IISSION TO OUT-DOOR BLIND FOR GLASGOW AND WEST OF SCOTLAND. CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM SABBATH SCHOOL SOCIETIES SINCE 1st JAN., 1884. d Scotch Independent Church, Vincent Parish Church, ellpark Free Church, skine U. P. Church, ssilpark Free Church, linton Street U. P. Church, rtick Free High Church, rbals Free Church, Columba Free Church, Govan, 100 gent Place U. P. Church, 1 7 4 llok Street U. P. Church,. 1 7 6 0 10 0 Kilbirnie Free Church, 0 5 6 0 10 0 0 11 6 King Street U. P. Church, Kilmarnock, orth Frederick Street Baptist Church, 0 11 9 Girvan Free Church, Lochwinnoch Free Church, Chapelhill Free Church, Rothesay,.. Kilbarchan Parish Church, .. 0 10 015 0 1 1 0 1 4 6 The Directors of the Mission beg to return grateful thanks for the above Contribuns, and they trust that the Sabbath School Teachers and Scholars of Glasgow id the West of Scotland will continue their prayerful interest in the Mission. Conibutions may be sent to ARCHD. ARROL, Esq., Hon. 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VINCENT THE relation of the Church to the Sabbath School is a theme often discussed at teachers' conferences, and we have occasionally given space for what may be regarded as the views of intelligent teachers. It would be interesting were we able also to give, in a formal manner, or in so many brief sentences, the voice of the churches on the same subject. Some 1 earnest teachers still complain of their isolated position as workers for the Church. They express the hope that ere long they may enjoy a much larger share of the help and practical sympathy which deacons, elders, ministers, and even Church Courts could easily extend to them. We have not at hand, at the moment we write, the formal "findings " upon the subject of any of the churches, except that of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland; but, its terms cannot be mistaken, they are very clear and satisfactory. So, also, is the speech given by Mr. Dickson, convener, when submitting his annual report,—an address which was much applauded in the course of delivery; and this is a fact which is not insignificant. The "deliverance" and his speech, taken together, form gratifying evidence that the interests of the young are being cared for now by the churches, in a way that was not the case even a few years ago. This, no doubt, has been brought about partly by the united action of the teachers, through their National Convention, pressing upon Church Courts the claims of the young, to some special recognition in the ordinary services of the sanctuary, and the necessity of congregations doing something for the better accommodation of their Sabbath Classes. The responses to the injunction and recommendation of the Assembly may not have H |