THERE is a singular diversity in the experience of missionaries in different parts of Turkey in the restrictions put upon their work. Much seems to depend upon the attitude of the local officials. In one place a church is wholly unable to obtain a permit for rebuilding its edifice, although the church has a firman. In another case a church that has never had a firman is permitted to rebuild. In certain sections unusual quiet is reported, the missionaries being in high favor; in other places they are annoyed almost beyond measure by the petty inconveniences and suspicions which they are compelled to endure. Miss Shattuck reports a better state of things at Oorfa than in most cities about them. “Rude boys, Moslem and Christian, have annoyed us on the streets more or less always, and the thing being on the increase I complained direct to the pasha last week (I had called and established a pleasant acquaintance with his wife long ago). He took the matter energetically in hand and sent a crier about the streets of the region where I was most troubled, proclaiming that boys and fathers would be imprisoned if the lads were not restrained. I hear that three boys were imprisoned for a few days, whom I was able to identify as those who had pulled my garments violently, poked my hat over my face, etc. I simply mention this that you may know the officials seem inclined here to protect us.”—Missionary Herald.