A lecture was delivered at the Athoncemn Monday evening by the Rev W. O. Baker, the subject being “The Bible Society’s Work in Tnd'a.” Owing, no doubt, to the unfavorable weather the audience was rather limited, but those who were present paid great attention to the Ucturer. After a few remarks from the Yen Archdeacon Stock, who was iu the chair, Mr Baker, in his lecture, which was illustrated throughout by different views, referred tc several gentlemen who had materially assisted the BibieJ Society in their endeavors to spread a knowledge of it amongst the natives of India, lie said the religion of India might he divided into two parts, Hindooism and Mo hammedanism. There were, of course, manv other religions, but these were the most import ant, The Mohammedans were very turbulent, but many conversions to Christianity had been made from their ranks. F'rom one of the diagrams, the lecturer observed that pools of water, which the natives themselves had, made excellent places for the rite of baptism to be performed upon adult converts. He was par ticularly pointed in stating that the act was performed in various ways, according to the view the person officiating took of the matter. Amongst other gods, the natives had a god of smallpox, which wa< carried about the city of Madras when the plague was raging there. Idols are ao plentiful in India that, before being long there, one losea the consciousness of the degrading nature of idolatry. There are about 260 languages in India, and the Bible Society has translated the Bible into 61 of them. Referring to India being a possession of England, the lecturer believed that, under Providence, one of the reasons was in order that the Bible might be given to tbo natives. Thousands of women India had in the past been burned to death by the side of their dead husbands ; but now, under British rule, all was changed. Since the introduction of the Bible in India the women had been greatly elevated ; aud this year the society had started a number of “Bible women *’ to teach the women of India, and by this means it was thought the men would be reached also, as even in India the women seem to exercise an influence over the men. 