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144 Routes from England to Syria ond Cdicia.pveaching the gospel. Theiv only hope of eleva- themselves, and glorify God. Here is a featuvetion is the getting out fvom undev the sevfdom of mission work at the soutli, thc impovtance ofth-at now prevails so extensively in neavly aU the wliich only a few have yet seen.Soutbevn States. We hope when we get more Let me conclude by saying, much has beenpeople on this place, we shaU be able to begin done in this field, much is beiug done, muchmission wovk. is being done by the people to help themselves ;The missionavy of the Congvegational Chuvch but with aU this, only a fair start has been made.in this place has enteved very lavgely into this Theve ave in the Soutbevn States, alone, ovevkind of wovk. He began several yeavs ago, and 6,000,000 coloved people, scyenty-five pevcent^ ofriowou one ofhis places he has a chuvch organ- these ave vepovted to be unable to vead and write.ized, and an excellent wovk is going ou, I wish Theiv moral, sjiivitual aud tenipoval condUion arethat some of ouv northern men could be enlisted each alike deplorable. Nothing but the purein work of this kind. They could organize go.spel of ouv Lovd Jesns will make theiv condi-Sabbath Schools and iu a few yeavs these might tion what it ought to be. What tliey need isbe ovganized into congvegations. it seenis to me schools and the vight kind of wovkevs. Out ofthat this is about the only Avay th-at the jieojile— these will grow Sabbath Schools,- and eventuallythe masses—in the vural distvicts will be veached. congi'cgations. ^\'e ought to have move youngWe mnst go to them, for they do not eome to men in our college preparing for the higher worktown, neither do they find theiv way into onv of this held. Those wbo ave to be beads andS(.-lioi.ils. It is in this way that the countless leadevs need thovongh tvaining. Tbose who havemultitudes at the south ave to be vcaclied with a not the time nov the desive to take a full couvsepuve gospel. ' It is in these places and in such ought to be tvained in Knox Academy.civcumstances that we see the alavming illitevacy We need move money and move heljievs, fovand degvadation of the south. Somctbiug must " The havvest is tvnly plenteous, but the labovevsbe done to veach these, ouv uufovtunate felloAV- ave few."Sincerely yours,beings. Here is wovk fov tbe chuvch. Heve ave G. ^1. Elliott.opportunities for the vich to bless others and Selma, Ala., Maij llth, 1887,ROUTES FROM ENGLAND TO STRIA Channel, along the west coast of Spain, ihroughAND CILICIA. the famous Straits of Gibraltar, calling atThis map will enable the reader of the Her ^'g'*""' °° ^^^ ^^y to Alexandria. ThisALD to trace the course that our missionaries '"''^'^^ possesses a melancholy interest for thetake to reach their fields of labor. Some of Church, because of its connection with thethem on landing at Liverpool go direct to death of our beloved physiman, the late A. J.London, and thence to Dover, and crossing °'^'^'^^'°° Oct. 27, 1885. The dagger on tbethestraitstravelbyraU through France. This l«ft hand shows the course that the Sidonenables them to visit Paris and other points ^''°'^''^ ^^^« followed; but, having lost herof historic interest in that country. The dot- '"eckoning some one hundred miles from capeted lines and daggers indicate ihe route fol- S'inislerre on the coast of Spain, she followedlowed by the Circular Line of steamers from ^^^ "'•"''•^^ indicated by the dagger on ihe rightMarseilles to Alexandria, Port Said, Beirut, ^^'^^' ^"^'^ ^'^^^ directly upon the rooks nearTripoU and Latakia ; and on the return trip the Sisarga Light in Malpica Bay.the steamer calls at Mersine. Other of our Whichever route our missionaries take theymissionaries prefer the outside route which is have fhe opportunity of seeing many placesless expensive, but occupies more time. The that are noted alike in the political and ecclesteamersails from Liverpool, down St. George's siastical history of the world.