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as she thought I was working too hard; the girls only go out for a walk on Thursdays and Sundays.

"Of course there are a great many things not at all comfortable, and the teachers and pupils are not of the same rank as in English schools; but I imagine that I am better off than some others."

THE CHILDREN'S CORNER.

REDDIE was Mr. and Mrs. L.'s only child, and lived to the age of thirteen. He died in

four days of diphtheria. His father and mother were wrapped up in their boy, and all their plans

were centred in him. He was not a healthy child, overgrown and overstout. In consequence of this he could not mix with other boys, as they jeered at him, and made him nervous. He shrank from attending Sunday School, but would come with his mother to our meetings in "The Mission Hall."

In a most remarkable manner he used to hold converse with God, and he constantly made use of the expression, "God told me so."

If his father were kept out late at his work, and his mother became anxious, he would go to his little room and kneel down, and returning would say to his mother: "Don't be anxious, I have told it all to God.

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One Friday he drank some water in the Bois de Boulogne, which seems to have made him ill. The next day his throat was very bad, and he startled his mother by saying: "If father and you and I were all to get a bad illness, I should like it; then we would all go to heaven together." His mother, leaning on her husband, bowed down with grief, followed the hearse which, covered with

wreaths and flowers, bore to its last resting-place all that remained of her only child. She wept bitterly, saying: "Is that my Freddie? I can't believe it! Oh that I had taught him more about God and Christ and heaven when I had him with me."

How many a bereaved parent would echo her cry! Still, how plainly God in His love had taught the child to trust in Him with a simple, childlike faith, and by his example to draw his father and mother heavenwards, so that his wish might be accomplished, and they might “all go to heaven together."

LA TRANSFIGURATION.

U sommet du Thabor, devant ses trois Elus,
Pierre, Jacques et Jean, se révélant, Jésus
D'un Port majestueux, dans sa noble Stature,
En des traits radieux se change et Transfigure.
Sa face du Soleil a l'éblouissement,

Et la blancheur éclate en tout son Vêtement.
Galilée est le lieu de la sublime scène,

Une Essence divine en une forme humaine !

Ici Moïse, Elie en sont électrisés,

Et parlant à leur Dieu se sont divinisés.

AMABLE RÉGNAULT.

LA CHARITÉ.

IVINE Charité, dont ces Echos sont l'âme,
Sur nous verse les flots d'une brûlante flamme.
Trois œuvres Mission, Eglise, Orphelinat,

Du Devoir auront fait l'héroïne soldat.

La fille d'Albion, que le besoin exile,

Mission

Cherche et trouve à Paris un bienfaisant Asile. Home.

Ta clé d'or sait l'ouvrir aux sœurs de l'Orphelin Orphanage.

Que tu voulus vêtir de leurs habits de lin.

Et ton œuvre d'Amour par les mains accomplie,

L'Eglise enfin, debout sur la terre bénie,

Christ

Sous le beau nom de Christ, aux pieds de l'Eternel, Church.
Du lieu voit le Génie et le Prêtre à l'Autel.

5 7bre, 1890.

AMABLE RÉGNAULT.

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"How few there are who make it a great part of their daily business to behold God in His works and ways with themselves and others. Consider and trace yourself into your own heart, whether often in the day your thoughts run this way, finding the meditation of God sweet to you, or whether they do not run out much more to vain things, and are seldom here, either hurried and busied in a surcharge of affairs, or if vacant, yet spinning themselves out in frothy, foolish fancies that you would be ashamed to look back upon. You might entertain divine and heavenly thoughts even while about your earthly employments and refreshments, but this is little known and little sought after."-Selected.

SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DONATIONS.

We acknowledge the following with thanks :

:

GENERAL MISSION FUND.-J. W. Geldart, Esq., £1 Is., an.; Miss Moore, £5, an.; Mrs. W. Shaw, £10 45.; W. J. Hayter, Esq., £2; per Miss E. G. Mackie, £5 15s.; J. F. Thorpe, Esq., 10s., an.; J. Shand, Esq., £10 10s.; Miss Pim, £5; Dr. Warren, £2; Rev. H. Noel, 1; Miss Cape, £2 2s., an. ; Miss Billington, 5s.; Mrs. Murray, £1, an.; Mrs. Wight, £4; ditto, 1 (Washington House); Mrs. Bonham Clay, per Col. Thurburn, 10s. 6d., an. ; John Currey, Esq., £10; Mrs. White, per Mrs. Semple, £2. Per Miss M. A. Hughes, an.—Mrs. Le Gros, 5s.; Mrs. C. Houston, 5s.; Miss Sewell, 10s.; Mrs. H. Thompson, 5s.; J. Tanner, Esq., 5s. ; small sums, £7 18s.; total, £9 8s. Per Miss Mabel Illingworth—Mrs. Railton, £1; L. Fletcher, Esq., £1 Is.; Mrs. Illingworth, LI; C. Robinson, Esq., £1 Is. ; A. B. Wise, Esq., £1 1s.; Miss Wise, 10s.; Mrs. Chew, 5s.; Miss Illingworth, 5s.; Miss Mary Holgate, £1 Is. Paris.-C. A., 5s.; Lady Congleton, 16s.; "Granny," £3 35.; Mrs. Chas. Wright, I; Miss M. Horne, £3 35., an.; "A Friend," Governesses and Artists' Institute, £2.

ECHOES.-Mrs. Davies-Colley, Is. 6d.

Sent direct to

GOVERNESSES AND ARTISTS' INSTITUTE.-Per Miss Hockly— Mme. Gomonde, £4, an.; Miss Ada Hockly, £4, for furnishing; Mrs. Charles Stickney, £4, for new baths. Per Miss Ker-C. B. Ker, Esq., £2 10s., for furnishing.

Per Mrs. Remfrey, Clapham-Items omitted in October number— Mrs. Beaton, 10s.; Mrs. Sloaper, £2 2s.; Mrs. Bristow, LI Is.; Mrs. De Parva, £1 IS.; Mrs. Guesden, 10s.; Mrs. Hill, 10s. ; Mrs. Thorpe, IOS.; Mrs. Watson, £1; Mrs. Remfrey, 10s.; Mrs. G. Bristow, £I; small sums, 9s. ; total, £9 3s.

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LIVERPOOL.

Collectors.-Mrs. COCKBAIN, Mrs. JAMES BARROW.
Treasurer.-G. B. LIVINGSTON, Esq., Brunswick Buildings.
Hon. Secretary.-T. A. LEIGH, Esq., 19, James Street, Liverpool.
GLASGOW.

President.-Mrs. J. B. MIRRLees.

Mrs. BALFour.
Mrs. BLAIKIE.

Vice President.-LADY THOMSON.

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Sir ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL.

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Treasurer.-JAMES A. Wenlay, ESQ., Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh.
Hon. Secretary.-J. P. COLDSTREAM, Esq., Buckingham Terrace.

CLIFTON, BRISTOL, AND STOKE BISHOP.
President.-The LORD BISHOP OF BRIstol.
Vice President.-LEWIS FRY, Esq., M.P.
Treasurer.-Miss FIRTH, Leigh Woods, Clifton.
Hon. Secretary.-Miss GODWIN, Stoke Bishop.

TORONTO, CANADA.

Patron.-The LORD BISHOP OF ONTARIO.
Hon. Secretary.-Mrs. HODGINS, 92, Pembroke Street.

WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.

Hon. Secretary.-Mrs. E. C. HALLIDAY, 1814, N. Street.
With a Local Committee.

Bankers.-Messrs. RIGGS & Co., Washington.

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 Band of Hope and Temperance Union.

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, 10.30 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, Paris; 4, Post Office Square, Boston.

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Cheques, etc., and P.O.O. should be made payable to F. A. BEVAN, 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; and from HENRY WHITE, Secretary, 22A, Queen's Road, Bayswater.

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