TENTH LETTEE. 



dfc INGE leaving Montreal I have preached the Gos- 

 Cy pel in America, Australia, Asia, Africa, and 

 Europe. Surely I also can say, " The world is my 

 parish." If you look at the names of all the great 

 continents of the world, you will see that four out of 

 the five begin with A and end with A. Curious, isn't 

 it ? And all the more so, when we consider that there w 

 could have been no agreement between parties that 

 it should be so. 



Again, this Europe of ours is the only one of the 

 five which bristles all over with bayonets. I have re- 

 christened her " Arm-mad- ia," or for short, " .Aruiadia," 

 and so have perfected the alliteration, initial and final. 

 Whether in her wisdom she will be pleased to accept 

 the new name, I have my doubts. When she is going 

 to set aside its signification, I know not. I only know 

 it is high time that she did. 



I preached in the Presbyterian Church, Florence, 

 for Rev. Mr. McDougall. This mission premises 

 was onee the most respectable and popular hotel in 



