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of the chief priests pvevailed."Matt. 21:35, "And they cvucifiedhim, etc." Also I read Mavk 15:21-26 John19:11-19, and John 20:1-20. But the sheikh refused,with evident signs of displeasnve, to acceptthe truth, and avose to depart, saying, If I wasto accept these passages as pvoof of the cvncifixionand vesnvvection of tbe Chvist, I would be likeyou, and my subjects, or foUowevs, wonld all belike me; I cannot admit that the Christ was cvu­—Undev date May 2, 188^, Rev. Henvy Eassonwvites : Paul Cvawfovd Mavtin died of dyi)htlieriathe voice of them andSabbath evening, AprU 24, aged fiveyeavs.He was sick only a few days. This is a sad bereavementfov Dr. and Mvs. Mavtin. He wassuch a bright stirring boy. Theiv home will seemvery empty without him. May God in Chvist betheir comfovtev in this liouv of need.Mv, Easson has also tvanslated the followingextracts from the monthly report of Hana Iskander:cified.Al Dasat,—Took for my subject, Hosea4:13—"Tbey sacrifice upon the tops of mountainsand buvn incense upon the hUls and under theoaks and poplavs and elms, because the shadowtheveof is good, thevefore, etc., etc,"Some of those pvesent, after heaving thesewovds, asked. Is it a sin for a man to make a vowto a Mazarat ?' I answeved, Yes; it is a sin,and God wUl be angry with every one who doesso and with those wdio ave pleased, wdth ov believeiu such things, and in pvoof of what I have saidlet me read to yon fvom the Word of God : Isa.1.28-29, " They that fovsake the Lovd shall beconsumed, fov they shall be ashamed of the oakswhich ye have desived, and ye shall be confoundedfov the gavdens that ye have chosen." Isa.5T:4-5 and T, " Ave ye not children of tvausgvession,a seed of falsehood, inflaming yonvselvesWe have just veturned from Eldany, wheve Mv.Easson has been holding a communion sevvice,with idols undev evevy green tree, etc." Ezk.and pevhaps an account of it may be of intevest to16:16-25.you. We left Latakia about nine o'clock Thursdaymovning and veached Eldany about thvee inThey said. We will ask ouv sheikh if thesewovds are tvue ov not. I said. If you pvefev tothe aftevnoon. Six houvs on a jouvney of fifteenwovship the cveatnve instead of the Creator, saymiles is slow tvaveling.so. They answered, We believe in the Cveat^ov.Theve is, connected with the teacher's house, aThen I said. The Cveator has forbidden thesevoom which Mv. SpvouU had built fov the nse ofvows and offevings to the Mazavats, and if youthe mission, and heve in a shovt time we weve settledso tbat we could live fov a few days fl'ithlisten io the word ov command of ihe sheikh andreject the Word of God, God will call you to accountfor rejecting- his word.some degvee of comfort. Fviday movning thepeople came over fvom B'hamva distvict,two houvsRanaset El Harsh.—Met theve Sheikh Saleh,distant, and fvom Debbash, about one liouv. Theand in the course of our conversation the cvucifixionof Chvist by the Jews was mentioned. Tbetwo Ausaiveyeb tvibes bave had tvouble, and aveveady to take vengeance on each othev shouldsheikh said, I can't accept that doctvine, fov it isnot true; the Christ was never crucified. I answered, I can prove what I have said from theWord of God. Jesns the Christ was crucifiedand was laid in the grave, but aftev thvee days herose again and appeared to his disciples and thenasscended into heaven. We read Luke 33:33," And they (the .lews) were instant with loudvoices requiring that he might be cvucified, andHe was afvaid to lose his wovldly liouov. Hissubjects would all be bis equals if be weve to become a Christian. He chose the world find itshonov and vejected the Chvist. Bnt may thewovds of tvuth vead and spoken pvove the powerof God to the salvation of bis soul.Begsat.—We .spoke of Jesus as tbe GoodSliepbevd, How be caves fov and feeds his peopleas the shepbevd his sheep. If we accept himas ouv Sheplievd he will give us all we ask fovwith faith in him as onv Lovd and Saviouv.Those pvesent weve pleased with ouv wovds, andsaid, tvuly tbe Chvist is able to do all things,—Ouv veaders will be glad to have anothev letterfrom Miss Maggie B. Edgar :Lataki.v, Apvil 19, 1881either go beyond theiv own tevvitory. B'hamvadistvict being within the limits of the one and Eldanythe other, ouv B'hamra people weve natuvaUyafvaid to come ovev, although they had no pavtin the quavvel. Howevev, M. lessa, the overiSeerof the mountain schools, obtained a pvomisefvom the heads of the tvibe that they might comeundev his pvoteetiou, and would not be molested^