Mr.Perkins had completed a translation of Doddridge's "Rise and Progress," and was engaged in translating Barth's "Church History." Mr.Crane died at Gawar on the 27th of August, 1854, at the commencement of a career of bright promise.

So ardently was he beloved by the people there, that at the funeral service the whole assembly repeatedly broke forth into weeping.

The afflicted widow was called, within a week of her husband's death, to mourn also the loss of a beloved son, and removed to Mount Seir, where she was a valued helper in the mission.

She returned home in 1857.

Mr.Rhea and Miss Harris were united in marriage in October, and spent the winter at Gawar.
The audacity of the papal missionaries, backed by the French embassy, was marvelous.