In this month of February, we publish, according to our custom, the list of our missionaries and teachers in the field; and we are proud of it, not for its length or numbers, but for the high and approved character of those who constitute it; nay, rather, we are thankful to Him under whom we all labor, that He has given to us and to each other so worthy a band of co-laborers, so intelligent and so devoted. We do not forget that these pastors and teachers are far from their homes, and that each is known personally to but a limited number of the friends of the Association, and we bespeak for them not only a general but a personal remembrance. Would it not be well to select some one whose work you, reader, will follow with especial interest, to whom you will some time write, assuring of your interest and prayers, and with whom you may establish and maintain a personal friendship? Pray for some one at least in this list by name, and you will be less likely to forget to pray for all the rest. * * * * * “_Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion; build thou the walls of Jerusalem._”—So, in that hour of unearthly experience as recorded in the fifty-first Psalm, does David’s heart leap from the state of penitence and of forgiveness to take in the welfare of Zion. So, evermore, does the truest devotion inspire the missionary spirit. The first burden of our Lord’s Prayer is for a heavenly Kingdom on earth. His last prayer with and for His disciples, that they might be kept, and sanctified and glorified, was, “that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.” It is the instinct of a soul in communion with God, that in every prayer it should utter at least one petition for the coming of his Kingdom. So often do our lyric hymns, which are but a transcript of Christian experience, glance off from almost any line of thought and of feeling, to utter the great aspiration for the crowning of Christ in His spiritual realm. The nearer we come to God, the more do we long to have Him enthroned in all hearts. * * * * * ARRIVAL OF MR. NURSE IN AFRICA. Mr. Miller writes: “I am very glad to be able to announce to you the arrival of Bro. Nurse from America to join our work in Western Africa. His voyage was rather longer than had been expected, and he doubtless grew impatient as the ship neared this place, and stood several days under the silent influence of a calm. “Yesterday was Thanksgiving-day with you at home—not less so with him and his mother, from whom he had been separated for many years, as they met in warm embrace. How freely the tears rolled down the cheeks of that overjoyed mother, as she looked upon her son returned to her and the ‘dark continent,’ a missionary of the Gospel to assist in lifting up degraded, perishing mankind. Bro. Nurse is a little worn-out from his long voyage, but will soon get well rested, and we shall leave for Sherbro.” * * * * *