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178 Mission Monographs.The work at Birmingham is prospering. Mr. The Topeka people have also arranged withKingston writes that about 10 are enrolled but the settled ministers in the neighborhood forthey rarely ever have more than 35 or 40 present preaching one half time ; so they expect to haveon any Sabbath in their school. He visits from preaching all the time for the next four months.house to house, and distributes tracts, reads the Rev. J. MUligan Wylie is getting the PsalmBihle and talks to the people on religious themes; Singers of Minneapolis and St. Paul together forhe also visits the shops and talks to the mill men worship. It is too soon to speak of the prospectat the noon honr and has succeeded in interesting there but he has found a number that are readymany in the work and securing their attendance to co-operate with the few of our people there inon Sabbath.carrying on the work.Mr. John Sloane and wife, who labored one Miss S. R. Guy and Mrs. Cardozo are emwinterin Selma Mission, have been appointed to ployed in a house to house visitation of the coltakeup this work when Mr. Kingston returns ored people in and near Selma. The influence ofto the Seminary.this work is already seen in the Sabbath SchoolTopeka has been taken under the care of the and it is expected that it will bring into theBoard and John Rev. Teaz has been appointed school many of those that now receive no educategive one half of his time to Kansas City, and tion either secular or religious It is hoped weone-half to Topeka, untU January 1st.may be able to give them both.WHAT IS IMPLIED IN THE ACT OF how it would nerve this brother's arm, and thriUSENDING OCT A N E W MIS- every heart of friend here and laborer yonder, ffSIONARY.*instead of one we were to-night ordaining threeRev. D. H. Coulter, Winchester, Ka^nsas. Or four missionaries for the foreign field!This weBy this act the church seeks to strengthen a ^ ^'band of noble workers never strong in numbers Our response to the Master's caU coming to usand never needing re-enforcement more than now. through the foreign mission will not be commen-With a fieldever and rapidly enlarging and an ^i^rate with the opportunities and demands of theever growing task before them, our foreign mis- ^^^^' "^^il ^^^ church awakens to a deeper intersionarieshave called long and earnestly for ad- ^^^^ the cause, and redoubles her prayers for itsditional help. The church has heard the call, success and her contributions for its support andand now responds. enlargement. The action of this hour assures theBrother Stewart's response has been prompt, °^^ missionary as he goes out to the scene of hisdecisive and full. At once upon the completion 1^^°'"^ ^^^^ ^^ shall be sustained by the liberalof the requhed course of study he stands forth S^^^^ of the church's prayers and sympathies andand says : " Here am I ; send me." And of his nic^'^s.recognized gifts and fitness for the work this He goes sent by the church, her son and serreadyoffer of himself is the crowning evidence, vant and representative, appiinted to do herWould that the church's answer were all that it work. We want the work well done ; and byought to be 1 How pleasing would be this duty, this brother it will be well done, if we perform* Addref^sdellvred I.efore Syrod at the orulnatlon of ""^^ P*^"*' ^"'^ ^^ ^ praying congregation makeEev. J. s. Stewart, as MisuioDary to Syria. a Successful pastor and preacher, a praying