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40 Notes and Beviews.essary to proceed with this enterprise. Andnow we lay before the people another paper,which shows very clearly to all who haveears to hear and are willing to consider theirpersonal responsibility in the matter, that ihelife of one department of our missionary work,depends in a large measure on the prompt exerciseof liberality. The noble ladies, whoseportraits will make this number ot the Heralddoubly welcome in many homes, have writtenwith their ovinhands and milled at their ownexpense, to every congregation and mission stationunder care of Synod,the following circular :a subscription for this purpose ? Will you notgive us a New Year thank offering for thisLatakia, Syria, Dec. 1,1887. cause for Christ ?To the B. P Congregation, .-We send this with prayer, and with faithRev. ,Pastor : If you w.dl refer to our two that we will noi be disappointed.last reports to Synod, you will see that we ask The Church knows the trials through whichfor $6,000 with which to build a house for our our mission has passed. We pray that theboys' boarding school. In our last report we Spirit may be poured out upon you and us,,told you how the school had been moved from and ihe work of Christ here and at home ; and,place to place. We know that you have repeatedcalls to exercise your liberality, andwe never as^ for extra money as long as wecan help it. You will see that we have triedevery possible plan to save the expense of ahome to the Churah, but every plan has tailed.We asked, not because we thought it a nicething to have, but because we felt it to be anecessity- It will be a calamity to the work,if we are obliged to give up the boys' boardingschool, and we must do so if we oan not havea house. Our school is growing in influence.This year we had more applicants for admissionof pupils who would have paid than wecould take. At our last communion, ten youngmen united with the Church. Many of ourconverta are from the boarding sohool. Wecan have an infl'aence with them there thatwe can have in no other way. There is an impressionthat it is only to be an industrialsohool. That is a mistake. We need a houselor our boarding sohool, and when we are buildingwe want an industrial department attached.The appeal of the Board has elicited no response,we have thought because you did notknow the need. We, feeling the great importanceoi this object, have concluded to writeto every congregation in the Churoh for help,feeling sure we would not be refused. Wefear we would be blameworthy, and that youwould blame us, if we did not cry out. Thisappeal is to your congregation. May we requestyou to bring this matter before them,and urge them to take up a collection, or raiseif it be our Heavenly Father's will, may it b&" According as the days have beenWherein we grief have had.And years wherein weill have seen,That God will make us glad."Respectfully,Henry Easson.J. M. Balph.Mattie R. Wylie.Maggie B. Edgar.In reply to our personal presen'^ation ofthe oase, many of the brethren in New Yorkhave promised their assistance. In our lastissue we acknowledged the firstcontribution rMr. S. K. McGuire. $150.00-Since that time we have received the followingpledges :Mr. Thos. E. Greaeu. $500.00Mr. Hugh O'Neill. 500.00Mr. D. Torrens. 250.00Mr. Henry O'Neill. 500.00Others will give according to their means.But we need the oo-operatijn of all thechurches, and there is no time to lose.