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Show Missionary Letter Newtown, Stewart, Ireland, Jan. 11, 1000. Editor Reoord: I take pleasuro in penning you a few lines to show my appreciation for the Iran Comity Record, which Is a wolcomo visitor at my lodge in dear old Ireland, ev ory week. I enn nestiro you that Its pHges aro scauuod with Interest, and wish to oougratulato you aud your associates as-sociates In tho bowling success you aro makicg of or homo periodical. Porlnii8 a word or two in regard to how tho work of ttio Lord is progressing progres-sing in thl? part of Ills vineyard would bo of Interest to tho reapers of the Reoord. Thero are aomo twenty three elders laboring here auionu tho Irish. Wo hnvo nift with grand nuo-coia nuo-coia ns far as the dltlrlluitlug of hooka and tracts tiro concorned ; there has been moro literature given out among theso pooplo tho punt year than 'hero haa been in ilro yonrB uroviaus. Wo elders tiro distributed from Londonderry, ou tho north, to Dublin Dub-lin an tho south. Vo aro doing our work systematically so that the poodle poo-dle In this Eootio of country will bo loft without an cvcuio at tho day of judgement. Thero arc two flourishing flourish-ing branches; ouo in Belfast, whoro there is n fully orgaulzod Sunday Sohool, Relief Sboioty and Mutual, all of which lire woll attended, nnd wo haro n gocd many luroatigators out to our regulnr Sunday meetings. Tbe other brunch Is in Dublin, tho members nf which consist of German pork butchorp, nil of whom nro doter in I nod to muko tho work u success in that piit. Thero is nlsq a pro'poroi'H Sunday School and Hoi let Sroloty thorn, Not. only in tho above montloncd ultitifl uro wo haviug nucuess In uetting tho ccapol before the ntMiul.,fn)m tho pulpit, but wo nro also holdjpi: anmn very onjoyablu cntlngo meetings nod hnvo succeeded U renting a bull in ' of our oxpoilonoed nldoi-B aro located. Tho. jittendmiou at, Miqno meetings is not very Jurgo but tliLco -who da (t tend go regularly, nud ecem to bo vorv deeply interested. Among theto hor.-ost hor.-ost Goarchors nftor the truth nro tho pooplo with whom tho ntioro mentioned men-tioned elders are lodging. This kind-hoarted kind-hoarted family has been generous enough to supply tho hall with an organ, aud in fact rouder all tho delp neooBsary along tho muslonl lino. Wo fool that thero nro a good mauy honost hearted pooplo iu this lblaud and wo ns aiders all feel to put forth an extra effort at tola tho beginning of another year to got tho gospel bo-foro bo-foro as many of thorn ns possible. The Irish, as a rule, aro a generous, gener-ous, good-hearted, hospitablo and Industrious In-dustrious clats of people, and I like to bo among them, (I hope I'll bo forgiven for stretching tho truth) and do enjoy tolling them how far bohiud tho times they nro. They are using machinery that boa been laid to one aido and considered old fashioned for years nt borne. I otton toll thorn that wo Yankees would ship some of our modern machinery out hero if thoy could manipu(ato it but it Is too complicated com-plicated fortboir limitjod understand ing to fathom. A four wheeled wagon Is quite a novelty iu this country; a big lumbering cert is what tbe farmers obo. Thoy load them so that about one-tbird of the weight comes on tho horse's baok, These people know but little abont driving their horses; they handle them more liko wo would an ox. The main productions of the soil are potatoes and turnips. It is astonishing aston-ishing the amouat of turnips thoy raise t the sore. This orop is chopped up and fed to tbe euws and horses, and it is their prinoiple die. as bay is a very scare article. 1 suppose sup-pose the reason they don't raise more is because there is so muou rain that ft would be imposaiie to oore it. This is a fine country for duoka and geese, but not so good (or ohlok-eua ohlok-eua aad tarkeye, bnt at tbe same time they fare pretty well an they are per mlt ted to shelter themselves from'tb rain oader the roof and oy the fire place of their owner. 'The country bouse are thatch-roofed thatch-roofed and wblte'wubed aad Ifc in no nacoljamou tbiag to tee a stable at. iUehed to oae" and of. the hones and a pig., pea to fJe otW eao. iat"a word la regard to the lay of tho country. Whon I loft homo I expected ex-pected to find a level country, but, to my disappointment, I found noth Ing but hills and hollows. Snnio of tho farming laud is so stoop that thoy can only plow ono way. The soil, as a rule, is vory shallow. Whon it come to tho question of good roads, our people hnvo to take a baok sent. Tho roads lu till country are all miulo of ohippod rook, which h spread rver tho ground from two to four inches deep aud then rolled until un-til it beot niCH ns t month hb a dancing flocr. Hut wo anirrxoiiae ohr pooplo for not having better londsuu Kcocuut of eoaiioty ot shale. Belfast h tho larcest city on the island It lias n population of 4 00,-000, 00,-000, n liirco per cent of which finds einplojment iu tho linen factories and ship building yards. Them hto 10,000 men cmplnyjil in ouo of these ship yards. This is only ono out ot a hjitf dozen. Somo of tbo largest, shtpH nllont hnvo been built in theso docks. Tho tantnrieH furnish em- uloyinent for thoueauds of women and girl?, who work ten hours per day and receivo iu return tho final 1 Him uf six sliilllnes or 81 GO por week. For every ev-ery three hundred pooplo thero is a saloon, whiub is patronized hotter than lio grocery shops, not only by men but by women also. I don'i onro to w.enry you longer, hilt my whoio heart nud soul is lu tho work of tho Lord, nud my only do-el do-el res nro to do what I can for' its nd-vnucemout nd-vnucemout lu this tho Emerald Isle, nnd I feel that with tho assistance of tho prayera of my brothtira nud sisters nt homo 1 will bo able tn accomplish tho work which I hnvo luien called tn porfnrm. Wishing you buocoho through tho remalndor of this your, I remain your brother in this glnrlbus work of tho f.ord. UEOHGE W. PERUv. 10 I.nwronco St., Holfiift, lro. |