As Prof. Chase returns to his chosen and preferred work at Atlanta, we desire to express our appreciation of the great value of his services in this special work. Nor has his usefulness been limited to the supervision of buildings alone. He has always had more interest in the schools themselves than in their mere habitations; and his suggestions in regard to them have been valuable and practical, while in many other ways he has rendered important service to the executive officers of the Association. The wider acquaintance which he has made during his journeyings and sojournings with the work at large, will, we doubt not, increase his usefulness to the institution with which he has been so long and honorably connected. * * * * * It may be remembered that we said, at the beginning of the year, that we should be glad to make the enlargement of the Southern church work the characteristic work of 1878. We have not done very much as yet in this direction, though the subject has constantly and increasingly received attention and earnest thought. And yet it is a matter which, for practical results, must be considered in detail, rather than at large; in the concrete, rather than in the abstract; and in the field, rather than in the office. This consideration, in part, as well as the frequent need of speedy communication with the various departments of our Southern work, have led us to be on the lookout for a man peculiarly qualified for the position of Field-Superintendent of the Southern work. Providentially, in the changes going on in the Home Missionary Society, the Rev. J. E. Roy, D. D., of Chicago, was at liberty to consider the claims of this position, which was tendered to him. And we are glad to announce, as the weekly press has already done, that Dr. Roy has accepted the position, and will enter speedily upon its duties, making his home at Atlanta, Ga., during the larger part of the year.