ber admitted to the church from the school the last year, is ten. Four of these were former pupils, and the remainder the fruits of the work of grace in the school in the spring of 1855.”

The good effects of all this are seen in the spreading of the leaven, by the pupils becoming themselves teachers, or otherwise exercising a wholesome influence elsewhere.

In a letter written six years after the establishment of the institution, the native pastor at Nicomedia, where a number of them resided, says :

"Your pupils are doing a good work in this city. One of them has a prayer meeting in her house every week, and gathers all the young women and girls to work and to pray with her. I hope by the blessing of God that your scholars will do much good here and be great blessings to our little Church."

Again: "One of our pupils," says the report, "has lately taken charge of a day school for small children, a branch of the one before established in this village, both in the seminary building, and now numbering fifty scholars. Others, who have been reported heretofore as teaching are still occupying posts of usefulness. The distant city of Tocat is one centre of influence, where two orphan sisters are teaching a school, which is constantly increasing in numbers and prosperity. When they were admitted to the privileges of the seminary, but one woman of the 10,000 in their native city could read. Who can tell but that it was in answer to the prayers of Henry Martyn, who there finished his course, that they were sent to learn the way of life, and thus teach their benighted sisters? Another most interesting school is taught in Nicomedia by one of the former pupils, who spends her vacations in missionary tours to neighbouring villages.

"One hundred pupils have been received since the commencement of the institution, though all have not remained to complete the course of four years. Of this number, fifty are members of the Church of Christ.

"We trust that the influence of this school will be felt more and more each year throughout the length and breadth of this land, especially among the rising generation, and that many a stream will flow forth from it, to make glad the city of God."

TRIALS OF BURMESE MISSIONARIES.

แ WISH to say to my brethren," writes one of these native missionaries to the Karens, Sau Le, in de

scribing the trials they are called to endure,-"I wish to say to my brethren who dwell in the land of the foreigners, that we, who reside under the Burmese government, have many obstacles to overcome, and numerous difficulties with which to contend, in order to preach the Gospel. We can hardly go to preach where we may wish to go. It is exceedingly difficult. I went recently with a companion to preach in a certain village. Night overtook us before we could reach the place of our destination, and we got up into a tree to pass the night. It came on to rain and to blow dreadfully, and we were afraid of tigers and wild elephants, for we were in a desolate forest. A tree is no certain security against wild beasts. The leopard, as large as an ordinary-sized calf, is in the constant habit of ascending the trunks of large trees in search of his prey; and the Karens think, but probably erroneously, that the tiger has the same habit. A Maul

mein Christian told me that he was travelling on one occasion, before his conversion, as this assistant was, with a single associate; and, when they were overtaken in the darkness, they made little bamboo platforms, on which to sleep during the night, in the branches of a large tree, one on a lower main branch, and the other on an upper large branch. During the night the man on the lower branch was awakened by what he thought to be a tiger, but it was probably a leopard, creeping up the body of the tree above him. It had passed his branch, and was climbing up to where the other man slept. He called out: the man answered, and the leopard was still; not a claw moved. But the sleeping man could not rouse himself, and in a few seconds the leopard rushed up, seized the man in his sleep, and, jumping down with him, devoured him at the foot of the tree, regardless of all the noise the narrator could make above him. Our native preachers, travelling in small companies, are exposed to greater dangers from wild beasts than most people are aware. During my residence in Tavoy, no fewer than three of our Karen assistants, who had been in my theological classes, were devoured by tigers. These dangers they never shrink from encountering; and though Sau Le escaped that dreary night, yet they fell next evening among men as savage as the beasts of the forest.

When the day dawned we continued our journey, and reached a Burman village, where we preached. The Karen village for which we had started was near; but we found the Burmese on the way were engaged in warfare with each other, and it was not possible to pass through them; so we had to return the way we came. However, we turned aside towards another village. Darkness overtook us at the monastery of a Buddhist priest, so we went up there to pass the night. They are the caravanseries of Burmah, where travellers are always allowed to stay. After eating supper, and when we were about to lie down to sleep, we thought that, before going to rest, we ought to preach to the priest. So I drew near him; but when I had uttered one or two sentences, and he discovered we were Christians, he seized a cudgel, rushed at us, and drove us away in the dark. After this, some evil-minded persons informed the governor that I was going about preaching; so he sent his officers to seize me, who took me to Rangoon, and threw me into the stable of the prison, where my feet were put in the stocks, and then drawn up, so that I could neither sit nor lie; and in this painful position I had to remain all night. Then it was the cold season, and they

stripped me of all my clothes, giving me nothing but a little dirty rag, so that I suffered much from the cold; and they gave me nothing to eat, though I was very hungry, and no water to drink, though I was exceedingly thirsty. The next day they brought me before the governor, hung me up by the heels in the Court-house, in the presence of the people, while a spotted-faced executioner stood over me with a cane, to beat me till I gave up the names of all the Karen Christians. I committed myself to God, prayed to Him in my heart without intermission, and he so sustained me that I did not feel afraid, but resolved to suffer and die, if necessary, rather than betray a single individual. I knew that if I told them of all the Christians, they would all be persecuted, and I thought it was better for me to suffer alone than that they all should. If I died I should die one only. So when they demanded, "How many have become disciples of Jesus Christ ?" I replied, “I am not able to say. Should I mention this one or that one, perhaps he would not prove to be a true disciple. I cannot tell you. You may take two stones and beat me to atoms, with one on the top of the other, if you like, but I cannot give you the names of those who worship Jesus Christ. Perhaps I should tell you wrong, and then God might hold me guilty." These examinations were repeated several days; but on the eighth day I was dismissed, on the condition that I should pay a fine of five hundred rupees, which I did.

I was put in jail again for continuing my preaching, where I was detained seven days, but was set at liberty by paying a fine of two hundred rupees. After the second imprisonment, my mother tried to stop me from preaching any more, but I would not listen to her. I remembered that Christians anciently suffered exceedingly for the name of Christ, yet they remained steadfast; so I have continued preaching with undiminished zeal. Brethren, pray for us, that everything which hinders the preaching of the Gospel may be removed, and that it may be with us as with you.Church Missionary Gleaner.

OUR JEWISH MISSION AT SALONICA.

WE hope for some early fruits of our Missions recently established in Turkey. Indeed, already the fields seem in some parts white unto the harvest. Our missionary, Mr. Rosenberg, closes his interesting letter with the following appeal for supplying the

WANT OF BIBLES AT YANNINA.

"I conclude with a piece of information I have just received from a Protestant Armenian, who, with another of his nation, has been carrying on business during the last three years at Yannina. This place contains about twelve thousand inhabitants, Jews, Greeks, and Mohammedans, all of whom speak the Greek language. Our Armenian brethren, during their stay in that place, have been endeavouring to promulgate the truth both by precept and example. But there is one thing which they told me, and which is most painful to a true Christian to hear, that there is no copy of the Scriptures to be had in the whole town, except those found in the churches, and that this large body of people, though they have heard of the Word of God, are perishing in ignorance and superstition. Should not this move the compassion of those who feel in their hearts the love of Christ, and pray for the establishment of His kingdom on earth, and for the salvation of their fellow-creatures from sin and eternal ruin; and should it not lead them liberally to contribute to send to those perishing for lack of knowledge that blessed Word which maketh wise unto salvation?"

Will any of our young friends lend a helping hand to supply this want?

LIBERALITY ABOUNDING OUT OF DEEP POVERTY. In a suburban church, within eight miles of the great metropolis, a sermon, having reference to the great duty of Christian Missions, was preached on Sunday morning, September 14, 1856, preparatory to a missionary meeting on the next evening. One there was present who felt the appeal a poor widow in the congregation. She did not act at once, but thought and prayed. The meeting was held, and a collection made. Still she waited. A few days after she came privately to her pastor, and told him what was in her heart. She had been strongly moved as she heard of the wants of millions, and desired to do something, that they also, with her, might have the Gospel. She had known better days, but was now poor; and all that remained to her of her former prosperity consisted of two old guineas. One of these she wished to give to the missionary cause; and she has done so, humbly and unobtrusively,