Echoes from Paris. "The sun is sinking fast, And daylight dies ; Let Love awake and pay Let love awake,-Sings the sleeping sun, Let love awake,-Breathes the evening breeze, Let love awake,-'Tis the Lord of love Interceding and yearning in the home above. 13 And what is the answer the city gives? Can it resist the cry of Nature, the voice of conscience, the entreaty of God? Rejoicing in the bountiful gifts of Heaven, can it be unmindful of the Giver and love Him not? See! Vast numbers of gaily dressed are found abroad this Sabbath evening. What is the errand on which they are bent? How charming the Bois de Boulogne! How lovely the Champs Elysées! How radiant the boulevards and parks! What crowds! What myriads! But what the errand? Is Love awake to pay its evening sacrifice to the all-loving and beneficent Supreme? Alas! alas! no. The divinity worshipped is the Goddess of Pleasure. Paris forgets its God on Sabbath evening. The park, the boulevard, the café, the casino, are thronged, and God is forgotten. And is there no witness for God? No means of grace? no opportunity for worship? Shall a sojourner from England or America find no assembly where "love is awake"? We pause a moment at the Arc de Triomphe, a stately place worthy of a queenly city. Amid the tones of a foreign tongue. The door kindly greeting we enter. An irregula convenient hall, easy of access, is seen earnest and devout worshippers, the female sex, strangers from many distant 1 and Great Britain, travellers sojourning or passing through, strangers in a stran ing one of the gatherings of early disc Rome or Athens, in the days of St. Pa clergyman conducts the service according of the Church of England, and moved nature of the congregation and the pl speaking to strangers, it may be for the fi time-he endeavours to be faithful to his to his mission to declare to all "the uns of Christ." Who would not be earnest indeed is the time. Sounds of gaiety an out; hushed and still within. The presen of the Lord are there, and hearts are cheere by the Gospel of Peace. Thank God f Home. Thank God for the witness true an day, week by week, to the Gospel of Gra read of all by the evidence of loving s counsel, and kindly help ever at the d stranger from a far-off land. J. W. D Mrs. Lewis be deputed to request Clarence Roberts, Esq., to become a Director. Mrs. Lewis reported that the Bishop of Ontario had preached on behalf of the Mission Homes at Harrogate, Birkenhead, and Dieppe, and had promised to preach at Liverpool, September 21st. The Paris Council met at 77, Avenue Wagram, on Tuesday, October 8th, when the usual monthly reports and accounts were examined and passed. SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS. We acknowledge the following with thanks : GENERAL MISSION FUND.-Miss Maul, £1; H. Harvey, Esq., £2; F. W. Turnbull, Esq., £1; Mrs. Rodger, 5s.; Mrs. Page, £5, an.; Liverpool Association, per T. A. Leigh, Esq., £60, an.; per Mrs. Denton, Drawing-room Meeting, £16 5s. 9d.; Miss Enthoven, per Mrs. Denton, Ios.; Mrs. Tyson, per Mrs. Denton, 5s.; Offertory at Christ Church, Harrogate, £7 9s. 4d.; per "Readers of The Christian," £29 os. Id.; offertory at Tours, per Rev. C. H. Payne Crawford, £1 9s. ; per Mrs. Edmonstone-Montgomerie, Mrs. Giffard, £1, an. Sent direct to Paris.-Offertory per Rev. R. H. Killick, Dieppe, £4 ; Mrs. Patterson, 16s.; Mr. T. Duncombe Eden, £5; (Washington House), A. X. Z., £5, an. ; per Miss Wickings-Smith, 8s. ORPHANAGE.-M. Jeancourt-Galignani, £75, an.; Rev. and Mrs. P. De Lom, £1, an.; The Baroness A. de Rothschild, £8 for school repairs; A Friend, Is. ; six pinafores from a lady worker. ECHOES.-Miss Goodwin, 5s.; Miss Turnbull, 2s. 6d. ; a perambulator and toys from Mrs. Munroe; a brace of partridges from Mr. Way. CLIFTON, BRISTOL, AND STOKE BIS Patron.-The LORD BISHOP OF ONTARIO. WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. Hon. Secretary.-Mrs. E. C. HALLIDAY, 1814, N. The Association of "The Mission Home for English Women under Articles and Memorandum bearing the date of Oct. 1oth, : holding the property of the Association in perpetuity. The Council in Paris was elected February 7th, 1877, and, with th Auditors, is re-elected at the Annual Meeting of the Association each The Committee are also re-elected each year at the same meeting. The Home for British and American Young Women, at 77, Aven founded December 20th, 1872. It has had over 5,300 admissions, an able English girls in every class of life, without distinction of creed. 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, forme Young Women's Christian Association and Home, 26, Faubourg St. An Orphanage and Home for destitute British Children, 35, Boulevar A Nursery and Infant Kindergarten School. Bible Classes for Men, Mission Services for the Poor, and Mothers' I A Band of Hope and Temperance Union. A Clothing Club for the Poor; Soup Kitchen; Night School and Fre held during the Winter months at the Mission Hall, 79, Avenue British and American Young Men's Home and Club, 18, Rue de Milan, The Mission Church (Christ Church, Neuilly, 49, Boulevard Bine meet the spiritual need of the Homes, and of a large resident Englis totally unprovided for. Services, 10.30 a.m. and 4 p.m. The Tram fi the Boulevard Bineau passes the Orphanage and the Church. The Home Orphanage, Young Men's Home, Church, and Parsonag as the trust-property of the Association. { The Mission is entirely supported by volunta: y contributions. "Remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, when He said, It is mor to receive." Messrs. BARCLAY, BEVAN & Co., 54, Lombard Street, Bankers.- Messrs. J. MUNROE & Co., 32, Nassau Street, New Paris; 4, Post Office Square, Boston. Cheques, etc., and P.O.O. should be made payable to F. A. BEVAN Street, London; or to Mrs. ADA M. LEWIS, 77, Avenue Wagram, Paris London Office (where Reports and Papers may be obtained): Fleet Street; and from HENRY WHITE, Secretary, 22A, Queen's Roa THE ENGLISH ORPHANAGE, 35, BOULEVARD BINEAU, PARIS. LONDON: PARTRIDGE & CO., 9, PATERNOSTER ROW MESSRS. SHAW & CO., 48, PATERNOSTER ROW. OR MAY BE ORDERED THROUGH ANY BOOKSELLER ON THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH. One Penny.] United States and Canada. 40 cents, post free. [1/6 a year, post fr |