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Letters from Christian Workers at Home and Abroad, 17chemish on the Euphrates. Their visit revived youngr Chinese woman recently married to aand cheered us, and we trust and pray they shall heathen idolator who has occasionally attendedhave a safe and enjoyable tour on eastward and, the mission during the past year. Before heras tbey contemplate, around tne world. The marriage she had been an inmate of the PresbyterianChinese Women's Home in SanRev Dr. March is the father of our friend RevMr. March, Missionary at 'Tripoli, Syria. He is Francisco two or three years. Here she hada hearty and vigorous traveller at seventy. been instructed in the elements of our religion ;We are to have the marriage of Yhiseph KurraYuseph to-morrow. The bride is a sister of admission io ihe churoh. After her marriagebut she did not profess faith in Ohrist, nor askour head native teacher.Our Colporteur is gone to ihe town of Alexandrettaon a tour of work, aud has sent for afurther supply of books. We rejoice to think theWord is finiiug entrance in ihat very needyport.I am, my dear sir, yours very sincerely,James YIartin.NOTES FEO.'VI THE CHINESE MIS­SION.Dear Broiher : In the progress of our workamong the idolators, within the last thrpemonths there have been ihree conversions andrequests for baptism. Two of these after regularand satisfactory examinations, were receivedinto our fellowship and were baptized—L"e Lup, on September 11, the Sabbath of ourlaat communion; and Seu Hoo Do, November13. These names added to our previous rollof Chinese converts make thirty in all. Onthe Sabbath of the baptism of the last our textwas that memorable declaration of Jesus inLuke 15:10: '* There is joy in the presence ofthe angels of God over one sinner that repenteth."How much happier would we be if allthe thirty had continued steadfast. Not thatany of ihem are known io have made absoluteshipwieck of their faiih or to have gone backto idolatry, but that several of them have notcontinued consistent in their lives but haveyielded to temptation and fallen into sin.Two things are detrimental to the best interestsof the converts—ihat wehave no homefor the young men living here ; and that ihemarried men leave their families in China.The causes of the first are two—the greatdiffioulty, almost impissibility, of procuring asuitable house, so unwilling are owners ofproperty to let dwellings to the Chinese; andthe lack of necessary means.Of the three recent applications for baptismonly two were admitted. The third was aand removal to Oakland she attended our missionand from time to time heard the gospel.In the evening school she received special attentionfrom one of the mission teachers. Shemade steady progress up until the time of ourlast oommunion. After her request for baptismwe held several meetings for instructionand examination. This was satisfactory untilwe learned that she is the second wife ofthisman, whose firstwife is in China. He had obtainedher consent when she did not know thathe had a wife already. He even deceived theminister who performed the marriage ceremony—Rev. Dr. Loomis. After the marriage,however, he confessed co her that he had beenmarried before.These facts being known—and we learnedthera from herself, or rather, she confirmedwhat we had heard—we were compelled to arrestthe examination and say to the anxiouswoman that we could not—not yet, at least—receive her into the fellowship of the church.The law of Christ Jesus, we informed ber, didnot permit a man to have two wives; that hermarriage to this man is unlawful; and that wedid not see how we could admit her to baptismwhile she consents to live as a wife with anadulterer.That I might have counsel without delay Iconferred with the ministeiial superintendentsof all the Chinese missions in Sun Francisco,and also with Rev. Mr. Nevin of the U. P.Mission in Los Angeles. They all were ofnearly the same mind—that the woman shouldnot be received to baptism.At our final meeting before the communioawhen I informed the anxious woman ihat Iwould have to withhold baptism, at least for thepresent, she wept—wept long and with apparentbitterness of soul. Nor was she the onlyone unable to control ihe feelings, My wholesoul went out in compassion lor one whoseemed very desirous to be reckoned among the