Few persons have any idea whatever of the enormous quantities of intoxicating liquors that go to the western and southern portions of Africa almost every week in vessels sailing from American and European ports. These vessels all stop at the island of Madeira, and a record of cargoes is made there. In one week recently, and it was by no means an exceptional week, there went to Africa 960,000 cases of gin, 800,000 demijohns of rum, 36,000 barrels of rum, 24,000 butts of rum, 30,000 cases of brandy, 50,000 cases of whisky, and other intoxicants in considerable quantities, the value of the whole, expressed in American money, being $5,200,000. And the meaning of this is that over five million dollars weekly goes to retard the civilization and Christianization of Africa. Surely this is enough to appal every Christian and arouse him to his utmost endeavors to lessen, if not suppress entirely, this monstrous evil which confronts the advance of Christianity.—Christian Work.