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Items of Missionary Intelligence.H.Sshowing that the pvoposed object was entively The wife of the viceroy of India is its presidentfeasible. The work of female medical missiona- Among its members ave envoUed not only manyries had shown that the women of India weve of the highest diguitavies of Church and State inwilling to be treated accovding- to Westevn sci- England and India, but also many native pvincesence by physicians of theiv own sex; that they and native gentlemen of wealth and position. Allwere wUling to receive lady physicians in theiv lovers of mankind wUI wish and hope that withown honses, go to the hospitals and dispensaries this great effort to give w^omen of India the benwhichwere nnder female doctors, and take»West- efit of a rational and beneficial medical tveatmentevn medicines. Though men physicians had been theve may also be combined a more extended efinIndia for move than a hundved yeavs in com- fovt fov the introduction of the glovious gospel ofmon pvactice, and medical missionavies had been the blessed God among those who have been sotheve fov move than fiftyyears, yet it -o^as not till loug secluded fvom its blessed light aud comfovts.the vesults of the effovts of the female medical Witb these nuinevons testimonies to tlie manymissionavies had made known the above-stated and gveat advantages fvom obeying ouv Lord andfacts, that the fovmatiou of snch an Ass(.iciatioii Saviour's command to heal the sick, may we notwas possible. The nnivevsal concuvvence of all hope that theve will be iiicveased numbers whoclasses and all pvofessions and nationalities in its will go evevywheve preaching the gospel, aud, atfovmatiou shows Avbat a God-send such atteudance the same time, velieving bodily suffeving and disfovthe women of India is consideved. The tvess?Queen of England isthepatvou ofthe Associatiou.Items of Missionary Intelligence.ABROAD. has been opened fov theiv inspection. Our onlyTARSUS MISSION-1886-188T. ^\f """' }'\ f"^^^^^^^ '^""^S Tuvkey, and manyultva-orbcials being o]i]iosed to .such large hbevtieslo die Board qf Foreign Missions:on such easy tevms, they will endeavor to thwavtDear Brethren—With gvatitude to God we us by the many devices in whicii they ave adepts.record the kind providences of another year. Owing to the attitude of the government, whUeTheve has been no death, and vevy little sickness, this question was pending we did not open anyamong us. The Lord has sent a correction on new schools, nor bring new teachevs to keep ouvthe mission, the chuvch, and the people among fovce up to its complement. ]Miss Stevvett'swhom we labor, in allowing the work to be boavding school has held prospevously on, and unputin jeopavdy and lavgely suspended for so dev her efficient and economical management oflong. After much prayer in concert and many hev thirty jiupUs she is doing a gveat, good work,combined effovts, the Lovd has blessed the means suve to vesnlt, in due time, in ac(pusitious to theand answeved onr pvayevs, estalriishing ouv wovk chuvch. We intended to continue the school, iiotona recognized legal basis on move favovable withstanding official ovders fov its closuve, andconditions than we had expected, in&ke it a test case. Tea (.'her Jedeed and hisAccovding- to the new^ vegime, ouv schools ave danghtev, Lulu, have a vevy pvospevous school ofacknowledged officially to have all along been on fovty piipUs—some of them boavdevs—among thea legal (the point at issue) basis, as shown by the Fellaheen of Tarsus.uniform past interpvetatiou of the capitulations As soon as ^e caii settle ouv wm-k on the newand the concession of suffvages. As it now stands, scheme, yve hope to have ouv yeavly communion.a teachev, having his certificate or diploma ap- I scarcely think it will lie iu time to vepovt toproved by the Board of Education, and his text-. Synod. Many haye asked admission to thebooks and course of instvuction olficially sane- church. We ave hoping to accept some of themtioned, may, without further formahty, g-ive word at our next Communion Season.to the local authorities of any place that a school On account of buUding last smnmer, I was un-