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—Mr. Hugh O'Neill has:$1000 to the Tarsus Mission.THE BLESSED DEAD.Notes and Beviews.given a sixthMrs. Sarah Edgar, wife of Mr. Wm. Edgar,and mother of our missionary Miss MaggieEdgar, died at her home in Beaver Falls, Pa.,Sabbath, April Sth, 1888.Mrs. Edgar was the eldest daughter of Mr.Wm. MoDie, for many years a ruling elder inCoUege Street South congregation, Belfast,Ireland. Born in the Reformed PresbyterianChurch she became a member by professionat an early age, under the pastorate of Re'v.Wffl. MoOarroU. In early life her mindwa.'= enriched with Scriptural kaowlei^ge -andotir mission wcM-k.fctj' eharaoter adorned with Cbrl£tia,n graoaB.4th, That Ifo the bereaved hueband andShe was married to Mr. Win. Edgar in 185S>, children, ahd especially to tbe worthy daugh^4nd removed to this country with her husbandand family in 1869. She had been oon-'Sisterly Christian sympathy.•ter in the distant mission fields we extend ousfieoted with the congregations of Cincinnati,Cedarville, Rushsylvania, Bellefontaine, andBeaver Palls,and her memory will be cherishedin all these places with high esteem and deepaffection. Mrs. Edgar was a woman of eminentvirtues. Breadth of thought, decision ofcharacter, purity of heart, unselfishness andoharity_toward men, reverence and saintlinesstoward God—these are some of the gifts andgraces by which she reflected the image of To the Pastors and Teachers ofthe ChurcChrist. She was a faithful wife and a good in the British Isles, and on the Continents ofmother. " Her children rise up and call her Europe and America.blessed, her husband also and he praiseth her."Dear Brethren.Her husband was absent from home and didWe would with all respect and affection approachyou, with the same request for prayernot witness her departure; and the children whowere with her had not sufiBcient warning to bid to Almighty God our Heavenly Father, whichher farewell. Peacefully and with no sign of we have addressed to all the European andsuffering, in the early Sabbath morning, she American Missionaries aud their converts laboringin all parts of the habitable world. Weentered into rest. Our Lord had said to her,^'Arise my love,my fair one, and oome away."desire to realize the true oneness ofthe Churchof God in all her branches, and scattered fieldsCom.of labor—a unity felt and enjoyed at the footstoolofthe one "God and Father of all."Resolutions of the Ladies MissionarySociety of Beavee FallsIn looking to foreign fieldsof the Church'sWhereas, since we last met, it has pleased labors, we have great cause for rejoicing in the119our Father to visit us for the firsttime bydeath, in the removal of onr beloved sisterMrs. Wm. Edgar, and we realize that we shallno more receive help and inspiration from herpresence—Therefore resolved :1st, That we humbly bow to his will, praisinghis holy name for the example of herlife, for her peaceful death, and for the assurancethat she has entered into glory.2d, That we will cherish her name as onewhose gifts were crowned with graces; whosewealth of wisdom was enriched by purity ofheart and life; whose maturity of judgmentand force of character were united with sweetnessof disposition and gentleness ofspirit.-3d, That we recognize in this visitation oarMaster's voice calling ua to faithfulness whilelife la^ts, and i&onseofate ourselves aoew toMas. H. H. Geobge, Pres.Mfis. R. J. Geoege, Sec.—We are glad to publish at tbe request ofthe oommittee of Conference the followingCALL TO PRAYERon behalf of theGeneral Conference on Foreign MissionsTO BE HELD IN 1, OND O NFEOM THE 9th TO THE 19 OF JuNE, 1888.