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56 Letters from Christian Workers at Home and Abroad.relating io medical practice in Turkey, I lefthome November 24th for Constantinople to passan examination at the Imperial Medical College,and have my diploma endorsed by that institutionOn my way up I spent two days with theiriends at Mersine, beiug present at their communionservice. While waiting for the steamerI also spent several days at Smyrna, making theacquaintance of the missionaries of the AmericanBoard there, aud who are carrying on a lara;ework in that place. I also visited the Scotchmission school and Scotch hospital tlierr. Mystay of ten days in Constantino]ile was renderedvery pleasant by the kindness of the niissionaries,who gave me much assistance in getting mybusiness attended to. I was very successful, notbeing detained as long a time as is often tbe casewith those who go there for that purpose ; forprocrastination seems to be the watchword of theTurks ; never doiug to-diiy that tbey cau possiblyput ofl' until to-morrow.Ou rny return trip i spent a few hours at Meisine.The friends are all well with the e.veeptiouof Miss Joseph, who is making a very slow recoveryirom the attack of pneumonia aud rheumatis;nfrom wbich she has lieeu suffermg. Dr.Metheny aud I are uuited in the opinion thatit would not be wise for her to think of returningat the present, hoping and praying thatshe may regaiu her health sufficiently to remainin this field, where laborers are so much ueedcd.The work here is progressing favorably. Tbeholiday vacation for the schools commences thisweek. I arrived home December 25 th, having beeuabsent one month. Hope to soon be busy atwork again, but feel that until i become somewhatacquainted with the language I will beworking at quite a disadvantage. 1 hoiw, howeyer,from this time on to he able to give moretime to the study than I li.'ive beeu as yet,I would like to be able to write you morefully of the work here, but it is all very new tome. There is much, very mueh work to bedone ; and what are we among so many ? Butthe Mighty One is on our side and we bave nocause to be disi.-onran-cd. May tlie prayers of theChurch constantly ascciid on behalf of those wbolabor here, that w'l' may he made fit to do theMaster's will, aiid tlic instruments in his handof accomplishing a great work.The following letter dated December 29, isfrom Mrs. Mary B. Metheny, of Mersine :We are haviug delightful winter weather jnstnow—that is, rainy aud muddy. We are gladto see the rain. We kept 'I'hanksgiving day twoweeks ago. Our home Thanksgiving day camatbe week of our communion. By postponing ours,we had a number of additional causes for thanks.Greatest of all these was the order which ourlocal authorities were compelled to give for tbere-opening of the schools ; then Miss Joseph'sprogress to-wards recovery ; and last the consentof Miriam Kirroom's parents to allow her to stay.rhey had threatened the week before to take heraway, aud she wus in great distress Miss Josephis still weak aud not able to go about the housemuch. Last Saturday whicii was a bright sunnyday sbe took a short carriage ride.• As we supposed, the authorities here do notlike to carry out the orders they have received,aud put every difficulty they can in the way.When Mr Dihliak went iu Tarsus to inquire ofthe Governor if he had received an order to allowthe .'Schools to he re-opened, lie was compelled loadmit that he had, though he had uot promulgatedit. The teacher at Kara-da-war told tbepeople they were at liberty to have their schoolagain, if they chose, bnt they said they wouldconsult the Governor ot ^Niersine Gurgis to'dthem, if they did that, of course he would advisethem against it. They received word that tbeGovernor General of the Proviuce would sendthem a teacher, hnt I suppose they concludedthat they were safer on the whole to take whatwas ready to their hand, for the teacher yesterdayreported twenty-nine pupils. Dr. rode ontto-dayto see tbe school. Bovs bave come in heretilltbere are now thirtv-three large and .small. Wetalk of sending those who are Christians to Tarsusto Mr. Dibbak, and taking Fellaheen here wheretlicy cannot he ititerfered with. There are seventyonehoys and girls here. Dr. is having desksand seats made for the school rooms, whicb wiUmake teaching much easier. Some of the childrenare from Adana, and some from Tarsus Wehave four Catholic children from Tarsus, whosefather was origiually a Druse from IMt. Lebanon,a relative of Mrs Dr. Selim who died summerbefore last.Oue of our new members Ahmed Rez.hab had anadventure night before last \\hich gives some ideaof what it is to them to become P'roh'slants. AFellah with wbom he is acquainted, aud wbo lives