Christian Effort on

the "Pacific Slope."

EAVING this point by the Northern Pacific Railroad

rest, I might see what work was being done by the Church of Christ, I stayed first at Helena, a town 479 miles west of us. Here I found a town of 8,000 people, and churches of almost every denomination represented.

The town is a mining centre, both placer and quartz mining still being worked in and about the city. Great wealth is accompanied by great sin, the streets at night being a sad comment upon the effect of riches upon the human heart. Here, however, the servants of Christ are bestirring themselves; & Y.M.C.A. has just been started under very favourable circumstances, good rooms secured, and subscriptions of money and books being very generously given by the business men. The first practical effort to reach the inhabitants on the part of the members in a Gospel way was an open-air meeting, held on Sunday evening in the main street, which had a great attendance, and caused much comment, it being the first openair gathering ever held in that city. The membership with which the society starts being large, and some among them being earnest, godly Christians, these efforts will probably continue.

Hearty Workers.

Leaving Helena, thirty-six hours' ride brought me to Portland, a town of forty thousand inhabitants on the Pacific slope. This town seemed less American in its general features than any town which I have yet seen on this continent. Here I found an active Y.M.C.A., with a godly and energetic secretary, a man of Kent, watching with earnest solicitude for the souls of the multitudes of young men of this city.

Here I spent one Sunday, and was impressed with the general quietness of the town compared with the Sabbath I spent in Brooklyn on my way out here. A large band of young men met in the afternoon for a Bible address given by a retired Presbyterian minister, who spoke from the text "Love not the world." I had come to this meeting with the expectation of speaking at the open-air meeting held directly after this afternoon gathering by the leaders, in the street immediately below the rooms, but the smoke from the forest fires in the vicinity of the town made it impossible, after a dry season these fires being very extensive. I was therefore permitted to speak to a second gathering of young men, taking for a line of thought "The expulsive power of a new affection," the "love of the Father" being the only true antidote to the love of the world. After this meeting several were spoken with about their eternal welfare.

Chinese Dwellers.

In Portland there is a considerable Chinese element, several blocks on Second Street being entirely occupied by them. These natives of the Celestial Empire are a strange contrast to the people amongst whom they temporarily dwell. Retaining their national habits, superstitions, and vices, they offer a wide field for evangelistic effort, and in this some of the churches are not wanting, there being Sunday schools established specially for Chinamen, and in one part of the town a flourishing mission with good mission premises.

For the greater part of my trip, over one thousand four hundred miles of railroad each way, the wearers of the queue were to be seen working on the track, or following the avocation peculiar to them, of which they appear to have the monopoly, viz., laundrywork.

One could not but feel impressed with the opportunity thus given by God to American Christians of showing to these members of that great nation the truth, which they could then carry back to their own people when leaving these shores, as they invariably do, and thus help to solve the difficulty of the evangelization of China.

A Beautiful Valley.

I visited the far-famed Willamette Valley, remarkable for its abundance and great fertility of wheat and fruit. This valley enjoys a mild and beautiful climate, lying between the coast range on the west and the Cascade range of mountains on the east. Here in a town of three thousand souls (probably a little under that number) I received hospitality from a Christian family, but was greatly pained to find in so small a place such great division in what should be one camp of the good King Immanuel. Nine churches are found here, where three would easily suffice.

A Wide Field.

Leaving this part, I went forty miles up the Columbia River,

among the mountains of Washington Territory, where having enjoyed communion with the Creator through the hills and valleys and streams, and with some of God's children living there, I returned much refreshed in body and spirit, having preached four times and travelled about three thousand miles during an absence of eighteen days. I was more than ever impressed with the magnitude, the resources, and the wonderful future before this country and people if the present order of things is yet lengthened out for a few more centuries. This is the time of laying foundations; may it be that all who labour now in these newer territories, like the apostle, lay no other foundation than that already laid, the foundation-stone laid in Zion, tried, sure, and precious. J. M. PAMMENT.

Washougal, Clark's County, Washington Territory, U.S.A.

The Gospel Ships.

I HAVE seen a notice in your valuable paper of the 8th ult. of

the work of Mr. H. Cook, of Gosport. One thing strikes me, he does not speak in it of his great need. He simply says: " for the work in general we are wanting supplies."

Now I have just received a letter from him, in which he says: "I myself am so tried, and seemingly hindered in the work, for want of money; but this is my own fault, because I have been looking to man and not so fully to the Lord; but I am resolved by grace, through faith in God, to trust Him more fully for the future. I am deeply tried, but all is well. I am more fully determined than ever not to look to man, but to have faith in our covenant, faithful, loving God and Father. The cost of refitting, painting, new sails, ropes &c., is very great, but I am asking God to help me. I have saved nothing. I have no house nor anything but what is open and being used for God's work. I have long given up my earthly prospects for the work, yet I have lacked heavenly wisdom; so let us make a fuller surrender and get at His feet, and all we need He will lovingly give. Oh, how slow we are to believe the Lord's precious Word! Seek ye out of the Book of the Lord and read, and none of His promises shall fail."

I know our brother will excuse my giving publicity to a private letter of his, but I feel constrained to do so, in order that the Lord's people may know the need and come to the help of our deeply tried brother. I for one can testify to the good his vessels have been the means of doing, both here and at Cherbourg. If there is now a Mission Hall established at Cherbourg, and precious souls feeding on the Word of Life, it is due to the visit of the Mystery, and here at Deauville and Trouville many who are now following the Lord owe their first impressions to the words they heard on board the Gospel ship. I trust, therefore, the Lord's stewards will strengthen the hands of our brother, that with the new year he may be able to make a fresh start, and continue his work in the seaports of France.

Cherbourg. There is a good work going on there under the direction of our brother Lerendu, who also needs the sympathy and practical help of the Lord's servants; his address is-11, Rue Thomas Henry.

Our brother Darling is also working there, chiefly among Swedes and Norwegians and English sailors, also helping in the French work. His address is-Rue Val de Soire, Cherbourg,

Trouville-Deauville-Calvados.-I came here about two months ago at the desire of Col. Paschkoff, for a week's special services, but seeing that the people came to the meetings and that there was blessing I have remained on, and feel constrained to carry on the work in the name of the Lord. have several converts who hold on well, notwithstanding persecution and trial.

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One woman has been the means of bringing her husband, who was a dissipated character. He now attends regularly, and is determined to follow the Lord. Another man comes a distance of three miles through all weathers. We have two coachmen, who give us real comfort; one has brought his younger brother who has found the Saviour. Another young man sometimes finds his master's door closed at night; but, "I have the key of the stable, and can sleep there."

I am living in the house of a dear Christian woman, whose husband and daughters are following the Lord. She offers me her house at a low rental in order, she says, to help on the work. I am looking to the Lord for the means for carrying on this work, removing my furniture, &c., the help of one of our dear friends ceasing at the end of the year. But He who laid it on his heart to sustain the work can, as in the case of Elias, when the brook Cherith is dried up, even command a widow woman to sustain His servant. Brethren, pray for us.

Deauville, Calvados, France.

THOMAS PH, SINEL.

A Grand Scotch Mission.

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THE memorable words of Mr. Moody, when he handed the new buildings over to the Carrubbers' Close Mission, have

never been forgotten-"May this building be the warmest place in Edinburgh; the centre of light and heat to the city!"

In no previous year have there been so many workers, so many meetings, and so large audiences, nor, in the humble opinion of those best qualified to judge, have there been so many conversions for many years.

The number of workers (all unpaid) now reaches three hundred. The attendance at the meetings, adding up the numbers attending during the week, is four or five times as many as in the old premises. Above all, the blessing of the Lord has never been withheld. Many souls have been brought to Christ.

Let it be remembered that, as already remarked, the hundreds of workers are all unpaid; that the building, with all its accommodation, is open to the service of all who have Christian work to do; and that the expenses, though unavoidably large in the aggregate, are only for the necessary maintenance of so large an institute and its complex operations.

These operations include evangelistic services, outdoor and indoor, every evening (except Saturdays), Gospel meeting, Sunday evenings, in the Free Assembly Hall, Bible classes, for young men and young women, Sunday schools, mothers' meetings, Mizpah band, children's services, Christian policemen's meetings, and indeed every variety of mission effort.

Preaching on the High Street.

The open-air meetings in the High Street have been held nightly since the issuing of last report, and in no part of the work is there more enthusiasm displayed than in these nightly gatherings. The workers, after meeting to pray for blessing on the work of the evening, sally forth to the corner. There are usually some eight or ten of them at first, but by degrees the number increases, till frequently there are above a score of workers present.

First of all there is sung a hymn, in which the Gospel is clearly stated, or an invitation is given to the unsaved to "come to the Saviour." The hearty singing by the band of workers usually attracts many of those who are hanging about, and even some of those who are passing, so that by the time the hymn is finished a considerable audience has assembled. Then, for about fifteen minutes, a Gospel address is delivered, and sometimes one or two short testimonies are borne to the salvation received. It is very interesting to notice from time to time the effects of the hymns and addresses, as indicated by the countenances of those standing around. In many cases there is first a scornful, contemptuous expression, which by degrees gives place to a rather puzzled and inquiring look. Then follows evident interest, deepening into anxiety, and sometimes manifest distress of soul. Then, again, the troubled inquiring look has disappeared, and the countenance appears lit with joy, as the entrance of God's Word has given light, and made wise the simple.

When the address is finished another hymn is given out, and while it is being sung the band of workers begin to move slowly towards the meeting-place, endeavouring thus to persuade those standing around to accompany them. This is usually done twice, and sometimes three times in an evening, and by these efforts a number of persons are always induced to come into the hall, where they again hear the Gospel sung and preached, and where in many cases they remain for personal conversation, with results which are often most cheering. We must not omit to add that these meetings also fulfil a very important function in training workers, both in the preaching of the Gospel and in dealing with the anxious. Indeed, a better training ground for evangelists than is afforded in connection with this High Street work can hardly be imagined.

The report from which we quote these stirring facts brims with interest to all lovers of practical evangelistic and mission work. It may not probably be known that Carrubbers' Close Mission is one of the oldest and best known missions in Scotland. The report may be had of the Hon. Secretary, Mr. C. N. B. Muston, 97, Marchmont Road, Edinburgh.

Young Women.-Special Day of Prayer for the Young Women's Christian Association.-Lady Kinnaird and the Committee of the London Young Women's Christian Association desire to ask all Christians to unite in prayer for young women on the day when the Evangelical Alliance proposes as a subject -"Christian Associations for . . . Young Women," Wednesday, January 6th, 1886. It is computed that eight hundred young women arrive in London every week; many leave for the Continent and Colonies, and need to know of this and similar institutions for the protection of girls.

Week of Prayer, 1886.

URING the week appointed as the annual Week of
Prayer special meetings will be held as follows:-
The West End Meetings daily in Steinway Hall, Lower
Seymour Street, Portman Square, at 11.30 a.m.
Monday (January 4th), PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING. Chair-
man, Sir W. McArthur, K.C.M.G., address by the Ven.
Archdeacon Richardson, M. A.

Tuesday (5th), HUMILIATION AND CONFESSION. Chairman,
Major-General Graydon: Rev. Henry Allon, D.D.
Wednesday (6th), THE CHURCH AND THE FAMILY. Chair-
man, Mr. George Williams: Rev. Colmer B. Symes, B.A.
Thursday (7th), HOME AND FOREIGN MISSIONS. Chairman,
Sir R. N. Fowler, Bart., M.P.: Rev. E. E. Jenkins, M.A.
Friday (8th), NATIONS AND GOVERNMENTS. Chairman, Mr.
Edward Bailey, address by the Rev. R. Taylor.
Saturday (9th), THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. Chairman, Mr.
Donald Matheson: Rev. Charles Spurgeon, jun.

The City Meetings daily in the Centenary Hall, 17,
Bishopsgate Street Within, from 12 to 2 p.m. :-Mon.
(4th), PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING; 12 to 1, Mr. J. Her-
bert Tritton; 1 to 2, Rev. H. E. Brooke. Tues. (5th),
HUMILIATION AND CONFESSION: 12 to 1, Rev. Newman
Hall, LL.B.; 1 to 2, Rev. Evan H. Hopkins. Wed.
(6th), THE CHURCH AND THE FAMILY: 12 to 1, Rev. J.
R. Wood; 1 to 2, PRAYER FOR YOUNG WOMEN, Mrs.
Ormiston Chant. Thurs. (7th), THE CHRISTIAN LIFE:
12 to 1, Rev. H. W. Webb. Peploe, M.A.; 1 to 2, Mr.
Frank A. Pevan. Fri. (8th), GOSPEL TEMPERANCE
EFFORT: 12 to 1, The Bishop of Bedford and Mr. J.
Gelson Gregson; 1 to 2, FOREIGN MISSIONS, Rev. E. E.
Jenkins, M.A., and Rev. J. Smith. Sat. (9th), HOME
MISSIONS; 12 to 1, Com. Railton and Rev. S. G. Green,
D.D.; 1 to 2, Col. Jno. Puget and Mr. Kirkham.

Mildmay Conference Hall daily at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.: -Sun. (3rd), 3.30, Mr. P. S. Badenoch: 7 pm., Rev. A. C. Murphy, M.A, D.Lit. Mon. (4th), 11 a.m., Rev. J. Denham Smith and Rev. J. Wilkinson; 7 p.m., Rev. Dr. Sinclair Paterson and Rev. J. Wilkinson; Tues. (5th), 11 a.m., Rev. D. B. Hankin and Rev. Dr. Edmond; 7 p.m., Rev. James Stephens and Mr. Robert Brown. Wed. (6th), 11 a.m., Rev. W. F. Slater and Rev. R. Mackay; 7 p.m., Rev. P. Carmichael and Mr. Robert Paton. Thur. (7th), 11 a.m., Rev. Gordon Calthrop and Rev. G. A. Bennetts; 7 p.m., Rev. A. Bax and Dr. J. L. Maxwell. Fri. (8th), 11 a.m., Rev. E. A. Stuart and Rev. J. Baron Hart; 7 p.m., Rev. Townsend Storrs and Mr. Finlay Gibson. Sat. (9th), 11 a.m., Rev. E. Brewer and Rev. G. H. Malins; 7 p.m., Rev. F. A. C. Lillingston, Mr. G. Kirkham, and Mr. P. S. Badenoch; Sun. (10th), 3.30 p.m., Mr. P. S. Badenoch; 7 p.m, Rev. P. Carmichael, M.A.

The South London Meetings:

Metropolitan Tabernacle-Mon., at 7, Rev. J. A. Spurgeon. Wesleyan Chapel, Brixton Hill-Tuesday, at 7.30, Rev. Hugh Price Hughes, M.A.

Conference Hall, Clapham Road-Wednesday, at 7.30,
Rev. D. McEwan, D.D.

Lecture Hall, Congregational Church, Camberwell Green
-Thursday, at 7.30, Rev. Clement Clemance, D.D.
The Schoolroom, St. Matthew's, Church Road, Brixton-
Friday, at 7 30, Rev. N. A. Garland, M A.

The Schoolroom, Wesleyan Chapel, Lambeth Road-
Saturday, at 7 30, Rev. W. Waters.

Down Lodge Hall, High Street, Wandsworth, every day except Saturday, at 4 p.m.- Monday, Rev. C. Spurgeon, jun.; Tuesday, Rev. E. A. Stuart; Wednesday, Rev. C. A. Fox; Thursday, Rev. Evan H. Hopkins; Friday, Rev. Hugh Price Hughes.

Among the numerous series of meetings to be held in various parts of the Metropolis, the following may be specially mentioned:

Exeter Hall (arranged by the Young Men's Christian Association), daily (Saturday excepted), at 1 p.m., conducted by Rev. Dr. Morris, Rev. Charles Moinet, M.A., Rev. Charles Graham, Rev. H. W. Webb-Peploe, M.A., and Mr. A. J. Arnold.

St. Paul's, Onslow Square (Church Room), daily at 5 p.m., but on Saturday, at 7.30 p.m.

Conference Hall, Eccleston Square, daily (8aturday excepted), at 11.30 and 8.

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Convalescent Homes.

LTHOUGH the cause of Convalescent Homes is very seldom pleaded in the winter, we wish to appeal now to your readers for help to carry on our two Homes, one at Ramsgate, for twelve boys, and one at Broadwater, for twenty-six girls. It is desirable that both of these Homes should be kept open during the winter, as the change of air is almost equally beneficent during these months, and we cannot accommodate all our numerous applicants in the summer season. Expenses, therefore, continue all the year round, and we feel the burden of them heaviest just now, when people are least thinking of the necessity of a seaside trip, and least willing to open their hearts and purses to us.

These Homes are open to all comers, if properly recom. mended and medically suitable, and cases of slow convalescence are frequently kept for six weeks or two months. The railway fare must be paid by the parents or recommenders, the weekly payment is decided by the committee, according to circumstances. We have good Christian matrons, and have obtained very happy results so far, both as regards the bodily and spiritual welfare of the children. We therefore, confident in the goodness of the cause, ask for assistance to tide us over the next few months. Subscriptions or donations will be gratefully received by the undersigned,

E. A. GLADSTONE, AULAY MACAULAY.

Mission Room, Blechynden Street, Notting Hill.

Christmas Day with the Tramps

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in Field Lane Refuges.

HILST the pauper was being regaled at the workhouse, and the prisoner in the gaol, the tramps and the outcasts were entertained at the Field Lane Refuges. Truly a "refuge for the destitute," as the homogeneous assembly demonstrated. The tramp, the worn-out seamstress, the labourer, and mechanic out of work, the pauper from the casual ward, the broken-down tradesman, the decayed professional man, here met on the one common level of abject poverty. They had managed to keep clear of the prison and out of the workhouse, but a more destitute, deplorable set cannot be conceived. They, however, found friends to-day, and some seven hundred of them were supplied with a good hot dinner.

Admitted as they arrived (on presentation of a ticket obtained at the Ragged Church service on Sunday last), they were kindly received and conducted to seats in comfortable rooms, seasonably decorated. A short service was held to occupy the time previous to the repast, when homely addresses, with faithful advice and counsel, were given, an attractive feature of the service being the singing, in which all joined very heartily. About one hundred and twenty ladies and gentlemen acted as carvers and waiters, and the provisions consumed were four hundred and eight pounds of hot roast beef, six hundred pounds of hot plum pudding, seven sacks of potatoes, one hundred and fifty quartern loaves, and seven hundred and twenty oranges.

During the week dinners have also been sent to upwards of five hundred poor families living in the neighbourhood. The entire expenses of these entertainments were defrayed by contributions specially collected for the purpose.

It is needless to say the dinner was thoroughly enjoyed, and

Notices of Books.

Among the Olives.-S. W. Partridge & Co.

Under the similitude of a dream, on an olive-clad slope in the sunny south, this little book exhibits the different classes of Bible readers. Its aim appears to be to impress the necessity of uniting prayer with the reading of the Word, that its truths may be received and treasured in the heart.

The Lives of Mary and Robert Moffat. By their Son, John Moffat. (18s.)-T. Fisher Unwin.

The mere title of this book ought to give it a wide circulation among thousands to whom the memory of these devoted workers in the foreign mission field is sacred. The simplicity of their habits, the untiring zeal with which they pursued their object-the evangelization and civilization of the Bechuana people are shown in a manner which cannot fail to awaken or strengthen the interest of every reader in the labours of Mary and Robert Moffat. The volume is neatly and strongly bound, and the type very clear. We hope that by and by a cheaper and popular edition may carry this stimulating narrative into the homes of the people far and wide. Waiting and Working. By A. R. Butler. (1).—Arthur Standing. Just issued this story should be read by all interested in missions, and will prove specially acceptable for reading at missionary working parties. It is issued in connection with the Children's Medical Missionary Society, of which Mrs. Butler is Secretary.

Toilers of the Deep (2d. monthly).

We hail cordially this bright little messenger from the sea, presenting as it does interesting stories and pictures of North Sea toil and mission service. It is published by the Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen, and is designed as a monthly record of service amongst the trawlers. In these words it states its mission: "to aid the hardy, toilsome Deep Sea Fishermen, so cut off from humanizing and Christianizing influences, while exposed to peculiarly fierce temptations, who had up to a comparatively recent time been strangely overlooked or but very inadequately cared for; and to do this by familiarizing the public, for whom they ply their dangerous task, with their arduous, monotonous labours, and many claims, both personal and relative, upon one's warmest sympathies and practical help." We heartily wish the little magazine every success. It may be ordered through any bookseller, or had from the Mission Offices, 181, Queen Victoria Street, E.C. Some Important "Dont's." By John Wood. (6d.)-(John F. Shaw & Co.)

Writing after the fashion of a widely circulated book, Mr. Wood deals in a pointed and pithy manner with matters concerning the Christian life and walk. His warnings have reference to the New Birth, the Word of God, Nominal Christianity, Substitution, Justification by Faith, Difficulties, &c.; also the preparation and preaching of preachers, the conduct of aftermeetings; and in short a long list of exceedingly practical matters. The book is well worth general attention. Here is but one of its good hints: "Don't take your Christianity from Christians; take it altogether and alone from the Lord and His Word."

Universal Week of Prayer. From the 3rd to the 10th of January, 1886, the Annual Week of United Prayer, organized by the Evangelical Alliance, through the British and its various foreign branches, will be observed all over the world. This movement is continually growing in extent, and there is now scarcely a country where it is not observed, from the northern limits of Europe to the most southerly points of Africa, and again from the distant realms of China and Japan to the West Indies, as well as in the Australian and Pacific groups of islands, wherever Christians are settled. The subjects agreed upon include Thanksgiving, Prayer for the Church and the Family, for Home and Foreign Missions, for Nations and Governments, and for the Christian Life. This general outline covers a wide range of particular topics for prayer, which are included in the programme issued by the Evangelical Alliance, to be had of the Secretaries at 7, Adam Street, Strand, London.

Any of the works noticed in Word and Work may be had of the publishers, John F. Shaw and Co., 48, Paternoster Row, London, E.C., post free, for the published price. Full cash discount for general book rders.

Children's Aid and Refuge Fund.

AY I venture at this season to plead for help on behalf of the Children's Aid and Refuge Fund, by means of which grants are made towards the maintenance of five thousand children in various Homes?

Three officers are constantly employed in putting in force the laws relative to the rescue of destitute and neglected children. They also assist such cases as can only be reached by voluntary effort. Neglected children under six or over fourteen years of age can, as a rule, only be rescued from physical and moral danger, and prevented from entering upon a criminal career, by an agency of this kind.

Some interesting particulars of how children have been saved are given in a small pamphlet which has been printed for private circulation, entitled Save the Children. It will be forwarded upon application to the Secretary of the fund.

On behalf of the council I earnestly ask for liberal help to enable us to continue this good work. We are in immediate want of £2,000 for the purpose.

Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged by Mr. Arthur J. S. Maddison, the Secretary of the Children's Aid and Refuge Fund, 32, Charing Cross, or by

Leonardslee, Horsham.

W. E, HUBBARD, Hon. Sec.

JANUARY 1, 1886.

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Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen.

Five Mission Vessels are cruising amongst the North Sea trawling fleets. 12,000 smacksmen are engaged all the year round in providing our tables with fish. These men, who for us teil through furious blast and sleety storm-who hazard their lives and fall victims, hundreds of them, to the pitiless waves, that markets at home may be well supplied-may rightly claim some small share in the privileges we so richly enjoy and so highly prize.

THIS THEY CAN ONLY HAVE
THROUGH THE PRESENCE OF THE
MISSION VESSELS

carrying to the fishermen the message of Divine mercy and pardoning love, bringing the pleasure of books to while away the weary hours, affording relief in case of sickness and injury, and cheering and brightening dull and monotonous lives by their presence and ministry.

"The Mission Smacks are doing in the North Sea a grand work, worthy of the support of a great maritime nation like England; and I believe that the results of their effort, great as they are in the present, will, if only supported liberally by the public, be of untold value in the future."Edward Birkbeck, Esq., M.P.

FUNDS are greatly NEEDED to enable, the Society to place a Mission Vessel with every fleet.

FOR rules of admission to the Anchorage House, and for the particulars of its work, and for TRAINED SERVANTS, apply (by letter only) to Mrs. H. STUART-WORTLEY (President of the Ladies' Committee), Rosslyn House, Grove End Road, N.W., London; and to whom, or to any member of committee, subscriptions may be sent, or to Editor, Word and Work.

Giving Thirty-one of the choicest of THE COLLECTS with suitable portions of Scripture.

NORTHWEST LONDON EVANGELISTIC CHOIR.

9, The Crescent, Leighton Grove, N.W. PRESIDENT-JOHN CHAMBERS, Esq. This Choir has been formed for the purpose of assisting any Evangelistic effort, and for the purpose of conducting short Gospel Bong Missions," as occasion may offer.

The services of the choir are quite gratuitous. All applications should be made to the Hon. Bec., Mr. Herbert A. Farley, at 6, Fitz-John's Parade, Hampstead.

UNIVERSAL WEEK OF PRAYER. -The Council of the EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE have arranged for MEETINGS in the West End daily during the week commencing January 4th, at Steinway Hall, Lower Seymour Street, Portman Square, each morning at 11.30. The Addresses will be given respectively by the Ven. Archdeacon Richardson, Revs. Dr. H. Allon, C. B. Symes, E. E. Jenkins, R. Taylor, and C. Spurgeon. Programmes of these Meetings, and other Papers relating to the Week of Prayer, may be bad on application to the Secretaries of the Alliance, 7, Adam Street, Strand, W.C.

By MRS. BAYLY. Price One Penny.

LONDON

JOHN F. SHAW & Co., 48, Paternoster Row, E.Q.

LIST OF FORTHCOMING meetingS.

The Evangelization Society is prepared to send qualified Evangelists
to any part of England, Scotland, and Wales upon due notice. Apply
to Hon. Secretary, 21, Surrey Street, Strand, W.C.
Y.M.C.A. (81), Gracechurch Street Branch.-Prayer Meeting,
1.30 to 2.15 p.m. (Sat. ex). Bible Study. Tues., 6.15 p.m. Soldiers,
Fri., 7 p.m. Workers', Mon., 6.30 p.m. Service of Song with Gospel
address (for adults), Lambeth Ragged Schools, Fri., at 8 p.m. Services
at Y.M.C.A. Mission Hall, Melior St., S.E., nightly, 8 p.m. Gospel
Temperance Addresses at George Yard, Whitechapel, Mon., 8.15 p.m.
Classes for rough lads, Mon. and Thurs,, at 8 p.m.

Rev. E. Payson Hammond's Forthcoming Missions are: Cam-
den Road Presbyterian Church, 2nd Jan. to 8th Jan.; Kingston-on-
Thames, 9th Jan. to 22nd Jan.; Mrs. Meredith's Conference Hall, Clap-
ham, 23rd Jan. to 5th Feb.; Finsbury Park Y.M.C.A., 6th Feb. to 19th
Feb.; Hampstead Presbyterian Church, 20th Feb. to 5th March; Rich-
mond, 6th March to 19th March.

Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington Butts, 8.E.-Mrs. Allison will
give a series of Bible Readings every Sunday afternoon at three o'clock.
All are heartily invited.

Mr. Gawin Kirkham's engagements for January -1, Berger Hall,
East London; 8 and 7, Woodford; 4, 5, Brighton; 9, Mildmay Park;
12, Sydenham; 16, 17, 18, Winchester; 19, Eastleigh; 20, Netley; 21,
Basingstoke: 22, Westminster: 25, Aldersgate Street; 26, 80 ath: nd;
27, King's Cross; 28, Exeter Hall.

Y.M.C.A., Exeter Hall.-New Year's address by Rev. Dr. Morris, Sun-
day afternoon, Jan. 3rd, at 3.30, for men only. Special mission for
young men, conducted by Rev. Dr. Morris, from Jan. 3rd to 8th, every
night at 8.

Y.M.C.A., 186, Aldersgate Street.-Sunday, at 3.15 p.m., conversational
Bible class; at 7 p.m., Gospel meeting.
Children's Special Service

Mission. Mr. W. F. Seagrove and
Mr. Seyler at Upton Chapel Sunday School, Lambeth Road, S.E., Jan.
11th to 15th, at 7.30 p.m. Mr. H. M. Trickett, at Trinity Presbyterian
Church, Notting Hill, Jan. 3rd, at 3 p.m. Mr. Spiers, in London,
assisting Mr. Hammond.
Mildmay Conference Hall.-Sunday, Jan. 3rd, 1836, at 8.30, Mr. P.
8. Badenoch; at 7 p.m., Rev. A. C. Murphy, M.A., of Crouch Hill.
Mildmay Mission to the Jews.-Rev. J. Wilkinson's Bible Readings in
Ezekiel every Wednesday evening, at 7.30, in the Ladies' Waiting
Room, Conference Hall, Mildmay, N.

Youths Institute, Old Pye Street, Westminster ("One

Tun "
Mission).-Prayer meeting every Wednesday from 1 to 1.30. Con-
ducted by Mr. J. Payne. Gospel mission service every Sunday evening
from 6.30 to 8.

Bt. George's Hall, Langham Place, W.-During January, Mr. Denham
Smith, Sun., 11 and 7, and Wed., at Burlington Hall, at 8 p.m.
House of Res, 8, Cambridge Gardens, Kilburn Park, N.W.-Friday, Jan.
1st, 1885, "Prayer and Promise Meeting," at 11 a.m and 7 p.m. Tea at
6.15. No afternoon meeting. Meetings open to all.
Upper Norwood, Stafford House, Tudor Road. - Drawing-room and
young women's meetings every Thursday at 3 and 7 p.m.
Evangelistio Mission (Under the direction of C. Russe!! Hurditch).-
Dalston Lane, 103A.-Mr. S. E. Angel, Sunday, 7 p.m., and Thurs-
day, 8 p.m.

Bignold Hall, Bignold Road, Station Road, Forest Gate.-Dr. Pop.
ham, Sunday, 7 p.m., and Wed., 8 p.m.

Hammersmith, Upper Mission Room. 130, King Street.-
Messrs. Russell and Brothers (service for the young) on Sunday, at
7 p.m.; Dr. Popham, Thursday, 8 p.m.

Kilburn Hall, Kilburn Gate (not Town Hall).—Mr. W. Grove, Sun.,
at 7 pm., and Wed., at 7.30 p.m. Watch-night Service, Dec. 31st,
at 10.45; address by Mr. C. Inglis.

Malden Hall, Kentish Town.-Mr. Geo. Hucklesby, Sun., at 7
p.m., and Thurs., at 8 p.m.

Mortlake, Fest Mission Hall.-Sunday, 7 p.m.

West Kensington Hall (known as Cadby Hall), Hammersmith
Road, West Kensington.-Dr. Popham, Sunday, at 3; Mr. C.
Russell Hurditch, Sun., 7 p.m.

Trinity Presbyterian Church, Kensington Park Road.-Dr. H.
Sinclair Paterson, Sundays at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Belgrave Presbyterian Church (Halkin Street, W.).-Rev. Adolph
Saphir, Sundays at 11 a.m.

Barbican Mission to the Jews. - 6, Farleigh Road, Stoke
Newington, N. (within 10 minutes by tram from Dalston Junction),
Mr. Warschawski's Bible Readings in Isaiah, the Second Monday in
each month. at 8.30 p.m., tea at 4.30 p.m.

Zenana and Medical Mission School and Home, 58, St. George's
Road, 8.W.-Bible reading with Prayer every Saturday at noon, at
which Miss Nugent and Mrs. Orchard kindly preside.
Clapton Hall, Alkham Road, Cazenove Road, Upper Clapton.-Sun-
days, 6.30, Fridays. 7.30.

Strangers' Rest, 163, St. George's Street, Ratcliff Highway, E.-Monthly
workers' meeting, Friday, January 8th, 1885, tea at 6, meeting at7; special
praise and prayer; Henry A. Mandeville, Esq. (late Lieut. R.N.), will give
a New Year's address.

Camden Town Y.M.C A., Camden Road, N.W.-Special addresses to
young men, by Mr. C. Russell Hurdit h, on Sunday, Jan. 10th, at 3.15;
Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 11th and 12th, at 8.30, and on following
nights by Mr. Henry Bowker.

Stafford Rooms, Tichborne Street, Edgware Road.-Sunday, Jan. 3rd,
at 3.15, New Year's address to young men, by Mr. C. Russell Hurditch.

Jewish Refugees at Artouf.-An Occasional Paper just
issued gives various interesting particulars with regard to the
settlement, and concludes:-The missionary aspect of the
colony is good so far as the people are concerned, all being
anxious to receive instruction, but since Mr. Hanauer's
removal we have not had a suitable man to carry on the work.
I have placed a man there who does some portion of the work,
particularly among the children, but he is not fitted to give in-
struction to the adults, who are all of them anxious to have
some regular teaching. There is much more peace amongst the
people, the agitators and the sticklers for the Talmud having
disappeared amongst those who took their deperture when the
allowances were cut off. Taking all these things into considera-
tion, I am inclined to think that it was God's goodness to us
that caused the stoppage of supplies, and, by reducing our
numbers, got rid of so many disturbing elements. Beginning
afresh with this small number we can work a part of the land,
letting the remainder to the fellaheen, and then, as funds come
in, we can enlarge our numbers, choosing only such as we con-
sider in every way suitable. And so, with God's blessing,
Artouf will yet be a truly Hebrew-Christian colony, and a tem-
poral and spiritual refuge, for many weary souls.

A. HASTINGS Kelk.

Bible Flower Mission.-Sickness and death have of late
thinned our ranks; but we do entreat those who are at ease in
Zion, in these perilous times, to shake off their sloth and step
into the place of those who are wearied in the fight, or are
called away for a time by sorrow and affliction. Are there none
who would rejoice at the opportunity of carrying the messages
of God's love and mercy to the dying and the dead? Yes;
there are many dying who are already dead-dead in trespasses
and sins; to them we beg you to take the Word of Life ere it
be too late-ere the dead soul has escaped from the dying body,
and hope is past. Do you complain you cannot join us because
we do not send out comfort? We ask, Could Christ Himself give
more comfort than He has conveyed in the words "God so loved
the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life"?
(John iii. 16.) Is there no comfort in knowing that in Christ
the penalty of sin has been paid (Isa. liii. 5), that in Him the
power of sin has been destroyed (Rom. vi. 14), the consequences
of sin put away (Matt. viii. 17), and that with Him also God
freely gives us all things? (Rom. viii. 31, 32.) Such comfort,
then, we take both to sinner and to saint. Conscious of sin,
bowed down with affliction, there is comfort to such in the
blood that cleanseth us from all sin. But to the hardened and
impenitent shall we shun to declare the whole counsel of God;
shall we tell them "the gift of God is eternal life" while we
conceal that "the wages of sin is death"? Sad tales might
we tell you of some who deny any consciousness of sin though
they are suffering its consequences, and, sadder still, of those
who make a boast of crime, and these who will only leave the
hospital for the prison, and God knows what may be their end.
But all praise to our Heavenly Father, who has, by His Holy
Spirit through His Word, convinced such as these of sin, and
of righteousness and of judgment to come, and opened to them
all the fulness of His love in the sacrifice of His only begotten
Son on the cross for their redemption. The hard, defiant look
has passed away, and the eyes have been suffused with tears,
and a good hope sprung up that there was joy in Heaven before
the angels of God over a repenting sinner.

ANNE DOVE,

Hon. Superintendent Bible Flower Mission.
110, Cannon Street, E.C.

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