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]0 Mission Monographs.preaching the gospel in 25 different languages, icines for their sick poor. We paid the salariesnd conducting a great evangehstic and ednca- of the Chaplain and Matron of the Protestanttional work. Fifteen new churches have been Hospital in Rome, of which De. Gason, one oforganized, and out of a total inembership of 28,- the most prominent and successful phy,sicians in000, nearly 3,000 have made profession of faith the city, is director.this year. In ninety-six high schools and col- We paid the salaries of thirty-fiive teachersleges, 6,000 picked youths of both sexes are iu iu the Ey,iK(iF.LiCAi. NniiiT Schools ix Italy, Sictrainiugto reinforce the native agency, besides ^!.Y axo Elba. These schools are chiefly for34,000 pupils under Christian instruction and in- Young Men, and are usually taught in theHuence in common schools. And above all, the preaching place by the 3Iinister, or a ChristianChristian character of the native converts is as- man under his superintendence. The object'n to.suming greater depth and earnestness, and their teach them the Bible, lead ihem to the Saviour,share in'evangelistic work is steadily increasing and train them for Christian work.in value as well as in amount.To assist Ministers in preaching, and Teach-A ATT-i • 1 Tvir-i T^-iv '^'^^^'^^^ woik, WC havc had the InternationalITALIAN BIBLE AND S. h. MISSION. ,s',„ifZav'St/ioo/Zessoi^s translated and adapted_ . ,, , J. i J 7 7 7 to the capacity of the pupfls, printed aud sentDuruit)- the year we have sent to tiro itunarect . ,i m. - ,.• ^ i ii, n"V i ^ -ir--'. i r^ 1 J. -\T- -i 1 /ree to these Christian workers. As those foraiid two Ministers, Colporteurs, \ isitors and 'j., r- , . ^.., . ,-, • ,, ,,,' , .i . . ' f . 7 Ji 7. -• the firstpart ofthe year were m Crewe.s'2.s, we hadieachers, living in one nundred and twenty-tour , „ „fu, • f4.7. ,. i 1 •i. 1 i i. 7..";. '7 J. " , J ,7 ,1. f c 10,000 copies oi that book printed and sent tocities and towns, twenty-three thousand fo'ur -, , K-,i., , j.7, t -e.-. ^.^, , , , ,, n., 7 * ri7 7. 7. TJ 7 be used with them. As the Lessons tor the sechundredand three Bibles, i estaments, .Psalms, 7 1 77- j- ,.1, ii, r-jf ^ o„ , , ,, 7 1 i-7.7 T.-U1 n^i, ond half of the year are on the i»/e 0/ our Sav-Proverbs and other books of the Bible. Ihese . ... \ -,r ,n -i i lonnn,, , r 71 T 7. -1, 4- J i.:i- towr, as written by Jlattheic, we printed 10,000they have carefully distributed aniong soldiers • c4.1 ^ n i 7 t. T-i. Tj,-' ., .7 •'•, , q ,• „,-, ;, j-k • a copies of that Gospel, and seni them as we did.and saflors, m hospitals and prisons, m their day, p ,•night and Sunday Schools, and among the ]30or ^^^ ^ *'around-them.The above extracts from a report soou to beThrough these brethren we have sent into the published indicates the wonderful success of thefamilies seven thousand copies of a most excellent work of the Itahan Bible and Sunday Schooland beautifully illustrated paper for children aud Mission dnriiig the year jnst ended. But theyouth, given ns by the Children's Special See- work has only commenced. In ten weeks fiftvvicEMission, London, and 9,000 beautifully il- two requests for Evangelical Schools have reachedluminated Scripture Cards.us, and applications ior Scriptures are increasing.In the Medical Mission department of our W. C. YanMeter.work we sent them seven cases of excellent med- 20 Piazza di Spjagna, Bome.'Mtmmimm Wimmm^w >apjis.*A PILGRIMAGE. flight of stairs a,iid lauds upon Calvary (so called).As the devout pflgriin enters the Church of where an image of Christ hangs npon the cross.the Holy Sepulchre he reverently uncovers his Here he prostrates himself many times, mutteringhead and executes the sign of the cross repeated- ^ pi'^yer, and all the while busily engaged crossly.Just inside the door is the spot where the hig himself. Here the rent in the rock, probodyof Christ is said to have been prepared for diced by the earthquake, is shown. A little disburialand the pilgrim kneels down and kisses tance from Calvavy is an image of the Yirginit, displaying signs of emotion. He arises from Mary, enclosed l.)y iron grating. This is an olihiskneeling posture, proceeds a little farther aud .ject of great veneration among the Oriental sectsperforins the same acts, where Christ is said to and tbe Roman Catholics, audit is almost covhavemet Mary Magdalene aiter he had risen ered with jewelry—the gifts of devout worshipfromthe dead Presently he ascends a little per.s—such as a tiara, embellished with diamonds.