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60 Letters from Christian Workers at Home and Abroad.that the teachers pass an examination which,if successful, will entitle ihem to a certificatewhicb bears with it the right to teach withoutany further formaUty or permit. Should thisturn out to be the case we trust the matterwili become easy. Let the churches pray theLord of the harvest who has promised to bewitb His workers. He wiU turn all things totbe furtherance of His work.Should the hoped-for Balkan Confederacy beestablished on an evangelical basis, as we prayit may be, it will be a short road to enlargedprivileges all over this empire. There isIn, reply I would state that nothing like tbe petition "Thy Kingdomcome." It expects and awaits answer withoutprescribing a plan for Him. His wordand Spirit will do all. Let us endeavor to beco-workers with Him. More anon.Catholic church. I therefore beg of you if theDoctor has the aforesaid permission io presentit at once, otherwise the school must be closedfrom to-day until he receives the official permissionaccording to the regulations.(Signed),The Oaimacam.REPLY.Mersine, 26tb November, 1886.Mr. Wm. Buwson, TJ. S. Consular Agent,Mersine .-Dear Sir—Yours of November 23 has beenduly received.Dr. Metheny, the American missionary, hasnot "opened a new school in his house " atall.Miss Sterrett, an American missionary lady,occupies a portion of Dr. Metheny's house asher domicile, in which she is bringing up,gratis, orphans and indigent liitle children putin ber charge by their parents (or representatives)for this purpose. She has conductedii about four years. Tbe indigent mothers ofsome of the children reside with them.Respectfully, David Metheny.The United States Consular Agent herereferred the matter to Beirut. The Consulthere writes that his efforts to interest thevarious European Legations in Constantinoplein the question of the present sohool law,which is in confiict with the protocols(treaties) with the government prior to thelaw formulated and promulgated by tbe Turkishgovernmeni without the consent or concurrenceofthe signatory powers wbo have ari^ht to be consulted in such matters, availedlittle.Subsequently when ihe irue animus of thegovernment began to appear in their endeavorto curtail all privUeges as far as possible, and,as he rightly judges, intending to abrogateprivileges already granted as in the closing ofschools recognized for many years, upon theurging of our Consul they seem now to betaking the matter in hand with vigor. Allthe benevolent Christian institutions of thevarious European governments are endangered.We hear privately and indirectly, thatit is likely the government wUl only require asupervision of the text-books to be used, andON THE WAY.Fraternally,D. Metheny.Latabtia, Stria, Dec. 1, 1886.Miss- -,Phila.—Bear Friend : —I supposeyou will want io know something aboutmy voyage from England. I landed at Laiakiaon the 4th of November, seven weeksfrom ibe time I left Phila, I was so muchlonger than I anticipated, that I was gettingvery impatient to reach tbe end of the journey.My passage was taken from Liverpoolto Ismailia with ihe rest of the missionaries forEgypt; as the steamer did not stop at Alexandria,Port Said was her firststopping place,and we reached that port jnsf^two weeks fromthe night we sailed. The firstfour days outwe had quite a gale, and, as we were goingagainst both wind and sea, it was very rough,and unpleasant; the waves dashed over theship constantly so that we could not go outon deck at aU. The second night the ship'scarpenter was washed overboard, it was supposed,for he was missing in the morning.I did not feel at all afraid, though I couldnot help thinking of Dr. Dodds. After thefourth day we had beautiful weather, all theway. I found that the Syrian coast steamerstouched at Port Said, and hoped to reach thatport in time to get one.Dr. Lansing who was with us frora Englandwent ashore and inquired about them, and