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Bobert J. Bodds, D. B.ical Churches of Europe and America, over —SELMA, ALABAMA.—There were 200ten mUlion dollars, '($10,371,702,) being an in­pupilcrease of $350,000 over the previous year. emy, Oct. 4, and in twenty-two days therepresent at the opening of Knox Acad­Number of native converts in all the foreignmission fieldsof the world, 802,590, being for the winter is a registered attendance ofwere 315 names on the roll. The prospecta gain for ihe year of 32,827.over fivehundred pupUs, and Mr. Elliot saysNumber of niissionaries, in round figures, that every year marks a steady growth in thefrom Christian lands, 3,000 ordained minisiers,700 laymen, 2,400 women ; total year's —At a recent conference of ibe Reformednumber attending school.gain in all classes 200.Ohurch, the Secretary of tbe Board of ForeignNumber of native workers ordained, 3,000, Missions reported 110 missions in the Unitedhelpers, 28,000 ; total year's gain, 2,700. States, with a total membership oi 6,910, inThe home strength given of all the churches charge of 93 missionaries, and supported at ain Europe and America is 28,000,000 members,a gain of 600,000. This statement in­—The report of New York City Mission forcost of $44,423.cludes 13,000,000 members of the Churoh of one month is 6 churches and missions openEngland, but does not include the Protestant continuously, and 61 gospel meetings held,withChristians of Germany and Scandinavia, whocontribute about $800,000 a year for missions.AT HOME.—Ai a meeiing of New York Presbytery inbyterian, the Synod of North Carolina, whichhas under its care 253 churches and aboutBrooklyn, Oot. 26, 1886, Rev. D. McFall of21,000 communicants, is said to have madeBoston read a brief, but in many respects, admirablepaper on Tbe Present Mission of Ourvery healthy progress in its general workc'uring the year. At its meeting in Concord,Ohurch. After a brief discussion, in whichN. C, early in Ootober, the Sabbath Schoolall the speakers, while differing as to detailsAgent reported 175 schools, with 1,500 teach­of method, were of one mind that some schemeers and 12,000 pupils. Of these pupils aboutshould be devised to bring ihe unenlightened650 had been received into ihe fellowship ofmasses in our great cities under the influencethe Ohurch, and ibe schools had raised $4,100of the gospel, the following action was ta­for general benevolence and their own sup­ken : " Resolved, Thai a committee of elevenbe appointed to secure the necessary meansand a properly qualified man to enter uponevangeUstic work in the bounds of the NewYork Presbytery." This is a step in ihe rightdirection. There is no reason why a churchihat, according to tbe 'Missionary Beview,stands ai ihe head of all Christian denomina­an aggregate attendance of 8,731.—In a recent communication to ihe Pres­port.—According to the last report of the InternationalOommittee of the Young Men's ChristianAssociation only fiveper cent ofthe youngmen in this country are in full communionwith the Church, and only fifteenper centattend public worship with any measure ofregularity. So startling an assertion cannottions in contributing to foreign missions,fail to awaken great apprehension in the mindsshould not also occupy the front rank in earnestand aggressive efforts to evangelize theof the thoughtful. The stability and prosperityofthe nation will depend, under God,masses at bome.upou the moral and religious character of itsfuture citizenry.ROBERT J. DODDS, D. D.sociate, the late Joseph Beattie, left for theThe name of Robert J. Dodds is inseparablyinterwoven with our mission to Syria. twelve months were spent in ihe study of iheEast in October of the same year. AboutAt the inception of ihis enterprise in 1856, he Arabic language, and then Zahleh was selectedas a suitable fieldof labor. But unable towas unanimously chosen as one ofthe missionaries,and in company with his excellent as­resist the popular hostility to their work in