the New Testament of the Old, which is such as to show that we are not competent judges as to what passages convey deep moral or religious meanings or no.  Another, that in every instance where one had the means of ascertaining, so far as I have known, the Bible difficulty has come right:  therefore, it is reasonable to conclude that so it would be in all the rest, if we knew the right reading and the right interpretation of the words.  And as to what are called the Divine and Human Elements, I have seemed to help myself with the thought that the Divine adoption (if so be) of the human words warrants their truthfulness, as a man’s signature makes a letter his own; but whether this is relevant, I doubt.  My wife and I are both on the sick list, and I must now only add that we never forget you.

’Ever yours,

’J.  K.

Nothing has hitherto been said of this term at St. Andrew’s:  so here is an extract from a letter to one of the cousinhood, who had proposed a plan which has since been carried out extensively and with good effect:—­

’The difficulty about scholars appropriated to certain places or parishes is this:  I cannot be sure of the same persons remaining with me.  Some sickness in an island, some panic, some death of a relative, some war, or some inability on my part from bad weather or accident to visit an island, may at any time lose me a scholar.  Perhaps he may be the very one that has been appropriated to some one, and what am I to say then?

’This year we have but thirty-eight Melanesians, we ought to have sixty.  But after dear Edwin and Fisher’s wounds, I could not delay, but hurried southwards, passing by islands with old scholars ready to come away.  This was sad work, but what could I do?

’I will gladly assign, to the best of my power, scholars whom I think likely to remain with me to various places or persons; but pray make them understand that their scholar may not always be forthcoming.  Anyhow, their alms would go to the support of some Melanesian, who would be their scholar as it were for the time being.

’You would perhaps feel interested in knowing that the Gospel of St. Luke has been printed in the Mota language, to a great extent by our scholars, and that George Sarawia is printing now the Acts, composing it, and doing press-work and all.  Young Wogale (about thirteen) prints very fairly, and sent off 250 copies of a prayer, which the Bishop of Nelson wanted for distribution, of which everything was done by him entirely.  They both began to learn about last November.

’When morning school is over at 10 A.M., all hands, “dons” and all, are expected to give their time to the Mission till 12.45.  Mr. Pritt is general overlooker (which does not mean doing nothing himself) of domestic work:  kitchen, garden, farm, dairy, &c.  You know that we have no servants.  Mr. Palmer prints and teaches printing.  Atkin works at whatever may be going on, and has a large