The proffered gift, then, if accepted by you, should be regarded as a nucleus to which the Church of Christ around you shall pour its offerings, and I think that two thousand pounds of the amount should be specially applied towards the purchase and perpetual maintenance of two river steamers, _one_ to navigate the Sobat and command the mission to the Dinkas—to such of the Gallas tribes as are their neighbors on the east, between them and Euarea—to the Gallas tribes on the Chol branch of the Sobat (east or right bank), and to the Latookas west or south-west (of the Chol), if accessible from that river; and the _other_ steamer to navigate the Godschob (called the Jub at its mouth) and command the missions to the Christian Remnants, Wolawo, &c., and to the Gallas, who are to be found in large numbers in the country west of, and up to, the right or west bank of the Godschob. And it is understood that the people of the Berri country shall claim a place amongst your earliest evangelistic efforts. Fatiko, with the Madi country and Lake Samburu and population, are included in the area, but need not claim a first place in your labors. Possibly the Gallas on the upper course or waters of the Ozi—if geographers are right as to the position of the source of this river—may be reached from the Jub (Godschob) or from the Sobat. Your staff of missionaries for this work, so full of promise of great results, should be a well-chosen band, some of them men skilled in some of the arts, say two in the use of scientific instruments, and they should be most thoughtfully and prayerfully selected. I ask that two or three of your very best and ablest men—men of large hearts, of enterprise and great faith, with several of the best maps before you—will study the description of the area I have delineated, and if it is not in any point perfectly clear, that you will at once ask for the missing details. I really desire a thorough and permanent occupation of the field. Yours most truly, in the Lord Jesus Christ, (Signed) ROBERT ARTHINGTON, Leeds, England. January 10th, 1879. * * * * * A NEW RECRUIT FOR THE MENDI MISSION. It will be remembered that Rev. Floyd Snelson was compelled to return to this country, after a sojourn of about a year in our African mission, on account of the rapidly failing health of his wife. He has resumed the care of the Midway Church in Georgia, from the pastorate of which he was taken, against the wishes of his people, for the foreign work. It was deemed necessary to make good the vacated place as soon as possible. In accordance with the expressed judgment of the missionaries on the field, the first want was of a man specially adapted to take charge of the saw-mill and other industrial interests at Avery Station, of which Mr. Jackson has had charge as well as of the church and school. Inquiries were instituted at once among our higher institutions for the right man, and we think we have found him.