Christian from drawing water. Our right to draw from public wells had been repeatedly affirmed in the magistrate's court, and we had been advised to report any case of hostility, being careful to have a reliable witness on our side. While standing by the well, the missionary was suddenly attacked and quickly overpowered, and for a full half hour was subjected to every species of indignity, being kicked, beaten, dragged about by the beard, and abused in the vilest language which natives can employ. Three times they led him away, saying they would hang him, but this was probably but a pretense. Fortunately, the missionary received no serious hurt, although he still carries many marks of their blows." South Africa. Evangelical Christendom, for July, states: "The Rev. Robert Moffat, the veteran missionary, writes us from Kuruman, under date of April 14: 'It is most gratifying to be able to state that the desire for education is increasing and advancing wherever there are means of instruction; and these now extend over hundreds of miles in the interior. We have readers by thousands who are most anxious that another edition of the Scriptures be printed, to supply the increasing demand. This is a most hopeful sign for the future, especially in a country where the population is so scattered, and the means of conveyance tardy and expensive, but where natives can go to and fro without difficulty." EMBARKATIONS. Rev. Henry P. Page, of Centre Harbor, N. H., and Mrs. Mary A. (Hodgkins) Page, of Ipswich, Mass., Rev. Theodore S. Pond, and Mrs. Pond, of Middlefield, Conn., Miss Ursula C. Clarke, of South Natick, Mass., and Miss Flavia S. Bliss, of Longmeadow, Mass., sailed from New York, October 10, for Liverpool, on the way to Turkey. Mr. and Mrs. Page are destined to Philippopolis, Western Turkey; Mr. and Mrs. Pond to Mardin, Eastern Turkey; Miss Clarke to Broosa, and Miss Bliss to Marsovan. Mr. Page was educated at Dartmouth College and Andover Theological Seminary, and Mr. Pond at Hamilton College and Ando ver. Rev. H. H. Jessup, of the Syria mission, and Mrs. Harriet E. (Dodge) Jessup, of New York, Miss Eliza D. Everett, of Painesville, Ohio, and Miss Nellie Carruth, of Dorchester, Mass., sailed from New York, for Liverpool, on the way to Syria, October 17. Rev. J. S. Dennis, of Newark, N. J., a graduate of the Princeton Theological Seminary, sailed from New York, October 21, to join the same mission. Rev. William E. De Riemer, of Berlin, Wisconsin, and Mrs. Emily F. (True) De Riemer, of Newton, Mass., Henry K. Palmer, M. D., of Litchfield, Illinois, and Mrs. Flora D. Palmer, of New Athens, Ohio, Miss Carrie Hartley, of Glenwood, Penn., and Miss Maggie Webster, of Binghamton, N. Y., sailed from Boston, October 28, in the bark Robert, Capt. Baker, for Madras. Mr. and Mrs. De Riemer and Miss Webster are to join the Ceylon mission, and Dr. and Mrs. Palmer and Miss Hartley the Madura mission. Mr. De Riemer is a graduate of Amherst College and the Chicago Theological Seminary, and Dr. Palmer, of the Rush Medical College, Chicago. Miss Adelia M. Payson, of Kent, Conn., sailed from New York, October 31 (with Rev. Mr. Nevius, of the Presbyterian Board), for the Foochow mission, by way of San Francisco. Rev. Henry M. Bridgman and wife, of the Zulu mission, sailed from New York for Liverpool, November 14, returning to their field. FOR THE CHILDREN. PLEASED WITH THE WORK. SOME of the children know, that last year two ladies, Miss Seymour, of Rochester, N. Y., and Miss Warfield, of Franklin, Mass., went to Harpoot, in Eastern Turkey, to teach in the girls' boarding-school there. Perhaps they would like to know whether they found it pleasant to be in such a place and to engage in such a work. Here is a letter which Miss Seymour wrote, after they had been there some months, and were only beginning to get the language of the people. It was written to some of the missionaries who were then in this country. Miss "This is Friday night, and I have just come from school with the feeling that I wish there were more school-days in the week. It seems as if we only get fairly started, and then comes Saturday. As we are getting accustomed to our school duties we do enjoy them very much. There are some precious spirits among these women. We have now 44 scholars, and Mr. Barnum thinks we shall have six more. Of course this includes the four Arabic and three Koordish women. These last know nothing of Armenian. West goes down twice a day to her Bible and theology classes. Mary [Miss Warfield] and I each have reading and spelling classes, and the beginners in Arithmetic and Geography. I do not use any textbook in Geography, and so have an opportunity to exercise more of my Armenian. They all seem to like the study, and some learn rapidly. One woman from Geghi came for the first time yesterday, and has been in my class these two days; and this afternoon she promptly pointed out, on the map, the great divisions of land, the oceans, and six of the divisions of Europe, giving the names herself, without my saying a word. I thought it was doing very well, for we only have thirty minutes' time for recitation. heard Mr. Williams read a paper designed for the 'Evangelical Christendom,' giving an account of the modus operandi of this work, and the reasons for adopting these measures, I could not help saying aloud, Thank God for sending me to Harpoot.' It seems as if we are working to some purpose. "I do not wonder that you are anxious to get back to this delightful work, with these dear brothers and sisters. I am glad I am one of them. Mr. H. S. Barnum, in his prayer last evening, thanked God, most heartily, for the congeniality and oneness among the members of this circle. I think there was a quick response from every heart.” MISSIONARY BOXES-A GOOD COLLECTION. THE Treasurer has received the follow ing letter from Springfield, Mass., which shows what can be done for the mission schools by "boxes," and may perhaps lead some others to do as was done in this case. "DEAR SIR, I inclose a check for one hundred and eighty-nine dollars and seventy cents ($189.70), contributed by the children in the South Church Sabbath-school for the 'Mission School Enterprise.' This is outside of their usual collections, and was contributed in this way: Each family that will do so takes a Missionary Box'- a small paper box made tight, with a hole in the top, and all the members of the family who can be influenced to do so pledge themselves to give some specific amount each week, which they drop into this box. At the end of the year these boxes are brought together and opened, and the amount inclosed is the result of our first year's experiment." "SHALL WE WHOSE SOULS ARE LIGHTED?" "WE heard a lovely little girl, six years old, sing these words the other day in Baltimore, and as she sang the hymn, she rolled her sightless eyeballs, as if she would love to pierce the gloom in which the heathen live. "There was feeling in her sweet voice, and a sermon in her very presence, for she could sing with meaning — 'Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny?' "The past year she had paid into the treasury of our church nearly $40, and just before we saw her she had carried to the minister another contribution of 62 cents. Though but six years old, she has been a steady attendant for three years at the monthly concert, and takes the deepest interest in the missionary work. Lately she has been stricken with blindness, and for her recovery there is but little, if any, hope. Yet she never complains of her loss of sight, and with marked unselfishness she saves to bless others. "Then she does good, not simply by her gifts and her sympathy, but by her example. She has moved others to give. Her devotion to the cause has impressed other hearts, and they have sought, like her, to help the poor and the perishing."— Foreign Missionary. "We have got tired of waiting for a collection to be taken up in our Sundayschool for the Board of Foreign Missions, and so we have concluded to send our money ourselves. We have worked very hard all summer and winter to get the money, and saved every cent, and went without every thing we could so as not to spend it. We have been a good while earning it, and so we have got more, and we are glad we have been able to get so much to give. If we were heathens we would be glad to have the gospel sent to us. We have saved 60 dollars and 10 cents, and we will put it in this letter for the heathen, - from some of the Sabbath school Scholars." A JUVENILE MISSIONARY SOCIETY. THE editor has received from Milan, Ohio, a notice of the tenth anniversary of their Juvenile Missionary Society. The writer hopes, and so does the editor, that others who read it, where there are no such societies, may be encouraged to form them, or in some other way to engage in the missionary work. The meeting was held in the Presbyterian church, said: "A large congregation were assemon Sabbath evening, June 14, and it is bled, to show their interest in the Society and its object. The exercises were mostly by the children. The secretary read the Report of the society's doings for the past ten years. Three things had been accomplished. First, the members had gained of missions; Second, they had awakened a large fund of information on the subject children; and, Third, they had contriband cultivated a sympathy for the heathen uted nearly five hundred dollars for Foreign Missions. "After the exercises by the members of the society, the pastor gave an account of the Micronesia mission, relating interesting facts gathered from personal conversation with Mr. Hotchkiss, (the shipwrecked printer, whom the children will find referred to in the Story of the Morning Star,') and who is now on a visit to his father, in Milan. 6 Lincoln county. New Castle, Mrs. Daniel Perkins, by Rev. J. J. Bulfinch, Penobscot co. Aux. Soc. E. F. Duren, Tr. Bangor, Central Cong. ch. and so. Somerset county. Anson, Tillson H. Spaulding, Norridgewock, Cong. ch. and so. Union county. Lovell Centre, (Rev. BENJ. STEARNS, to const. himself H. M., 50; credited in October Herald to Lovell Cong, ch. and so.) Washington county. Calais, a member of 1st Cong. ch. York county. Kennebunk, Cong. ch. and so. Cotuit Port, Cong. ch. and so. m. c. Berkshire county. 12 00 5.00 447 19 35 00 482 19 25.00 100--26 00 166 47 581 55 10 00 Pittsfield, 1st Cong. ch. and so., ann. coll. in part, Maplewood Institute, South Egremont, Cong. ch. and so. with prev. dona., to const. J. A. Windsor, A member of Cong. Boston and vicinity. Boston, of wh. from Martha A. Chelsea, Winn. Cong. ch. and so. m. Brookfield Association. Wm. Hyde, Tr. Brookfield, avails of a Pocket Knife, rec'd at annual meeting, Charlton, Evan. Cong. ch. and so. 89.62, less express, 136 43 100; 225 00 New Braintree, Cong. ch. and so. North Brookfield, Union Cong. ch. and so. 103 80 34.95 100, less tax, 6; 94.00 Ware, East Cong, ch. and so. (of which from G. H. Gilbert, to const. Mrs. JOSEPH GILBERT, OXford, Mass., and Mrs. FAYETTE HOOKER and Mrs. HENRY M. HOOKER, Chicago, Ill. H. M. 300; J. A. Cummings, to const. S. B. BOND, H. M. 100; William Hyde, to const. A. A. HYDE, Leavenworth, Kansas, H. M. 100; L. N. Gilbert, with prev. dona. to const. Mrs. L. N. GILBERT, H. M., 75), to const. G. H. CONEY, W. L. DEMOND 9.00 9.90 27 32 Middlesex Union. Acton, Cong. ch. and so. Ashby, 2d Cong, ch. and so. add'l. (of wh. from m. c. 28.81;) to Harvard, Cong. ch. and so. ann. coll. Leominster, Ev. Cong. ch. and so. Norfolk county. Dorchester, A. W. & L. C. Clapp, West Roxbury, So. Ev. Cong. ch. aud so. m. c. Palestine Miss. Society. E. Alden, Tr. Norwalk, 1st Cong. ch. and so. (of wh. from L. B. S. Bissell, with prev. dona. to const. Mrs. FANNY M. BISSELL, H. M. 50; Edward C. Bissell, with prev. dona. to const. Mrs. BETSIE H. BISSELL, H. M. 50); to const. DAVID R. AUSTIN, H. M. 258 75-817 75 6.00 Hartford co. South Consociation. Middletown, A friend for China, Southington, Cong. ch. and so., ann. coll., of wh. from T. Higgins, to const. J. M. HOBART, H. M. 100; 241 00-247 00 Litchfield co. Aux. Soc. G. C. Wood 334 84 166 02 4. 00 60.98 35 00 236 27 38 25--484 29 3 00 80. 86.05 Norfolk, Abigail Brown, Northfield, Cong. ch. and so. Less expenses of sermon and adv'g, 10 25-1051 06 New Haven City, F. T. Jarman, Agt. 3d Cong. ch. and so. 190.35; North New Haven co. East Aux. Soc. F. T. Cheshire, Cong. ch. and so. 208 85 40 95 34 85-75 80 70.00 Auburn, Cong. ch. and so. m. c. Leicester, 1st Cong. ch. and so., Gents Asso'n, 291.50, Ladies do. 135.55, m. c. 45.57; Paxton, Cong. ch. and so., Gents, 24.05, Ladies, 22.80, m. c. 15.15; Sterling, Mrs. Sarah I. Jaques, West Boylston, Cong. ch. and so. (Gents Asso'n and m. c. 63.05, Ladies Asso'n, 36.95); to const. LYMAN PIERCE, H. M. Worcester, Union Cong. ch. and so. New Haven co. West Consociation. Lisbon, Cong. ch. and so. coll. to const. Mrs. MARY T. W. BLODGET, Greenwich, Mass., H. M. 922 55 Norwich, 1st Cong, ch. and so. (ann. coll. 469.30, m. c. 11.77), 481.07; 2d Cong. ch. and so., a friend, to const. Rev. DANIEL MERRIMAN, H. M. 100; 2d and Broadway chs. m. c. 27.55; avails of Jewelry redeemed at ann. meeting, 100; avails of Japanese "Kobang " (gold coin), given by a lady, and of an American three-dollar coin given by a freedman of Georgia, at ann. meeting, 50; "One who |