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met, but that considerable surplus had
been left in the treasury. Three years after,
however, it was found that this surplus had
not only been exhausted, but that the Treas
ury was considerably in debt. In view OF
this state of things a special effort was made
on given day to raise e1O, 600 or about
$50, 600, which was 80 far successful that the
Treasury was relieved for the time being
But in March, 1848 it was ascertained that
there would be deficiency in the home and
foreign work of at least $4,000. This
amount the women of the Free Church I'M
dertook to raise, and in this way the debt
was once more removed from the Treasury.
But it was distinctly seen at this time that
the ordinary revenue of the church would
fall behind the needs of the work by at least
81, 900 annually. 1t became absolutely ne.
cessary therefore, that the contributions OF
the churches should be increased 80 as to
meet this demand, or that some part of the
work must be abandoned. For some time
the public sentiment seemed to lean toward
the latter alternative. But when it became
| necessary to consider the question as to what
particular mission should be gwen up, the
christian instincts of that whole Church re-
7olted against any act of excsion. All these
missions had began to bring forth the fruits
Of the Spirit; all were rich in promises OF
great usefulness, and no body pretended to
believe that the resources of the church had
been taxed to the utmost. By common con-
sent it was agreed that there should be no
curtaiment of the work, but that the burthen
that had been laid upon the Church by the
hand of God should be cheerfully borne
This noble resolution was undoubtedly in
spired by the Holy Ghost, and from that day
and hour the Free Church of Scotland dates
the beginning of an era of great prosperity.
Not only was the burthen lying on its should
ers at that time easily borne, but soon the
work was greatly enlarged, and its receipts
in the course of twenty five years rose up
from $50, 900 in 1850, to $780, 900 in 1875.
The Missionary for April
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LESSON LVI.

THE SPIES, THEIR REPORT AND ITS CONsE'
oUENCEs. Numbers xiii, xiv.
1. What important measure did Moses
adopt here by divine direction? Does it
appear that this was done at the request of
the people. Deut. i; p.
2. The instructions Of the spies? What
did they do? Where were Hebron and Esh-
col? Could a single bunch Of grapes be 50
large that one man could not carry them ?
Why borne by two
3. Narrate particularly their report ?
That of Caleb and Joshua? Was the &C
count of the ten consistent? Verse %.
4. Effect of this upon the people ? What
did they say and propose to do?
5. Conduct Of Moses and Aaron? Of Ca
leb and Joshua? of the congregation?
8. At this critical moment what took place!
and what did the Lord say?
7. Study well this remarkable prayer of
Moses verses 1919 and tell the pleas with
which he besought God to spare the people?
What traits of character does this show in
Moses?
s. Give Gods answer What does all
this show in regard to the nature of success
full prsyerl Fearful punishment denounced
for their unbeHef? Why forty years p
What became of the ten spies?
9. Effect of this threatening upon the pee
pie? What did they resolve to do? Result!
10. What prevented the Israelites from
entering Canaan at this time? Heb. iii:
17-19.
II. How does this show the guilt and dan
ger of unbeEef? of delay in complying with
Gods invitations and commands?
r. Repeat Heb. iii /: Z, 8, and also Heb.
iv: j.
Is. How is the case of sinners now SINH
lar to that of Israel then?
II. When they at last tried to enter in
they could not-Shat solemn truth does this
teach US
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Aonsehala Nntds.
From the Missionary for April.
BARANQUILLA.
Extract from a Letter from Mr.. Erwin, Ad
dressed to the Children.

am again alone--Mr. and Mrs. Hall
having moved to more central part of the
city. For some time, Mrs. Hall has taught
the children to sing some Spanish hymns
very we'll, and for the first time in the his
tory Of this city, may be heard as you pass
the streets the voices of the little ones sing
ing to their parents the hymns of praise to
their Saviour, which they have learned at
school. There is yet much opposition of
some to our school, some say "don't send
your children to that school or they will
come out everlasting Protestants." "Well,
they answer" want my children to know
more than the brutes." We have still large
school though constant change of pupils
still goes on from year to year. A visitor
asked me if had miSa, meaning sermon, in
school, said no, the minister could not
preach in Spsnish-but you have much re-
ligion in your school? | said We had the
ten Commandments and the New Testament,
in daily use we made no account of doctrines
not. found there. | sometimes have large
night school, then they all drop off again ex-
cept few old ones. have.now one scholar
from the city of Carmen, he is a promising boy
and is studying Engligh. WesOw and plant
in faith and the Lord has given His promise
that it shall not be in vain-and that is
enough to encourage every earnest worker.
AS we have never been able to get regu-
lar Sabbath School, we try to make every
day like Sabbath teaching. Some pupils
are free, some pay little, others pay more
according to the means. So that the fees
amount to one hundred dollars year, which
goes to help you in your benevolent work
for those who are sitting in the region and
shadow of death. The only holiday We had
was Christmas. 1 told the children if they
wished to come, they would fnd me ready to
teach every day, and more than l expected,
about twenty of them attended notwithstand.
ing the fun in dressing the streets and the
band of music marching, with firing guns
and dancing from place to place.
have been suffering much from boils, for
more than two months, which has given me
relief from Lumbago. l cannot 60 out in
the hot sun or work in my garden, but l can
sit in my arm chair and teach, and there are
many willing feet to do my errands and 9TH
erwise assist me. On Christmas day | felt
as glad as any of you, at receiving some very
useful presents, that came in box to Mr..
and Mrs. Hall from their friends in Vir-
GINA. l hope some of our young friends
will be inclined to study Spanish and be
ready to take our place when we are laid in
the grave. This is the entrance to Colombia
and should be we'll guarded, and supplied
with courageous young volunteers. l would
like to know if any among you are willing to
come to the help of the Lord against the
mighty. Farewell, your friend,
A. H ERWIN
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Coffee Plantations.

Rev. DR.. j. L. Wilson, writing in the MIS-
sionary some Notes of Travel in Brazil
says:
"Sao Paulo is not only the great coffee
region Of Brazil, but of the world. Campi-
mas is situated in the heart of this coffee
growing region and derives its Importance
mainly from this source. Cotton, corn and
sugar are advantageously raised here, but
coffee is the most valuable commodity. 1t is
to Brazil, what cotton growing in the South
ern States is to the United States and the
world. Mr.. Morton and visited two plan.
tations at no great distance from Campinas.
One of them contained we were told, two
hundred i coffee treee. Another
yielded foul! d red and sxty-One thousand
pounds and Melted the owner $75 900. We
heard of one that contained one million trees
and must have yielded much larger in
come.
A stranger travelling through the country
on Rail Car would not distinguish coffee
field from the natural growth of the country,
if he did not observe that the trees stood in
rows and were very generally Of uniform
height. The usual height of full grown
tree is from eight to twelve feet. The berry
grows directly out of the stock and main
branches of the tree. They assume pink.
ish color when ripe, but they are not gath
cred until the hull becomes black and dry.
The berries are gathered by passing the
limbs of the tree through the hand, when
they fall on a sheet spread under the tree to
receive them. They are afterwards washed
and dried, and are thus prepared for the
Huller." The hull is taken off by machin-
cry, after which the grains are separated &C.
cording to their size and quality into three
classes one Of these is of inferior quality,
and is seldom sent out of the country; the
next largest is the common Rio of our mar
ket, the third is the small grain which is
considered quite equal to the Mocha in
flavor, and indeed is often sold under that
name. The coffee plant does not begin to
bear until it is four or five years of age
After that it bears for twenty FIVE or thirty
years, but is most prolific at ten or twelve.
In former years all the coffee of Sac Paulo
was brought to the sea coast on pack-mules,
the usual load being two hundred and forty
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The Bible House at Constantinople.

In describing some of the prominent OBJ
jects of interest to every Christian traveller,
DR.. Field, of the N. Y. Evangelist, speaks
as follows concerning the Bible House at
Constantinople:
"The efficiency of missionary labors at Con-
stantinople has been greatly increased by
having certain local centres aud institutions
to rally about Never was there better
use of money than in the building of the B :
BILE House here. It stands in very central
position, in the heart of old Ssamboul, where
it is seen by all, and presents noble monu-
ment of American liberality. The money
was raised chiefly by the forts of DR.. Isaac
G.. Bliss, and certainly he never spent year
of his life to better purpose. 1t cost, with
the ground, about sixty thousand dollars,
and when saw what large and handsome
building it was, was amazed that it cost
only that; it seemed to be miracle of econ.
omy. This is a rallying point for all the
missionaries in and around Constantinople.
Here is depot for the sale of Bibles in the
different languages of the East; the Offices
for different departments of work; and the
treasurer's office, who has charge of paying
all the missionaries in the East, and who thus
distributes every year about one third of all
the expenditures of the American Board
Here, too, is done the editing and printing
of different publications. found Rev. Mr..
Greene editing three or four papers in differ
ent languages, for children and for adults.
Of course the circulation of any one of these
is not very large, as We reckon the circula-
ton of papers in America but all combined,
it IS large, and such issues going forth every
week scatter the seeds of truth all over the
Turkish empire.
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Lawyers and the Bible.

An unusual spectacle was witnessed re-
Gently in the lecture,room of the Middle
Temple, London. 1t was the occasion of the
frat of series of public readings in the
Greek Testament, before an audience of law
yers, by the well-known scholar, DR..
Vaughan, Master of the Temple.
On announcing these readings in the Lon
don Times, DR.. Vaughan gave notice that
they would commence at eight o'clock in the
morning, and would be continued every Tues.
day, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
through the Law Term. Despite the early
hour and the pressure of professional duties,
the lecture room was filled at the hour ap,
pointed, principally with lawyers, many of
whom were men of distinguished eminence.
A visitor, describing the attendance at the
reading, says:
"It looked like theological class in one
of our colleges. Ranged along or seated in
odd corners, where some facility for wiring
could be found, were seated thirty or forty
men-some in the early morning of life
some who were drawing near to its evening
hour. Judging by appearances, nearly all
belonged to the profession which finds one of
its favorite homes in the winding courts and
halls of the Temple. Here and there, how
ever, appeared dress which told unmistaka
bly, that its wearer belonged to the clerical
order. EaSZ one, however, meant work.
Nos,< j interleaved Greek Tests.
ments w. icing rapidly filled with the
words which fell from the lips of DR..
Vaughan. He was seated at little desk
with Greek Testament and Concordance be-
fore bin, and with rare grace of manner
and finish and precision of statement, was
dscoursing of Psul's second letter to the
Corinthian Church.
1t is impossible to estimate the subtle anc
powerful influences that may flow from such
a study of the Word by men of keen intel
lects, who are masters of the art of language
and whose opportunities for the study of TIT
operations of the mind and heart are e
frequent and perfect. Is it not hopeful
indication, that in the early mornings O.
these dark and uncomfortable days, numer
Gus company of the leading lawyers of .h'
greatest city in the world should voluntarily
gather together to listen to the reading o
those blessed words which were written afore
time for our instruction? Would such {
thing be possible in New York ? Is Their
sufficient interest in the Bible, or sufficien
scholarship, to draw the bar of our city to-
gether as their brethren in London ar
drawn? And where shall we find DR.
Vaughan ?-Christian Intelligencer.
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pounds. The old road from Campinas to
Santos-a distance of one hundred miles,
can be traced all the way even at this day by
the bones of mules that died on these jour
news. This is still the mode of bringing
coffee from the country to Campinas: i
have seen the road lined for miles by these
caravans of mules"
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NOTEs ON THE LESSON.

Feelings of the N,tltitotds, ys. II, Is.
V. u. The sail" who are said to have
been amazed and in doubt, were the foreign
Jews; the ground of their establishment was
that they could all hear these men speaking
in their native tongues. In their perplexity
they asked each other what was the exPlana-
ton of so singular fact.
VS.. "Others hooking '-these seem to
have been the resident Jews, to whom this
speaking in foreign languages was an unin-
telligible iargOn. These in derisiOn, turning
the whole into a jest, said those who were
thus speaking were full Of new wine; they
were drunken rabble. The foreign Jews
did not exhibit the bitter spirit of those in
and about Jerusalem.
Some have maintained that the wine men
toned in the New Testament was not intox'
icating; but the whole point Of the mookery
depends on its intoxicating effect. 1t is true
the word here used means "sWeet wine, bat
that was nevertheless fermented wine.
THE INAUGURAL Discourse.
Pentecost, as we learned in the last lesson,
was the beginning Of the new dispensatiOn.
1t was the occasion of the Inauguration Of the
Church in its more strictly Christian aspect.
The lesson we now study is Peters ina@ga-
raj discourse, or sermon, on this NEST impOr,
tant occasion. An examination of it will
show how admirably it is adapted to the ush
eriug in of the better times Of TIE MessiaRic
kingdom.
Introduction, vs.. Il, Is.
V. Il. Peter, as usual, was spokesman for
the twelve. The eleven we're with him, per-
haps stood up with him, to endorse what he
said, as coming from the whole body Of these
inspired rulers of the Church. His standing
up, and his speaking in 8 loud voice, imply
the presence of a large assembly Of course
they were not now in the upper chamber
where tho disciples were used to meet, and
where probably they received the gift of the
Spirit, but in some more public place, to
which their speaking in other tongues had
drawn the people.
The word translated "said in this verse
denotes an authoritative utterance. lie ad-
dresses Jews aud al dgelIers in jerusalem,
whether permanent or transient residents.
By the two introductory phrases, "be this
known unto you, and "hearken to my
words, the speaker indicates that what he is
about to say, is Of Importance in itself, and
Of deep concern TO his hearers lie is about
to utter the great things Of the kingdom,
pertaining to their personal salvation.
V. Is. By singular misnOmer this lesson
is called Peters defence, lie makes no de
fence, save to dismiss the futile charge of
drunkenness, with the statement that it was
but the third hour Of the day, nine O'Clock
Whilst drunkenness was possible at 50 early
an hour, it would argue such habitual and
reckless dissipation as even their enemies
would not bring against the apostles 1t
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