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We reached Paris on the evening of February 18th. 

 This completes my voyage around the world, having 

 been at Paris two years ago. Wife has one link to 

 make, from Paris to London, when she, too, will have 

 completed the great circle. 



Though it is winter, Paris is still the most beautiful 

 city we have seen. The beauty of this wonderful city 

 in the summer season, I have never seen excelled in 

 any part of the world. I know of no grander field 

 for Christian work than here. I preached both morn- 

 ing and evening of Sabbath, Feb. 19th, in Rue Roque- 

 pine Wesleyan Church, and lectured on Monday night. 

 We met here some good Methodist Canadian friends, 

 Mr. and Mrs. Starr and family, of Halifax. Though 

 the Wesleyan cause is not large, it is making head- 

 way. I think if the dull, monotonous church service 

 were dropped, and a good, lively Methodist preliminary 

 opening service were put in its stead it would be more 

 attractive to all parties. 



I find at Paris, as also in Naples and in Italy gener- 

 ally, that more can be done by personal conversation 

 with the people in their houses than by the preaching 

 service, though that also is necessary. The people 

 want to be made to feel that some one cares for them 

 as individuals. They can go by the thousand to the 

 great cathedrals and large, richly ornamented churches 



