FIFTY TESTAMENTS AND THEIR EFFECT.
By no means all of the missionary work is reported in the missionary magazines, numerous though they are. A year ago a lady was living near a town where fifty Italians came to work. She became very much distressed at the heathenish way in which they lived, for she discovered that they never went to church, and that the nearest Roman Catholic priest had not taken the trouble to look them up. Most of them could speak no English, and she could speak no Italian, so she was at a loss to know how to help them. Discovering that almost all of them could read in their native tongue, she purchased copies of the New Testament in Italian and gave one to each man. It was not long before one of the leaders came to her, and asked if there was a church where they could go and hear that Book read. He said most of the men were reading it, many of them with much interest. She consulted with her pastor, and they arranged to have a man come from the neighboring city and preach to them in Italian. The men were so interested and grateful that other meetings followed until now that church has what might be called an Italian annex, and the results of the work are most gratifying. It is needless to say that the priest is now indignant over what he considers an encroachment upon his territory.—The Congregationalist.