converting Pandit Satairai Lall and his wife, both of whom were baptized by the Rev. Leopold [Leupolt]. Pandit Satairai Lall was a good preacher, and a poet too. The Lord graciously called away the Pandit and his wife from this vile world.

In Mr. Rebsch's time, Mr. E. C. Stuart, who is now the Lord Bishop of New Zealand, came to Jabalpur. He used to teach in the Mission school and preach in bazars. Seeconder, his wife, and Daood were baptized by Mr. E. C. Stuart; by God's mercy both the brethren are quite well, but Seeconder's wife has died. The Rev. E. C. Stuart is a good preacher, and an affectionate person too. The Gulgalatal chapel was built by him for the benefit of the heathens, in which a girls' school is now held. These girls daily receive Christian instructions.

In 1860 the Rev. E. Champion came to Jabalpur. He used to teach Scripture in the City School, and preach in bazars the Word of God with love and gentleness. The City Mission School made a good progress while it was in Mr. Champion's charge. He opened six branch schools for boys and four schools for girls. In all there are twelve schools in Jabalpur. By Lord's grace many families were baptized by Mr. E. Champion. (1) Molvie Safdar Ali. He is now an extra assistant-commissioner in Saugor. He has written several useful works, and has done and been daily doing good to the people. Molvie Safdar Áli is a thoroughly learned man and a good poet, and at the same time a true disciple of Jesus Christ. (2) Molvie Karim Buksh and his wife. He was a Persian teacher in St. John's College, Agra. The Lord has called

them away from this perishable world.

(3) Moonsbee Kasim Khan and four other members of his family. He is now the head catechist in Muthra. His sister has died.

(4) Pandit Gunga Ram. He is now the head catechist in Raepeis district.

(5) Babu Bhumajee and eight members of his family. His family is very respectable, and also good example for others.

(6) Abraham and four other members of his family. They are joyfully doing their own duties.

(7) Gazadher Singh. He marched off to his heavenly home.

(8) Rughu Ghuley. He has privately done many good works for the glorification of Jesus Christ.

(9) Prabhu Dass. He has been lately appointed a Bible teacher.

(10) And lastly, Jagannath and his wife. They are at present teachers. Besides these, several persons were baptized by the Rev. Champion. He has done many other good works-viz., he has opened two schools for Gond boys, and at Mangalpur a dispensary has been opened by him for travellers and Gonds; in this way much good has been done.

The Rev. E. Champion bought a village with his own money for the welfare of orphan boys and Gonds. Mrs. Champion has also done good to the sick Native Christian women and girls. The Rev. E. Champion has been long in

brethren, so as to enable them to perform their work more proficiently, and also in singing practice. The Revs. Hodgson and Madho Ram take much interest and pains in Divine service, for we have now daily service and weekly Holy Communion. The atte idance is also increased. By the grace of God many brothers and sisters were baptized by the Rev. T. R. Hodgson and the Rev. Madho Ram.

Though Mr. Hodgson has not been long in Jabalpur, still the Lord Christ has enabled him, with the help of Mr. Madho Ram, to do certain good works. If the Revs. Hodgson and Madho Ram (the latter came a short time ago) are allowed to remain long, undoubtedly the work of the Mission will make a further improvement, and the number of the Native Church will increase under their charge in future. The Rev. Hodgson has used his talents in obtaining a Native Pastor, the Rev. Madho Ram, for the Native Church, who is liked and loved by all. He does his utmost to discharge the ministerial functions. The Revs. Hodgson and Madho Ram are trying their utmost power to improve the welfare of the Native Church, and also for the extension of the Gospel. A missionary meeting has been opened, and a love-feast was given at the end of the last year. The Rev. T. R. Hodgson obtained a grant of 50 rupees from the local municipal committee for the improvement of the school, proving the usefulness of the work done by the Mission in Jabalpur.

Our adversaries are not satisfied with the aforesaid good works, for many people say, Why does not Christianity rapidly spread? The Hindoos and Mussulmans, and even Englishmen who are infidels, find faults with missionaries and Native Christians, sitting in their own close's, by reading the newspapers conducted by the enemies of Christianity. I beg to such persons to come and see how many families have embraced the Christian re'igion during the last 30 years. The Christian religion is not a bread of which you can take a morsel from anywhere and swallow it up, but it is the religion of God. Remember that God created this vast universe by degrees, to which no definite date can be assigned. In the same way God causes His disciples to sow seeds, and by degrees the fruit thereof shall come forth; therefore, brethren, neither interfere with His working system nor become His advisers.

Brethren, come out of your closets and see the works of the Jabalpur Mission. In the eight schools there are about 800 pupils, who daily receive both religious and secular instructions; after pas-ing the various examinations they secure respectable posts. Some of the exstudents of the Mission School are magistrates. There are several boys of the Hindoos and Mussulmans who have already lost their faith in their religion.

Mr. M. N. Dutt, the head-master of the City High School, teaches his pupils with diligence, and every year prepares them to pass the entrance examination. Mr. D. Thomas, the head-master of the Sadar Bazar branch school, teaches his pupils with diligence, and prepares them to pass the scholarship examination. Messrs. Dutt and Thomas also teach the Bible with utmost diligence and care.

this country, and has made himself well acquainted with manners, habits, and customs of the Natives. He is social beyond the ordinary standard; therefore God has done many good and praiseworthy works through him. The Rev. E. Champion is a good example for the present generation; whosoever will act according to his advice in the Central Provinces, he will never be deceived.

In Mr. Champion's time Mr. J. Stuart came to Jabalpur, who had the entire charge of the Mission while Mr. Champion was in England. By God's mercy he is now in Alligurh. The Rev. J. Stuart is an earnest reacher of the Gospel, who gives his whole heart in preaching, and persuades others to preach the Gospel. He is an earnest, a plain, and open-hearted person, who possesses a good forgiving mind for those who ask his pardon.

After Mr. Stuart's transfer to Alligurh, the Rev. G. T. Grime came to Jabalpur, who, after a short stay, was transferred to Benares. The Lord called him away from this world on account of his ill-health.

The Rev. G. T. Grime was succeeded by the Rev. T. R. Hodgson, who is now present in our midst, who takes much interest in preaching the Gospel and persuades others to preach the Gospel. He works very hard when he is out in camp. When Mr. Hodgson is in the station, he superintends the works of each master of the City School, and also that of other six branch schools. He teaches Scripture to the boys of the first two upper classes of the City High School. He always takes part in the Divine services. He took utmost pains to teach the Holy Word of God to the Native Christian

Mr. Stuart is Bishop of Waiapu, one of the Dioceses in New Zealand.

Misses Branch and Williamson are trying their best to carry on good works in Jabalpur and Garuh. They look after the three girls' schools, and visit many respectable families, whom they teach Scripture, reading, writing, sewing and knitting, &c. ; they also distribute medicine to the sick. The two catechists daily preach in bazars to the heathens, and with love they explain to them with proofs the way of salvation; but the Hindoos and Mussulmans persecu'e them. These two brethren certainly bear the cross for Christ.

Dear brothers and sisters of the Jabalpur Church, rejoice in your hearts that it is not inferior in any way by God's grace. During the last 30 years about 50 persons were admitted into the fold of Christ. May the Lord change the hearts of the figworms and open their eyes in order that they may not find fault with the Mission, but may go out and inspect the works of the Mission and its good results.

The important work which our Lord entrusted us at the time of His leaving the world was this, "You have freely received the Gospel, freely give it," therefore it is our duty, which rich and poor can fulfil, and the way is this. There are 24 hours in a day, out of which we can employ six in discharging our various duties, seven hours in sleeping, nine hours in private affairs, still two hours are remaining which we should devote to preaching the Gospel, and in doing good wherever you are. Dear brothers and sisters, it behoves us always to pray to Jesus Christ that He may give us strength to follow the example of St. Paul to spread the Gospel.

MISSIONARY ALMANACK.

NOVEMBER-" BEFORE."

Before the throne on high,

Sweils the glad melody

Of praise from lips which mourned before

First toil if ye would reap;

Through life's night watches weep;

Joy comes with day for evermore.

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1 T All Saints. C.M.S. Jubilee, 1848. The smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascend up before God. Rev. 8. 4. 1149 worshippers at Brass, 1878. We joy for your sakes before Not one forgotten before God. Lu. 12. 6. [our God. 1 Th. 3. 9. Usborne Memorial Sch. op., 1878. Which have borne witness [of thy charity before the Church, 3 Jo. 6. 5 S Gave thanks before his God. Dan. 6. 10. [Me bef. men, him will I also confess bef. My F. Mat. 10. 32. 6 S 21st aft. Trin. J. Hart mart. at Bonny, 1875. Whoso shall confess

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7 M 1st Tamil clergyman ord., 1830. Goeth before them, and the sheep 8T He is before all things. Col. 1. 17. [follow him. Jo. 10. 4. 9 W Chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world. Eph. 1. 4. 10 T Hang-Chow occ., 1865. Reaching forth unto those things wh. are 11 F Without blame before him in love. Eph. 1.4. [before. Ph. 3. 13. 12 SA great multitude...stood before the throne, and before the [Lamb. Rev. 7. 9. 13 S 22nd aft. Trin. H. Baker d., 1878. Before the throne of God. M. Dan. 6. Heb. 7. E. Dan. 7. 9, or 12. Jn. 3. 22. [Rev. 7. 15. 14 M Let your light so shine before men. Matt. 5. 16. 15 T Price landed at Mombasa, 1874. I have set before thee an open 16 W The child grew before the Lord. 1 Sam. 2. 21. [door. Rev. 3. 8. 17 T Prepared before the face of all people. Lu. 2. 31. 18 F Elmslie d., 1872. Accounted worthy...to stand before the Son 19 S Before Abraham was, I am. John 8. 58. [of Man. Lu. 21. 36. [of before ye ask Him. Mat. 6. 8. 20 S 23rd aft. Trin. Your Father knoweth what things ye have need M. Hos. 14. Heb. 12. E. Joel 2. 21, or 3. 9. Jn. 6. 41. 21 M Lahore Coll. op., 1870. To bear My name before the Gentiles. 22 T Judge nothing before the time. 1 Cor. 4. 5. [Acts 9. 15. 23 W Nyanza Miss. resolved on, 1875. Is not the whole land before thee? 24 T Before the Lord is your way wherein ye go. Ju. 18. 6. [Gen. 13.9. 25 F 1st C.M.S. Miss. land. in China, 1844. Sent them two and two before 26 S The Judge standeth before the door. Jas. 5. 9. [His face. Lu.10.1. [Christ. 2 Cor. 5. 10. 27 S Advent Sunday. We must all appear before the judgment seat of M. Is. 1. 1 Pe. 1. 1-22. E. Is. 2, or 4. 2. Jn. 10. 22. 28 M Before Him shall be gathered all nations. Mat. 25. 32. 29 T Gaza Mission beg., 1878. O that Ishmael might live before Thee! [Gen. 17. 18. 30 W St. Andrew. 1st Santal clergy ord., 1878. Gave thanks, and brake, [and gave to His disciples to set before them. Mar. 8. 6.

Those who were present at the service on the 15th are not likely to forget it. As the congregation was too large for the Court-house and its verandah, benches were arranged on the grassy mound in front of the house for the majority of the worshippers, while the Bishop and the Rev. J. Moanaroa stood in the verandah, with the Europeans and some Maories. The day was quite perfect, with a bright sun and a cool breeze. Just below the grassy mound, at a distance of only a few yards, was the sparkling sea at about high tide, washing over the white shingle. The bright and variegated colours of the dresses of the Maori women and children added to the picturesqueness of the scene. At the laying on of hands, the candidates-old and young-knelt reverently on the grass; and the Bishop, accompanied by the Rev. J. Moanaroa, passed along the two lines, laying his hands on each candidate, and saying the words of benediction. Two short addresses were given by the Bishop and Joshua respectively in English and Maori; and when the general congregation had dispersed, the Holy Communion was administered in the Court-house, which, with the kind help of Mr. Marshall, was quickly prepared for the communicants. On the Sunday afternoons of the Bishop's visit a Sundayschool was held by the Bishop and Mrs. Cowie.

Received for the Henry Wright steamer-E. D. L., H. A. L., and T. L., 68. Received for Japan-Beta, £1.

EPITOME OF MISSIONARY NEWS.

On the 21st of September the Revs. J. S. Bradshaw and A. D. Shaw were admitted to priest's orders by the Bishop of Sierra Leone, in All Saints' Church, Derby. Mr. Bradshaw has been designated to the Yoruba Mission, and Mr. Shaw to the Mombasa Mission. The Ordination Sermon was preached by the Rev. L. Nicholson, who for over twenty years laboured in the West Africa Missions as missionary and Secretary.

The Rev. John Venn of Hereford, one of the Society's oldest friends, has given £500 towards supplying a Medical Missionary for Gaza, in response to an appeal made by Mr. Schapira through the Medical Missionary Association. Nearly £220 has been subscribed by other friends towards the £750 required by the C.M.S. Committee before commencing the Mission.

The Rev. E. M. Griffith, formerly of the Tamil Cooly Mission, Ceylon, has been appointed to the Jaffna Mission in that island, to take charge of the important educational work there.

The little steamer for Bishop Ridley is now finished and ready for the Bishop's use. She was launched on the 13th of August, being christened by the name of Evangeline by Mrs. Hills, wife of the Bishop of Columbia. Later on she made her trial trip, and is now, we hope, proceeding up the North Pacific coast on her mission of usefulness.

In the Yoruba Mission the Society has a catechist named William Doherty. He was taken captive by the King of Dahomey in 1862, and was supposed to have been crucified, but was rescued in 1866. A relative of his, Uriah Doherty, also a Native Christian, who was captured at the same time, and became one of the king's servants, has now also escaped with his wife and two children. He was a whole year getting away. He describes Dahomey as still “a scene of terrible massacre and wholesale butcheries."

Mr. H. M. Warry, who is in charge of the Institution for Liberated African Slave Children at Capucin, in the island of Mahé, writes that he has now 41 children under his charge, and that he is very hopeful of them. Bishop Royston stayed at the Institution on his return to Mauritius last year, and writes favourably of its condition and management.

In May and June Bishop Moule visited Great Valley, the scene of the persecutions so frequently referred to in the GLEANER. At each place visited he administered the Communion and examined candidates for a Confirmation to be held in the autumn. He tried also to effect a reconciliation in the family of the poor woman at San-k'e (see GLEANER, August, p. 89), but afterwards heard that she had again been cruelly beaten.

A new station has been established by the Rev. S. Trivett, near Fort Macleod, in the Saskatchewan Diocese, among the Blood Indians, a branch of the great Blackfeet nation. The Indians number between three and four thousand, and are all heathen. In May last the Bishop of Saskatchewan, with the Rev. Canon Mackay, visited the station, and had several meetings with the Indians, all of whom expressed their gratitude for Mr. Trivett's residence amongst them.

Bishop Crowther, with Archdeacon Henry Johnson, has been visiting the stations in the Niger delta. At St. Stephen's, Bonny, he confirmed 67 candidates, and at Nembe the Archdeacon baptized four women, one of them so old and infirm that she could scarcely walk to the Communion rails, and another, a former priestess to the gods, and a great persecutor of the Christians.

Mr. Copplestone of the Uyui Mission, in East Central Africa, visited last May the great African chieftain Mirambo. He was welcomed by chief and followers alike, and had many earnest talks with them. He describes the chief as very intelligent and eager to learn. Dr. Southon, of the L.M.S., is stationed at his town.

Since Mr. Warren's return to Osaka last December, he has baptized thirteen adults and six children.

The Rev. H. Maundrell reports encouragingly of Kagoshima, in Japan. A new catechist, Paul Morooka San, has been stationed there, and is doing a good work. He has a school with 35 scholars, a daily class of young men, a class of inquirers every morning, and conducts two or three preachings every evening. Mr. Maundrell visited the place recently and baptized 30 persons. We hope shortly to give a detailed account of the Mission in this part of Japan (the island of Kiu-shiu).

There were 94 adult baptisms last year in connection with the C.M.S. Mission to the Hindu coolies in Mauritius. "It is our plan," writes the Rev. F. Schurr, "to instruct them well, and to look for a change of heart and life, before we admit them to baptism."

NEW PUBLICATIONS.

A new missionary manual, entitled China as a Mission Field, by the Rev. A. E. Moule, has just been published by the Society. A low price, 6d, has been fixed, and we would ask all our friends to promote its circulation. It is just the kind of book on which to ground a missionary speech or lecture.

A new and revised edition of The Story of the Fuh-Kien Mission is now being printed, the first edition having been out of print some time. The history of the last five years is added, and the whole has been carefully corrected; and nearly one-half the volume is new matter. The price, as before, is 4s. 6d.

The Church Missionary Almanack for 1882 is now out, and will, we trust, be largely used as a parochial sheet almanack. It has five engravings, besides the diagram of the population of the world according to religions, which appeared in the GLEANER of February.

The Church Missionary Pocket Almanack and Kalendar for 1882 will be ready early this month, prices 3d. and 1s., as last year. Besides the usual almanack features, it contains a brief historical and descriptive sketch of all the Missions, occupying twenty-four pages, and a list of all the missionaries and Native clergy, statistical tables, &c.

The present number closes the Eighth Volume of the GLEANER in its present form. In every one of the eight years the circulation has gone on increasing, and the total number of copies printed is not far short of three millions. The Editor would ask every reader to do his best in the coming year to obtain fresh subscribers.

THINGS CONCERNING THE KINGDOM OF GOD." BY THE REV. CANON RICHARDSON.

X. THE MISSIONARY SATISFACTION. EFORE honour is humility." And God's richest blessings fall upon simple-hearted men. But the best workers are not depressed men; and God sends satisfaction into the minds and hearts of those who care most for His honour and glory. The missionary has special sources of consolation and encouragement which come to his lonely station out of the necessity he feels to keep very close to God.

There is satisfaction in knowing that God sent him.

"I being in the way, the Lord led me," is a precious thought to any man who is reviewing his own position amongst difficult work. Because the impulses of self-will soon exhaust themselves; and the stimulus of human appeals may die down into a consciousness of having mistaken our calling. But when a man thinks that God's hand was in his selection, and God's providence has attended every step in his course, there is a quiet satisfaction in yielding to God's guidance, and going

forward in God's name.

There is satisfaction in believing that God hears him.

A missionary is a man often cut off from communion with men in whom he could confide, and he is yet a man who often has to settle important matters about which his anxious mind will be sorely harassed and perplexed. Things around him offer no solution of his difficulty. Things within him supply little suggestion as to what the best course in a new and perplexing situation may be. But things above him furnish an explanation and suggest a settlement which fill the soul with peace. He lays the matter before the Lord, opens his whole heart to his Saviour, remembers the promises made to prayer, and thinks of the wisdom and power that attend the promises; and sweet satisfaction comes in as a breath of holy comfort, and a word of heavenly encouragement.

There is satisfaction in feeling that God helps him. The anxious ambassador has asked to be directed in making the message known; and the thoughts and words come by

which the servant knows that he has delivered his Master's invitation. The lover of souls has endeavoured to bring the Gospel home to the mind and conscience; and hearers are attracted, and hearts drink in the precious truths of God. The servant of Christ longs to make men see how good and gracious a Saviour the Lord Jesus is; but he fears that dull understandings may fail to grasp the thought. Then intelliThen intelligence dawns and love awakes, and faith fastens upon facts and offers, and holiness roots itself and spreads. And the missionary traces the prayer of God in all these grand results. So he thanks. So he rejoices. So he perseveres. The secret satisfaction is a real thing to him.

That is a blessed cause, in which so many mercies meet. That is a holy service, out of which so many blessings come. And so it is, that amongst things that offer themselves to our human affections and our earthly choice, if we are wise, we shall certainly claim

"THINGS CONCERNING THE KINGDOM OF GOD."

JERSEY BREEZES.

IV. Our Very Present Help. ELP." Who can exhaust the marrow and fatness contained in this four-lettered monosyllable? It is the sweet honey, lying in the depths of every flower, which only the busy bee possesses skill to extract; it is the priceless stone, whose value is unguessed till the cunning hand of the lapidary has revealed its lustre. One only word-short, prompt, and pithy. Yet it is the much in little of all effective sympathy. For there is a Divine Enchanter, who can make His words sweeter than honey and the honeycomb to the seeking, hungry soul; there is a heavenly Lapidary, whose marvellous power will not be known until the day when He maketh up His jewels. There are times in life when we yearn for help; when we seem tossing on the wide, wild sea, without a hand to grasp, or an anchor to cling around. One or other of the thousand natural ills condensed in that word "trouble" has wrapt our pathway in a thick cloud of gloom. It were vain to try to enumerate the hydra-headed ways whereby the wise Father disciplines the children of His house. But the aim of such mysterious leadings is missed, unless, when we have lifted up our eyes, we see "no man, but Jesus only." Once we have realised, in our own humble, personal experience, the wide difference between earth and heaven, between the "vain help" of man and the "strong refuge" afforded by the help of God, we shall never again take husks for wheat, nor apples of Sodom for fruits of Paradise.

And if we, whose happy lines have fallen amid the activities of home, still need "very present help" every day-yea, every moment-what must be the feeling of the faithful missionary, far from country and kindred and "own familiar friend "? Would that it were possible to send forth our dear messengers, as Christ, with tender wisdom, sped His on their blessed way, "two and two before His face, into every city and place, whither He Himself would come." "Two and two," for mutual strengthening of the weak hand in God, the Almighty Father; for mutual love, calm hope, unshaken trust. Ah! the heart aches for those who so bravely breast the battle all alone. The harvest is so great, the labourers are so few. When will the good Lord give the word of command, that great may be the company of the preachers?

And yet, when we think truly, though we may dwell in families, and associate ourselves for the interests of business or of pleasure, what are we after all but intensely, utterly, pathetically alone?

"Not e'en the tenderest heart, and next our own,
Knows half the reasons why we smile or sigh."

We cannot fully enter into each other's secret thoughts; we cannot gauge each other's deepest feelings; and therefore it is that "Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn." The unthinking trouble and vex and annoy those whom they would even die to shield from the world's greater harms; and even the thoughtful, whom mental suffering has refined into gentleness, can but press our hand in silence as we strive onward, making us know the inexpressible comfort of mutual comprehension.

But let us fancy the missionary standing, like grand Elijah of old, before the Lord God of Israel. Circumstances are perplexing; the world lying around him, a godless desert; his very life in peril. Even his heroic heart quails, and tears surprise his manly cheek. But see, his brow lightens, he sets his face anew like a flint; the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. He has heard the voice of the Friend who

A STREET IN TOKIO, JAPAN.

sticketh closer than a brother whispering to his distressed spirit: "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble." The missionary has read these words from childhood; perhaps he learnt them at his mother's knee. But now, in his dire necessity, they come to him with a deliciousness hitherto untasted; they shine into his soul with the glory of the sun, with the beauty of the moon, with the soft radiance of the stars. He has discovered life's secret. He thanks God, and takes courage. Henceforth we need pity him no longer. Rather let us try to soar where his emancipated heart is walking with God, until it hear the welcome home-call. Close beside him, and holding his right hand, is a "strong-siding champion," who is invincible while invisible. His strength is made perfect in weakness, and He delights to honour all who literally trust. Him.

No marvel that Martin Luther grew into the hero of the Reformation, if he took as his watchword this 46th Psalm. He truly found his God all that He promised to be, and that "all" summed up in the "strong Fortress," the "very present Help." And although it may not be our portion to wrestle with We flesh and blood, we are nevertheless in the midst of foes. need to put upon us the whole armour of God. This little word of mighty import shall be taken to our inmost heart, instinct with new meaning. "Lord, help me," shall be our continual and prevailing prayer. And when we would aid others, and give them of the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God, let us stand aside and point them to the great and only all-sufficient Succourer in every time of need; to Him who knoweth sorrows, and who hath said, "I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of My righteousA. M. V.

ness.

for it. She wished to be baptized some time ago, but I advised her to write to her husband and obtain his permission before taking the step. mind to become a Christian whether her husband were favourable or not. She acted on my suggestion, but said that she had fully made up her Fortunately she was not called upon to act in opposition to her husband's wishes; in due time the reply came, and was all that a fond wife could wish. She told me some time before she heard from Rome that she prayed night and morning that God would dispose the heart of her husband to grant her request, and I need not say that we earnestly united our prayers with hers. Her brother Ito (who has been in Tokio for some time on official business) was present when she was baptized, and his presence with us at such a time lent a peculiar interest to the service. Let me ask the readers of the GLEANER to remember Hannah in their prayers. If they pray in faith, may we not hope that she will become a woman of faith, of prayer, and of praise, like her whose name she bears? To give you an instance of her thoughtful character, I may mention that the other day she was inquiring about the state of the departed, whether immediately after death the saved received their full portion of bliss, and the lost the full measure of punishment awaiting them. I told her that as Scripture was not explicit on the point, I could not speak dogmatically, but I explained the inferences we might draw by comparing one passage with another. I was astonished at the rapidity with which she caught my meaning.

I have several candidates for baptism, and altogether the work looks very hopeful at present. J. WILLIAMS.

A LETTER FROM TOKIO.

To the Edilor.

TOKIO, 8th June, 1881. HOSE who have read Mr. Dening's letters in the GLEANER must have been struck by the frequent mention of Ito, of Sapporo, who was the first one baptized by Mr. Dening in that town, and I am sure they will rejoice to hear that, in addition to the other members of the family who have from time to time joined the Church, his eldest sister joyfully declared herself a believer in the Lord Jesus by receiving baptism on the last Sunday in May.

She is the one to whom allusion is made in Mr. Dening's letter which appears in the GLEANER of March; but, contrary to her first intention, she did not leave for Rome to join her husband, and has been coming to our meetings for instruction in the truths of Christianity since last November. She is the most intelligent Japanese woman that I have met, and like her brother, possesses great force of character, so that I hope she will become a really useful member of the Church of Christ. She and Mrs. Williams seemed to take to each other from the first, and my wife says she feels that she has quite a companion in her. It is a real pleasure to explain a passage of Scripture to her, she seems to catch your meaning at once, and to grasp the gist of the matter almost intuitively. She had renounced idolatry in its grosser forms before she came to me for instruction, but still retained the ancestral tablets. I pointed out to her that any act of worship performed before these was really idolatry, and it was not long before she returned the tablets to the Buddhist priest, telling him that she had no further use for them; though I am glad to say she thought the matter out for herself, and did not simply take my ipse dixit

THE CHRISTIAN BOOK STORE AT LAHORE.

HE handsome build

ing shown in the annexed engraving was built in the year 1875 at Lahore, for the use of the Panjab Religious Book Society, and of the Bible Society. The cost was at first expected to not exceed £1,000, but it eventually amounted to twice that sum. The Church and public are indebted to the munificence of one friend for the supply of the whole of the means for the work.

At one end are the committeerooms, which may be also used as a lodging for a few days by any missionary or other friend requiring temporary shelter. The librarian's quarters occupy the other end of the house, and the rest of it is all used as the depository and book-shop. On entering the building the visitor finds the publications of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge invitingly arranged on the shelves at the left hand end of the front long room. The rest of this room and the whole of the next, which is parallel to it, are filled with the publications, both on view and in stock, of the Religious Tract Society, the British and Foreign Bible Society, the Christian Vernacular Education Society, the Panjab Religious Book Society, and of many publishing firms both in England and America. The back room is a simple store-room for stock. The languages of the books are necessarily chiefly English and various living Oriental tongues, but Hebrew and Greek Scriptures, or portions of them, are also to be found.

It is the largest book-shop in India outside the Residency towns, and we may be thankful indeed that, while it is so, it is full entirely of pure literature. During last year no less than 26,600 books and 21,208 tracts and illustrated texts were issued from this most important institution. Much of this success is due to the efficiency of the much esteemed librarian, Babu R. R. Raha, under the wise and devoted guidance of the Rev. R. Clark.

H. E. PERKINS.