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Letters from Christian Workers at Home and Abroad. 221of Mrs. Metheny's, written at Guzne, Sept. 12th,1881 :Your note of Aug. llth, reached the mountainsSept. 9th, a pretty quick trip. It is well thatlittie better and though he isstiU quite weak, wemissionaries cannot travel so quick as tlie post,hope he will soon be well. Doctor is expectingor you would have them running back and forthto go to town to-morrow to stay a few days andevery little while. When the longing to see thesei in order some things preparatory to our return,fnends at home becomes very strong, there arewhich will be next month some time. Our movementswill probably depend on what we hear ofseveral things to keep ii within bounds. Thedread of the sea itself, the thought ot the fearfulDr. Balph's coming.qualms of mal du mCr, and last but not least theOur teacher from the viUage near Tarsus, camethought of inquiries and remarks,as to the shortnessof the intervals between missionaries' visits,up last week for advice. The Turkish tax-gathererin his rounds had seen his school, and theall operate as checks to ihe desire to be in civilizationonce more. We hear of new railroads onnext Sabbath an officer came to arrest the teacher;he was at home in the city at tbe time, so the officertook with him a Primer io examine. Whenevery hand now. A late paper speaks of the certaintyof one being built from Constantinople tothe teacher heard what had happened he came upthe head of the Persian Gulf. In that case thehere. Dr. gave him some more books with theMersine, Tarsus, and Adana will doubtless beGovernment stamp on them and sent him back.extended to meet it, so that we will be in directHe is teaching among his own people, and theycommunication by land with Constantinople. Ifpay him a certain amount for each pupil, so withthe Siberian raUroad goes on, who knows but wehis authorized books I do not see what the Governmentcan do. Our work for the winter willmay some day go to America by the Pacific route.Our summer is drawing to a close and Septemberhas brought a few clouds, aud a very pleasantdepend mueh on the response made by the churchto Dr's. appeal.change of weather, but very little rain yet. YesterdayTO THE CHURCH.and to-day we had a little sprinkle. 'Theclouds seem heavy to the north of us, and I thinkthey must have had a good deal of rain in themountains behind our range. Mr. Montgomerysaid that a delegation from Cio had come toAdana, and they report that their river is driedup and, they have to: go au hour and a half for alltheir,water. The Government undertook io giverelief to the sufferers in Adana, and set apart agood sum for that purpose, so the missionarieswithheld their help for a little till they shouldOur baby has been quite sick for nearly threeweeks, and since last Friday we have been veryanxious about him ; last night he began to get aTarsus Mission, Asia Minor, Sept. ll, 1881.Dear Brethren :Recently i wrote yon of the door Providencehad opened for us in sending a famine on thisprovince. Bro. Montgomery represented the matterto his constituents and received thousands fromthem ai once. By a,few more strokes of his penhe asked andreceroed a thousand pounds—15,000io enlarge their school already built. In thesetimes men are glad to work for 12 cents a day II had to pay for the same kind of work 21 to 32see what would be done. The people complaincents a day 1 Material is cheaper than it has beenthat the food supplied them by the Governmentfor many years. His enlargement is much largeris deficient iu quality and quantity. Two .weeks'than the original building. Now, if any or severalof the brethren desire, we can put np morerations were given out four weeks ago. It isquite possible thai much of the fund may find itssuitable buUdings than we can possibly rent andway into the pockets of the agents. There are inat a cost which we may never be able to reaUzeAdana and Tarsus a number of British subjectsagain. Thus giving employ to the needy, tbefrom dift'erent parts of India. The Turkish Governmentdeclines io aid them, and refers them tochurch can do more than it has heretofore beenable with the same amonnt. Mrs. Metheny offersthe EngUsh Consul. I just now heard that ita fine site for a boys' school. It cost over $500.rained quite heavily in Tarsus for six hours lastNow with a few zealous helpers the church willnight. Now that it is nearly time for tall rainshave a nice suitable building bringing into the mission$125 a year from the resident missionary inwe are anxious to see whether the drought wUlbe broken up.