endeavoured to get ahead of each other. Such conduct in any part of London would have aroused the indignation of all around, whilst here it seemed to be taken as a matter of course. The great object of each driver, as I afterwards discovered, was to reach the hotel first, as those who arrived first had the preference of all the best and coolest rooms, a matter of no slight importance in a hot place like Cairo. As our carriage happened to be amongst the last arrivals we found every room that we wished to have already engaged, and so consequently were compelled to take whatever we could get. After we had descended to the hall we were informed, by means of a notice posted up, that our train would start again next morning at ten o'clock precisely. This intelligence was particularly unwelcome to me, as I had determined upon arriving at Cairo to pay a visit, if possible, to the pyramids. This of course was now impossible, as it was late in the evening, and the pyramids were some ten miles distant. I was therefore compelled to rest satisfied with the assurance that I could at least have a very good view of them from a certain hill in the outskirts of the city, which could easily be done next morning before starting.

THE CAMEL TRAIN.

A West Indian at Home after his first visit to London.

BY REV. A. LINDO.

YOU will no doubt be pleased to hear about the

working of my Sunday School at this mission

station. In telling of one you may form a general idea of all. Others may differ in detail, but the grand result in most cases is similar. In the dictionary of missions there is no such word 66 as failure." Our chapel stands on an upland slope, overlooking the public road. It is a large stone building with three roofs, 72 feet long and 45 feet wide, with a gallery recently erected, having a handsome frontage of mahogany, one of the woods of the country. The foundationstone of the building was laid the centenary year of Whitefield's labours, hence it is called Whitefield Chapel. There is an extensive plain before the chapel dotted over with trees and houses; this plain is bounded on the opposite side by an amphitheatre of hills, at the base of which flows a stream of wholesome water. Say it is the Sabbath morning, very early about five o'clock the chapel flings its sound over the plain and up the hill-sides; it is to remind the inhabitants of the village that it is the Lord's day; it also calls each Sunday-school teacher to private prayer for God's blessing on the labours of the day. For years past we have thus met every Sabbath morning with one accord, though in different places, at the throne of grace. The

school assembles at nine o'clock; the devotional exercises are conducted and a scripture lesson is given by one of the teachers. Old and young then repair to their respective classes to be taught the lesson which the teachers have previously studied with the minister. Before and after the morning service the children sing a nice hymn out of the new congregational hymn-book. A bi-monthly prayer-meeting is held regularly with the teachers and children. A monthly prayer-meeting is also held with the teachers, parents, and friends. It is a delightful sight to behold 500 persons, old and young, reading in the school every Sabbath day. Some of the scholars, as you may imagine, with spectacles on their nose. A new plan, which we hope will prove beneficial to us all, is to set apart a Sabbath in each quarter of the year for the children's service. They are to be publicly questioned by the minister from the pulpit, on the lessons taught in the school during the three months. They will sing some beautiful hymns, such as "I like to be an angel," &c. After the examination they will have an address. Thus four Sabbaths in the year will be devoted to them. Another plan which we like very much is, that all the families attending Whitefield Chapel sing at domestic worship on the Sabbath evening a particular hymn with its appropriate tune. It gives the idea of one large family scattered over the village of Porus. In England I heard the hymn "Saviour, breathe an evening blessing," sung to Beaminster; the English association is kept up; for all the people here sing both, every Sabbath evening.

A Missionary Enigma.

1. The blasphemous messenger of a heathen king. 2. A prophet who declared the destruction of Edom. 3. A wealthy disciple of Christ.

4. A ready scribe in the law of Moses.

5. The first-born son and compassionate brother. 6. Lydia's home.

7. One who was smitten with leprosy, because of envy and evil-speaking.

8. David's grandfather.

9. The governor of Cæsarea.

10. Another governor, a friend of Agrippa.

11. One of the rivers flowing through Damascus.

12. The port from whence Solomon brought gold and silver, ivory, apes and peacocks.

The initials will give the name of one of our oldest and most devoted missionaries.

Lancaster.

J. D.

CHINA.

A MISSIONARY EXCURSION.

BY REV. JAMES SADLER.

AM going to tell you of a very pleasant visit which, with the Rev. J. Stronach, I have paid to a country station. This station is by name Bopien, distant from Amoy ninety miles. It was established in the

spring of last year by Mr. Stronach, in reply to the earnest and repeated entreaties of the inhabitants that the Gospel might be sent to them. On a bright sun