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the people to believe in Jesus." I said "Yes," and on this, with angry threats he ordered us to be gone, and pursued us to the gates of the village.

Encouraged no doubt by this, one of the fiery youths of the place collected a few of his companions, and overtook us at the side of a pond, into which they seriously threatened to push us. However, in this they stopped short, and contented themselves with pushing us about, and taking away some part of our dress. As we slowly moved on, one man struck A-Kee rather heavily on the back of the head with a carrying pole, so as to cause bleeding; his cap had been previously taken away. And when again we got to a distance of a few hundred yards, we were overtaken by a party who rifled our pockets of what pleased them. After this we returned home, thankful that in their blind rage they had not been allowed to harm us in any serious way, and rejoicing that we had been counted worthy to suffer even the least indignity for the name of Jesus.

But what you will think the most wonderful part of the whole remains to be told. We had been at home little more than an hour, when a message was brought from one of the merchant Hongs, at Ching-Linn, to say that the principal things (as they thought the whole) that had been taken from us were in their hands, and would be returned to any one we should send for them. Accordingly on Thursday, our landlord here kindly went with a list of all that we had lost, and with very trifling exceptions all the things were found and restored to us. In my own case I had nothing lost and nothing injured; and we hear that the showily dressed young man, who was the chief instigator of the attack, was the person called on to go round and find out the missing things. Among the things taken and again restored, is the knife which my dear mother sent to me in place of one which I lost by robbery in 1856, at Nan-Yong, seven miles from ChingLinn, on the way to Swatow.-Rev. W. C. Burns.

THE BEST TEACHERS.

THE best teachers, after all, are those who teach by their actions, for they speak more forcibly than words.

INDIA.

MADRAS.

Preaching Tour-Old Sevarum.

IN going through a cross road we fell into the Chingleput way and went to the famous hill here. On approaching it we found all quiet. After singing near the Cutcherry Street, both of us preached on the miracles of Christ and his desire to seek and save the lost. All the people bore an air of enmity to us and to what we said. One receiving our calendar tore it in our presence. This is evidently a place visited by our brethren.

Nungumbakum.

THIS is the first village we visited beyond the river. Refreshed by the bracing air, and the walk over the sandy bed, on entering the village we found a group of beggars, some going to Conchi, others to Theroopathy, the sacred places of pilgrimage. We were moved in our spirits when we saw them. Aftor asking A. to sing, I preached to them about God as the friend of sinners. In going to the main street we found a temple of considerable height, and asked a man in our way the name of it. He said it was Umbalanathen. When we explained the meaning of it he seemed to be wretched. On my preaching here on Christ raising Lazarus, this same man was in the company.

A woman in the middle gave a good deal of disturbance here by speaking contemptuously of our preaching, and disturbed our audience. The man came again and demanded thakeed, or the government order for preaching here, and called the Thaliar to insist on it. We demanded in return his thakeed for our not preaching here. He threatened us, used foul and filthy words, in fact did every bad thing. But going to another road we had an interesting discussion on vital points of religion with a respectable Hindu and a Tamil teacher. The gospel which was the savour of death unto death to the first audience, was the savour of life unto life unto the second

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Theroomookkodul, or the Junction of Three Rivers. THIS village is built on the brink of these three rivers, like Benares on the Ganges, running between two girries or mountains. Hence this place is sacred, and all the persons buried or burned on the sandy bed of these rivers are "sure of reaching heaven." After crossing three rivers, I went to the main street and preached to a large audience. I took for my introduction the question of the Moonsif, What made you become a Christian? and showed God's way of forgiveness. He called all the Christians murderers, because he saw at Chintandrapettah many cows killed and eaten. I told him that all was made for our use. Another man tolerably acquainted with English, one of Mr. Anderson's scholars, agreed to everything Í preached. He and another companion are objects of great hatred to the villagers, because they do not worship idols, and do not observe other ceremonies. They accompanied me a part of the way, and promised to come and see me and receive a Tamil Bible.

CAFFRARIA.

Baptisms at Burnshill.

I AM glad that I am able to report that yesterday a considerable number of people were added to the Church here by the ordinance of baptism. I had then the satisfaction of baptizing eighteen adults and twenty-two children. It is remarkable that, on this occasion, all the adults are females except one. Of the infants, thirteen are males, and nine are females. Three of the husbands of persons baptized have for some time been members of the Church, and three are following their wives in the way of making an open profession of Christianity, but are not yet baptized. Three of the females have heathen husbands, but one of them is separated from her husband, who is a polygamist. Two are widows, and three are young unmarried females, one probably not more than fourteen, but whom I have long noticed to be a most docile child.

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crippled steamer, and asked if they needed help. I am in a sinking condition,' cried Captain Herndon. ‘Had you not better send your passengers on board directly?' I said.

"Will you not lay by me till morning?' answered Captain Herndon. I will try,' I replied; but had you not better send your passengers on board now? 'Lay by me till morning,' again said Captain Herndon. I tried to lie by him; but at night, such was the heavy roll of the sea, I could not keep my position, and I never saw the steamer more. In an hour and a half after the cartain said, 'Lay by me till morning,' the vessel with its living freight went down, and the captain and crew and a great majority of his passengers found a grave in the great deep. But for this delay, all might have been saved."

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Of all the heavy losses in consequence of procrastination, the heaviest is the loss of the soul. The Bible, the Spirit of God, and the still small voice of your own conscience warn you of danger, and you see there is danger. You know you are on the stormy sea of ungodliness; you feel the darkness creeping on; you look for a refuge, and you see the great pilot Jesus Christ, and hear him cry, Come unto me; now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation." Do you get aboard without delay? or, alas, are you saying, "Lay by me till a more convenient season." Do not put him off. He will not save you unless you are willing to be saved-unless you come and cast yourself on his strong and ready help. Put off, and you will surely go down; you must be lost.—Child's Paper.

GOVERN YOUR PASSIONS.

You would not let them break out before a king or a prince. Why, then, before any one?

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