The following is a list of contributions received from September 1st up to and including September 30th, 1898. Subscriptions received after this date will be acknowledged next month:—
For "The Quiver" Waifs' Fund: J. J. E., Govan (130th donation), 5s.; A Glasgow Mother (100th donation), 1s.; M. G., Leeds, 1s.; Oxford, 5s.
For Dr. Barnardo's Homes: An Irish Girl, 12s. 6d.; N. L. E., 10s. We are also asked to acknowledge the following donations sent direct:—J. E. D., 10s.; Inasmuch, 4s.; H. M. H., 5s.
For The British and Foreign Bible Society: A Thank-Offering, 1s.
ROLL OF HONOUR FOR SUNDAY-SCHOOL WORKERS.
The Special Silver Medal and Presentation Bible offered for the longest known Sunday-school service in the county of Northumberland (for which applications were invited up to September 30th) have been gained by
Mr. Thomas C. Hinton,
Fame Bank,
Gosforth, Newcastle,
who has distinguished himself by fifty years' service in the John Knox Church Sunday-school, Newcastle.
As already announced, the next territorial county for which claims are invited for the Silver Medal is
LEICESTER,
and applications, on the special form, must be received on or before October 31st, 1898. We may add that Sussex is the following county selected, the date-limit for claims in that case being November 30th, 1898. This county, in its turn, will be followed by Wiltshire, for which the date will be one month later—viz. December 31st, 1898.
The names of members recently enrolled will be found in our advertisement pages.