—At the watch-night service in the Trinity M. E. South Church, of Atlanta, one of the speakers, Rev. Dr. Potter, a Presiding Elder, dwelling upon the openings of benevolence during the last year, expatiated at length upon the million of dollars given by one estate to the American Board. Surely the children of light are beginning to do business upon something of the grand scale on which the children of this world project their schemes. It was stated at that meeting that during the year, under Pastor Heidt, the Trinity Church had received two hundred members, half of them upon confession of faith, and had paid off a debt of twenty thousand dollars. It seems that the M. E. General Conference, South, has abolished the feature of a six months’ probation. Only those are received who give evidence of conversion. The form in receiving a member that night was quite Congregational. This church has also advanced upon the policy of its sister at the North, in allowing a _four_ years’ pastorate, instead of _three_. * * * * * FLORIDA. Letter from Rev. Geo. Henry. DEAR SIR: I opened last Monday a day-school in addition to our Sunday-school. The necessity of this step will be apparent when I tell you that there are fifty children in this place who wish to attend school, but have been unable heretofore to do so, as the distance to the nearest colored school is from four to seven miles from their homes. Only a few of the larger ones have been able to attend. In my school I have dull and bright, lazy and industrious children, as you have in all other schools, but taking them altogether, they study as well and learn as quickly as any set of pupils I have ever seen. I have one little girl who did not know the alphabet last Monday, but by the end of the week was able to read little stories from a Reader rapidly and accurately. I have never anywhere seen such progress made by a young child.