pportunities of evangelizing that country so much needing the gospel of
Christ--the Italy of to-day. It seems to me that it is for this very
purpose that the little community confined within so narrow a space, apart
from the more populous and frequented parts of Europe, has been preserved,
in spite of so many attempts at extermination. What the seven thousand who
did not bow the knee to Baal were to the rest of Israel, so it would seem
that the faithful few in the valleys of Piedmont are intended to be in
reference to that new kingdom of Italy, of which they form one of the most
ancient provinces. And the whole attitude and character of the Church of
the Valleys confirms this feeling. They can appeal to their brother
Italians as no foreigners can. Their very sufferings give them a right
which cannot be ignored. Mazzarella eloquently acknowledged this when he
visited La Torre. Again, by the removal of their college to Florence; their
literary enterprise in such publications as the _Amico di Casa_, _Amico Dei
Fanculli_, _La Rivista Christiana_; the talent, zeal, and organizing power
of their missionary agency, they show themselves fully alive to the
privileged responsibilities of their position in Italy, and fully entitled
to the hearty confidence and liberal support of all who desire the
supremacy of evangelic truth in that land which has been so long the head
quarters of the papacy!

The following statement of agencies will confirm my assertion:--

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DISTRICT. | STATION. | AGENTS. Pastors.
| | | Evangelists.
| | | | Communicants.
| | | | | Day Scholars.
| | | | | | Sunday
| | | | | | Scholars.
| | | | | | |
-----------+-------------------+------------------+----+----+----+----+----
PIEDMONT |Susa |Sig. A. Castioni | .. | 1 | 14 | 0 | ..
| | | | | | |
,, |Courmayeur |Sig. F. Costabel | .. | 1 | 17 | 15 | ..
| | | | | | |
,, |Aosta and Vallata |Sig. S. Gir