number is given by the Census as 1,862,634. This, however, includes the European population, and the Syrian Church of Travancore, and the Native Romanists (who are mostly the descendants of the converts of two centuries ago). These three classes account for nearly three-fourths of the whole. The details are not yet published; but the number of Native Protestant Christians, who are the real result of the Missions of this century, has meanwhile (as already stated in the GLEANER) been separately ascertained by the returns for the Decennial Missionary Conference lately held at Calcutta. The figures are, India proper, 417,372; Burma, 75,510; Ceylon, 35,708; total, 528,590. The rate of increase in the last decade, in India proper, 86 per cent., is now shown by a comparison with the Census, to be fifteen times the rate of general increase in the population. The communicants have advanced at a still higher rate, 114 per cent.

Mrs. THOMAS, the widow of that much-blessed missionary, the Rev. John Thomas, of Tinnevelly, still resides at the important Christian village which was his head-quarters for thirty years, Mengnanapuram, and where he built his great church, known as "The Glory of South India." She and her daughter carry on the Elliott Tuxford Girls' Boarding School, in which there are ninety-seven Christian girls. Of former pupils, seventy are engaged as schoolmistresses and Bible-women in various parts of Tinnevelly, and 136 are wives of pastors, catechists, and schoolmasters. Thus a really great work has been quietly carried on through many years, with manifest tokens of God's blessing. "We "that many of the girls meet in their know," writes Mrs. Thomas, recreation hour, for united prayer, and to study God's Word together."

C. S. M. suggests that the coloured Diagram of the Population of the World which appears on the new Collecting Card should be printed in the form of a Map of the World. If he will refer to the GLEANER for April, 18×2, he will find, in the description of the Map there given, good reasons why the plan would be misleading.

RECEIVED.-B. J. C., Proceeds of Missionary Box on Hall Table at Moyola Lodge, Castle Dawson, 16s.

N. M. 4th

MISSIONARY ALMANACK.

3.4 p.m. F. Qr. 12th.. 7.49 a.m.

Fuly.

THE JUSTICE OF GOD.

F. M. 20th.... 3.21 a.m. L. Qr. 27th ..12.13 a.m.

1S 6th aft. Trin. Justice and judgment are the habitation of Thy [throne, Ps. 89. 14. M. 2 Sam. 1. Ac. 9. 23. E. 2 Sam. 12. 1–24, or 18. 1 Jo. 4. 7. 2 M Nyanza Miss. recd. by Mtesa, '77. But God is the judge, Ps. 75.7. He is the Governor among the nations, Ps. 22. 28.

4 W Verily He is a God that judgeth in the earth, Ps. 58. 11.

5 T Judgeth according to every man's work, 1 Pet. 1. 17.

F Whose works are truth, and His ways judgment, Dan. 4. 37.

7 S Every morning doth He bring His judgment to light, Zeph. 3. 5.

8 S 7th aft. Trin. Thy judgments are a great deep, Ps. 36. 6.

M. 1 Chr. 21. Ac. 14. E. 1 Chr. 22, or 28. 1-21. Matt. 3.

9 M Thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, Ps. 39. 11.

10 T God shall judge the secrets of men, Rom. 2. 16.

11 W Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished, 12 TA just God and a Saviour, Is. 45. 21. [Pro. 11. 21.

13 F He is just, and having salvation, Zech. 9. 9.

14 S Just, and the justifier of Him that believeth in Jesus, Ro. 3. 26.

15 S 8th aft. Trin. The righteous Lord loveth righteousness, Ps. 11. 7. M. 1 Chr. 23. 9-29. Ac. 18. 24 to 19. 21. E. 2 Chr. 1, or 1 Ki. 3. Matt. 7. 7. 16 M Thou art just in all that is brought upon us, Neh. 9. 33. 17 T The Lord our God is righteous in all His works which He doeth, 18 W Just and right is He, Den. 32. 4. [Dan. 9. 14. 19 T Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap, Gal. 6. 7. 20 F Are not my ways equal? Ez. 18. 29. [Ps. 18. 30. 21 S Mungo Park disc. R. Niger, 1796. As for God, His way is perfect, [Rev. 15. 3. 22 S 9th. aft. Trin. Just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of saints, M. 1 Ki. 10. 1-25. Ac. 22. 23 to 25. 12. E. 1 Ki. 11. 1–15, or 11. 26. Matt. 11. 23 M Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? Gen. 18. 25. 24 T Mine arms shall judge the people, Is. 51. 5. [God, Ps. 43. 1. 25 W St. James. Bps. Speechly and Ridley consec., 1879. Judge me, O 26 T 1st Tsimshean bapt., 1861. Faithful and just to forgive, 1 Jo. 1. 9. 27 F Niger Miss. beg., 1857. He shall bring forth judgment to the 28 S His reward is with Him, Is. 40. 10. [Gentiles, Is. 42. 1. [which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me, 2 Tim. 4.8. 29 S 10th aft. Trin. Wilberforce d., 1833. A crown of righteousness,

M. 1 Ki. 12. Ac. 28. 1-17. B. 1 Ki. 13 or 17. Matt. 15. 1-21.

30 M Behold, the Judge standeth before the door, Jas. 5. 9. 31 T Found. Stone C.M. College laid, 1826. Rejoice, for He cometh to [judge the earth, Ps. 96. 13.

MORE JERSEY BREEZES.

VI.-Our Disappointments.

But the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee."

Deut. xxiii. 5.

GOOD man once sought to teach his child the nature of a cross. Pausing, as they walked hand in hand through the leafy forest, he laid one slender twig athwart another. "See, my son," said he to his wondering boy, "if, through life, you lay your will alongside of God's will all must go smoothly with you; but directly you lay your own wishes across the appointments of your heavenly Father you will find a cross to bear." Perhaps this simple lesson may help us children of a larger growth to the right understanding of some things that now come upon us hardly. May it prove powerful to instruct us as to the true beauty and harmony of a consecrated life.

And first, concerning the sad word "Disappointment." Its very utterance grieves the heart, and seems to strike the knell of earthly bliss. Yet, to dis-appoint is merely to dis-arrange, and implies an unseen hand disposing every event that can befall the children of God. We are assured that "all" things shall "work together" for their good, and the idea of "working" together excludes foolish notions of settling down to rest. Do we know enough of His wisdom and foresight to trust Him? What say the changeful years of His goodness and mercy? When He alters our plans and traces our path in an opposite direction, He is only preparing us some glad surprise, for which

we shall look up and thank Him. Oh, for the perfect work of patience for strength of soul to tarry the Lord's leisure! Once we have resigned ourselves to the guidance of God, let us rest in His love. He will hold our weak hand within His strong one all the way to Zion, and pleasant will be the journey in the quiet soul-trust of obedience to a beloved Ruler and Guide. He who hath made and fashioned us alone can tell when it is for our true interest to say "No," and when it is indispensable to say "Yes." And with Him disappointment is unknown. Such a regretful and misapplied term must be both grieving and dishonouring to our great and good Helper in every time of need. Alas! He must often look with unutterable compassion on us who call ourselves Christians, and whisper sorrowfully, "Where is your faith?" It well becomes us to humble our hearts before Him, and, by a fresh act of devotion, to resign ourselves into Hist keeping.

Instances will crowd into the memory where, had we been given our heart's desire, its fulfilment would have brought gall and wormwood where we fondly fancied sweetness. Let us lay

our plans, along with our powers, in the testing crucible of the Great Physician. Work awaits all the willing. But the time and place and nature of that work depend not on our appointment. For some of us, eager to go forth to labour, the Missionfield may narrow down to the compass of a sick-bed, and all our Gospel be preached from the patient lips of sanctified suffering. Or, again, we may imagine our talent to lie just where our tastes selfishly centre, and we may be shown that our energies are to be called forth amid scenes and circumstances whose anticipation would have struck us with despair. Perhaps we possess zeal and power, and we delight to spend and be spent for the Master. We are important in our little sphere of prosperous activity; and, to the outward eye, all this running to and fro seems highly to be praised. Let us beware. How do we bear the truer test of being set aside and not missed; of being detained from going up to the beloved courts of the Lord; of being thwarted here, and prevented there? It is by our demeanour under the tiny daily crosses that we prove the depth and value of our faith. Let us be careful to preserve unsullied the bright gold of loving trust. Let us habitually lay our wills beside His, and our crosses will vanish.

These thoughts may meet the eye of some who are going heavily oppressed with a sense of having missed their aim. But who would rashly accuse the Lord of failure? Is He blind, because our poor sight is holden ? "He knows best" is the true balm of Gilead for our wounded spirits. Let there be no secret regret. We cast from our hearts and tones the mischievous idea of "Disappointment." All that comes to the Lord's bidden ones must be fair, fresh, and prosperous. His Word will always accomplish that which He pleases, and who that loves Him would wish it otherwise? A. M. V.

THE KASHMIR MEDICAL MISSION.

BY THE REV. J. S. DOXEY.

HE name of Kashmir is familiar to us from the beautiful shawls and other woven materials manufactured there, and a year or two ago we all heard of the dreadful famine which raged amongst its inhabitants. A glance at the map shows us that the Valley of Kashmir is to the north of Hindustan. It lies at a height of 5,350 feet above the level of the sea, and is about 60 miles long and 20 broad. On all sides it is shut in by the lofty Himalayan mountains, some of whose peaks are more than

15,000 feet high. The waters of the Jhelum flow in a westerly direction through the valley, on their way to the Panjab. Srinagar, the capital of Kashmir, is in the centre, and occupies, for about two miles, both sides of the river.

The streets of Srinagar, if so they may be called, are narrow, roughly paved, and at all times very dirty. Wheeled vehicles are unknown, but boats take their place. The houses, generally built of wood, and for the most part very rickety and dilapidated, are built on the banks of the river. On the Ghats leading to the river the whole population seem to be always congregated. Here may be seen, all day long, Pandits performing their ablutions and puja (worship), or Mohammedans, after the strictest manner of the Pharisees, saying their prayers. Srinagar is said to contain about 120,000 inhabitants, or one-third of the population of the valley.

Speaking generally, the Kashmiris are a fine race of peopleperhaps the finest in this part of Asia. The men, with the exception of the shawl and carpet weavers, who are easily distinguished by their leanness and sallow complexions, are tall and strong, with Jewish features. The bulk of the inhabitants are Mohammedans, the Hindus forming only about one-seventh of the population. The Maharajah belonging himself to a sect of the Hindus, these latter are undoubtedly the favoured class in Kashmir. The dress for the most part consists of one long loose woollen or cotton garment coming down to below the knees. The sleeves of this garment are wide, so that the arms can be easily taken out and placed inside. Their clothes are as a rule exceedingly filthy, and this is often the cause of their numerous diseases. In character the Kashmiris have some good qualities, but these are far outnumbered by their failings and faults. They are clever, ingenious, talkative, and cheerful in disposition, but their ignorance and selfishness, and their intriguing, false, and dishonest qualities, have made them proverbial amongst other people. To tell a lie and

there were turned towards Kashmir. Occasional missionary efforts by agents of the Society visiting the Valley were commenced about 1854, but it was in 1864 that Dr. Elmslie was sent out as a medical missionary. In the spring of 1865 he commenced operations, and though he met with opposition and difficulties, for four successive summers he ministered to the wants of the poor Kashmiris, who at the same time had the privilege of hearing the Gospel of Jesus Christ in their own. tongue from a Kashmiri catechist who accompanied him. After the death of Dr. Elmslie in 1872, the Rev. T. V. French, now the Bishop of Lahore, and the Rev. T. R. Wade paid a visit to Kashmir, when they distributed simple medicines and proclaimed the Gospel of the Saviour. In 1874, Dr. Maxwell arrived, and for two summers he laboured earnestly and zealously in his Master's service, until at last his health broke down and reluctantly he was obliged to return to England. In 1876, once

deceive is thought nothing of by them. Though manly in appearance they are great cowards, and when threatened by their superiors in any way cry and act after the manner of children. For centuries the country has been the coveted prize of kings and emperors. In late years Moghuls, Pathans, Sikhs, and Hindus in turn have conquered and oppressed the people, until every vestige of manliness has been taken out of them. In this matter, sad to say, our hands as English people are not clean, for when we became possessors of it we sold, actually sold, the country into the hands of its present possessors-sold the country with all its inhabitants into little less than slavery.

Such is the country and such are the people of Kashmir, where our Society, through its agents, is now working.

As Kashmir is on the high-road to Central Asia, to which it is hoped our Missions may at some time extend, no sooner had Missions been founded in the Panjab than the eyes of our friends

more the Rev. T. R. Wade, this time accompanied by the Rev. John Williams, the Native medical missionary now at Tank, visited Kashmir to carry on the work as best they could.

In 1877, Dr. Downes arrived to take up the work in Kashmir, and it is well known how for six years he has, through famine and pestilence, and in the midst of difficulties and opposition, laboured to heal the bodies and instruct the souls of the poor Kashmiris. Dr. and Mrs. Downes will not be forgotten. On the occasion of their leaving it was a pleasing sight to see, at a large meeting within the precincts of the hospital, representatives of different classes of natives expressing their gratitude and parting regrets to both of them.

The present medical missionary is Dr. Arthur Neve, to whom we hope the Lord may grant abundant success both in his medical and spiritual labours, and that he may be privileged to see some of the fruits of the seed which has been sown by the various missionaries who have preceded him, and his own work prospered of God.

In Dr. Maxwell's time a hospital building was erected, containing dispensary, operating and other rooms, and accommodation for about twenty in-patients. Through Dr. Downes' exertions this has been enlarged and added to, so that as many as 120 in-patients have been receiving treatment at one time. There are separate wards for Hindus, Mussulmans, and the women, and now Dr. Neve is having a separate place built for the lepers, of whom there are a great number in Kashmir.