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Mr. and Mrs. Mateer spent three days at this village last November, while on their way to Pingtoo, but on account of the threatened fine, the women, except those belonging to the Christian's own family, did not dare to come out until just before Mrs. M. left, when their curiosity got the better of their fears, and they came flocking in great numbers, and so thoroughly defeated the plot against us, that during the four days we remained, I suppose all the women of the village, except those belonging to the family of the head man, came to see us, as well as from many of the surrounding villages,-some coming over twelve le. Of course it was curiosity to see the foreigners, and not a desire to hear the doctrine that brought them, but it gave us a fine opportunity to sow precious seed. . .

We started on Thursday morning, May the 6th, for Pingtoo, and reached the village of Tea Ling Taweng about dark on Friday evening.

Within a half mile of Tea Ling Taweng is the little village of Ying-er, where two Christians live. We visited this place twice, and found several women in a very hopeful state of mind. They all, I believe, were relatives of these two Christians. They said they had been praying ever since Mrs. Mateer's visit there last fall. The widowed sister of one brother interested us very much. She said she would gladly go to Tungchow for two or three months, and prepare herself to come back and teach others, but she has a mother-inlaw over seventy years of age, who is entirely dependent upon her for support. I have a hope that she is already a Christian.

While we were visiting at the house of one of these brethren, and his wife was busily preparing dinner for us, the sky suddenly clouded over and it began to hail. She dropped everything, ran to the door, and with clasped hands and bowed head, prayed to the "Heavenly Ruler" not to allow the hail to destroy the crops as it had done the year before.

The hail almost instantly ceased, but I don't know whether or not she remembered to be thankful that her prayer was answered.

We also visited the village of Soong kea Tswang, the home of Mr. Yuen, the first convert, and the man who has been instrumental in stirring up so much interest throughout the Pingtoo region. His praise we heard in all the villages we visited. His wife said of him, "IIe never liked to work, and was always drinking and gambling until he became a Christian, and now that he is so different is sufficient evidence to her mind that this doctrine is a good one." I am sorry to add, that though she has learned so much, she does not seem to feel the power of the truth in her own heart. Some other relatives of the family seemed more hopeful.

On Thursday at noon we reached Sako, a village twenty-seven le from Tea Ling Taweng, where we spent eleven days. At this and surrounding villages we saw and heard more to encourage us than some devoted missionaries are permitted to see in a lifetime. When we first arrived at this place, quite a large class of women presented themselves as inquirers and asked to be taught, but after a few days some grew tired and dropped off until but eight remained. These eight received special daily instruction, and gave their time exclusively to the subject for eleven days. I trust the good work has really commenced in their hearts. Elder Lin spent an hour with them each afternoon. He is so "apt to teach," and so ready in illustration, to say nothing of the advantage he has of us in being acquainted with their customs, modes of thinking, as well as understanding perfectly all they said, and being at home in their language, that I don't know what we should have done without him. On the other hand, if we had not been present, he could not, because of their rigid exclusiveness, have had the opportunity of teaching them.

There were others in the surrounding villages who seemed to be quite as much interested, but could not coine regularly to be instructed. Mr. Sung, the only church member at this place, is so diffident that he could scarcely talk in our presence, and said several times that his "knowledge of the doctrine was insufficient for him to teach others," but his heart is so much engaged that he scarcely talked of anything else; indeed, I think I may bear testimony to the Christian deportment of all the church

members in this region, and of their heartfelt interest in the advancement of the cause of Christ. They then numbered fourteen, seven men have been baptized since our visit there and have gone home. We visited all but two in their own homes. These two came to see us several times, but circumstances were such that we could not go to visit their families as we wished to do. While at Sako we visited Sako Tswang, Shang Hwoo To, and Ta Ku villages, situated respectively six, ten, and eighteen le from Sako. At each of these places, the homes of church members, we found several persons who have made up their minds to live Christian lives. At the latter place four "respectable" men belonging to the literary class, asked permission to come in and pay their respects to us. They told us they had fully decided to connect themselves with the church as soon as they could be received, and were going to Tungchow soon after the harvest was gathered for that purpose. Not a few of the women at this same place seemed to me to be earnest inquirers after the way of salvation. There were many little incidents connected with this trip of intense interest to us, and some rather amusing that I should like to tell you, but this letter is already too long.

On the 22d of May we went to Ma Lou twelve le from Sako, and spent one day and night in the family of Mr. Kin, the only one of the church members in Pingtoo whom the Chinese call a rich man, but his father still lives, so he is not ruler in his own house. He has a very interesting family. His wife, I hope, will become a Christian before long.

There are several persons in this place both men and women, who seem

and see so much that is interesting, that we live in a constant state of excitement, and are not conscious until it is over how great a tax it has been.

Some of our friends in the South, who were not acquainted with all the circumstances, doubted the propriety of two ladies going on such a journey alone, but I was "fully persuaded in my own mind," that it was not only right and proper, but a duty to go and teach those who were inquiring after the way of life and inviting us to come. None but women could reach these women, and at that time there was no one else who could go. On the whole, we had a pleasant trip; were по where treated with rudeness. We spent six nights going and returning at inns, and in every case the landlord treated us to the best his house afforded, and seemed anxious to make us as comfortable as possible. Elder Lin and Foo Shin were as kind to us as brothers, and the native Christians everywhere gave us many touching proofs of their kind regard.

I must not forget to say that while we were at Tea Ling Taweng, three men were sent out by the magistrate of Pingtoo City, forty le distant, to inquire who we were and what we came for. They spent a good part of one day in the house just opposite the chapel, an inn, kept by a brother of Mr. Twang. This brother is the only bitter enemy of the gospel in the village.

These men talked with Mr. Lin and Twang, and we knew nothing about their visit until in the evening after they were gone, and we heard nothing about them afterwards. Perhaps the magistrate was satisfied that two women would not interfere with his rights in any way.

quite interested in the most important Notices of Work and News at

of all subjects. We returned the next day to Tea Ling Taweng, and after spending one night there, started on the morning of the 24th for home, via Choau Yuen, where we arrived safely at noon on the 28th. We felt sorry to leave so soon so interesting a field, and where there was so much work to be done, but Miss Downing was very unwell during the greater part of the trip, and was anxious to get home; and I too, since getting home, feel that we were gone long enough. The strain on one's strength during such trips is very great, especially for ladies, as we can scarcely get away from the crowd long enough to eat or sleep, and we hear

Canton.

We take some extracts from a letter of Miss Noyes, dated August 10th, which though not intended for the eye of the public, may yet be quoted without impropriety. These notices will be read with interest.

The "mission letter" is always read with much interest by us all, and we appreciate our privilege in hearing from you every month when we know that our friends only expect one or two cold business letters in a whole year from their Secretaries at home.

I am very glad to know that

there seems to be a growing interest in missions felt by the ladies of the church, and also to see the action of the General Assembly recommending the formation of Ladies' Missionary societies. I hope that there will be one formed in every church.

Day before yesterday we visited our village schools for the first time for several weeks. Since the news of the Tientsin massacre there has been a great deal of excitement felt through the country, and our Chinese friends were so earnest in trying to dissuade us from going out into the country for a little while that it did not seem right to disregard their wishes, although I imagine it would have been quite safe. The last time that I had visited the school was a sad day, for I found that one of my scholars, who two weeks before had been in her accustomed seat and listened with the interest she always seemed to feel in the new doctrine, was taken sick and died a few days after my visit. She was twentyseven years of age and a very interesting person, and from the time I first met her I have felt a very strong attachment for her.

I cannot but cherish a faint hope that she has passed from the darkness of heathenism into the light of a better world, for I know she was always very anxious to learn of Jesus, and she knew so little as yet of Christianity that perhaps her faith was according to her knowledge.

I miss her very much in the school, for I always anticipated meeting her with much pleasure, and cherished the hope that she would become an active, useful Christian. It seemed to me an admonition to "work while the day lasts, remembering that the night soon cometh." My largest school in Canton has kept up its number of scholars very nicely during the hot months, and given me much pleasure this season.

We have had thus far a very warm summer, unusually so, the "oldest inhabitant says. The old Bible woman told me to-day she thought it was "nine-tenths hot," their form of expression for a very warm day. Some of our "new missionaries" begin to look a little wilted, but it is now the middle of August and cooler weather is coming nearer every day, and then they will doubtless all feel stronger again.

We miss the Prestons, but rejoice with them in their happiness in meeting the loved ones from whom they have

so long been separated. We shall have a cordial welcome for them when they come back to us. With kindest regards, Yours sincerely.

"The Usual Weekly Prayer Meeting" at Benita.

Miss Nassau sends us the following pleasant account of one of the religious services held at Benita, West Africa. It is interesting to see the active part taken in this service by the native brethren. Miss Nassau writes under date of July 27th, 1870:

The usual weekly prayer meeting at this station has just been held; though the number in attendance was smaller than usual, there was much earnestness in the speaking, and prayers, and spirit in the singing. My little voice, and even that of my melodeon, is, I deem, not much distinguished in the strong out-pouring of these native voices. They have wonderful power to throw the voice to a distance without its sceming very loud. Two persons beside the leader spoke this evening, and even if you could not have understood the language, the earnestness of their manner would have impressed you with a sense of the sincerity of the speakers. The first who spoke was our very zealous and devoted elder, and also scripture reader or evangelist at Hanje, who has just returned from one of his long preaching journeys; weary enough in body, but refreshed in spirit. announces his theme, "John xiv. 1." This man had not the advantage which the boys and young men around him have, he understood only Benga, and his reading of the Bible is limited to the four Gospels, Acts, and Genesis, but a diligent study of these, with a most prayerful habit of heart, has made him a rich and ready speaker; his comparatively blameless life and winning inanners draw the people to him wherever he goes.

He

His remarks are followed by those of a boyish looking young man, a member of this school, who was admitted to the church at the last communion. With rather a faltering voice but an earnest manner he announces his theme, “Eph. vi. 11;" from the fullness of his heart he speaks rather long, but he speaks well; naming the different sins which should be cast aside, and describing the Christian graces with which we should be clothed; insisting especially that

prayer is the shield by which we may ward off the fiery darts of Satan. The hymns were all in Benga this evening, (in our morning worship we always sing English,) these were, "My God, my

hope for ever near," "My soul be on thy guard," "Am I a soldier of the Cross," and closing with the favourite, "Say, brothers, will you meet us?"

DONATIONS TO THE BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS, IN SEPTEMBER, 1870.

SYNOD OF ALBANY.-Pby of Albany-West Milton ch 12 81; Mechanicsville ch 12

$24 81 SYNOD OF BALTIMORE.-Pby of Baltimore--Bel Air ch, bequest of Mrs Rebecca Raysdale 10; 1st ch Sab-sch, Baltimore, for Backus sch, Canton 100, to ed child 25. for exchange 25, for Ningpo Hospital 100 250; Havre de Grace ch Sab-sch 15

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SYNOD OF CLEVELAND.-Pby of St ClairsvilleFirst ch, Bell Air 76 22, Sab-sch 23 78 100. Pby of Steubenville-Annapolis ch 18; Richmond ch 11 30 129 30

SYNOD OF COLUMBUS.-Phy of Athens-Athens ch 37, Sab-sch 2259. Pby of Franklin-Westerville Sab-sch, to sup boy at Bangkok 50. Pby of Marion-Marysville Sab-sch, for Tungchow 7: Sandusky ch 1; Mt Gilead Sab-sch, for Tungchow 11 37. Pby of Zanesville-First ch, Jersey 6 55; Muskingum ch 40 17492

SYNOD OF ERIE.-Pby of Allegheny-North ch Sab-sch, Allegheny 7 71, Proceeds of Fair 10 17 71. Pby of Butler-Pleasant Valley ch 17 40; Sunbury ch 13 45; Clintonville ch Sab-sch 2 70. Pby of Clarion-Beech Wood ch 11; Mt Tabor ch 13; Mt Pleasant ch 10; Mill Creek ch 8. Pby of Erie-Salem ch 18; Cool Spring ch 45. Pby of Kittanning-Boiling Spring ch 9; Washington ch 32 75; Rayne ch 26 30; Centre ch 28 90; Cherry Run ch 9; Currie's Run ch 11; Appleby Manor ch 4 50 277 71

SYNOD OF GENESEE-Pby of Genesee-Warsaw ch 42 25 SYNOD OF HARRISBURG.-Pby of Carlisle-Middle Spring ch 221 80; Lower Path Valley ch, a Member 10; Landisburg ch 46. Ply of HuntingdonFruit Hill ch 6; Lower Tuscarora ch, Spruce Hill Sab-sch 5 18. Pby of Northumberland-Newberry Sab-sch quarterly coll for Miss Maggie Thompson 40; Sunbury ch 51. Pby of Wellsboro -Ulysses ch 1 50; Wellsboro ch 18

399 48

SYNOD OF ILLINOIS CENTRAL.-Pby of Bloomington -Lexington Sab-sch 5 50; Monticello ch 66 25; Bement ch 66 25. Pby of Peoria-Lacon Sab-sch 8 15; Toulon Sab-sch 3. Pby of Springfield— Bethel ch 8; North Sangamon ch 30

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SYNOD OF ILLINOIS. SOUTH.-Pby of Alton-Salem ch 11 18. Phy of Mattoon-Neoga ch 9 10 20 28 SYNOD OF INDIANA, SOUTH.-Pby of IndianapolisBethany Sab-sch 10. Poy of New Albany-Walnut St Sab-sch, Bloomington, Ind 36 75. Poy of Vincennes-Second ch Sab-sch, Vincennes 15 40. Pby of White Water-Centreville ch 7 10 69 25 SYNOD OF IOWA, NORTH.-Pby of Cedar RapidsSecond ch, Vinton 6; Princeton ch 6. Sab-sch 10 50 = 16 50; Mt Union ch 3 50; Scotch Grove Sab-sch 4 50. Pby of Dubuque-McGregor Ger ch 5 00

35 50 30.00

SYNOD OF KENTUCKY.-1by of West LexingtonSecond ch Sab-sch, Lexington

SYNOD OF LONG ISLAND.-Pby of Brooklyn-Throop Ave ch 16 80; 1st ch, Brooklyn 43 76; 1st ch, Edgewater, S I9 01; South 3d St ch, Williamsburg 25 65; Ross St Sab-sch, for sch Liberia, Bangkok and Peking 75. Pby of Long Island-Centre Moriches ch 16; Astoria ch 49 11; Selden Sab-sch 47cts. Pby of Nassau-Jamaica ch 72 67 308 47

SYNOD OF MICHIGAN.-Pby of Kalamazoo-Tekonsha ch 10. Phy of Lansing-Lansing ch 27 53. Pby of Monroe-First ch, Hillsdale 41 31 78.84

SYNOD OF MINNESOTA.-Pby of Dakota-First ch, Shakopee

7.97

SYNOD OF MISSOURI.-Pby of Palmyra-Hannibal Sab-sch, Miss Campbell's Class 14; St Francisville ch 3 50 17 50

SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY.-Pb of ElizabethFirst ch, Cranford 21. Pby of Jersey City-First ch, Rutherford Park 24 95. Pby of MonmouthSpring Valley Sab-sch 3. Pby of Newark-Wickliffe ch 8 40. Pby of New Brunswick-Stoney Brook Sab-sch 3 38: 2d ch, Cranbury 53 44. Pby of Newton-First ch. Greenwich 115 50: Belvidere ch 225. Poy of West Jersey-May's Landing ch 25 479 67

SYNOD OF NEW YORK.-Pby of Boston-First eh, Newburyport 100. Poy of Hudson-Monroe Sabsch. to sup pupil at Dehra 28: Port Jervis ch 45 30. Phy of New York-Brick ch Chapel 5; 1st ch, New York 500. Pby of North RiverCalvary ch. Newburg 40 29. Pby of Westchester -West Farms ch 5 50; 1st ch, Peekskill 53 73

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SYNOD OF PITTSBURGH-Phy of Blairsville-Congruity ch 20. Ply of Pittsburgh-Shady Side Sab-sch 50; Bethel ch 78 CO. Pby of RedstoneMt Washington ch 12, Sab-sch 2 35 = 14 35. Pby of Washington-First ch, Wheeling 35 11, Sabsch, for Corisco 12 47 11; Cross Creek ch 73 51. Pby of West Virginia-Holliday's Cove Sab-sch, for Mynpurie sch 20 393 57

SYNOD OF UTICA-Phy of Binghamton-North ch, Binghamton 21 40; Franklin ch 22 43 40 SYNOD OF WISCONSIN.-Pby of Chippewa-First ch Sab-sch, Hudson 2 25; La Crosse Sab-sch 5. Ply of Milwaukic-Platteville Ger ch 9 50 16 75

$4,024 74

Total receipts from churches, LEGACIES.-Bequest of Elizabeth Allison, Indiana Co, Pa 50 00

MISCELLANEOUS.-Mrs Abbott's day sch. St Louis 7; JC McMillan, Xenia. Ohio, for a dec'd friend to sup sch under Ref Presby Missions in India 500; A returned Missionary's family 17; Rev B Burnap, Bangor, N Y 25; S Waddle, Kossuth, Iowa 5; "Annie" 15; Oxford Female College Soc'y of Inq 25 75; A Little Friend. L B 1; Mary King, Sag Harbor, N Y 50; Princeton Col, Class of '73, Phila Soc'y 20; Monthly contribution from JDL 50; A friend, through Rev J M Stevenson 23: Matthew Mowat, to sup Jas Mullen, Saharanpur 28 50; Mrs Grey, Oxford, Ohio 5 05 772.30

Total Receipts in September, 1870, $4,847 04 Total Receipts from May 1st, 1870, $29,857 53 Special contributions for the debt-Amount previously acknowledged 32.000 00 Rev Geo S Mott 100; Robert Bonner 1,000; Harvey Fisk 2,000; James Low 250 35,350 00 WM. RANKIN, Treasurer,

23 Centre Street, New York.

LETTERS relating to the Missions, or other opera. tions of the Board, may be addressed to the Rev. JOHN C. LOWRIE, or Rev. DAVID IRVING, Secretaries, Mission House, 23 Centre street, New York.

LETTERS relating to the pecuniary affairs of the Board, or containing remittances of money, may be sent to WILLIAM RANKIN, Esq.

BOARD OF PUBLICATION.

PUBLISHING HOUSES, 821 AND 1334 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA.

Letters relating to donations of books and tracts, the appointment of Colporteurs, and the general Interests of the Board, to be addressed to the Rev. WILLIAM E. SCHENCK, D.D., Corresponding Secre tary, No. 821 Chestnut street. Manuscripts, and communications concerning matter offered for publication, should be sent to the Rev. JOHN W. DULLES, Editorial Secretary, No. 1334 Chestnut Street. Reports of Colporteurs, remittances of money, and donations, to be addressed to Mr. WINTHROP SARGENT, Superintendent of Colportage and Treasurer, No. 821 Chestnut street.

Subscriptions to The Presbyterian Monthly Record, and the Sabbath-School Visitor, and payments for the same, to be addressed to Mr. PETER WALKER, No. 821 Chestnut Street.

Work for the Presbytery.

It is very desirable that the Presbyterians of our Church should note and act upon the following resolution, adopted by the last General Assembly, when reorganizing its Publication work. Especially would we direct attention to that part of it relating to colportage. The resolution is:

"Each Presbytery is directed to appoint one or more of its members a Presbyterial Publication Committee; which Committee shall, in that Presbytery, supervise the work of securing an Annual Collection for this Board from each of its churches; shall search out and recommend to the Board suitable persons to act as Colporteurs; shall correspond with the Board in reference to its work in that Presbytery; and shall do whatever else may tend to promote the work and interests of the Board, and to secure a thorough distribution of the Board's Publications within and throughout the bounds of the Presbytery."

Where the Money goes.

To any one asking why collections are needed for the Board of Publication, an attendance at the last monthly meeting of the Board would have furnished a reply.

Under the new organization of this Board, its "Missionary Committee" is the channel of gratuitous distribution of books, tracts, and papers. The Minutes of that Committee read to the Board, showed the making of more than a hundred distinct grants in as many different directions. And it was most interesting to note the circumstances and localities of the recipients. They were in almost every State of our Union-the Middle States-the Southern States-the South Western to Texas and New Mexico-the North Western to Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota,-the Central West-Kansas, Colorado, Nevada, Nebraska and California. Nor did these benefactions stop here. Old Mexico and South America received Spanish books and tracts; Brazil called for and got Portuguese publications; Liberia begged for books for her schools and churches, and received them; and to the Waldenses of Italy were sent both books and

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