M. Galignani not only paid the heavy cost of conveyance the property 35, Boulevard Bineau, Neuilly, to our ssociation, as a Home and Orphanage for English and nerican children, but guaranteed a yearly subscription of 00, without which it would not be possible for this part our work to be continued, as, of an annual expenditure nearly £1,000, scarcely £150 is contributed by the friends. the children. £16 a year will maintain a child. Upon November 2nd, 1876, our children took possession their new Home: they marched to it bearing the British d American flags, and after passing the barrière which parates Neuilly from Paris, ventured to sing. A service praise was held by the Chaplain to our Homes, the late ev. Canon Maunsell, the first words of which were exessed in our own "Te Deum." Our new household mbered thirty-six. Very necessary adaptations to suit e old purposes of the Hospital to its new and younger usehold were at once carried out.

In 1880 the building was so damaged by one of the ost severe winters on record, that our household had to entirely removed for nearly four months, when a large use was rented for our children at Auteuil.

Now paid by his nephews and heirs, Messieurs Jeancourt-Galignani.

Echoes from Paris.

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In September, 1884, our kind friend the Baroness Alphonse de Rothschild, after exploring the Orphanage from garret to cellar, put a cheque into my hand for £1,500, afterwards supplemented by an additional £500, for the addition of school, play-rooms, and south wing, in memory of her mother, the late Baroness Lionel de Rothschild.

The Baroness laid the foundation-stone upon October 25th, 1884; and the school-room was formally opened by her, in the presence of the late Bishop Titcomb, Mons. Jeancourt-Galignani, Dr. Faure Miller, Prof. Yeatman, and many of our friends, on April 7th, 1885.

Miss Potter, a lady well known to a large circle of our friends in Scotland, is in charge of our Orphanage, and is admirably adapted to the needs of this many-sided work.

The number of children who have passed through our Orphanage has been 300. Some of these are well adopted, others comfortably married, whilst numbers are holding responsible positions with credit to us and to themselves, bearing testimony that our labour to win their young hearts for Christ has not been in vain.

The first night which we spent at the Orphanage I could not sleep, my heart was so full of joy at the wonderful way in which God had permitted us to become the possessors of this beautiful property. I asked Him to give me some power of testimony for His glory. Ere the morning of November 3rd, 1876, had fully dawned, I determined that a House should be built for His worship within the shadow of the Home-so greatly neededwhich He had so graciously elected should be given to us by our kind and ever-revered friend, the late William Galignani.*

* In writing the fuller history of our Work, I shall state why we did not build our Church upon the land next to the Orphanage.

Soon after our occupation of the Orphanage, the difficulty of our children attending the Church in the Avenue Marboeuf (where our true and valued friend the late Rev. Canon Maunsell had one part of the gallery freely reserved for our Homes) became evident.

After many consultations with him, finding that some thirty-three schools and boarding houses existed in the neighbourhood of Neuilly, where also many of our country people-chiefly young ladies and boys finishing their education-resided, who were alike out of convenient reach of the spiritual privileges of our own Church; after laying the matter before our Paris Council and the late Bishop of London, the building of our Church was decided upon, to secure for our Homes in perpetuity Protestant and Evangelical services according to the spirit expressed in our Articles of Association.

6. The Church was intended for 300 worshippers; but on receiving the returns from the different Mairies of the English residents within a mile radius, it was evident that a much larger Church was needed.

The first sod of the Church was turned by my mother, September 11th, 1877, at a service conducted by the late Canon Maunsell, which will never be forgotten by those who had the privilege of being present.

In a way of God's special guiding I acquired the site —which is a peculiarly suitable and beautiful one, facing three Avenues-for the Church; and Canon Maunsell helped me in negotiating for the Parsonage, both of which were secured to our Association to be held in perpetuity in April, 1877.

Upon May 10th, 1878, their R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales laid a memorial stone in the chancel of our Church, in the presence of the late Viscount Lyons, the late Earl of Shaftesbury, the late Lord Mount Temple,

riends.

the work has been under the care, more rears, of the same lady, Miss Davidson, endeared to numbers of those among ed. It has been found necessary to take artment, which has just been opened, at t. Honoré, and is now under the charge who has worked with us for several years. 1 three hundred governesses and young n Paris, are reached during the year. effort is the development of our work hich began December, 1875, by holding them during the winter months. At the igned by fifty-three of them, followed by putations, numbering eleven and thirteen ome, free Reading Room, and Hall were r 18th, 1883, by the Rev. Canon Fleming, ence of Bishop Alford, then in charge of Professor Yeatman, and many of our

three of our Paris Council, the late Dr. augham, Esq., Williams Freeman, Esq.,away within a few days of each other,ill ever be revered in the history of our nexpected difficulties arose, mostly from g in a house with locataires of different

As the lease ended,-in answer to many prayers for direction, by means which we could only take as of God's indicating, a beautiful house was offered to our Association by an American lady and her son, on condition of our paying for the land, to enable us to perpetuate this branch of our work. The house, which cost £25,000, is situate close to the Gare St. Lazare, where many a homeless young man, on entering Paris, has needed a friend. It is admirably adapted for our purpose, whilst there is sufficient land to form a Hall and Gymnasium. The cost of the land is about £12,000. In my effort to perpetuate one branch of our many-sided work as an American gift,-as for fifteen years our Homes have freely opened their doors to American women and children when in need,-I ventured to cross the Atlantic, where I was most warmly received by friends who had already been interested in our work in Paris, and received about £5,000, which helped us to secure the property. We still need £8,000 to complete the payments for the land and cost of conveyance, and quite £4,000 to perfect our plans for "Washington House," and to build the Hall and Gymnasium; which we trust our friends across the Atlantic will enable us to realize.

The story of our work amongst young men will be found fully set forth in a pamphlet, "Am I my Brother's keeper ? " *

Financially, as before stated, much has still to be accomplished before this part of our work can be completed; but we believe that, by the power of prayer and the devotion of a life, it will be successfully done.

If I have led my friends step by step through the past sixteen years, it has been to prove to them the lovingkindness and tender mercy of One who has never failed us,

* One Shilling per copy, post free. May be obtained from the Hon. Secs. of Miss Leigh's Homes, 22A, Queen's Road, Bayswater, W.