On the 20th of July I went to read to the house of one James McPartlin, near the town of Drumahair. This poor man is ignorant and unlearned, although a great devotee in the Church of Rome. I read for this poor man and family several chapters in both English and Irish; and the poor man was astonished to hear the words of eternal life in his native language. He asked me several questions concerning the sacrifice of the mass, and purgatory, and other doctrines taught by his church. I asked him: "What sacrifice is the mass?" He answered, in the words of his catechism, "An unbloody sacrifice." I then read for him the ninth and tenth chapters of Hebrews, and showed him from the twenty-second verse of the ninth chapter, that without shedding of blood there is no remission, and consequently, as the mass was an unbloody sacrifice, there could be no remission in it. I again referred him and family to the ninth and tenth chapters of Hebrews, to show that when _He_, the _Lord_, by himself purged our sins, he sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; and that by one offering _He_ hath perfected for ever all them that are sanctified. I read part of the Epistle to the Ephesians, and especially the 1st chap. 7th ver., "In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace." I then read for him the 1st chapter of 1 John, to show them that it is the blood of Christ alone that cleanseth us from all sin. All the family seemed well satisfied to hear me read, and invited me to come and read for them as often as I could. I have often read for this family since, and I trust the Lord has made his word a blessing to them. On the 15th of August, I read in the house of James McHugh the 9th and 10th chapters of John's Gospel; and poor McHugh was so delighted that he said he had no greater comfort in the world than to hear his children read the Testament. He said his daughter committed one hundred chapters at the Drumahair female school; and he prayed for the prosperity and long continuance of the Baptist Irish Society; "for," said he, "only for them my children would never get a word of learning." Oh, that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified! and may the boundaries of Christ's fold be still more extended, until the whole number of his elect be accomplished! Few days pass but I read at some place. It is all the pleasure I have, to be conversing with my poor neighbours about their eternal happiness. I wish I could afford to spend all my time in this blessed employment; but I thank God I would rather be a door-keeper in the house of the Lord, than to dwell in the tents of the wicked. There are many inquiring what they must do to be saved. We direct them to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and strive to point them to the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world. ADAM JOHNSON. _Drumahair, September 26, 1834._