And the work being done now for the extension of the Redeemer’s kingdom will not die when the labourers’ task is over and they are called home; but will live and bring forth fruit long after the green grass has grown over their graves. ‘To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.’ His work must and shall advance until the kingdoms of this world shall have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and they shall hang upon Him all the glory of His Father’s house; and a glorious and blood-bought church shall yet rise from the ruins of this sin-blighted world, and shall come forth ‘fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners.’ May God hasten it in His time, and help and bless all who are working for that glorious consummation! INDEX Aepyornis, the, 16. Affliction, use of, 156. Almeida, Don F. de, voyage of, 17. Ambàtonakànga (A-kànga), church at, 232; state of, 233, 273; Sabbath school at, 235; state of schools in, 237; collections for soldiers, 271; troubles in, 279; girls’ school at, 288; kindness of people of, 365. Amusements of children, 269. Andrìamihàja, 26. Àndrìamònana, story of, 143. Andrìanaivoràvèlona, Pastor J., work of, 250; banishment of, 346. Andrìantàvy, Pastor, 131. Andrìantsehèno, Pastor J., 266. Antanànarìvo, fall of, 293. Antsàmpandràno, church at, 169. Arabs in Madagascar, 15. Artisans, missionary, 22. Baptisms, the first, 39; forced, 114. Bath, the, festival of, 14. Beating, asking for a, 275. Bètsilèo Mission, the, 267. Bevan, Rev. T., death of, 21. Bible, the, translation of, mistakes in, 113; first Malagasy, 157; revision of, 248; changes in, 249. Bible-classes, 145, 157. Bible teaching, 174. Blind girl, story of a, 143. Bliss, Miss M. T., 243. Boegner, M., visit of, 353. Bond, Hon. John, 18. Boothby, R., book of, 18. Boy communicants, 116. Brick-making, 125. Brigands, 276. British treaty with France, 286. Bullock, a, presented, 189. Burglars, 276. Burning of martyrs, 56. Cameron, Mr. J., on soap-making, 35; story of, 38; quoted, 85. Carpenters, dispute with, 130. Cases, the question of, 209. Catechism, the, translation of, 244. Catechizing, 193. Cave, the, 50. Certificates, use of, 106. Chapel royal, the, 77. Charms, native, 31, 223. Chief, case of a poor, 219. Children’s Scripture Mission formed, 237. Chloroform, use of, 109. Conscription, 180; anecdote of, 181. Contributions of native church, 220, 226, 271. Cousins, Rev. W. E., quoted, 69, 70, 74, 76, 77, 86, 91, 186. Criminals, treatment of, 66. Crucifixion, punishment of, 24. D’Abrew, J. G., 17. Dead, burial of the, 202.