may venture from Amoy or Swatow across | into the inland parts. The fruit which I the stormy Formosan channel.

Our present chapel is very much more commodious than the previous one; and in the afternoon, just now, we sometimes have a congregation of about fifty men, rather restless, as you may suppose, always some one going out and another coming in; but, on the whole, a good amount of attention being paid to the truth.

The MEDICAL WORK is also steadily increasing, and the medical benefits are being more widely appreciated. I trust to see more fruit from this source when we are able to extend our work more vigorously

should expect to see would be a greater
willingness to receive us and bear with us
in our endeavours to propagate the Gospel.
We have begun to do this kind of work of
late, visiting half-a-dozen towns and vil-
lages within a radius of six miles, and
spending a whole day or an afternoon in
preaching amongst the people. With our
small numbers, however, this work can only
be overtaken on a very limited scale.
I remain, my dear Mr. Mathieson,
Ever affectionately yours,

J. L. MAXWELL

INDIA.

From the late letters of the Rev. Behari Lal Singh, our missionary at Rajshai, we give a few extracts which will be found interesting. His desire to have a sum at his disposal to grant small bursaries to the most deserving lads in the schools, has been promptly and generously met, by a donation of £50 from a warm friend of the mission in Scotland, and we anticipate important results from this step. We also give the first part of Behari's journal of a missionary tour, which contains some instructive notices of the country and the people among whom he labours.

RAMPORE BAULEAH.

"The physical structure of Rajshai is, on "18th July, 1866. the whole, favourable to the work of itinerancy, although, it must be confessed, the oppressive heat and the deluging rains, are obstacles in the way. The intersection of the district by numerous rivers and jheels (small lakes) more than counterbalances this disadvantage. I think our mission, like other preaching missions, ought to have A BOAT. By this means much expense may be avoided, and the

"It is still with us a day of small things,' but we must not forget there was a time when they were much smaller than they now are, and that the smallness of the mustard-seed will, under divine blessing, expand into the largeness and fulness of the mustard-tree. Travelling from village to village, from town to town, we have sought to make known the glad tidings of salvation to our countrymen, in accordance apostolic work of itinerancy facilitated." with the last command of our Lord.

In another letter our friend Behari writes:

ZENANAHS AND GIRLS' SCHOOLS.

"If you can get the expense of a garry (a native carriage) and horse borne by

some generous friend of the mission, good and well, if not, we shall endeavour to do what we can to advance the cause of Zenanah education."

This request is made in order to promote the cause of female education in the district. Mrs. Singh is most anxious to get the women in the Zenanahs taught, and the girls collected in schools, but owing to the great heat and the distances, it is hardly possible to overtake this branch of the

work without a vehicle. Perhaps some kind friend may be induced to help in this matter.

The wants of the country may be in some measure understood by the following statistics of population in Rajshai, and the neighbouring districts. There is but one missionary amongst these millious.

Rajshai
Bogra
Maldah

1,000,000

321,000

311,000

1,634,000

862,000

1,961,000

1,214,000

Rungpore

Behari writes :

IMPORTANCE OF THE SCHOOLS BURSARIES.
"The great mass of the population cor-
sists of the ryots, who can scarcely read a
book. What they hear or learn from their
priests is filled with mythic or impure
legends, and cannot elevate their intellects
or purify their hearts. What is wanting to

render them intelligent and happy, is the
communication of religious knowledge.
What a mighty change would the study and
practice of the Bible introduce into their
character! While it would teach them to
be submissive and obedient to their master,
it would teach them also to manage their
affairs wisely and owe no man anything; in
short, to be intelligent, honest, industrious,
peaceful, and happy. From this, you will
not fail to perceive the importance of the
mission schools; in efficiency, they are not
surpassed by any schools of the kind. We
labour, however, under great disadvantages.
Our pupils are seldom rich, often
poor; they leave us before they have ac-
quired a good knowledge of the Holy
Scriptures. I know

7,303,000

is fifty rupees a month. In a few months we expect another young man to join us on the same salary. This will increase our annual expense by £120. This school is still in its infancy, but as soon as you send out a colleague willing to take an active share, I shall then apply to Government for a large grant of public money. Sir Cecil Beadon [has already given us a piece of rent-free land (for building a school, &c)."

BAPTISM OF A PUNDIT'S WIFE.

"On Sunday, the 15th July, was admitted into the Church by the sacred ordinance of baptism, the wife of Rajkumar, the head pundit of our mission.

"She was compelled by her heathen relatives to forsake her husband for a season, on account of the difference of religion; but the fact of his renouncing Hindooism and embracing Christianity did not break up the conjugal relationship which existed between them. not whether the

very

friends of our mission have taken into serious consideration the necessity of founding permanent scholarships; Government and native schools possess many scholarships, without which, they say, they cannot get on. When I think of this, I often wonder how our schools can flourish or produce the fruits which our Church in England so ardently wish."

THE ANGLO-VERNACULAR SCHOOL.

No; it sim

ply strengthened it, and enabled the
converted husband to act towards her with
But
greater faithfulness and affection.
how to get her liberated from the confine-
ment to which she had been subjected by
her friends, who are respectable, influential,
and powerful priests, was more than he
could conceive. He therefore resolved to
cast himself on the Lord, and watch the
leadings of his providence, and in January
last, his wife rejoined him in a way as
agreeably surprising as joyful to him.

"The Rev. Mr. Fyfe has lately sent to us "From the word of God we learn that the a young native Christian, to take charge of pious example, good conversation, and our Anglo-Vernacular School; his salary earnest prayers of a believing husband may

be blessed to the conversion of his heathen | factory. May the Lord keep her from evil companion in life. and perfect her in grace. "Believe me,

JOURNAL OF A MISSIONARY TOUR.

BY THE REV. BEHARI LAL SINGH.

1st October.-Ranaghat, so called from the Ranee or Queen of Kishen-ChunderRoy, is the dwelling place of an influential landholder. A Bengalee Brahmin, who had forty wives, is said to have died here. We reached this place at sunset, and had religious conversation with the people. One of our hearers was an intelligent and well-educated man. He wished us to establish a missionary school, and doubtless if the missionary had the requisite means he would gladly plant one. We then entered into conversation about the religion of the Brahmas, when among other things he observed, they deny the doctrines of a fall, an atonement, a Trinity, &c., &c. This is what Theodore Parker and other Unitarians deny. Can this system become the creed of the enlightened Hindoos? He concluded by remarking that notwithstanding their loud professions of belief in Unitarianism, they connive at idolatry whenever it suits their purpose. Another of my audience said, "They worship their belly with all the pomps of the western world."

aspect of the country, we have cause to thank God and take courage.

3rd.-Shooksagar was once a valuable plantation, being the country-seat of Lord Cornwallis, one of the Governor-Generals, and the residence of some enterprising and wealthy manufacturers; but the greater part of the town, together with the buildings, has been long swallowed up by the Hoogly; so that there is nothing to remind us of its former grandeur or wealth. We staid at this village for six hours, and preached to the people at different places. We met with little or no opposition. I believe God is opening the eyes of some of the villagers; for it is a great thing to bear some of them say, Idolatry will be overthrown, and Christianity will triumph."

4th.-Chinsurah was formerly the capital of the Dutch, and is situated about twenty-five miles north of Calcutta, on the right bank of the river. The missionaries of the London Missionary Society occupied it fifty or sixty years ago, and preached the Gospel to its benighted inhabitants, though there has appeared little or no visible fruit in the shape of decided conversions. Towards the close of 1848 the station was generously transferred to the Free Church missionaries, who established a first-rate We entered this day (2nd October) institution for the Christian education of the Hoogly, or Bhagruttee, which is an- the young. Several cases of conversion other offshoot of the great Ganges. In no have occurred; and we would say in repart of Bengal have so many missionaries ference to them, "Not unto man, but to laboured for so many years for the dis- thy name give glory, O God." Two of semination of the truth as on the banks of the Free Church missionaries who laboured the Hoogly; and probably in no part of at Chinsurah have entered their rest. One the country have the fruits of missionary of them, the late Dr. Mackay, was dislabour been so conspicuous. It was here tinguished no less by his splendid talents, that the Bible-the holiest and most won- and varied and profound scholarship, than drous book of life-had been translated by by the spirituality of his mind. Being of the venerable and learned Carey, and his a retired and modest deportment, and being native assistants, more or less accurately unable to do much by way of public speakinto the vernacular languages. It was ing, on account of his chest complaint, he here that thousands and tens of thousands was not a public man; but all who knew of young Bengalees had been instructed by him wish and pray that many similar the Scottish missionaries in that know- in natural and spiritual qualifications ledge which maketh man wise unto salvation. It was here that the first native church, composed of Bengalee Christians, had been formed, and native brethren set apart as evangelists to their countrymen. It is here, too, that the government system of education produced its natural and genuine fruits in Atheism, Materialism, Rationalism, with intuition culled from American, German, or English infidels. It was here that the founders of the Free Church Mission-pre-eminent for their intellectual gifts and attainments-exposed the fallacies of the infidel throng, and enforced the truths on their understanding. Altogether, when we contrast Bengal threequarters of a century ago, when Carey landed in Calcutta, with the promising

may be raised up and sent forth into the mission field. The other was the Rev. Eben. Miller. Those who had the privilege and pleasure of intimate intercourse with him, and of sitting under his ministry, felt that in him they possessed one of the most gifted preachers, and a devoted missionary. To meet with friends and colleagues, endeared to them by a host of most sacred associations, and, above all, to see them face to face whom unseen they had served, what complete enjoyment!

A Mohammedan gentleman, having no sons or descendants, determined to consecrate his property in perpetuity to the service of God, in other words, to cause prayers to be offered for the prophet and the Imaums, to defray the expense of the

Bome Intelligence.

PRESBYTERY OF NEWCASTLE. This Presbytery met for ordinary business in the John Knox Church, Newcastle, on the 11th of September. There were present the Revs. T. W. Brown (moderator pro tem.), J.-Jeffrey, J. G. Murray, J. Brown, G. Wallace, J. Stewart, S. M. McLelland,