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Letters from Christian Workers ai Home and Abroad. 167lieth in wickedness." When will the foUowevs ofthe Saviour cf men become so much like him thatthe burden of this wickedness of theworld will lie upon their hearts as it did on Hiswhen he was in agony ! God's word is true andall must be put undev Him, but 0 Lovd! howlong, how long? It is nttevly impossible to knowwhat heathenism is wiihout being in the midstofit.—Letter from Antioch.Dear Sm :—As the time for the Doctor's visitto our inland station, (Idlib,) had arrived, andit seemed impossible fov me to remain alone, inthe now sUent house, so soon after the removalof ouv little Paul, he took me wUh him,and 1 have thought that some notes in vefevenceto ouv jouvney and the place might be intevestingto your veaders.We left Antioch on May 4th, and ridingthrough the valley of ihe Orontes ovev a flatcountvy, now stony and bavren, and now coveredwith fieldsof waving grain, reached in a littledoor to receive ns. A flight of steps on the leftleads np to the men's appartments, to which Doctoris shown. The Agha escorts me through adoor, and caUing a Servant be waves his handpolitely and I follow a girl up several steps andinto a second court-yard witb high rooms buUtavound thvee sides of it. This is the Hareem.I am shown into an apavtment wheve sits theAgha's wife (he has but one) in a position fvomwhich she can see all that goes on in the voomsopposite and-fvom whichshe shouts divections toihe sevvants theve who ave pvepaving suppev. Allihese apartments belonging to the Hareem ave,of couvse, entively sepavated fvom the vest of thehouse.She seats me beside hev on a divan, and ayoung givl, hev danghtev, comes in followed by asevvant-givl cavrylng a tray on which ave glassesof a cooling drink. The daugliter cavvies a lavgemuslin napkin embroideved incolovs, and aftev Idviiik the shevbet she hands me the napkin towipe my month. Seveval women move about thecourt in high wooden clogs which, with the scantover three hours, Jisir-al-Hadeed—The Irondrapevy, makes them look very taU. Two veryBvidge. "Ivon" it is not, howevev. CvossingUght garments made of gay print (ved and yellow)the bridge, we dismounted and sat down undermake np theiv whole costume. Even the mistvessa wide spreading mulberry tree to lunch. Theof tbe house was bavefooted. I am being- pliedday was intensely hot, and we were glad to restwith questions, when a knock on the convt-yavdawhile in the grateful shade. Mounting again,doov is heavd and the Agha's wife ovdevs the servants"-to pour out the supper." A girl, oisaywe soon left the river to the right and came iutoa roUing country, growing, as we proceeded, movetwelve years, carries the dishes down stairs andhilly. The vine, the figtveearid the pomegvanateihey are taken off to the men's apartments. Thefiouvished evevywheve, and, as we neaved Snlkeen,danghtev then comes iuto the room where we aveouv halting place forthe night, these became iiitevspevsedwith olive gavdens. Snlkeen viewed fvomsitting and taking a ved cloth fvom a shelf spveadsit on tbe floor. She then brings a four-leggeda distance, with iis white stone houses nestlingstool and sets it upside-down on the centve of theamong the hiUs, and suvvonnded by these gavdenscloth, and on this she places a whitened copperis a pretty sight, especially iu the moonlight.ivay. A sevvani brings in a dish of boiled riceBut there the false prophet reigns supreme. Thewith melted butter poured over it, one of beansvillage is entively inhabited by Moslems, and theyand meat stewed, another of vice and choppedlook on us " Christian dogs" with no friendlymeat wvapped in gvape leaves, looking like largeeye. Thieves and robbers they are, and humangreen caterpillars, and one of rice and milklife is of small value in their eyes. Outside -wesweetened and' flavored. Thin loaves of breaddare not stay, and theve is not even a khan inlike lavge gviddle-cakes are laid on the floor avoundthe village ior shelter. Doctor, does stay in athe stool, and I am invited to come fovwavd.coffee-house, but for me, among Moslems, this isDown on the floov, avound the table, with ourimpossible. A wealthy Ag-ha keeps open honsefeet cuvved undev us, we sit, and with fingers orfor all who pass that way. He is friendly to themetal spoons from dish to dish in common, eachEnglish and does not like Doctor to pass hisone passes to their mouth tbe food before us.door. Yuseph, our man-sevvant, goes fovwavdMy appetite is poov, and it is not stimulatedand asks if we can be accommodaied, and as weby the sight, and I am in danger of giving offenceby not showing proper appreciation oiride up the Agha himself is waiting at histhe