34 Stations in Le ypt.

Another year Dr. Harpur made his headquarters in a large village in the province of Menoufeyah, which he calls B——, containing a population of 12,000, and having numerous other villages in the district. The fact that a native of B—— had become a convert to Christianity at Cairo caused some manifestation of fanaticism at first, and the addresses at the dispensary were occasionally interrupted. Before long, however, a happy change took place, and marked attention was paid to the preaching, by means of which, since over 3,C00 new patients were treated in seven months, a large number of persons heard the Gospel.

5. UppER HGYpt.

Another recent development has been the revival of the idea, prominent in the first Egypt Mission, of influencing members of the Coptic Church. Mr. Thornton devoted special attention to this during the last year of his life. He paid three visits to Upper Egypt, enlisting the co-operation of Coptic metrans, bishops and other leaders; and with their aid, and even in their own churches, he conducted evangelistic meetings. His experiences were remarkable. At almost every place to which he went he had large and interested audiences, many of those present being Mohammedans. The chief exception was at Luxor, where the meetings were indeed well attended, but after the first night only a few Moslems put in an appearance. The cause of this falling off was found to be the arrival in the town of an Englishman in search of antiquities, who went to the magistrate and avowed himself a Mohammedan. Of the meetings at Minieh, a town with a population of 30,000, Mr. Thornton wrote :— ‘ At the theatre I took a series of three addresses: (1) on the comparison and contrasts between Moses and Christ; (2)-on the Creation, Fall and Flood, followed by the story of the Passion and Death of Jesus Christ; (3) on the story of Abraham, the sacrifice of Isaac, the Passover, the Scapegoat, the Serpent in the Wilderness, and the Death and Resurrection of Christ. Each night (Wednesday to Saturday) we had the theatre crowded as full as it could be, with over 100 standing as well all the time. A large part of the audiences were fresh each night, so that I reckon in all that about 1,500 boys and lads and over 1,000 men heard the Gospel story in that place. Of these some