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240 Notes and Beviews.going circular." Then correct the table estimatingthe amount that each family wouldhave to contilbute to raise the Synodical appropriationof $15,000.Families. Contributions.50 X 50 = $2500100 X 25 = 250050 X 20 = 1000100 X 15 = 1500250 X 10 = 2500500 X 5 = 25001000 X 2.50= 2500-$15000We shall not regret this blunder, it it onlyserves to draw speoial attention to the circularand so lead our readers to consider morecarefully than they would otherwise havedone the pressing claims of the Foreign Mission.There is no reason why the congregationsshould not pay the appropriation in full.The whole amount might be in tbe Treasurybefore the close of the year without any onedenying bimself or his family a single luxuryat the holiday season.—Churches and individuals are again remindedthat all the money called for and requiredto furniaSla home for the Boys' Sohoolin Latakia, has not been received. Whilesome, whose mnans are limited, have contributedwith great liberality, many who havelarge resources on which to draw, have madeand resolving to do more than ever to supportand extend their work.—In this, the closing number of our littlemonthly for 1888, we wish to express ourthanks to all who have sustained us in this enterprise.Some brethren, who would not careto have us give their names, have ordered forgratuitous circulation extra copies containingsome article of special interest to them, whUeothers have sent the magazine regularly tofriends. In this way they have widened thecirculation and helped us to meet necessaryexpenses. But we are especially indebted tohundreds of subscribers who renew promptly,and not seldom send with their monev, assur-