A GROUP OF GIRLS.

Children's League," so earnestly developed and spread
by its founder. In consequence of this, it was decided,
that the girls who wished to do something for the
poor should meet together one afternoon in the month.
This was taken up with great enthusiasm. About
sixty girls came when the party was started, but soon
all came; and it is a cheerful sight to watch the many
busy hands at work in the large room. Mrs. Flad, Mrs
Berney, and all the mistresses help to supply work, and
at the close of the meeting, which generally lasts
from two to three hours, I give them a short address,
and we close with singing
Last Christ-

and prayer.
mastime twenty parcels with
clothing were ready to be
given to poor women. The
girls of each class were
allowed to form a list of
such whom they knew to
be in great need, and then
each mistress, accompanied
by some of her pupils, went
and distributed the things.
At the same time all these
women were invited to come
to a Mothers' Meeting,
which has since been held
weekly. The school - girls
have thus been instrumental
in forming our first Mothers'
Meeting here.

If one considers that our

Tunis Schools are but dayschools, that the children pay for everything, down to pen and needle (with very few exceptions), and that the parents are openly told that the object of the Schools is to train the children for Jesus, the Messiah, it is astonishing that, day after day, there should be more than 300 Jewish boys and girls in attendance! May the Lord continue to bless this work!

I am also pleased to be able to present to the readers. of the magazine some members of our School-staff, though since the group was photographed, some changes have taken place, by which the work in the schools has been greatly profited. The Master and Mistress on the extreme left were married last July. They-Mr. an1 Mrs. Berney-are both Swiss, and were engaged by myself when I went to Europe in the summer of 1893, in order to find new teachers for the Schools. The girls were greatly interested when their muchloved headmistress became the wife of the headmaster, and her warm sympathy has been a wonderful addition to the usefulness of the Boys' School. Miss Mary Guye, sister of Mrs. Berney, and sitting

A GROUP OF TEACHERS.

next her, has taken over the direction of the Girls' School. She had for a year previously assisted her sister as a voluntary worker, and thus entered upon her responsible duties with considerable experience.

First on the right sits Miss Lessing, the daughter of a German clergyman. She received part of her training at Kornthal and, like others, also an impulse for Mission work. Just above Miss Guye is Miss Läpple, who has been devotedly working amongst the youngest girls and infants for the last five years. Having acquired a full knowledge of Arabic as spoken by the Jews, she is now able to get her young charges quickly accustomed and attached to the School. Next to Mr. Berney stands Mrs. Allegra Belaisch, called simply Mrs. Allegra. She was a pupil of the School many years ago, and afterwards became assistant to Miss Combe. When the School was re-organised, the teaching was entrusted to three European mistresses, and since that time Mrs. Allegra has been doing the needlework. She receives daily advice and help from Mrs. Flad, and thus gets on tolerably well. Alice Cascas, on the extreme right is also a former pupil of the School, and helps Miss Läpple with the infants.

There are yet to be mentioned the three undermasters, Mr. Aubert and the brothers Berdah. The former, who is standing up towards the right, before coming to Tunis had worked with much devotion in a school for the blind in Switzerland, and, although our School here is thoroughly different, his entering into the School has brought a new era, the headmaster having found him an earnest Christian master and one in full harmony with himself. The brothers Berdah, sons of Rabbi Berdah, who in former years was master of Hebrew in the School, were both pupils in the School and are much attached to it, and have often given proofs that they have at heart its progress and welfare.

With the exception of the Berdahs and the two female helpers, the teachers live in the two schoolhouses, and as our own house is alongside the Girls' School and communicates with it, there is a continual friendly intercourse between co-workers in the Schools and ourselves. Our greatest joy is that all these six fellow-helpers are Christians and ideal masters and mistresses. They not only look after the teaching,

but are also anxious to train the children entrusted to them in the fear of God, and they daily seek to win these young Jewish hearts for the Saviour. As for the Jewish helpers, we are sorry that they have not yet professed Christianity; but, having been at the Schools from their youth, they have so much accommodated themselves to circumstances that they are no hindrance, and offer no resistance, to the Missionary and religious character of the Schools, which has been frequently the case with nominal Christian assistants. A God-fearing Jew is a better assistant than an indifferent Christian.

C. F. W. FLAD,

THE GIRLS' SCHOOL, JERUSALEM.

THE GIRLS' SCHOOL, JERUSALEM.

THIS excellent Institution was founded as far back as 1857. Two or three years ago, as more commodious premises were necessary, the above most suitable building was erected on a piece of land belonging to the Society, which is in a very salubrious situation, about three-quarters of a mile from the city on the western side. This land was purchased as long ago as the year 1862, and was used as a summer camping ground for the Missionaries, the children of the Schools, and the young men in the House of Industry. As a sanatorium, it has been of the greatest value, and the little house erected upon it has afforded a pleasant and healthy resort for many a weary labourer brought low by the sickness which is so prevalent in Jerusalem during the hot months of the year. The Girls' School has been erected at the western end of this "Sanatorium," and the New Hospital eastern end. Hospital is being built at the Unfortunately the hopes of the Committee with reference to the Funds required for erecting and completing the Girls' School premises have not yet been realized, on the 15th of February the debt still standing at £1,222 16s. 5d. Friends are now earnestly invited to do their utmost to aid in wiping off the debt before the end of the current financial year, on the 31st of this month. A leaflet, which may be used in forwarding a donation, will be found inside the cover of this number. Probably no part of Mission work, whether at Jerusalem or elsewhere, is more full of promise than the Christian education and training of the young.

Ever since that time Rhodes has been in the hands of the Turks, and the once beautiful and fruitful island is much neglected.

Rhodes became famous from the Colossus of Rhodes,' one of the seven wonders of the world, constructed by Chares in 280 B.C. It was a figure of metal about 100 feet high, representing the god of the sun. It is supposed to have stood at the entrance of the harbour with outspread legs, so that the ships could pass under. In 223 B.C., this Colossus was destroyed by a severe earthquake and never repaired. When Rhodes fell into the hands of the Arabs the metal, probably copper, was sold by the Chalif Muawija to a Jew. It was an enormous quantity, and 900 camels were required to carry it away. The fact that the metal was sold to a Jew might be a proof that al ready in the time of the Arabs, that is

A HOUSE IN RHODES.

to say, in the 7th century, Jews were among the inhabitants of Rhodes.

"At the present day the Jews number about 3,500, and are all, with the exception of four families only, of the Sephardim class, whose forefathers were driven out of Spain in the 15th century. The Jews of Rhodes are mostly poor, but manage to earn their daily bread and are content therewith; only a very few are better off. As regards their spiritual As regards their spiritual condition, one might divide them chiefly into two classes the utterly careless and the fanatics. It was therefore very difficult to sell our books. Some did not even like to touch them, because we were Missionaries, and others did not care to spend their money on books of no value to them; and thus comparatively only a few were persuaded to buy and read the Scriptures and our tracts. Not a single New Testament, moreover, could we sell, but wo gave

a few away to persons who desired them and could ill afford to pay for them.

"We arrived at Rhodes on a Saturday, as I have said, about four o'clock. The sun sets early in the East, and as there is no twilight we could not do anything that day. The next day, being Sunday, I first had a short service with Sourejohn in my room, asking at the same time for God's blessing upon our work. Then we left with some tracts in our pockets and a New Testament in our hands to see whether we could sow some good seed. Passing a coffee house we saw several Jews there, and seated ourselves in their midst. They, seeing that we were strangers, at once asked us: Where do you come from, and what do you want here?' We told them plainly what our business was, and why we had come, at which they looked at each other and smiled. I spoke to them of the necessity and importance of reading and searching the Word of God, and also told them how sweet the words of Jesus are. Then I opened my Judeo-Spanish New Testament, and read to them a portion of the Sermon on the Mount, explaining it a little at the same time. Sourejohn then spoke on the words: Man does not live by bread alone,' &c. They listened quietly, only making a remark now and then to each other. When we left, we distributed some tracts among them, which they accepted. Early on Monday morning we commenced in all earnestness. Sourejohn took his bag of books and I filled my pockets, and so we went into the Jewish quarter. We were soon followed by a number of Jewish boys, who were very inquisitive about our proceedings, but proved after all of some use to us, as they took us through the streets which are chiefly inhabited by Jews. We went from shop to shop and from house to house, and were not always received in a friendly manner. Several times the Jews sneered at our words and insulted us; at one place we were told to be off at once; and at another shop, where we were surrounded by a crowd of Jews, we were hooted. But we did not mind, knowing the grand message we had to deliver, and that we are the servants of Him who is the King of kings and Lord of lords, and remembering that it is written: ' How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings!'

"On the other hand, we also had tokens of encouragement. A young Jew secretly asked us for the four Gospels and the Acts, as he greatly desired to read them, and seemed grateful on receiving them. Another young man bought two tracts, and begged for a copy of the Gospels as a present, wishing to make himself acquainted with its contents;