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driest to the governor; but the teacher is doinga good work among the older people. His fatherand mother, one of his cousins and one or twoothers have lost all faith in the traditions of thecouncils and have decided to take the Biblealoneas their guide."Items of Missionary InteUigence. 65deceased prepare an offering of four cakes of fineNOTES OF WORK IN ANTIOCH.flour each day. These are taken to the grave,where a priest repeats a prayer for the dead overNovember.—T'Mesrffflj/.—My class memorized for them. The cakes then become the priest's property.A dish of wheat covered over with pom-me " Remember ihy Creator," etc. From schoolwent to a neighbor house. 'The woman's brother granate sugar and almonds is also taken to thehad lost a grown sou some months since, and she grave, and, after the priest repeats a prayer fortold me of her sister-in-law's wild grief, and how the dead over it, he takes off the sugar, etc., intosjie spread out his picture and his clothes to set his handkerchief and scatters the wheat over thehefself crying. One's love for the departed is grave for the birds, " that the dead may be compassionated."measured here by the amount of weeping that isdone and the injury done to the health and to Sabhath.—Hanna Elias' wife was formally receivedinto the cburcb ; and afterwards their littlethe eyesight. People literally " weep their eyesout"; they tear out their hair, a.nd beat their girl was baptized.breasts until they are black, " sorrowing as those Monday.— Busy helping Doctor get ready forwho have no hope." They think we shall not Idhb, His medicines had to be packed at nightknow our friends in another world. Read to after the people quit coming.tkem the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, Tuesday.—People coming and going untiland in Revelation. In another house read Acts3 and 4; tried to impress on the listeners ihatthere was salvation in none but Christ.Afternoon: Visited a family who had lost a littlegranddaughter who some months since losther .sight. The people coming in comforted theparents and the grand-parents by saying that itwas a good thing the child had died, being blind,and they really seemed io regard her death as arelief. They are wealthy people.Thursday.—When I got heme from school Ifpiind the woman who had been so rebellious inreference to her son's death had come to see me.She had brought a married daughter along withher, and a neighbor girl. Read and talked toher. She said I had comforted her so that sheiQved me more than her sister, and she wished shehad a little house near me so that I could read todaughter to come to the house and I would givsher medicine,—but sbe did not come. As I readin Luke of the sufferings of Jesus, a woman askedwith an incredulous laugh. Did Jesus pray for hishpr every day. She has a little girl of about murderers ? Wbo could do that ? My hnsbandseven years, and I urged her to send her to school was sick and we had no money to bny iood, soso tha,t she might learn to read. She has doneso. Doctor preached in the street at sunset.Our old neighbor, Mekhieel Wurd, was buriedto-day. When he took ill he distributed a thousandpiastres (about forty dollars) among thepoor, "for the good of his soul." The family haveto-day distributed another thousand among thepoor forthe same purpose. The Bishop of LataWawas present, and performed the burial service.One of those present told us his words, viz:" O Lord forgive the dead all bis sins and shortcomingsby means of me the sinner, and by thepower given to me I pronounce his sins forgiven "For forty days after death the friends ol theDoctor had to mount his horse and leave soraedisappointed at last. After Doctor left I visitedthe Wurd family in their sorrow. Made severalother visits also.Wednesday.—Read in five different honses.Oh, the poverty and misery of these people, andtheir fearful ignorance of the best intersts of bodyand soul 1 An elderly woman was raving in feverin a house where I entered. 1 asked, "Why doyou not get medicine for her ? " " Give her medicineand she in fever ? " was the reply. I asked,"When will you give it to her ? when she is dead?"Thinking that perhaps it was their poverty preventedthem getting advice I told the woman'swe sent out the brazier to be sold and the buyerdid not give us half price for it though it was new." Could I forgive him ? " I rephed, " Surely, ifyou realized what a sinner you are against God,and how ready God is to forgive you, if you askedhim for Christ's sake." As I was leaving, thewoman's husband came in and she asked me tostay and read him some of those _ good words."They might do him good," she said.