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Let us remember these devoted servants of Christ, along with our own missionaries, at a throne of grace, that their labours may be equally successful among the poor Chinese.

A CHRISTIAN NOBLEMAN.

from the ship's lying over, was he was dying, his words were of much lower than the man was. Jesus, and of thanks and praise; From this rope he was thrown the other man cursed and swore. inwards, and had another almost I hope, however, the Lord is workmiraculous escape, falling astride ing on him, for since he has been one of the martingale stays. seen reading his Bible." Stunned, and now insensible, he would have fallen into the water, but one of the converted sailors, at the risk of his life, was down with the quickness of thought, holding him on. Then the second mate (also converted), at the same risk, got a rope round him, and he was drawn up. He is now recovering. The unconverted sailors looked on petrified, but not daring to help. MANY a teacher and scholar of On Monday, Aug. 6th, one of the the London Sabbath Schools has men was converted, and on Tues- pleasant recollections of the Earl day three others professed their of Aberdeen, through whose kindfaith in Jesus, one of them being ness, when Lord Haddo, they were one of the midshipmen. On Wed- allowed to spend their annual nesday another of the midshipmen summer holidays under the shady was brought into the fold by the trees of Greenwich Park. This Good Shepherd. The following good Earl died when in the prime Sunday one of the sailors found of life, but the best of his years Jesus, and another on Monday, were devoted to the service of 13th inst. On this day an accident happened, which might have proved fatal to some of the men. One of the heavy stern-sail booms came down among the men. One had his head cut open, and a little of the outer part of the skull pared off; the skull, however, was not fractured. He was an unbeliever. Another, who had given us much joy since his conversion, was much more seriously injured. His arm was bruised and torn open, and his back much hurt; at first it was thought he was killed. Believing

Christ.

A few years ago-it is not yet two since he died-he was obliged to go to Egypt for the benefit of his health, and an American missionary labouring there thus tells us how the Earl spent his time :

"I have seen people at home, in America, who scowl at aristocracy, and think that titled people must be proud, and, though good Christian people, are above distributing tracts or other such humble efforts of serving Christ. Would that such persons could have seen this

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Such is the testimony of this good missionary to the devotion and zeal of Lord Aberdeen. But

Earl of Aberdeen, though too weak titled or not, are heaven's aristoto walk, riding through an Arab cracy." village, and selling Testaments to the astonished natives who crowded around him and his good lady, day after day, keeping our account- it was not only in Egypt he tried books, filling our colporteuring to do good. When living at Greenbags, selling penny tracts, and wich, he visited the poor and desadministering to the ailments and titute people in Whitechapel, helpbodily wants of the little dirty, ing them in their troubles and sore-eyed Arab boys who crowded seeking to lead them to the feet of down to their boat. Such, be they Jesus.

MORE than five years ago classes | Grahamstown. Mr. C. Birkett, on the tonic sol-fa method of who introduced the method in teaching singing were at work in Grahamstown, writes as follows to Capetown, South Africa, among Mr. Curwen :-"Though I have the native children and adults. left, the work is still carried on by Mr. Curwen has at the present those who were members of my time the addresses of twenty-five different classes. The Rev. Mr. teachers in South Africa. There Turpin is most enthusiastic in his are seven in Capetown, and five in native school and congregation.

BIBLE-STAND AT THE

PARIS EXHIBITION.

THE following is from a very interesting private letter sent to a friend by Mr. Gore, one of the devoted labourers in this important work :

Mr. Weddiburn conducts classes and she told me that Josiah Bemi, in connection with one of the a native teacher from my school, Wesleyan chapels, and also at the had been up there on a visit the native Sunday schools-Kafir and previous week, and the young coloured. Mr. Hawkins has people had been singing night and classes which have at different day ever since." times come before the public very creditably. The propagation of the system amongst the rude THE heathen, and also at the outstations of the missions, is somewhat interesting. One or two school people go out and are on a visit among the people for some time; they carry the school tunes with them. They sing them in 'sol-fa,' not at all caring for the words unless they are in Kafir. Night after night they entertain their friends with the pieces they have learned from the teachers at the stations, and the pieces are soon picked up by the listeners. Tunes with harmonies in full are thus carried from one place to another. They don't require written copies; indeed, many who thus learn have not acquired the ability to read. Once I heard some sweet voices in a strange place where I was travelling most sportively humming an air that I knew. I listened, and recognised "Smiling May'; but there were other voices playfully accompanying the air-a rolling female bass and a staccato second-and all in the graceful rhythm of the measured step of girls with water-pots on their heads coming from the fountain. I inquired of the lady where I was lodging for the night,

"The work here is wonderful. All I had heard came far short of what I see; indeed, no one not on the spot can appreciate the extent to which the Lord is blessing the work, and the great and effectual door which he has opened to us. Yesterday was a fête day, and the Exhibition was crowded with people. At Miss B-'s suggestion the Kiosk was lighted with gas for the first time, and we remained till ten o'clock. About the time we lighted the gas, the band at the Cercle International close by began to play (the first time it has done so in the evening), and drew crowds of people past the Kiosk, who read the texts printed on the blinds, and took our tracts with the greatest readiness. To me there was something very touching in the way in which many people received the tracts. 'I thank you very much,' was often said to me, with an earnestness which was not

mere politeness. I have heard the remark made since I have come to Paris, that people take the books out of curiosity, and will neither read nor preserve them. If for no other reason, they will be kept as a souvenir of the Exhibition. We gave many to simple country people yesterday, who I am sure will treasure them up in their cottages for many years to come. Rich and poor come alike to the windows, and of those who do not come, probably some do not know that the distribution is free. People often ask, 'How much?' after receiving a tract.

read the text, Matt. xi. 28, and
nodded his head gravely three
times, as much as to say,
'That
will do.' Another little incident
noticed yesterday will show the
temper of the priests as much as
anything. A young priest passed
with two boys, and they ran to the
Kiosk and received each a book.
When they rejoined him, he asked
one to give up his book; but he
put it behind his back, and the
other followed the example. Then
the priest caught one of the lad's
arms and took the book from him.
All this was done very good-
humouredly, and they passed out
of sight. I waited for the boy to
come back again, and presently
they again appeared in sight; and
the boy ran to me and received an-
other book, which he flourished in
the priest's face, who only smiled.
I do not think the priest took the
second book from the lad, and pro-
bably he kept the first for his own
reading. The night work yester-

The whole French army is brought up to see the Exhibition in companies of from 600 to 900 every day. Every man is presented with a Gospel, and tracts are also offered. Very rarely is a refusal met with; and many of the officers sympathise with the work, and tell the men to take the books. It seems as if the Lord had ordered this specially to enable us to reach these men who are otherwise inac-day was supplementary, of course, cessible to the Gospel. to the ordinary day distribution. I cannot attempt to count the number of publications given from the Kiosk yesterday, but it must have been very great. You may estimate it by remembering that the work continued about ten hours; that during most of that time from four to six persons were distributing, and often doing it as fast as they could. I do not hesitate to say that if we had yesterday's distribution alone it would amply repay all the trouble and expense

"On Wednesday evening I accompanied Mr. Hanke, and it would have gladdened the hearts of our friends at home to see how pleased the soldiers were to get the books. Even the priests came to us. Yesterday one of our friends presented a priest with a sheet containing a large engraving, with printed matter. He received it with the greatest politeness, and thanked him. Another priest came up, and, looking into the Kiosk,

incurred from the first. But we | Take ye the joy that God sendeth,

GATHER the flowers by the hedge-Turn off from those other pleasures