can missions. In the city itself, and in scores of towns and villages round it, there are thousands yet unreached by any gospel influences other than the tracts, etc., which Mr. Pascoe freely distributes everywhere.

One thousand pounds a year would enable him to work both missions, and to employ the many converts who are longing so to devote themselves to the work, and of whose zeal and power as preachers he speaks with thankful surprise.

The little Bible reading with two persons has grown to this. Hundreds of Mexicans and Mexican Indians have turned from the idols of Rome to serve the living God. Since He hath so wrought by His lonely servant, what will He not do by the company of preachers whom He has gathered and prepared? Does He not by these facts now give command to His stewards at home to send such forth into the harvest? And is not such bidding an invitation to share the joy of the harvest's Lord?

BUENOS AYRES.-Mr. F. Fletcher has recently moved into larger quarters in this city, where he is carrying on a good work among the Roman Catholic population. He has a spacious semicircular room, twenty-five yards in diameter, which serves as a schoolroom for some hundreds of children by day, and as a preaching room by night. A pugnacious lad in the school was asked by his mother one day why he did not retaliate when he found a big boy bullying his little brother. "Jesus never hit back" he replied. The sweet lesson of the Saviour's life must have sunk deep into this boy's heart to restrain the natural impulse to give tit for tat! Another little fellow reproached his mother for having dancing and singing at her house on Sunday evening, saying it was "muy linda " to go to Sunday school. She was moved by the child's boldness; went, and is now attending the gospel meetings constantly.

We are hoping this month to send out to Mr. Fletcher, as a colleague, our brother MR. EWENS, and we commend him to the prayers of our friends for this work. Mr. Fletcher has been enjoying marked blessing on his labours lately; neighbouring towns are asking for "evangelical schools and gospel meetings," and he has no one to send.

MR. GEORGE ROGER, who sailed from this country at the end of last term, writes us a little account of his new sphere of labour in Labrador. It is a double sphere, as he occupies one locality in summer and another in winter. In the summer his home is on a rocky island, where are very few houses, but a large fishing station. Many people reside there during

the summer months, and multitudes of fishing boats come from the neighbouring islands, bringing people to attend the services. There are a few Christians, and Mr. Roger is fully hoping for a blessing on the people. He has had interesting meetings and evident signs of awakening amongst the unconverted.

In the winter the people move inland for protection from the cold. The station on the mainland is seven miles from the island, and there are many settlements all around, which Mr. Roger will be able to reach by means of dog sleighs.

The young lady who resides with them as teacher is an earnest, able person, and will be very useful in the school.

As they have no other adviser near, the people come to Mr. Roger for medical as well as spiritual advice, and he regrets that he did not obtain more medical knowledge before starting. There is no minister or missionary within fifty miles on either side of him; so that he will have a pretty large diocese in the winter.

Letters reach them only once in eight months, as the straits are closed with ice, and there is only one inland mail from Quebec. Any friends who may wish to write to him must please note that letters intended for this mail must be in Quebec not later than the 1st February, addressed "Bon Esperance, Saguenay County, Quebec Province, Canada." At other seasons letters should go by St. John's, Newfoundland, addressed, "Bon Esperance, Labrador." We hope brethren and friends will not forget. this dear brother in his distant and lonely lot, but bear him up in prayer that he may be richly blessed, and made a blessing among these out of the way settlements and fishermen.

ON THE DEEP.

MR. W. H. ROGERS, who has for some time been working at Kingswood, near Bristol, is now on his way to Australia; MR. and MRS. NELSON to New Zealand; and MR. ARMSTRONG to the Cape of Good Hope; MR. and MRS. CRAVEN and party are coasting round the Gulf of Guinea on their way to the Congo; MR. REDWOOD is on his voyage to India; and MR. EWENS Crossing the Atlantic to Buenos Ayres.

May God in His mercy preserve each and all, and bring them safely to their desired havens ! We have never yet lost a missionary in the perils of the deep, though some have been in danger. As for instance our Brother ROLFE on his way to Canada. He writes:

We sailed on April 26th by the S. S. Peruvian; had a rough sea up to the 6th May, and struck a field of ice on the 8th. We had to alter our course 120 miles south of Newfoundland. All went well up to the 13th, when the ice began to get

much thicker. We sighted St. Paul's on the north and Cape Sidney on the south. Here the weather was most severe, the snow falling fast, and we could only go at a quarter speed. Early in the morning we were alarmed by the fearful noise of the engines, and soon learned that our propeller was entirely stripped of all its fans, and that it was not unlikely that we should have to remain in the ice for a month or more. The captain said we had provisions to last six months however. These tidings

came as bad news to all except myself and Mr. LOURDALE (Secretary of the York Young Men's Christian Association). We had been holding gospel meetings on deck each night since starting, and as the interest was evidently increasing we could not murmur at this delay. We had about 1,100 passengers on board, all English, going west; and as we were brought to this standstill our usefulness was increased. Two hundred and twenty passengers memorialised us to hold gospel meetings in the steerage morning and evening, and we had an average attendance of 250. At the same time Mr. Lourdale had a meeting among the families and in the intermediate cabin. At 8.30 and at 3 p.m. we had Bible classes in addition, and the Lord's day was a busy time. We met early for prayer, and a number of Christians attended, for our position called for prayer. Many were deeply anxious about homes and families.

At the end of the voyage we asked for testimony as to results, and about fifty thanked God for this delay, stating they had been saved on board. It was really cheering, the sense of the power of God which was manifested in the meetings. Many stout hearts quaked, and scoffers cried for mercy. One infidel said to me, "There is more comfort in what you preach, even if it is not true, than anything I could talk about."

We were detained twelve days altogether in the Gulf. On the 20th the ice broke up, but an east wind also arose shortly after, which drove us on a lee shore. The men had to work all night; the boats were ready, mothers and children dressed, and the crew at the life buoys, for we were as near going down as possible. I could have thrown a stone on shore; but just at the crisis our heavenly Father caused another wind to turn us round and towards Cape Breton. Much prayer and praise ascended to Him who never slumbers or sleeps.

We continued about seventy miles eastward till food got scarce, just a biscuit for each meal. This continued for some days, and we had opened the last barrel of biscuit. At breakfast one morning there was a cry of " Ship ahead, sir!" We rushed on deck, and away up in the fog cloud we saw a ship's mast. We fired and hoisted distress signals, and were soon made fast to a coaster. They gave us fresh food, and shortly after one of H. M. gunboats, The Griffin, from Halifax, which had been looking for us for some days, came up. You may imagine how all countenances brightened at this sight. The past was forgotten; nourishing food was quickly handed round; and the S. S. Arcadian towed us up the St. Lawrence. We took a pilot on board, and found much anxiety had been felt about our delay. We heard also of the sad news that a vessel which had been sent from Quebec in search of us had been completely destroyed by fire, three of the crew having lost their lives, and seven having been badly burned. It happened at night.

MR. AND MRS. G. C. NEEDHAM, of America, are at present staying at Harley House, in the absence of the Principal, and giving the students the benefit of their valuable Scripture expositions. They are conducting meetings in various parts of London.

NOTES ON NORWAY.

BY H. GRATTAN GUINNESS, F.R.G.S.

N returning from Russia I came by way of Finland, Sweden, and Norway, being privileged to address some large gospel meetings in Sweden en route, and also to have an interview with the queen, who is a Christian lady, much interested in all that concerns the work of the Lord and in the hope of His coming. At Christinehamm, on the shores of Lake Winer, I addressed the students of the theological institution presided over by Pastor Eckman, a most warm hearted Christian man, who bestows much pains on the biblical instruction of his classes. I also held an evening meeting in the church, and, although the notice was very short, the attendance was considerable. A translator whom I

obtained on the spot was in full sympathy with the message.

From Christinehamm I proceeded to Christiania, Norway. The journey from Stockholm occupied two days. Here I had the privilege of preaching in the Hauges Minde Hall, Pastor Storjohan acting as translator. He is a most evangelical man, and understands English perfectly.

The Norwegians, as almost our nearest neighbours on the continent, deserve to be far better known by us than they appear to be. They are a noble and interesting people, tall, hardy, and long lived; very independent, with great simplicity of manners, and much firm quiet energy. They are remarkably hospitable, and distinguished by attachment to their country. The peasantry, who form the most numerous class, are a kind of aristocracy. They are the lords of the soil, holding their farms as freeholds from times long past, some of their title deeds dating back more than a thousand years. The Norwegians are a reading people, and their upper classes are highly educated.

Norway is but poorly supplied with preachers of the gospel. It has an extent of 5,800 geographic square miles, being about a hundred square miles larger than England, Scotland, and Ireland together. Thinly scattered over this immense territory there is a population of 1,700,000 inhabitants, in regions divided by lofty mountains, lying around deep fyords, and on thousands of islands, along a broken and stormy coast, separated in many instances from the mainland by ten to twenty miles of water. The physical difficulties in the way of evangelizing such a population are enormous. The parishes are from 16 to 1600 square miles in extent; the majority of them contain more than thirty square miles, and in the northern part of the land there are some which contain as many as 2000 square miles of country. The scenery is grand, but its very grandeur means difficulty of travel, slowness of communication, and the isolation of the people. The parishes generally have one minister in each, of the