De. Moon's Works Foe The Blind.

shall never learn to read . ' The teacher sat down by her , took her hand , and touched his eyes ivith her fingers . She said , " Oh , you arc blind , and come to teach me ! How kind ! I WILL try . " And she turned to her book ivith an evident determination to master it . At the . third lesson she read through a card containing part of a Psalm with Avhich she Avas greatly delighted . When the teacher rose to leave , she said in a A'oiee husky ivith emotion , " Oh , thank you , thank you ; it will be a blessing if I can

read . I have been blind 30 years , ancl so deaf for 20 that I have not been able to hear the sound of reading , so that I have almost forgotten IIOAV how to pronounce the words Avhen I have spelt them . " At the fifth visit , the teacher found she had road through the first eleven chapters of St . John ' s Gospel . Another reader remarked to her' teacher , Avhen he called to change her book , that " The joy of being able to read God ' s Word again was greater than the sorrow she felt at losing her sight . "

Amongst the various accounts received from abroad , there is a very interesting one in reference to the labours of Mr . James , of Ballarat , in Australia , Avhich is as follows : — " Mr . James is an entire stranger to the country in Avhich he lives ( having emigrated from Cornwall , in England ) , yet it is wonderful IIOAV he makes his Avay , day after day , for a distance of seven miles or more , round about Ballarat . With only a dog as his companion , ho seeks out and visits the blind , to instruct them in reading the ' Old , Old

Story , ' to talk Avith them upon the things of the better land , ancl engage ivith them in prayer . This zealous labourer has alread y taught many of the sightless ones to read , and amongst the number is a blind Chinese , Avhom he has not only taught to read , but to converse in English . 'It is a touching sight , ' says one , in ivriting to a Ballarat newspaper , ' to see this godly man setting forth on his labours of the clay , with his dog and stickancl his packet of books strapped to his back ancl it is remarkable how

, ; Avell he succeeds , having but one hand , and being an entire stranger to the country . ' " Subscriptions toivards the futherance of this good work of embossing the Bible and other books for the blind of all lands , will be thankfully received by Dr . William Moon , 104 , Queen ' s Road , Brighton , Sussex .

Is It A Promise, Or A Declaration ?

IS IT A PROMISE , OR A DECLARATION ?

BY PlIILOSOPTIOS . SOME of my readers may remember that at a recent memorable Lecture at Birmingham Professor Tytidal seemed to bring a part indictment against Religion , in that he seated that the Promise of Peace on earth had been notoriousl y falsified by the results of time and the of

experience subsequent ages . I confess that I cannot think such a bit of clap-trap ivorthy of the name or fame of Professor Tyndal , who , on the subjects proper to his sphere of work ancl power of thought , is undoubtedly a AiSaoroAos of no ordinary ability in our living generation . It is just because his words are listened to and thought over by so many at the present clay that I venture to offer my humble protest in the MASONIC MAGAZINE against assumptions which are baselessand against

, assertions which are incorrect . I . In the first place , the so-called " Promise " was not , as we understand it , a " Promise " at all . It is simply a declaration , a proclamation of great joy , of good UOAVS , to a sorroAving , suffering , sin-laden , dying world . " Glory to God on Hi gh " was hymned by an angelic choir , because in the fulness of time the work of redeeming grace was at last openly begun on earth ; because in the goodness and wisdom and love of the Most