L'Église à la maison et à l'étranger, l'(Juillet - décembre 1898) . H. R. Marsh, M.D., notre missionnaire à Point Bar-row, l'Alaska. Ses articles intéressants se beread avec plaisir par tous les amis de Alaskanmissions : Vous ne pouvez pas imaginer ce qu'un pleasantsurprise s'est abattue sur nous la 29e de ce mois;vous qui obtenez lettres quatre fois par jour cannotrealize ce qu'une sensation c'est de se lettersfrom les amis en mars lorsque vous expectthat la prochaine livraison ne prendra pas placetill août ! M. Lopp, à partir de la Cape Prince de Galles,venu avec Mme Jar vis et sera backin un jour ou deux. Il a parlé à notre meetinglast la nuit, mercredi. Dernière grâce

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Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . H. R.Marsh, M.D., our missionary at Point Bar-row, Alaska. Its interesting items will beread with pleasure by all friends of Alaskanmissions: You cannot imagine what a pleasantsurprise befell us the 29th of this month;you who get letters four times a day cannotrealize what a sensation it is to get lettersfrom friends in March when you expectthat the next delivery will not take placetill August! Mr. Lopp, from Cape Prince of Wales, came up with Mrs. Jar vis and will go backin a day or two. He spoke at our meetinglast night, Wednesday. Last Thanksgiv-ing I organized a church, and now have115 members who are earnest and sincereChristians, if I am able to judge. I aminstructing the elders in church govern-ment and doctrine, so that they will be ableto come into the Presbyterian Churchunderstanding more about the Church andher doctrines than at least a few elders thatI know. Some things were not exactly accord-ing to the Rules of Government, but as itis not yet a Presbyterian Church, and I. Rev. II. R. Marsh, M.D., and wife could not wait two years, I acted as I judgedbe3t, and went ahead. When it is constituteda Presbyterian church then all can be donein order and made right. I will write youa full letter to come down by the shipslater, and say no more now as this mailmust be very l.ight to be carried down bythe deer. Devout Indians—White Heathen. One Sunday, not many months ago, theservices in one of our Indian churches inthe far West were rudely disturbed by aprocession of white settlers, who were rush-ing past the little church in a wild scrambleto get possession of a reservation which hadjust been thrown open to settlement. Whenthe service had closed, as the devout con-gregation of Indians was coming out fromthe building the procession was at itsheight. What are those Indians say-ing ? asked our synodical missionary of theIndian teacher, as he observed them inanimated conversation with one another;and the reply was:

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