Congregations and friends are reminded that the first annual collection for our missionaries and catechists is appointed for the month of August. It is but right that congregations should make this collection as soon as they conveniently may. The second collection for this fund is appointed for February. The need for this second collection will be at once apparent if the figures of the past five years bearing on this scheme are carefully studied. In response to the Synod’s notice in 1902 the sum of £157 9s. 3d. was contributed; the total payments to missionaries amounted to £862 16s. 5d., which meant that £705 7s. 2d. was drawn from the Sustentation Fund for their support. In response to the 1903 notice the contributions came to £161 13s. 7½d., the payments to £914 8s. 0d., leaving a sum of £752 14s. 4½d. to be taken from the Sustentation Fund. In response to the notice for 1904 there was contributed £156 2s. 10d. before March 31st, and up to the middle of July £48 13s. 7d. in response to the second notice, making a total of £204 16s. 5d. The payments amounted to £924 12s. 4d., leaving a sum of £719 15s. 11. to be taken from the Sustentation Fund. These figures show that for the past three years the Sustentation Fund has been drawn upon to the extent of £2177 17s. 5½d. for the maintenance of our missionaries and catechists. In view of this the duty of congregations towards the collection is plain, and we trust that this year’s returns will show that the lesson of these figures is being taken to heart.
Return from Canada.—Rev. Alexander Macrae, who has been in Canada during the last three months on a pastoral visit to the brethren there, has now returned, and we wait with interest his report of what he has seen and heard.
Errata.—We regret very much that an unusual number of typographical errors appeared in last issue. The following are corrections:—At foot of page 81, “fine” should read “five;” page 88, line 5, “anxious” should be “conscious;” line 12, “is what” should be “that;” line 17, omit “as;” last line, for “state” read “sphere;” page 90, line 31, for “man” read “men”—similarly, page 91, line 8; page 91, line 31, for “their” read “then;” page 92, line 16, for “Person” read “Persons;” page 93, line 26, for “day” read “dry;” page 93, line 36, for “crying” read “saying;” page 94, line 23, for “right” read “sight”—similarly in line 24; line 27, for “hear and come unto me” read “Come unto me and hear;” line 44, for “type” read “antitype;” page 95, line 50, for “the name” read “a sinner;” page 106, line 12, for “Trinity” read “divinity;” page 107, line 5, for “Patnpasrians” read “Patripassians;” page 111 line 8, for “men” read “Him.”