1 S St. Philip & St. James. I have given unto them the words which [Thou gavest Me. John 17. 8. 2 S 5th aft. Easter. Rog. Sun. Ask, and it shall be given you. Mat. 7. 7. M. Deut. 6. Luke 22.1-31. E. Deut. 9 or 10. Col. 3. 18, to 4. 7. [gation. Ps.35.18. 3 M C.M.S. Ann. Serm. I will give Thee thanks in the great congre4 T C.M.S. Ann. Meetings. Not unto us, but unto Thy Name give 5 W We will give ourselves to prayer. Acts 6. 4. [glory. Ps. 115. 1. 6 T Ascension Day. All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth. M. Dan. 7. 9-15. Luke 24. 44. E. 2 Kings 2. 1-16. Heb. 4. [Matt. 28. 18. 7 F Given Him a name which is above every name. Phil. 2. 9. 8 S Frere Town Estate bought, 1875. I shall give Thee the heathen [for Thine inheritance. Ps. 2. 8. -9 S Sun. aft. Ascension. He shall give you another Comforter. John 14.16.

M. Deut. 30. John 1. 1-29. E. Deut. 34, or Jos. 1. 2 Thess. 1. 10 M Indian Mutiny began, 1857. Great deliverance giveth He. Ps. 18.50. 11 T Bp. Gobat died, 1879. He giveth His beloved sleep. Ps. 127. 2. 12 W Give ye them to eat. Matt. 14. 16.

13 T Such as I have give I thee. Acts 3. 6. [you the city. Josh. 6. 16. 14 F Russell and Cobbold reached Ningpo, 1818. The Lord hath given 15 S 1st Santal convert bapt.,1864. God that giveth the increase. 1 Cor.3.7. [Ghost which is given unto us. Rom. 5. 5. 16 S Whit Sunday. Ember Wk. Gen. Alexander d., 1879. The Holy 17 M How much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit. 18 T A new heart also will I give you. Ezek. 36. 26. [Lu. 11. 13. 19 W My son, give Me thine heart. Prov. 23. 26. 20 T Give us day by day our daily bread. Lu. 11.3. [Lord. Ru. 2. 12. 21 F Hinderer visited Ibadan, 1851. A full reward be given thee of the 22 S 1st Maori ord., 1853. He giveth more grace. Jas 4. 6. [which art, and wast, and art to come. Rev. 11. 17. 23 S Trinity Sunday. We give Thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty,

M. Deut. 16. 1-18. Rom. 8. 1-18. E. Is. 11, or Ezek. 36 25. Gal. 5.16, or Ac. 18.24 to 19.21.

M. Is. 6. 1-11. Rev. 1. 1-9. E. Gen. 18, or 1. 1 to 2.4. Eph. 4. 1-17, or Matt. 3.

24 M Thou hast given a banner to them that fear Thee. Ps. 60. 4. 25 T He giveth power to the faint. Is. 40. 29.

26 W He that giveth, let him do it with simplicity. Rom. 12. 8. 27 T Giving no offence in anything. 2 Cor. 6. 3.

28 F Metlakahtla founded, 1862. In this place will I give peace. IIag. 2.9. 29 S Not as the world giveth, give I unto you. John 14. 27.

30 S 1st aft. Trin. Freely ye have received, freely give. Matt. 10. 8. 31 M It is more blessed to give than to receive. Acts 20. 35.

M. Josh. 3. 7 to 4. 15. John 11. 47, to 12.20. E. Josh. 5. 13 to 6. 21, or 21. Heb. 6.

NOTES.

"GIVE" is a word peculiarly appropriate to a month in which, this year, fall Ascension Day and Whit Sunday. To "receive gifts for men was one purpose of the Ascension; and the great gift that followed was given on the Day of Pentecost (see texts for 9th, 16th, and 17th). But, first, the Ascended Lord had gifts for Himself, as we learn from the three great missionary texts appointed for May 6th, 7th, and 8th.

On May 23rd, too, comes Trinity Sunday. We might well think on that day also of the gifts of our Triune God; and our text suggests what we on our part can give in return, thanks-giving.

The month of May also brings our great missionary anniversaries. Thanks-giving is again suggested by our text for the day of the C.M.S. Sermon, "thanks in the great congregation "- -a great one indeed! And similar is the thought for the day of the Meeting, when the year's work is reported. Reported to the praise of whom? "Not unto us but unto Thy Name give glory." On the day of the Meeting, being the Tuesday before Ascension Day, falls this year the Day of Intercession, texts suitable for which are allotted to the preceding Sunday ("Rogation," or asking Sunday) and the succeeding Wednesday: "Ask, and it shall be given you"-" We give ourselves unto prayer.”

The missionary events of May, too, suggest God's gifts. The first messengers of the Gospel enter a great Chinese city (14th)-" The Lord hath given you the city." Three years after, a populous African town is first visited by a devoted missionary (21st)—“ a full reward be given thee of the Lord"-as it was! Two years more, and the first Maori clergyman is ordained (22nd)" He giveth more grace." Nine years pass away, and the far-famed Christian village of the distant West is founded (28th) — "In this place will I give peace' -a promise most truly fulfilled! Again two years, and a despised race in India yields its first convert (15th)"God giveth the increase." Come to last year, and a venerable missionary Bishop goes to his rest (11th)-"So He giveth His beloved sleep."

Not yet are His gifts all enumerated. Let us not forget His "words" (1st), His "deliverance" (10th), the "new heart" (18th), "daily bread" (20th), a banner" (24th), "power to the faint" (25th); and of all He truly says, "Not as the world giveth, give I unto you!

And then we must give. See 12th, 13th, 19th, 26th, 27th, 30th, 31st.

EPITOME OF MISSIONARY NEWS. The Annual C.M.S. Sermon will (D.V.) be preached at St. Bride's, on Monday evening, May 3rd, by the Bishop of Rochester. The Annual Meetings will be held in Exeter Hall on Tuesday, the 4th. The Earl of Chichester will preside in the morning, and Mr. Stevenson A. Blackwood in the evening; and it is hoped that among the speakers will be one of the Bishops (at least), the Bishop-designate of Liverpool (Mr. Ryle), Archdeacon Kirkby, and the Revs. A. E. Moule (Hang-chow), J. R. Wolfe (Fuh-chow), C. T. Wilson (Nyanza), C. F. Warren (Japan), &c.

The Day of Intercession for Foreign Missions, fixed by the Archbishops and Bishops for the Tuesday before Ascension Day, falls this year on the day of the C.M.S. anniversary. As it may be kept any time within "seven days after," the Society proposes to observe the following Tuesday, May 11th. Papers for distribution can be had at the C.M. House.

The Centenary of Christianity in Tinnevelly was celebrated at Palamcotta on Jan. 20th. The Bishop of Madras, Bishops Caldwell and Sargent, and about eighty Native clergy (C.M.S. and S.P.G.), were present. We hope to give a further account next month.

We regret to hear of the death of the Rev. Joseph Cornelius, one of the ablest of the C.M.S. Native Tamil clergy in South India. He was mentioned in Mr. Meadows's articles in last year's GLEANER as a catechist in Tinnevelly in 1854. He was ordained, with Mr. Satthianadhan, in 1859. Latterly he had been engaged at Madras, superintending the Society's vernacular schools there. He was the translator of the S.P.C.K. Commentary on the Gospels into Tamil.

On Feb. 1st, the Bishop of Saskatchewan ordained Mr. John Sinclair, the Society's catechist (of mixed descent, we think) at the Stanley station on English River, to which station he is now re-appointed. Ten years ago he was a student under the Bishop (then Archdeacon McLean) at St. John's College, Manitoba.

On December 18th-21st, the Bishops of Calcutta and Bombay visited the C.M.S. Mission at Nasik, with the Christian village of Sharanpur, where Livingstone's "Nasik boys were trained. Bishop Mylne confirmed 44 candidates, and 120 Native Christians afterwards joined at the Lord's Supper.

Archdeacon Henry Johnson has sent an interesting report of his work at Breadfruit Church, Lagos, from Jan., 1877, when he took it over from the Rev. James Johnson, to Oct., 1879, when he left it to remove to his new sphere on the Niger. The congregation consists of about 800 Native Christians, of whom one-half are communicants. On Easter Day last year 343 persons communicated. During the three years no less than £3,412 was contributed for various Church objects, the greater part from the congregation itself. There is a large band of lay helpers; and nearly 500 children are in the schools.

The C.M.S. Mission at Hang-chow is now fifteen years old. For the first ten years the number of converts baptized averaged three a year; for the last five years they have averaged thirty-four a year.

The Frances Ridley Havergal Church Missionary Memorial Fund (see GLEANER of Sept. last) now amounts to above £2,000, a sum contributed in eight months by no less than twelve thousand contributors. "Many of the letters," write the Rev. C. Bullock and Mr. C. Douglas Fox, Hon. Sec. and Treasurer of the Fund, "indicate that even the smallest offerings have cost the givers something, and are literally expressions of heart gratitude to the sweet singer who stimulated so many to the consecrated life." The fund is still open.

The Rev. C. C. McArthur, formerly C.M.S. missionary in Ceylon, and for the last thirteen years the Society's Association Secretary in Norfolk, has been presented by Mrs. Burroughes, of Burlingham Hall, to the valuable living of Burlingham St. Andrew with Burlingham St. Peter, in the county of Norfolk. This is the third benefice to which Mr. McArthur has been presented by friends of the Society. On his return from Ceylon he was appointed to Trimingham by Mr. T. Fowell Buxton, and afterwards to Fishley by Miss Edwards of Hardingham. These are examples of the exercise of patronage which might be followed with advantage elsewhere. No men deserve to be remembered in this way more than returned missionaries. We are glad to hear that Mr. McArthur's new sphere of labour will still permit him to give his valuable services to the Church Missionary cause in Norfolk.

Topics for Thanksgiving and Prayer.

THANKSGIVING for the completion of the Deficiency Fund, and for the generous gifts from rich and poor, by which it was made up (p. 49). Thanksgiving for the converts mentioned by Mr. Allcock and Mr. Satthianadhan (pp. 56, 57).

Prayer for Mr. Peck and the Esquimaux during this month of May, as specially requested (p. 58).

Prayer for a blessing on the approaching Anniversary.

*** "Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters." The sender of this text is requested to look at page 49. It was received too late for notice last month. Communications received after the 10th of the month always have to wait.

THE EIGHTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. ELDOM, if ever, has the Church Missionary Society held so bright and animating a gathering of its friends as this Eighty-first Anniversary. Rarely has so overflowing an assembly come together; rarely have the proceedings been followed with such unflagging interest; rarely has such unmistakable heartiness in the great cause been manifested; rarely have such signal mercies from the Fountain of all good had to be reported. Six years ago, at the meeting of 1874-the first meeting described in these pages, in the year which saw the beginning of the present epoch of enlarged resources and expanding work-the Bishop of Ripon began his speech with the words, "A joyful and a pleasant thing it is to be thankful;" and these words might well have been the motto of this year's gathering. Not less appropriate, however, were those of the Psalm (126th) read at the meeting "The Lord hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad."

Three especial causes of thankfulness may be here mentioned. First, the satisfactory financial position. Not only has last year's deficit of £24,758 been paid off (as we stated last month), but the Deficiency Fund raised for that purpose actually amounted to £27,015, leaving £2,257 to the good; while the Ordinary Income of the year was no less than £194,708, or £14,000 more than 1878-9, and larger than any other year, except 1873-4, which was exceptional in many ways. There have been no large special funds this year (except for the Deficiency), and yet the total sum paid to the Society in cash, £221,723, is the largest ever known, except once, in 1877-8, when many thousands for famine relief in India and China helped to swell the figures. But has it sufficed for the Society's needs? Almost. The ordinary income has just covered the ordinary expenditure; and although certain payments on accounts hitherto regarded as special have had to be added, these, after allowing for the surplus on the Deficiency Fund, have only caused a small nett balance against the Society of £3,342.

Then, secondly, the cloud which has so long hung over the Ceylon Mission seems at last to have lifted. The result of the kindly interposition of the Archbishops of Canterbury and York and the Bishops of London, Durham, and Winchester, has been that the Bishop of Colombo, after some further negotiations with the C.M.S. Committee, has recognised the Society's right to carry on its work in the island on the lines indicated by the five Prelates (which are in all essential points the lines it has always worked on), and has agreed to license and ordain its missionaries without the tests which, misunderstanding the Society's action, he had previously required. The Committee have cordially acknowledged the courtesy of the Bishop in these negotiations; and as much will now depend on the spirit in which the arrangements agreed upon are carried out, they ask for prayer that to all concerned "there may be vouchsafed an abundant measure of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."

Thirdly, it has been a great matter for thankfulness to see Mr. Wilson, Mr. Felkin, and the Waganda chiefs safe in England after their ten months' journey from Mtesa's capital. The presence of the chiefs at the meeting, heathen though they be, was a token that God had prospered our way in the effort to carry the Gospel to a land never heard of until seventeen years ago, and a pledge that, in His own good time, that effort shall assuredly be crowned with success. Of these interesting visitors we say more in another column.

A fourth reason for thankfulness might well be added-only

that there is nothing exceptional in it-namely, the blessing that has been abundantly vouchsafed to almost every Mission. Bright news is communicated in the Annual Report from all parts of the field-from Africa, West and East-from India, North, West, and South-from Ceylon-from China, East, South-east, and South-from Japan-from Hudson's Bay in the Far North of America and Metlakahtla in the Far West. But this news the GLEANER gives month by month, and it need not be repeated here.

A word or two on the Anniversary itself must suffice. The Bishop of Rochester, in his sermon at St. Bride's on the Monday evening, taking our Lord's words to the weeping friends of Lazarus, "Take ye away the stone," dwelt upon (1) the grave— heathendom, (2) the stone-heathen customs and prejudices, (3) the duty-a duty which the Lord lays upon His people that they may be workers together with Him in the work which he alone can effectually accomplish, the giving life to the spiritually dead. The sermon was listened to with the deepest interest by an immense congregation, comprising the Archbishop of Canterbury and many other of the men most revered in the Church.

On the Tuesday morning, at the breakfast, Canon Garbett spoke most impressively on the real Presence of Christ with His obedient people-obedient, that is, to the command, "Go and teach all nations." Long before eleven o'clock, the benches of Exeter Hall were closely packed; and so dense was the throng in the reserved space on the platform, that two out of the eleven bishops who came failed to find seats at all. After a few words from the venerable President (the Earl of Chichester), the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol moved the adoption of the Report. Earl Cairns followed with a short but telling speech, in which he expressed his hearty admiration for the Society, and his hope that its supporters would not "rest satisfied with giving a subscription which has to be paid as a tax or an impost, to silence the importunity of conscience, or perhaps of a collector—a subscription to be thought of no more till the time recurs for repeating the payment," but would "acquaint themselves personally and really with the Society's working, watch its progress, pray for its success, and then inquire how those prayers had been answered."

One more speaker represented the Church at home-the Bishop-designate of Liverpool-who had an overwhelming reception, the cheering being renewed again and again. Mr. Ryle never spoke more vigorously, expressing his unabated confidence in the Society and love for its principles, and promising it always a warm welcome in "the city of Liverpool."

The other four speakers were all missionaries. For the first time in our recollection India had no representative; but China and Japan, which have often been without one, had their cause admirably pleaded by Mr. Wolfe and Mr. Warren; while Central Africa made its first appearance in Exeter Hall in the person of Mr. Wilson, and North-West America sent Archdeacon Kirkby, who spoke last, rising when most of the audience had been in their seats four hours, and yet enchaining their attention for half an hour more, and moving all hearts by the mingled pathos and humour of his Red Indian stories. He and Mr. Wolfe could tell of a rich harvest of souls; Mr. Warren, of the gathering of the first-fruits; while Mr. Wilson could only begin his simple and earnest address with the words, "I have no story of harvest to tell, like my brethren; my tale is one of sowing, or rather, of preparing the ground for the seed." That is exactly what Fuh-chow might have said twenty years ago, and Japan only five years ago. What shall not the reaping of Uganda be before many years have passed away?

At the Evening Meeting, the usual enthusiastic throng of the

logical details, presented in carefully-written papers prepared by the latest explorers in the remotest parts of the earth.

What does this learned and critical assembly think of missionaries and missionary societies? If you had been there on March 22nd, you would have found the Secretary of a Missionary Society giving the evening's lecture. If you had gone to the next meeting, on April 12th, you would have found a missionary occupying the same place. And if again you had attended on April 26th, you would have heard two missionaries tell the story of their travels. And at these three successive meetings you would have heard the work of mission agencies referred to by subsequent speakers-independent and learned men-in terms of heartiest appreciation.

On the first, and third of these evenings it was the Church Missionary Society that was in possession of Burlington House; and both

plans made on board the Henry Venn itself. The importance of this great waterway into the heart of Africa was evidently appreciated by the geographers present, who thanked the Church Missionary Society for the wide field of discovery its steamer had thus opened up. And although good Bishop Crowther was unable (owing to the illness of Mrs. Crowther) to go himself on this expedition, the Council of the Geographical Society have just testified their value of his services on the Niger by awarding to him a gold watch of the value of £40.

The friends and supporters of the Society will be still more thankful to hear that Mr. Ashcroft considers the Binue "a most interesting mission field." In no part of Africa has he seen so many flourishing towns-" a goodsized town every mile along the bank of the river for a long distance thickly popu lated." "I spoke," he writes, "to the kings at many heathen towns, and they were all willing to learn white man's Book, and that their children should learn also."

were occasions of peculiar interest. On March 22nd, Mr. Edward Hutchinson, who is a Fellow of the R.G.S., read a paper on the River Binue. Where is this River Binue ?many readers of the GLEANER will ask. If they will turn back to our February number, they will find a picture showing the confluence of the two great branches of the Niger; and of these the Binue is one. It flows, therefore (when united with the other branch), into the Gulf of Guinea, on the western side of Africa; but where does it come from? That nobody knows. Somewhere in the very heart of Central Africa, no doubt.

Now this River Binue was first ascended in 1854, by Dr. Baikie and Samuel Crowther, to a point about 400 miles above the confluence. Since then, no one has gone up nearly so far until last autumn, when the C.M.S. steamer Henry Venn was taken up by her excellent commander, Mr. Ashcroft. She steamed on and on until she had penetrated 150 miles further than the furthest point reached before, nearly 800 miles from the sea, in the midst of a country never before visited by the white man. It was this voyage which Mr. Hutchinson described to the Royal Geographical Society, reading extracts from Mr. Ashcroft's notes; and on the wall hung charts of the windings of the

river, prepared from careful

But still more interesting is the other Monday evening, April 26th. On the left of Lord Northbrook sit the Rev. C. T. Wilson and Mr. Felkin, whose names the readers of the GLEANER know so well, and who have just arrived from Central Africa; and on their left sit the three chiefs of Uganda, whom King Mtesa has sent with them to visit England and see Queen Victoria. Slight in build are these ambassadors, very black in colour, with short woolly hair; but with features less heavy and more intelligent than the common negro type. They are wearing a long light brown robe, fastened by a large knot on the right shoulder,

according to Uganda fashion; but we notice that the left shoulder and arms, instead of being bare as they would be in Africa, appear covered by the dark blue underclothing required for warmth in our cold climate. Mr. Wilson introduces them by the names of "Earl Namkaddi," "Earl Kataruba," and Earl Sawaddu," using the term "earl" to indicate their rank in Uganda, where they are nobles, he tells us, of the second order; and

*The pictures on this page show the mode of fastening the robe. At the C.M.S. Annual Meeting the chiefs wore white robes and underclothing.

the President and Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society receive them with loud applause. Mr. Hutchinson tells the meeting that he has taken them that very morning to the Zoological Gardens, where their amazement and delight knew no bounds at seeing the animals of their own land again, and especially the elephant, walking tame about the gardens with children on its back! Two of them, he adds, mounted it, but the third could not muster courage to try the experiment. They don't ride elephants, or anything else, in Uganda!

The business of this evening, however, is to hear Mr. Wilson and Mr. Felkin. The former gives a most interesting account of Uganda and its people, and of the great lake Victoria Nyanza. Mr. Felkin, whose diary up the Nile the readers of the GLEANER have had from month to month, relates his journey back again.

When Mr. Felkin sits down, Colonel Grant rises. To him above all others it is an evening long to be remembered. Are our readers aware how long it has been known that there is such a place as Uganda? Only seventeen years! It was in 1863 that the news reached England of its discovery in the preceding year-the discoverers being Colonel Grant and the late Captain Speke. Only four other Europeans-Mr. Stanley, M. Linant de Bellefonds, Colonel Long, and Dr. Emin Effendi-have since visited the country, before Mr. Wilson. He is the seventh; his stay has been the longest; and he, for the first time, has brought natives of Uganda all the way from Lake Victoria to England. No wonder Colonel Grant feels that his "walk across Africa" in 1861-63 has indeed not been fruitless.

Thus on these two evenings the Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society had before them Africa and the C.M.S. First it was the West Coast and the Niger; then it was the East Coast, the great Lakes, and the Nile. From both, the C.M.S. was able to bring to the most learned geographers information that was new to them. But this, after all, is not the great purpose of these missionary travels. To carry information new to the hearers, indeed, is our aim. But we bear it from England to Africa, not from Africa to England. It is the glad tidings of a Father's love and a Saviour's grace.

The Queen of Sheba came from the uttermost parts of the earth to see King Solomon. It is now a King who sends his ambassadors from the uttermost parts of the earth to see a Queen. The words of Solomon's royal visitor express exactly what these ambassadors feel: "It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom; howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it; and behold, the one-half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me, for thou exceedest the fame that I heard." Let our prayer be that they may be taught to adopt also her other words: "Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee!"

"Thou standest by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear."-Rom. xi. 20. See Matt. xxvi. 69-75; Mark xiv. 66-72; Luke xxii. 54-62; John xviii. 15-27.

ICTURE-court-yard of large building in Jerusalemmidnight full moon shining down. Silent and deserted ? No, crowd of soldiers, servants, &c., in groups-some round a fire plenty of loud talking. A woman's voice—“Thou also art one of them!"-she speaks to a man standing there -a stranger-what does she mean ?-one of whom? Will he confess? Will he say, bravely and joyfully, "Yes, I am indeed "? Li-ten-he is cursing and swearing-" I know not the man!

Who is "the man" he denies knowing? His friend? Yes, but more than that. H's master? Yes, but more than that. It is He whom be had called, not long before, "The Christ, the Son of the living God!" And tus is Pe'er-the dis iple-the apostle-the "rock"!

How was it? How could such a man fall like that?

1. It was the devil's work. "Satan hath desired to have thee" (Luke

xxii. 31). No wonder Peter himself wrote, years after, "Your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion," &c. (1 Pet. v. 8).

2. But how did the devil get at him? The "roaring lion" "walketh about seeking whom he may devour," but he cannot get inside the foldonly on the watch for sheep that stray outside. Peter got away from humble dependence on his Master's strength, and then he was helpless. See the steps of his fall: (a) self-confidence; (b) sloth (Mark xiv. 37); (c) dangerous company (John xviii. 18); (d) "ashamed of Jesus!" Where is Satan "walking about"?

1. In the mission field. Are not the heathen his prey? It is to rescue them from him that God sends forth missionaries, see Acts xxvi. 18-"to turn them . . . . from the power of Satan unto God." But not them only. He "seeks whom he may devour" among the convertsamong the missionaries! What!-a convert fall ?-a missionary fall? Why not?-did not Peter the apostle fall? But do they? Very rarely -God's grace keeps them. Pray for them!

2. At home. Have you a missionary box? Satan will try and make you tired of it, or ashamed to ask friends to put in it, or set some one to say "No good giving to missionaries." But more than that-" Satan hath desired to have you!" Be not ignorant of his devices! Above all, take Peter's advice-he knew!" Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary," &c. (1 Pet. v. 8); "Watch unto prayer" (1 Pet. iv. 7)—the very thing he did not do in Gethsemane.

But where is our real, our only safety? In Jesus. "I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not " (Luke xxii. 32).

[This lesson may be effectively illustrated by the narrative on the next page, "From the Power of Satan unto God."]

WHAT HINDU BOYS THINK OF THE GOSPEL. To the Editor of the GLEANER.

NOBLE COLLEGE, MASULIPATAM, January 25th, 1880. |EAR SIR,-I have just been looking over some examination papers of the boys in our First Arts College Class. In the Christmas vacation a portion of Dr. Murray Mitchell's "Letters to Indian Youth," an excellent handbook of Christian evidence, was given them to prepare. They have now been examined, and the answers have been very pleasing. It has occurred to me that some of your readers would be interested in seeing how Hindu boys can think and write about the Gospel. I subjoin a few of the best of the answers. Will your readers pray that these boys may not only know of Christ but know Christ, not only understand but receive and confess these holy truths? Friends at home will perhaps gather from what follows that school-work is as evangelistic as district work.

Question 2.-"Some argue that Christianity cannot be a universal religion because it is made known to men indirectly-through their fellowmen. Show from analogies in nature that this is rather an argument for its divine origin and not against it."

One writes:-"The most valuable gift of Providence is iron, but there are not iron mines in some countries. Then should any say, 'Because it was not given to us in the first place, we are not willing to use it'? If any should say that Christianity was not designed to become universal because it was not made known to some parts of the world, they would be as ignorant as those who, because they have no iron mines in their own country, refuse to use iron when it is supplied by others."

Question 6.-" In the Gospel, what is the connection between 'pardon' and 'purification of heart'? compare this with any other doctrine of pardon you know of."

One writes:-" Christianity declares that every man must first get pardon and then serve God, while many other religions say that every man must first serve and then get pardon."

Another writes:-"The Gospel tells us that pardon is the only source of purification of the heart, while many other doctrines teach that praising God will get His favour and salvation, others, that building temples will do this."

Question 7.-"Show how the 'building' of the doctrine of salvation through the atonement of Jesus Christ agrees with the foundation' of natural religion."

One writes:-"The figure used in the words 'building and foundation' is this. Natural religion is like a number of walls here and there, the individual purposes of which are not known. Christianity makes out the pur, oses and finishes the buil ing as an example. Natural rel gion agrees that God hates and punishes sin, and yet men may be saved. Then the Christian religion solves this problem which natural religion cannot, and that is through the atonement of Jesus."

ARTHUR W. POOLE,

Rugby Fox Master.