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a caged bird, who never knows the meaning of liberty or the use of its natural powers.

At a considerable expense-all being so dear during the Exhibition season within reach of Paris-we were fortunate in renting a house for six months at Le Vésinet, to receive one part of our household, whilst the rest of our children have found temporary homes in Paris.

All this unexpected expenditure comes upon a heavilystrained exchequer, which is daily laid before Him in whose hand are all hearts, that our immediate need may be supplied. ADA M. LEWIS,

to whom cheques may be made payable, at 77, Avenue Wagram, Paris.

THE BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM.

IRECTLY after their arrival in England, the Bishop of Ontario and Mrs. Lewis accepted the invitations of Mrs. Wilson Crewdson and Mrs. Robert Miller to meet some of the friends of the Paris Homes.

The Rev. H. Webb Peploe presided at the

gathering at Mrs. Wilson Crewdson's, and gave a hearty welcome in the name of the meeting to both bride and bridegroom.

He said that the increase of the English population everywhere, and notably abroad, demanded increased help and interest from those at home.

New needs and opportunities had presented themselves, to which God had enabled her to respond. The work had grown on every side. He asked them to consider it prayerfully and to help its wants liberally.

"I find in speaking to people about the work of these

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Paris Homes, that many think they know all about it; but I wish that this afternoon you would all try to realize that there is every month something new, some fresh progress to report. It is a work which is perpetually enlarging, and as it does so it strengthens in a very remarkable manner.

"It is sufficient merely to read the list of Institutions connected with the work. They cover, as you see, every possible branch of philanthropic effort. In a city of pleasure and peril such as Paris, we must feel it a great duty laid upon us as English people to provide for the spiritual, ecclesiastical, physical, moral and social welfare of our isolated fellow-countrymen.

"The number of foreigners and strangers in Paris has been increasing enormously during the past few years: the world is becoming, in one sense of the word, one great brotherhood; and it is the glory of England as compared with other nations that she seeks to follow her own people wherever they may choose to settle. It is always private effort and philanthropy that does this; and those who have the spiritual welfare of others at heart must not only thank God for the past, but take courage and be stimulated to do more in the future.

"The number of English-speaking people in Paris is, as I just said, increasing enormously, and I fear that the day of deceptive advertisements is not yet over, and that many young women are by their means landed in foreign

countries to their ruin.

"This fact, among many others, shows the great necessity of such work as Miss Leigh's. I am exceedingly thankful to take any part in it, for I know it is being blessed by the Lord."

Mrs. Lewis then gave a brief account of the growth of the varied Homes and their present wants, especially as regards the forthcoming Exhibition, where numbers of

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young women would be employed, not so much in the Exhibition itself as at the different bars and refreshment rooms connected with it.

At the last Exhibition numbers of young women of good family, chiefly orphans, had accepted such positions. In several instances they had relinquished them, finding it impossible to retain them without loss of respect.

The Lord Bishop of Ontario added a few words of invitation to visit the Homes whenever an opportunity occurred. He had not himself an idea of the varied and diffusive benevolence which radiated from each Home until he did so. The lady workers impressed him as being self-denying and devoted women, impelled by the love of Christ.

DRAWING-ROOM MEETING AT MRS. ROBERT MILLER'S.

By the kindness of Mr. and Mrs. R. Miller, a drawingroom meeting was held at their house, 8, Bayswater Hill, on April 10th.

The chair was taken by Lord Aberdeen, who, after proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Miller for the use of their house, said that he was sure they considered no trouble too great which was undertaken in support of Mrs. Lewis and the work with which she is associated.

In a few graceful and well-chosen words he conveyed the best wishes of the meeting to the Bishop of Ontario and Mrs. Lewis, and expressed the pleasure it gave him to be present upon such an auspicious occasion.

He had had the pleasure of visiting the Home in the Avenue Wagram recently, and was struck with the earnestness of the workers and apparent adaptability of all the arrangements of the Home to their purpose.

All who had watched the efforts of Mrs. Lewis, and her

persevering energy amid innumerable difficulties, must rejoice in the consolidation of her work by her marriage to the Lord Bishop of Ontario. He trusted that the

friends who were now so familiar with the work and its needs would rally round Mrs. Lewis, and so sustain it by their individual efforts that when they had the pleasure of welcoming Mrs. Lewis amongst them, as they hoped to do each year, she might be encouraged by finding that the seed sown amid many discouragements in past years was bearing manifest fruit.

Lord Aberdeen then said: "This is a peculiarly interesting meeting, because it is the first held since the happy and auspicious event of Mrs. Lewis's marriage. It must, therefore, take the form of a welcome to the Bishop and Mrs. Lewis, as it affords us the first opportunity of greeting them since their happy union. It will, I hope, quicken our interest in the work which some of us have known so long.

"It is well to know that the work of the Institutions will not be in any way interfered with on account of Miss Leigh's marriage. It is not necessary to have visited Paris in order to realize the value of these Homes. I will ask you to observe the titles of that which is included in this comprehensive work. They are simple statements, but imply much, and what we are going to hear this afternoon will impress upon us still more the necessity of these Homes. We shall hear graphic details and forcible arguments in support of them, which will, I hope, lead some here to subscribe themselves, and get others to subscribe, a small sum annually. This is, I know, uphill work, but the matter is worth the trouble, for these Institutions carry out, I believe, the spirit of help suggested by Lowell: the spirit which does not give but shares with others, and that is what is so necessary in this difficult, arduous, and most valuable work."

After Mrs. Lewis had addressed the meeting, the Lord Bishop of Ontario said that he rose in the hope of emphasizing what he thought were some of the important points in this extensive work.

This work has been built up upon faith and prayer. Nothing struck him more in the Homes than the prayerful spirit which pervaded them. The work in itself is a testimony of God's faithful answers to prayer from the most unexpected sources. Ever since our Lord uttered the words "Sell all that thou hast, and give to the poor," self-denial has been the great stumbling-block of the Christian Church.

He wished to correct an impression that his wife, Mrs. Lewis, was about to sever her connection with the Homes in Paris. This was not so. It had been agreed between them before their marriage that she should continue to be the guiding spirit of the work, and that whenever occasion really necessitated her presence in Paris she should be free to go there.

On his part he could only assure them that he felt the necessity of this work so keenly that he should do all in his power to facilitate the presence of his wife in Paris whenever necessary, and the continuance of its administration of the work as heretofore; whilst he hoped that by her marriage with him Mrs. Lewis would largely extend its interest and sympathy in the continent of America.

Similar meetings have been held by the Bishop of Ontario and Mrs. Lewis at the residence of Mrs. Largs, Leamington; Mrs. Chetwode Hamilton, Tettenhall; Mrs. Bottomley, Woodleigh Hall; Mrs. Ackroyd, Oakroyd Hall, etc.

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