(Continued from page 2.) The Association of "The Mission Home for English Women in Paris" is constituted under Articles and Memorandum bearing the date of Oct. 10th, 1876, for the purpose of holding the property of the Association in perpetuity. The Council in Paris was elected February 7th, 1877, and, with the Honorary and Official Auditors, is re-elected at the Annual Meeting of the Association each year. The Committee are also re-elected each year at the same meeting. The Home for British and American Young Women, at 77, Avenue Wagram, Paris, was founded December 20th, 1872. It has had over 5,300 admissions, and is open to all respectable English girls in every class of life, without distinction of creed. The house is branched off into different compartments, as follows :—¡ 1. A Home for daily and unemployed Governesses. 2. For Young Women apprenticed in Shops. 3. For Ladies' Maids, Nurses, etc., seeking situations. 4. A Sanatorium. 5. A Free Registry for those who are seeking situations. The following have also been established: Governesses and Artists' Institute, 153, Faubourg St. Honoré, formerly 8, Rue Bastiat. Young Women's Christian Association and Home, 26, Faubourg St. Honoré An Orphanage and Home for destitute British Children, 35, Boulevard Bineau. A Nursery and Infant Kindergarten School. Bible Classes for Men, Mission Services for the Poor, and Mothers' Meetings. A Clothing Club for the Poor; Soup Kitchen; Night School and Free Reading Room, are held during the Winter months at the Mission Hall, 79, Avenue Wagram. British and American Young Men's Home and Club, 18, Rue de Milan, "Washington House.' The Mission Church (Christ Church, Neuilly, 49, Boulevard_Bineau) has been built to meet the spiritual need of the Homes, and of a large resident English population hitherto totally unprovided for. Services, 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. The Tram from the Madeleine to the Boulevard Bineau passes the Orphanage and the Church. The Home Orphanage, Young Men's Home, Church, and Parsonage are duly registered as the trust-property of the Association. The Mission is entirely supported by voluntary contributions. "Remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, when He said, It is more blessed to give than to receive." Messrs. BARCLAY, BEVAN & Co., 54, Lombard Street, London. Bankers. { Messrs. J. MUNROE & Co., 32, Nassau Street, New York; 7, Rue Scribe, Cheques, etc., and P.O.O. should be made payable to F. A. BRVAN, Esq., 54, Lombard Street, London; or to Mrs. ADA M. Lewis, 77, Avenue Wagram, Paris. London Office (where Reports and Papers may be obtained): 9, Serjeants' Inn, Fleet Street. Paris and Continental Y. W. C. Association and Home, 22a, Queen's Road, Bayswater, W., Hon. Sec., MISS HENSLEY. Editorial and Resident Secretary, MRS. HORNIBROOK. Subscriptions for " ECHOES FROM PARIS" for 1888 are now due, and may be paid to the Honorary Secretaries of the different Associations, or sent to MR. W. AUGUSTUS MORLEY, Sec. (Paris and Continental Y. W. C. Association), 22a, Queen's Road, Bayswater, London, W. Post free, 1s. 6d. a year; Canada and United States, 40 cents. We have been asked by Miss Skinner to notice her "Lettre Amicale aux Malades," for distribution in Paris. We have much pleasure in commending it. (Drummond's Tract Depôt, Stirling, Ecosse.) ECHOES FROM PARIS. EDITED BY MRS. EMMA E. HORNIBROOK. LONDON: PARTRIDGE & CO., 9, PATERNOSTER ROW. PARIS: GALIGNANI LIBRARY, 224, RUE DE RIVOLI; AND DEPOT CENTRAL, 4, PLACE DU THÉÂTRE FRANÇAIS. OR MAY BE ORDERED THROUGH ANY BOOKSELLER ON THE IST OF EACH MONTH. One Penny.] United States and Canada, 40 cents, post free. [1/6 a year, post free. W. HARRISON, Esq., J.P., 23, Highbury Quadrant, N. F. A. BEVAN, Esq. Rev. Professor BLAIKIE, D.D. Council in Paris. WILLIAM FOWLER, Esq. The Rev. BRAMLEY HART, 4, Rue Roquepine. The Rev. R. T. DE CARTERET, 51, Boulevard Bineau, Neuilly. J. T. B. SEWELL, Esq., Solicitor to the British Embassy, 54, Faubourg St. Honoré. Hon. Sec. of Paris Council.-J. H. BARNARD, Esq., M.D., 34, Rue Washington. Hon. Physician.-Dr. FAURE-MILLER, 28, Rue Matignon, Champs Elysées. Hon. Phy. of "Washington House."-J. H. BARNARD, Esq., M.D., 34, Rue Washington. Honorary Secretaries of Association. Mrs. TRAVERS LEWIS, 77, Avenue Wagram, Paris. Mrs. F. W. TREMLETT, Belsize Parsonage, N.W., London. General Secretary.-Mr. W. AUGUSTUS MORLEY, 22A, Queen's Road, Bayswater, W. London Committee. President.-H.R.H. the PRINCESS MARY ADELAIDE, DUCHESS OF TECK. The Countess of ABERDEEN. J. D. ALLCROFT, Esq. Lady ELIZABETH BIDDULPH. C. H. BOUSFIELD, Esq. Mrs. E. H. CHAPMAN. Mrs. WILSON CREWDSON. The Rev. N. J. Devereux, M.A. The Hon. G. M. GLYN. R. READER HARRIS, Esq. The Rev. B. M. KITSON. The Rev. G. P. MERRICK, M.A. Mrs. ROBERT MILLER. The Rev. C. J. RIDGEWAY, M.A. Mrs. ALDWIN SOAMES. The Marchioness of TAVISTOCK. Mrs. C. CARUS-WILSON. Honorary Secretaries of London Committee. Miss CLAVERING, Harrogate. Miss CAVE, 17, Palace Gate, Kensington, W. Hon. Assistant Secretaries. G. A. MASSINGHAM, Esq. (Messrs. Barclay & Co.), 54, Lombard Street, E.C., London. C. EDMONDS, Esq., Manchester and Salford Bank, St. Ann's Street, Manchester. (Continued on page 32.) MOUNTAINS OF DIFFICULTY. "And Jesus, answering, saith unto them, Have faith in God. "For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith."-Mark xi. 22, 23. OUNTAINS are symbols of earth's strength and stability. They are also emblematic of difficulty and division. Have we ever looked at a Mission ary map of the world, and noted, with a sinking heart, what great black patches represented heathendom, how large a portion was held by the followers of the false prophet, and how much defaced by what is, at best, a spurious Christianity? Then have we reflected that faith and prayer might change the existing order, and bring about a moral revolution greater than any physical one could be? The mountains of difficulty would flee away before the throes of this spiritual convulsion; the high places become a plain. Then might divisions cease, and earth's strongholds of iniquity be overturned. "The prey should be taken from the mighty, and the law in our way. Many have been placed in the way of those who worked for the good of our English Girls in Paris. We look back from the standpoint of another year in the issue of our monthly paper, and marvel how they could have been surmounted. Many a dread, dropped on the path these workers trod, lies like a "dead lion" now. But the op position that awoke and gave it being was very real and rampant when it had to be met and fought by a little band of feeble, faithful women. It preaches to us courage, perseverance, and the "faith that o'ercometh." In the words of one of our most eloquent of living poets :— Can be pure in its purpose and strong in its strife, We have read of a little girl who went to church not having had any breakfast, but comforting herself with the assurance that "Jesus could give her a dinner." The church being very crowded, an old gentleman who sat in the aisle took the child on his knee. Observing her reverent demeanour, he slipped a half-crown into her hand 1 Owen Meredith. |