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The Fellaha, 75with spirit and consecration upon the work, not destroyed." "Help, Lord, for the godlytaking up tbe fallen mantle of his lamented ceaseth; for the faithf'il faU from among thefather, and for four years did excellent[[servioe children of men."as physician, as treasurer and financial agentof the mission, and as a man of God seekingJ. 0. K. Milligan,Chairman of Commiitee.the salvation of souls. He married MissTHE FELLAHA.Mizpah Metheny, the daughter of Rev, DavidMetheny, M. D., and of Emma Gregg, his The term "Fellaha" is the feminine ofwife. Two obildren were born to them, ihe " Fellah," and " Fellah " is the singular ofyoungest living only a few hours. A few " FeUaheen," and tbese words are all derivationsweeks later his wife died, April ofthe verb " Falaha," whioh means "io14, 1885,when Dr. Dodds returned to America to plow," so that a " Fellah " is a plowman, orplace his Httle son under his mother's care. husbandman, and the term Fellaheen is appliedHaving provided ihus for his motherless boy, to the Nusairiyeh of Turkey who are all plowmen,he was on bis way back and correspond to to the mission field,ibe peasantry ofand sailed from Liverpool in the Canard European countries. Woman in all EasternSteamship Sidon, whioh was wrecked Oct. lands is degraded. Her condition is destitute27, 1885, in ihe Atlantic off the North West aod hopeless and her life is more or less secluded.coast of Spain. Dr. Dodds and ihree othersShe is regarded as an inferior being,perished; conflioting statements are made as and although the Fellaha is not shut up in ato bow he was lost. Itis of interest to know hareem as many of her Oriental sisters, yetihat Dr. Metbeny and bis wife and their infant,she is excluded from whatever advantage ofDr. Dodds'future wife, firstsailed to Sy­menial or religious training ihe men mayria in ihe same steamer. Dr. Dodds bore the enjoy. Sbe is not considered a creature ofname of his paternal grandfather, ihe middlename being added by ihe father as a token offriendship for Rev. N. R. Johntson of Oakland,California. His Uttle son WUUam JamesDodds died of tubercular menigitis, March 12,1886. Thus this young mission family withina few years were all transplanted from«arth to heaven.In this mysterious providence of Jesus, weGod, but the offspring of the devil, and is consequentlyregarded as unclean. She is notaccorded the commodity of a soul, and henceis not supposed to be capable of comprehendingor appreciating the principles of religion,and therefore is not taught them. Her adventinto the world is unwelcome and her motheris often cursed because she gave birth to adaughter instead of a son. The Fellahbow to the divine will and kiss the rod with scarcely considers girls as chUdren and he possessesthis idea in common with many oiherwhich he has visited us ; for be will not utterlytake away his loving kindness, nor suffer his Orientals. Should he bti asked bow manyfaithfulness to fail. In faith let us take couragefor new endeavor, and strive to fill ibe ihat he bas two children and three giris. TheychUdren be has, he wUl answer for instance,breach, relying on tbe Almighty Captain of regard ihe effort to educate giris as utterlycur Salvation. Let us say with tbe apostle, useless and nonsensical, and it was with great" We ara troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair ; them in school, although tbey have madedifficulty that ihey could be induced to placepersecuted, but not forsaken j.casi down, bui some progress of late with respect to this, be