Skip to main content

Full text of "Woman's work for woman"

See other formats 


v/. 


Digitized  by  the  Internet  Archive 
in  2015 


https://archive.org/details/womansworkforwom812woma_0 


Woman's  Work  for  Woman. 


A   UNION    ILLUSTRATED  MAGAZINE 
PUBLISHED  MONTHLY 

BY  THE 

WOMAN'S  FOREIGN   MISSIONARY  SOCIETIES 
OF  THE   PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 


VOLUME  VIIL 


MISSION    HOUSE,  53   FIFTH  AVENUE, 
NEW  YORK. 


INDEX  TO  VOLUME  VIII. 
1893. 


acknowleogment  312 

Acknowledgment  340 

Africa  : 

Among  the  Bule    5 

Exploration  in  West  Africa,  Report,  Part  I.  63 
Darkest  Africa  and  the  Way  In  ....  151 
How  it  is  Proposed  to  Work  the  New  Station  152 

Busy  Life  at  Benito  Station  153 

A  Christian  Endeavor  Society  in  Africa  .  .155 
Locale  o{  Batanga  and  an  Incident  ....  155 

Echoes  from  Africa — Verse  156 

The  Transfer  of  Kangwe  157 

Latest  from  a  Kangwe  Worker  157 

Exploration  in  Africa.    Report,  Part  II.  .     .  159 

Editorial  Notes  2,  29, 

61,  89,  121,  149,  177,  205,  233,  262,  290 

Letters  from   163,  252,  305 

Another  Year,  1892-1893  3 

Annual  Meeitngs,  166-173 

Auxiliaries,  To  the  24,  56 

83.  116,  143.  199.  228,  258,  285,  313,  341 
Auxiliaries  and  Bands,  New        .    27,  58, 

86,  118,  145,  230,  287,  344 

Books  Received,   23,  55, 

82,  142,  199,  228,  258,  313,  340 

Boxes,  Hints  about  62,  206,  227 

Chemical  Rays  20,  113 

Child  Shall  Lead  Them,  A  Little  .  .  .  254 
China  : 

The  Gospel  Taking  Root  on  Hainan    .    .    .  12 

Three  Peking  Patients  31 

Among  Shanghai  Women  32 

Through  the  School  to  the  Home   ....  34 

Loi  Women  35 

Our  School  for  Deaf  Mutes  in  China  ■  •  .  37 
(Jirls'  Boarding  Schools,  Central  Mission  39 
"  Rejoice,  I  Have  Foimd  My  Sheep  "      .    .  40 

Which  Mr.  Chalfant  ?  42 

Life  in  Shantung. — I.  Economics  ....  43 

New  Home  in  Chiningchow  107 

Cliinese  Christians  Ret'd  from  America    .     .  .  181 

Journey  in  the  Loi  Country  184 

Riot  at  Ichowfu  261 

Which  Mr.  Chalfant  was  it  ?  301 

Testifying  to  the  Grace  of  God,  1  333 

Letters  from  47,  110, 

164,  193,  220,  253,  278,  306,  335 
Chinese  in  America  : 

Chinese  Exclusion  Act  179 

Effect  of  Chinese  Exclusion  Act,  in  China    .  179 

Missions  in  California  180 

Work  Among  Chinese  in  New  York     .         .  183 

Missions  in  Oregon  189 

Corner-stone  Laying  of  New  "  Home  "    .  .219 

Christian  Endeavor  Paper  53 

Christian  Endeavor  Around  the  World  277 

Cochran,  Mrs.  I).  P   .  186 

Conference  of  Woman's  Socieites    .    .    .  257 


Congress  of  Missions,  Chicago    ....  308 

Death  of  a  Sweet  Child  292 

Easter  Call,  Our — Verse  112 

Editorial  Notes  (in  part) : 

Converts    ....     29,  89,  122,  150,  205,  233 

Deaths   61,  122,  150,  177,  317 

J'inances  i-  89,  121,  149,  177,  317 

Journeys,  I,  29,  150,  178 

Lantern  Slides  62,  178,  318 

Medical     .    .29,  30,  89,  90,  122,  150,  206,  317 

Mirza  Ibrahim  177 

Mohammedans  2,  122,  290 

Self-denial  Week  89,  121 

Various  Societies  2,  30, 

61,  149,  150,  178,  206,  234 

Far  Echoes  74 

Gift,  The  Little — Verse   55 

Gifts — Verse  340 

Heresy,  a  31 

His  Word  to  Me — Verse  227 

How  We  Formed  a  Society  in  La  Junta  .  23 
Illustrations  : 

Africa,  Maps,  152,  153  ;  Recess  at  Baraka 
School,  154;  Galwa  Mothers,  157;  Sewing 
School,  158 ;  Resting  on  the  March,  160 ; 
Types  on  the  Ogowe,  l6l  ;  Brazil,  Parana 
Railway,  293  ;  Garden  in  Curityba,  294  ; 
Cliili,  Procession  of  Corpus  Christi,  299  ; 
Vineyard,  300  ;  China,  Loi  House,  12  ; 
Chapel  and  School,  Nodoa,  13 ;  Shanghai 
Harbor,  33  ;  Loi  Women,  35  ;  Map,  36  ; 
Loi  House,  37;  "The  W\ay  Mr.  Chalfant 
Itinerates,"  42  ;  Chinese  Gentleman,  44  ; 
Peasant,  44  ;  Pagoda,  182  ;  Arch,  Hainan, 
185  ;  India,  Talti  and  Punkha-Pullers,  93  ; 
Pounding  Rice,  94  ;  Map,  96  ;  High  and 
Low,  99  ;  Portress  at  Jhansi,  101  ;  Lepers  at 
Ambala,  106  ;  Eye  Ward,  Ambala,  218 ; 
Japan,  Pilgrim,  236  ;  Street  in  Osaka,  237  ; 
]\Iap,  238  ;  Bible  Women,  240  ;  Newspaper 
Dealer,  242  ;  Osaka  Castle,  245  ;  Korea, 
Korean  Mother  and  Daughters,  14  ;  Map, 
208  ;  Off  Fusan,  209  ;  Mr.  Moon,  212  ;  Mr. 
(^uak,  212  ;  Korean  Scholar,  215  ;  Village, 
217;  Laos,  Lao  Girls,  7;  Woman's\Vard,  Lak- 
awn,  126  ;  Famine  Sufferers,  133  ;  Foliage, 
188  ;  Mexico,  Cliurch  Edifice,  66  ;  Tower  at 
Tlaxcala,  67  ;  Interior  of  House,  69  ;  Mexi- 
can I-'aces,  71;  Castle  of  Chapultepec,  72; 
Persia,  Mrs.  Cochran,  187  ;  Tower,  Ispahan, 
264  ;  Market  in  Julfa,  265  ;  Suhrool,  268  ; 
Village  Girl,  271  ;  Moressa,  271  ;  Ruin  at 
Rhages,  273  ;  Inscription  at  Rhages,  274  ; 
.%jw,  Map,  128  ;  Bangkok,  130  ;  Threshing 
Rice,  131  ;  Syria,  Frontispiece:  Bedouins, 
Cedars  of  Lebanon,  Sarcophagus  ;  Oven  at 
Hadeth,  9  ;  Map,  10  ;  Zahleh,  321  ;  Bit  of 
Beiriit,  323  ;  Maronite  and  Greek  Priests,  328  ; 
Churcli  at  Minyara,  326  ;  Ilernion,  332. 


INDEX  TO   VOLUME   VJII.— Continued. 


India  : 

A  Cholera  Victim  of  the  Mela  13 

Hindu  Women  and  Woman's  Work     .    .  .91 

An  Ordination  in  South  India  91 

Some  Homely  Facts  to  be  Reckoned  With  .  92 
A  Working  Chapter  on  North  India  ...  94 
The  Trouble  Was,  She  Couldn't  Read     .    .  98 

In  India  98 

Sunday  Routine  of  One  Missionary     .    .    .  100 

Jhansi  100 

Reports  from  South  India  102 

Changes  Which  Their  Eyes  Have  Seen    .     .  105 
Visit  to  the  Leper  Asylum,  Ambala     .    .     .  106 
Medical  Equipment  at  Ambala  Not  Sufficient  217 
A  Leper  Incident  at  Saharanpur     ....  303 
Editorial  Notes  ...  I,  62,  122,  206,  233,  290 
Letters  from,  18,  76,  109,  138,  165,  191,  279,  306 
Indians,  North  American    .    .  77,  78,  177,  178 
International  Committee,  Message  From  226 
Japan  : 

How  One  Japanese  Home  Became  Christian  6 
Christianity  and  Loyalty  in  Japan  .  .  .  .  15 
Still  There — Takata  and  Naoetsu    ....  235 

The  Osaka  Field,  West  Japan  237 

Is  the  American  Missionary  Out  of  Date  ?  .  238 
A  Circuit  Training-Class  for  Bible  Women   .  239 

One  Instance  241 

Christian  Literature  in  Japan  241 

How  One  Candlestick  was  Set  in  its  Place  .  243 
New  Move  at  Girls'  School,  Osaka  ....  243 
The  Romish  Church  in  Yamaguchi  ....  244 
Bequests  for  Christian  Work,  from  Japanese 

Girls  246 

Letters  from  16,  49, 

III,  165,  193,  221,  250,  307,  337 

Korea : 

High  Class  Korean  Women  14 

The  Church  Established  in  Korea  ....  134 

A  Glimpse  of  Korean  Gratitude  207 

A  Case  of  Thunder-Bolt  Rank  209 

I.  Two  Old  Friends.    II.  The  Three  Kims 

of  Gensan  211 

"Woman's  Work  in  Korea  213 

Some  Korean  Folks  214 

Opening  the  New  Station  at  Gensan    .    .  .216 

"How  the  Baby  Got  Into  Seoul  218 

"Letters  from  193,  336 

Letter  to  Old  Saints,  A  Private.        .    .  225 

Life,  Light,  and  Love  195 

Lord's  Song  in  a  Strange  Land,  The       .  291 

Lunches,  A  Chapter  ON  51 

Men  For  Missions  256 

McBeth,  Miss  S.  L   177,  206,  218 

Mexico  and  Guatemala  : 

Church  Edifices  in  the  Mexico  Missions 
Mexico  City.    Girls'  School  Report 

Showing  Her  Colors  

Outside  the  Schoolroom  in  Mexico  . 
Commencement  Week  at  Saltillo  . 

Letters  from  19, 

Missionary  Meeting  at  W^ashington 
Missionary  Meetings,  Conduct  of 
Mitchell,  Dr.  Arthur  .... 
More  Excellent  Way,  A     .    .  . 
Mrs.  Jane  Smith's  Conversion 
Persia  : 

Mothers  and  Daughters  at  Oroomiali   .    .     .  11 

Attack  upon  Miss  Melton  247 

Six  Hundred  Miles  on  Horseback  ....  263 

The  Mosul  Situation  266 

Suhrool  Village  267 


223, 


I49i 


66 
68 
68 
70 

73 
281 
197 
140 
177 

338 

80 


A  Ilamadan  Chapter  269 

A  Notable  Woman  270 

Incidents  Connected  with  Revivals  of  1893  .  271 

A  Day  at  Rhages  273 

More  Entertaining  than  Accurate    ....  275 

A  Tabriz  Chapter  275 

Among  Jews  in  Teheran  302 

Editorial  Notes,  2,  29,  90,  121,  177,  233,  261,  290 
Letters  from      .    .    .17,  75,  138,  192,  223,  334 
Programmes  of  Monthly  Meeting  .    .  20, 

51,  79,  139,  166,  195,  224,  254,  282,  308,  334 
Programmes,  About,  What  Readers  Say  .  141 

Robbing  God  283 

Set  Free  to  Serve  114 

SiAM  and  Laos  : 

First  Boarding  School  for  Girls  at  Lakawn  .  7 
Hear  Those  Missionaries  in  Laos  !  .  .  .  .  123 
How  Will  the  Church  Answer  the  Mission  ?  .  125 
Fresh  Facts  from  the  Laos  Mission  .  .  .  126 
Outline  Map  and  Mission  Outline,  Siam  .  .  127 
Sunday-school  Lessons  Tiiat  Struck  Home    .  129 

Vacation  and  Term  Time  129 

Rice — The  Primary  Food  of  Farther  India   .  131 

Lively  Times  at  Lakawn  133 

Outfit  for  Lao  Land  187 

From  Siam — What  ?  276 

Editorial  Notes  ....  2,  29,  150,  233,  262 
Letters  from  .    .     .  135,  136,  223,  251,  304,  337 

Since  Last  Month  23,  56, 

83,  116,  142,  173,  198,  228,  257,  285,  312,  341 
South  America.    Brazil  : 

A  Figure  Head  162 

What  One  New  Testament  Accomplished  .  291 
Natural  Features  of  Parana  Province  .  .  293 
In  Remembrance  of  a  Good  Pastor  .    .     .  296 

Christian  Work  at  Botucatu  296 

A  Woman  of  Sergipe  Province    ....  298 

The  Men  with  Saddlebags  301 

Letter  from  49 

Chili  : 

In  the  Lord's  Vineyard  at  Santiago  .     .    .  298 

Letters  from  223,  337 

Colombia  : 

A  Year  in  294 

Letters  from  164,  222 

Societies  and  Field,  Between  the  .  .  .  79 
Special  Objects  Under  an  English  Light  22 

Suggestion  Corner  55,  227,  284 

Syria  : 

All  Aboard  for  North  Syria.    Ill   8 

Daily  Experiences  at  Zahleh  45 

Hadeth  Wives  and  Bedouin    Mothers  and 

Brides  319 

A  Blizzard  in  Sunny  Syria  320 

August  Days  at  Suk  el  Ghurb  321 

A  Bit  of  Beirut  322 

In  a  Syrian  Kindergarten  323 

Salutation  Number  Two  324 

A  Rough  North  Syria  Tour  325 

A  Day  in  Abeih  with  a  Veteran  327 

Sidon  Seminary  Report  329 

Sidon  Commencement  seen  from  Zahleh  .     .  330 

In  the  Holy  Land  331 

Thou  Knowest,  Lord — Verse  53 

Treasurers'  Reports  27,  59, 

86,  119,  145,  174,  201,  230,  259,  288,  315,  344 

Use  of  the  V.  P  21 

Warning  Concerning  Sending  Freight  .  54 
Woman's  Plea  for  Woman — Verse  .  .  .  197 
Young  Ladies  and  the  Missionary  Meeting  282 
Young  People's  Societies,  For     ....  224 


WOMAN'S  WORK   FOR  WOMAN. 


Vol.  VIII.  DECEMBER,  1893.  No.  12. 


In  sure  knowledge  of  Christ  and  in  full 
hope  of  going  to  Him,  two  young  mission- 
ary wives  have  departed  t^his  life.  Mrs. 
W.  A.  Waddell,  a  sunny,  animated,  gifted 
woman,  was  immensely  useful  in  the  Bra- 
zil Mission,  into  which  she  was  born.  She 
could  fill  a  gap  in  either  the  kindergarten 
room  or  the  chemistry  class,  and  was 
house-mother  for  the  schoolboys  at  San 
Paulo.  She  leaves  a  sorely  bereaved  hus- 
band, a  brother  and  sister  in  Brazil,  and 
her  parents,  Rev.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Lening- 
ton,  now  of  Jacksonville,  111.  Announce- 
ment was  received  by  cable,  November  2. 

Mrs.  W.  H.  Lingle  went  a  bride  to  the 
Canton  Mission,  from  North  Dakota,  in 
September,  1890,  and  two  years  after  re- 
turned to  this  country  in  a  critical  con- 
dition of  health  and  deeply  disappoint- 
ed to  leave  the  work  to  which  she  had 
given  her  heart  and  for  which  she  showed 
much  adaptation.  Mr.  Lingle  returns  to 
China. 

The  climax  of  trials  this  summer  to  the 
Mosul  missionaries  is  the  death  of  little 
Jean  McDowell.  Through  the  prison-like 
life  at  Amadia  she  continued  well  and 
hearty  until  four  days  before  her  death. 
She  was  attended  by  a  Nestorian  physician 
and  her  body  laid  in  the  Protestant  village 
of  Dihi.  Though  not  five  years  old,  Miss 
Melton  writes  of  her  :  "  It  will  seem  that 
half  our  number  is  gone,  she  was  so  full 
of  life.  She  was  developing  wonderfully, 
learning  to  control  herself  and  think  of 
others.  She  would  rush  in  excitedly  with 
a  bunch  of  dried  thistles  and  exclaim, 
'  See,  aren't  they  beautiful  ? '  "  The  sec- 
ond day  of  her  illness  she  said  to  her 
father,  "  I  guess  I  will  go  to  heaven  ;  I 
will  get  well  quicker  there." 

The  sorrowing  circle  returned  early  to 
Mosul,  and  no  further  progress  is  report- 
ed in  the  matter  of  the  Koords,  under  ar- 
rest for  the  attack  made  last  June. 

On  August  17th,  a  funeral  procession 
filed  into  the  European  cemetery  at  Bang- 


kok, bearing  the  mortal  remains  of  Mrs. 
Bradley,  the  widow  of  Dr.  Bradley  and 
mother  of  Mrs.  McGilvary  and  Mrs. 
Cheek.  She  died  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
five  years  and  eight  months,  having  been 
in  Siam  since  1850,  without  once  return- 
ing home.  Rev.  J.  B.  Dunlap  writes  : 
"  She  was  a  wonderful  woman,  a  good 
Hebrew  and  Greek  scholar,  and  had  trans- 
lated several  portions  of  the  Bible  from 
the  original  into  Siamese.  We  know  that 
she  has  gone  to  a  rich  reward." 

Receipts  from  the  woman's  societies  in 
the  month  of  October  were  $11,743  less 
than  in  1892.  Up  to  November  i,  they 
have  forwarded  $55,637,  or  less  than  one- 
sixth  of  the  $345,000  which  is  expected 
from  them  this  fiscal  year.  The  Treasury 
has  received  from  all  sources  only  $156,- 
965,  against  $1,037,000  required  by  May, 
1894. 

Since  early  in  August,  Dr.  Mary  Pierson 
Eddy,  appointed  missionary  of  our  Board 
to  Syria,  has  been  detained  in  Constanti- 
nople, awaiting  a  permit  to  practise  medi- 
cine in  the  Turkish  Empire.  The  Otto- 
man Government  would  be  glad  to  dismiss 
her  with  simply  a  midwife's  finnan.  There 
is  no  question  about  our  missionary's  pro- 
fessional equipment.  She  has  taken  six 
diplomas  which  represent  some  of  the 
most  difficult  medical  examinations  of 
this  country  and  include  a  pharmacy  and 
an  oculist's  diplomas.  The  U.  S.  Minister 
is,  however,  pressing  her  claims  solely  on 
the  ground  of  treaty  rights,  and  thinks 
there  is  success  ahead  if  the  Department 
at  Washington  energetically  supports 
him.  Our  readers  will  be  glad  to  exert 
their  influence  to  secure  Dr.  Eddy's  use- 
fulness in  that  country  to  which  she  is 
deeply  attached,  having  spent  most  of  her 
life  with  her  parents  in  Syria. 

Eighty  boys  at  Mr.  Hardin's  training- 
school  at  Suk  el  Ghurb,  and  so  crowded  he 
has  to  turn  away  full-pay  pupils,  and  some 
of  the  classes  sit  on  the  beds. 


3i8 


EDITORIAL  NOTES. 


[December, 


Important  Change  Ordered. — It  has 
been  decided  by  those  having  in  charge 
the  magazine  "  Children's  Work  for  Chil- 
dren," that  the  time  has  come  to  some- 
what enlarge  its  scope.  They  recognize 
the  law  of  growth  which  governs  most 
enterprises,  and  while  the  seventeen  years 
during  which  it  has  been  published  have 
abundantly  proved  its  usefulness  under 
the  present  limitations,  they  believe  that 
a  wider  field  should  now  be  claimed  for  it, 
and  the  magazine  adapted  to  new  condi- 
tions. Therefore  the  No.  for  Jan.,  1894, 
will  appear  with  a  cover,  and  with  the 
new  name  of  "  Over  Sea  and  Land,  a 
Missionary  Magazine  for  the  Young."  This 
will  include  Home  Missions  as  well  as 
Foreign,  and  four  pages  will  be  added  in 
order  to  give  room  for  both  branches  of 
work.  The  price  will  remain  unchanged. 
— By  the  Committee. 

The  Christmas  exercise  for  Sunday- 
schools  is  out  early  this  year  ;  short  and 
good  and  about  Lao  Land.  Send  for 
copies  and  Mite  Boxes,  free  of  charge,  to 
Recording  Secretary  of  Board  of  Foreign 
Missions^  53  Fifth  Ave.,  New  York. 

The  January  number  of  Tlie  Christian 
Steward  will  be  issued  December  15,  as  a 
bulletin  from  all  the  Boards  of  our  Church. 
You  get  it  from  your  pastor  j  distribution 
gratuitous. 

We  have  said  before  what  we  think  of 
the  fine  sets  of  lantern  slides,  with  ex- 
planatory lectures  on  Syria  and  India.  A 
Persia  set  is  also  in  preparation.  Either 
of  these  is  a  treat  for  an  evening  meeting, 
at  an  expense  of  two  dollars  plus  express- 
age  both  ways.  It  is  not  wise  to  put  off 
engaging  India  slides  till  you  are  studying 
India,  for  then  every  one  calls  for  them 
in  the  same  month.  Apply  to  Mr.  W. 
Henry  Grant,  53  Fifth  Ave.,  New  York. 

Camel  tracks  of  the  Holy  Land  and  the 
sentiment  of  ages  are  destined  to  be  in- 
vaded by  the  shriek  of  the  locomotive. 
The  Philadelphia  Times  says  that  an  Eng- 
lish syndicate  is  building  a  road  which, 
starting  at  Haifa,  is  to  run  along  the  side 
of  Carmel,  pass  Nain  and  Jezreel  (with, 
perhaps,  a  branch  up  to  Nazareth),  cross 
the  Jordan  on  a  trestle,  and,  skirting  the 
Sea  of  Galilee  on  the  south  and  the  Hau- 
ran  on  the  west,  make  for  the  southern 
gate  of  Damascus.  It  will  be  120  miles 
long,  cost  $10,000,000  and,  it  is  claimed, 
will  develop  Damascus  into  an  Asiatic 
London. 


"  Seven  babies  in  school  to-day,"  wrote 
Miss  Nassau  in  July.  They  were  brought 
by  the  little  African  women,  their  older 
sisters,  of  whom  an  irregular  number,  30^ 
60,  attend  daily  at  Batanga. 

The  last  Synod  of  China  did  several 
things  of  interest  to  that  part  of  the  Church 
which  only  looks  on,  at  Synods.  They 
adopted  a  report  on  opium  containing  the 
following  noble  paragraph: 

"We  urge  our  people  not  to  despair  of  the  salva- 
tion of  those  wlio  have  fallen  victims  to  the  habit, 
but,  knowing  that  the  grace  of  God  is  not  limited  by 
our  fears,  with  prayer  and  faith  to  bring  to  bear 
upon  them  the  Ifopes  and  fears  of  the  present 
world  and  the  world  to  come,  and  the  gracious 
promises  of  God  to  all,  however  unworthy,  who 
seek  Him  with  their  whole  heart." 

Synod  voted  to  found  a  Home  Mission- 
ary Society  in  China  ;  to  appoint  ladies 
to  report  to  the  Presbyterian  Women's 
Temperance  Union  in  this  country ; 
to  discountenance  foot-binding,  tobacco, 
binding  the  waist ;  to  memorialize  the 
Throne  on  opium  ;  and  appointed  a  com- 
mittee on  the  subject  of  union  between 
all  Presbyterian  bodies  in  China.  Synod 
represents  nearly  6,000  Christians. 

As  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Underwood  were  get- 
ting a  half-hour's  breathing-spell,  outside 
the  gate  of  Seoul,  one  evening,  a  young 
Korean  came  up  and  said  :  "  I  heard  you 
talking  about  Christianity  the  other  day." 
The  doctor,  we  know,  does  not  wait  for 
a  second  invitation  of  that  sort,  so,  as  he 
began  "joyfully  telling  the  one  thing 
worth  telling  or  hearing "  and  a  little 
company  clustered  round  on  the  rocks, 
eagerly  listening,  Mrs.  Underwood  says 
her  thought  was  :  "  How  vastly  more  in- 
spiring is  such  a  congregation,  though 
small,  than  one  of  our  large  churches  at 
home,  full  of  'gospel-hardened'  hearers." 

It  strikes  us  with  painful  surprise  that 
a  Japanese  pastor  in  Tokyo  should  have 
taken  his  daughter  from  school,  last 
spring,  and  married  her  into  a  non-Chris- 
tian family.  In  contrast  is  a  case  which 
occurred  some  tiine  ago.  A  Japanese  girl 
begged  her  father  not  to  compel  her  to 
marry,  but  to  allow  her  to  use  her  dow- 
er toward  acquiring  an  education.  He 
granted  her  request,  and  she  went  to  our 
Osaka  school.  There  are  fathers  and 
fathers,  in  Japan  as  in  America. 

Revival  scenes  in  Fiske  Seminar)-, 
Oroomiah,  last  winter,  are  said  to  have 
been  like  those  of  the  old  days,  described 
in  "Woman  and  Her  Saviour  in  Persia." 


I893-] 


OUR  MISSIONARIES  IN  SYRIA, 

AND  POST  OFFICE  ADDRESSES. 

All  letters  should  be  directed  to  "  American  Mission." 


Miss  Alice  Karber, 

Mrs.  VV.  W.  Kddy, 

Dr.  Mary  P.  Eddy,  en  route. 

Miss  Eliza  D.  Everett, 

Mrs.  H.  H.  Jessup, 

Mrs.  .Samuel  Jessup, 

Miss  Ellen  M.  Law, 

In  this  country 


Keirut.  Mrs.  Wm.  Bird. 
*'  Miss  Emily  G.  Bird, 
"  Mrs.  Gerald  E.  Dale. 
"       Mrs.  Geo.  C.  Doolittle, 

Mrs.  Wm.  K.  Eddy, 
"       Aliss  Mary  T.  Maxwell  Ford, 
"        Miss  M.  Louise  Law, 
Miss  Charlotte  Brown,  Manasquan,  N.  J, 


Abeih,  via  Beirut. 


Sidon. 


Miss  ^L  C.  Holmes,  Tripoli. 
Miss  Harriet  N.  La  Grange,  " 
Mrs.  E.  \V.  March, 
Mrs.  W.  S.  Nelson, 

Mrs.  F.  E.  Hoskins,  Zahleh. 
Mrs.  Wm.  Jessup, 


Mrs.  Ira  Harris,  Fayetteville,  N.  Y. 


HADETH  WIVES  AND  BE  DO 

A  WOMAN  left  Hadeth  for  the  United 
States  two  years  ago,  a  simple-minded 
woman,  ignorant  of  the  world,  who  had 
never  left  her  loved  mountain  home. 
Last  week  she  returned  with  ;£,\oo  Eng- 
lish. How  she  made  it,  God  and  herself 
only  know.  She  is  now  well  acquainted 
with  the  world,  little  of  its  good  but,  I 
fear,  much  of  its  evil.  It  seems  very 
strange  to  see  a  married  woman  going  to 
America,  leaving  her  husband  to  care  for 
the  children,  remaining  away  for  two  years 
and  then  returning  with  the  profits  of  her 
journey.  Syrian  men  occasionally  fail  in 
getting  money,  the  women  never  ;  so  the 
men  are  more  than  willing  a  wife  should 
go  and  face  the  hardships  and  temptations 
of  the  world.  One  of  the  curses  of  this 
people  is  love  of  money.  The  poor  things 
have  had  so  little  of  it  in  the  past,  now 
they  have  found  a  way  and  a  place  to  get 
it,  they  will  resort  to  all  ends  to  have  it. 

We  had  a  Bedouin  wedding  here  last 
week.  The  encampment  consists  of  six 
black  goat-hair  tents,  some  of  which  have 
seen  the  rains  of  many  winters,  the  occu- 
pants all  clothed  in  a  costume  so  simple 
it  may  have  remained  unchanged  since  the 
days  of  Abraham.  The  women  have  only 
one  garment  made  of  cotton,  dyed  with 
indigo.  This  dress  is  very  full,  especially 
the  sleeves,  which  if  allowed  to  fall  would 
nearly  reach  the  ground.  Over  this  is 
worn  a  garment  cut  square,  with  holes  for 
the  arms  ;  this  is  so  large  it  can  be  used 
for  a  head  covering  or,  drawn  up  to  the 
waist,  tucked  under  a  belt  of  goat-hair  and 
used  at  the  back  to  carry  bread,  clothes, 
grass  or  babies.  A  very  amusing  thing 
happened  some  years  ago. 

One  day  we  were  busy  treating  patients. 
A  young  Bedouin  woma;i  came  and  asked 
if  I  would  see  her  two  babies.  I  replied 
yes,  if  she  would  bring  them.  "  They  are 
here."  But  I  did  not  see  them.  "  Why, 
here  they  are,"  and  turning  as  she  spoke, 
I  saw  a  bundle  on  her  back.   "  In  there  ?  " 


IN  MOTHERS  AND  BRIDES. 

I  asked.  She,  with  an  angry  look  as  if  to 
rebuke  my  stupidity,  put  her  hand  within 
the  folds  of  the  garment,  took  out  a  small 
bundle  and  with  a  grunt  placed  it  on  the 
ground  ;  then  again,  from  within,  another 
bundle  like  the  first  and  placed  it  beside 
the  other.  I  looked  on  amused.  "  What 
have  you  there?"  "Oh!  ye  lord,  can't 
you  see,  can't  you  understand,  why  these 
are  my  babies,  only  si.\  days  old.  and  they 
are  sick.  Give  me  some  medicine,  for 
they  are  killing  me  with  their  crying." 
Sure  enough  there  were  two  of  the  dear- 
est, tiniest  bits  of  humanity  I  ever  saw, 
tightly  wrapped  up  in  swaddling  clothes, 
so  they  could  move  neither  hand  nor  foot. 
A  curious  little  red  cap  trimmed  with 
small  gold  coins,  a  pretty  embroidered 
scarf  of  gold  and  different  colored  silk 
thread  (or  floss,  I  think  you  ladies  call  it), 
was  wound  around  the  bundle,  beginning 
at  the  feet  and  ending  at  the  neck,  where 
a  pretty  kafcych  was  tied  and  thrown  over 
the  head.  This  was  one  baby,  the  other 
was  swathed  in  only  a  dark  blue  cloth  tied 
on  with  red  calico,  as  if  it  had  not  been 
expected  and  so  nothing  more  elaborate 
was  provided.  The  two  were  just  as 
sweet  and  clean  as  it  was  possible  for  a 
mother's  love  to  make  them — while  Be- 
douin babies  generally  look  as  if  they  had 
been  bathed  in  milk,  and  smell  as  if  the 
milk  had  soured.  Both  were  sleeping 
peacefully,  and  I  asked,  "  What  is  the 
matter  with  them,  they  seem  quite  well." 
With  a  quick  movement,  the  mother  got 
down  on  her  knees  beside  the  babies. 
"  Which  one  was  it,  I  cannot  tell  which 
one  it  was  that  had  the  niogiis,  but  you 
had  better  give  both  some  medicine,  so  as 
to  be  sure,  for  one  killed  me  a  thousand 
times  with  its  crying."  I  gave  her  some 
sugar  powders  and  she  took  up  her  babies, 
put  one  in  the  right  side  of  the  garment 
at  her  back,  the  other  on  the  left.  "  Be 
careful,"  I  cried,  "or  they  will  smother." 
"No  matter,  they  are  both  girls."  On 


320 


A  BLIZZARD  IN  SUNNY  SYRIA. 


[December, 


second  thought  adding,  "  Oh,  they  are 
used  to  this  cradle." 

I  left  our  wedding  party,  so  will  return. 
The  bride  was  dressed  as  described  above, 
with  the  addition  of  yellow  boots,  with  a 
blue  tassel  hanging  from  the  front  tops, 
and  a  coarse  black  silk  kerchief  about  the 
head  and  under  the  chin,  tied  at  the  back. 
Her  clothes  were  all  new.  Her  tent  was 
about  a  quarter  of  a  mile  from  that  of  her 
future  husband,  so  a  camel  was  decorated 
in  fine  colors  ;  on  its  right  foreleg  above 
the  knee  was  bound  a  piece  of  strong 
cloth  on  which  were  sewed  white  and 
blue  beads  both  coarse  and  fine,  about  its 
edges  white  shells  from  the  Red  Sea,  in 
the  centre  a  piece  of  mirror — all  very 
much  like  Indian  bead  work.  A  richly 
colored  saddle-cloth  covered  the  animal's 
hump.  On  this  were  seated  two  sisters 
of  the  bridegroom  face  to  face,  going  for 
the  bride.  The  camel  started  with  the 
usual  long,  swinging  stride.  The  girls 
began  to  swing  slightly  toward  each 
other  ;  at  each  step,  as  their  faces  came 
near  together,  they  gave  a  kiss  on  each 
cheek,  but  soon  the  swaying  motion  be- 

A  BLIZZARD  IN 

January  26,  1893. — Zahleh  has  been 
snowed  under.  The  mud  roofs  have 
groaned  during  the  last  six  days  under  a 
burden  from  one  to  two  feet  in  depth. 
Oh,  for  a  camera  to  picture  the  scene 
which  this  day  presents  here.  At  day- 
light, this  usually  unsightly  town  looked 
as  fair  and  pure  as  a  daisy  meadow.  The 
flat-roofed  houses  which  rise  one  above 
another  to  the  summits  of  the  two  Zahleh 
hillsides,  each  had  its  snowy  cap  round- 
ing out  full  over  the  eaves,  and,  as  noth- 
ing but  roofs  can  be  seen  far  and  wide,  so 
closely  are  the  houses  built  together,  the 
expanse  of  snow  was  lovely  to  look  upon. 
But  snow  and  mud  roofs  are  not  friendly 
to  each  other.  Soon,  each  roof  is  at- 
tacked by  one  man  or  two,  or  a  woman, 
in  cases  where  the  men  of  the  family  have 
gone  to  America  or  Australia,  and  the 
snow  is  shovelled  into  the  narrow,  crooked 
streets,  or  into  the  paved  ([uadrangle 
around  which  houses  are  built.  Imagine 
the  state  of  the  streets  now  that  a  fourth 
heavy  snow  is  piled  into  them,  before  the 
others  have  begun  to  melt. 

There  is  a  hum  and  a  buzz  all  over  the 
city,  people  calling  to  each  other  from 
roofs  and  encouraging  one  another  in 
their  work.    The  post  is  stopped,  tele- 


came  too  quick  for  this  and  it  was  all 
they  could  do  to  keep  from  hitting  each 
other  and  falling  off.  The  tent  reached 
the  bride  was  dragged  out  with  screams 
pretending  (according  to  custom)  she  did 
not  want  to  leave  her  father's  tent.  It 
was  a  sharp  struggle  to  put  her  on  the 
camel's  back,  but  once  there  she  seemed 
content.  Arrived  at  the  bridegroom's 
tent,  his  friends  assisted  her  to  dismount, 
the  women  took  her  inside  and  all  was 
over.  No  ceremony,  no  kissing  the  bride, 
no  wedding  Grand  March,  no  rice  nor  old 
shoes.  Henceforth  she  will  make  the  leb- 
e/i  and  the  bread,  will  look  after  the  semin 
(butter)  and  after  the  tent,  the  sheep  and 
goats,  in  fact  have  the  extreme  pleasure 
of  doing  a/I  the  work,  while  her  lord  and 
master  smokes  his  pipe,  eats  and  sleeps 
and  scolds  his  wife.  I  have  left  out  the 
children,  poor  little  things  !  If  dirt,  neg- 
lect, unsuitable  food,  beatings  and  little 
clothing  are  healthful,  they  should  be  the 
most  healthy  children  on  earth.  But  it  is 
not  the  case,  for  they  are  victims  of  indi- 
gestion from  birth. 

Ira  D.  Harris. 

SUNNY  SYRIA. 

graph  wires  are  down  and  all  travel 
checked  as  completely  as  when  the 
cholera  cordon  fell  around  the  city  a 
little  more  than  a  year  ago  ;  more  so, 
now,  for  people  are  penned  up  in  their 
homes  and  cannot  even  move  around 
within  city  limits.  But  the  universal 
custom  among  Orientals,  to  individually 
lay  up  winter  stores  in  harvest  time, 
secures  against  suftering  from  hunger, 
even  to  that  degree  experienced  in  New 
York  during  the  blizzard  of  1888. 

I  started  out  into  our  yard  this  morn- 
ing and  soon  went  in  above  my  rubber 
boots  and  was  finally  pulled  out.  Now 
that  the  roofs  have  been  cleared  off  it  is  a 
curious  sight  to  see  them  all  being  rolled 
with  the  heavy  stone  rollers  to  press 
down  the  cemented  mud  and  press  to- 
gether the  cracks.  Naturally,  every 
house  in  Zahleh  leaks. 

The  snow-banks  reach  as  high  as  roofs 
in  many  places,  and  the  olive  trees  are 
bowed  to  the  ground.  Beautiful  long 
icicles  hang  from  the  eaves,  and  from  the 
edge  of  our  tiles  large  blocks  of  snow  fall 
down.  Out  beyond  us,  the  sight  is  glori- 
ous :  the  wonderful  Lebanons  thickly, 
deeply,  gleamingly  covered  with  snow,  so 
that  on  the  lower  slopes  vineyard  terraces 


iS93 


AUGUST  DAYS  x^r  j^qUNT  LEBANON. 


4^ 


are  lost  to  sight  and  the  slope  is  un- 
broken, while  the  crests  of  the  mountains 
are  lost  in  feathery  white  clouds.  And 
now  a  clear  blue  sky  has  spread  above 
all  and  our  spirits  rise,  for  this  great 
storm  has  delayed  our  proposed  visit  to 
Beirut  and  we  are  very  anxious  to  go 
down  as  Mission 
Meeting  con- 
venes next  week. 
Our  trunk  was 
packed  and  given 
to  the  muleteer 
a  week  ago.  At 
present,  the  Da- 
mascus and  Bei- 
r  u  t  diligence 
road  is  badly 
blocked,  and  it 
must  take  at  least 
two  days  to  open 
it  for  travel. 

January  27. — 
The  blue  sky  of 
yesterday  was 
but  transient,  the 
clouds  only 
gathered  more 
fiercely  than  be- 
fore as  the  day 

waned,  and  this  time  accompanied  by 
a  wild  wind  which  blew  the  snow  into 
drifts  and  brought  with  it  a  fresh  fall 
of  perhaps  six  inches.  Paths  opened  yes- 
terday are  out  of  sight  to-day  and  over 
everything  is  an  icy  crust.  Mr.  Jessup 
and  our  man  spent  the  afternoon  shovel- 
ling a  path  between  our  house  and  that  of 
Mr.  Hoskins,  in  several  places  having  to 
throw  the  snow  above  banks  ten  feet 
high.  Our  drinking-water  gives  out  and 
just  as  we  are  contemplating  boiling  and 
filtering  snow,  the  poor  tattered  water- 
woman  comes  in  with  a  fresh  jar,  her  legs 
bound  up  in  pieces  of  water-proof  paper 
which  we  gave  her  several  days  ago. 
She  was  one  of  four  women  who  took 
their  jars  and  together  tracked  their  way 
to  the  river,  at  noon  to-day. 

Our  horses  cannot  leave  their  stables. 
A  few  minutes  of  floundering  in  the  deep 
drifts  in  the  narrow  hill  roads  might  break 
their  legs. 


Jan- 


321 


blew  awayi(??;~'^  '^st  flurry  of  snow 
and  the  eveniS|t  clouds  yesterday  noon 
transcendently  fair,  KiK  shone  out  in  a 
and  I  went  out  after  the'tlHv.Mr.  Jessup 
and  had  a  merry  race  on  our  loft|asleep 
the  thermometer  at  26° — and  pretenii^ 

we  were  in  Amer- 


ica  for  the  mo- 
ment ;  then  we 
fell  to  admiring 
the  wonderful 
scene  about  us. 
The  Lebanons 
on  every  side, 
from  far-away 
crests  down  to 
our  city  border, 
heavily  laden 
with  their  snowi- 
ness  and  gleam- 
ing  in   the  full 


ZAHLEH  VILLAGE  AND  HOUSKS,  SHOWING  ARRANGE- 
MENT OF  ROOFS. 

moonlight — a  sight  never  to  be  forgotten. 
Mission  Meeting  convenes  on  Feb.  i,  and 
we  shall  not  be  there  for  we  are  "  snow- 
bound "  in  sunny  Syria. 

{^Mrs.  IVm.)  Faith  Jadwin  Jessup. 


AUGUST  DAYS  AT  SUK  EL  GHURB,  MOUNT  LEBANON. 


A  LITTLE  after  four  o'clock,  the  early 
morning  sounds  knocked  at  the  doors  of 
my  perceptions,  and  it  was  a  pleasure  to 
lie  quietly  and  listen  to  the  tinkling  of  the 


bells  on  the  camels,  the  crooning  tones  of 
the  shepherds,  the  voices  of  the  women 
going  with  their  pitchers  to  the  fountain 
and  to  the  crowing  of  the  cocks.  The 


^st  to  me, 
last  was  sweeter  than  all^ti^f^  ^j^^^, 

for  roosters  crow  hei^e^^g       quite  differ- 
at  home  !    Doejfi  America,  and  I  some- 
ent  fron\^'"it  would  be  well  to  send  mis- 
timgfies  to  them,  from  among  our  dogs 
and  cats  ;  but  there  are  two  sounds  that 
I  quite  enjoy,  the  cock  crowing  and  the 
cry  of  a  baby.    Don't  say,  "  cruel,  to  en- 
joy a  baby's  cry,"  for  that  sound  always 
brings  me  nearer  in  feeling  to  the  people 
than  any  other. 

Miss  Everett  and  I  have  rooms  adjoin- 
ing each  other  in  this  vacation  home,  and 
opening  out  upon  a  charming  little  bal- 
cony which  looks  toward  the  sea.  I  am 
now  sitting  on  a  stool  in  the  corner  of  it, 
and  once  in  a  while  looking  toward  the 
Mediterranean  and  home. 

It  was  on  the  twenty-second  of  July 
that  we  took  our  journey  to  the  moun- 
tains. We  came  with  our  servants  in  a 
"  boster."  (From  at  first  being  a  mail- 
carrier,  a  certain  kind  of  carriage  has 
gotten  the  name  of  "  boster,"  for  poster, 
as  the  Syrians  have  no  letter  /.)  That 
was  a  most  interesting  journey  to  me.  It 
was  a  feast  day  of  the  Greek  Catholics, 
and,  at  that  early  morning  hour,  they 
were  out  in  full  force,  going  to  service. 
Interesting  sights  by  the  roadside  were 
booths  on  stilts  where  men  were  fast 
asleep,  rolled  up  as  snugly  as  a  baby  in  a 
cradle.  Others  lay  on  the  bare  ground, 
while  some  we  saw  slept  on  house-tops. 

The  mountains  seem  made  up  of  a  suc- 
cession of  shelves,  and  we  are  living  on 
three  of  them.  On  the  next  two  shelves 
above  us  is  the  Arabic  church,  and  di- 
rectly back  of  us,  across  the  street  and  a 
number  of  shelves  higher  up,  are  Dr.  W. 
W.  Eddy's  family  and  Mr.  Hardin  with 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel  Jessup.  The  other 
Jessups,  the  Porters  and  Miss  Freda  Post 
are  two  miles  north  of  us,  while  other 


^  BEIROT.  [December, 

friends  are  a  mile  south,  and  the  Birds  are 
south  still  further,  an  hour's  ride,  so  you 
may  judge  for  yourself  how  pleasant  these 
days  are  for  us.  Sabbath  morning  the 
Arabic  service  is  well  attended  and,  in  the 
afternoon.  Dr.  Eddy  holds  an  informal 
English  service.  There  are  a  number  of 
young  Syrians  here  who  speak  English. 
Some  are  young  men  spending  vacation 
at  home.  The  other  evening  a  number 
of  them  called  and  we  had  a  good  gospel 
sing,  with  the  help  of  our  baby  organ. 

You  would  like  to  stroll  through  our 
Suk  el  Ghurb  streets  some  morning.  At 
six  o'clock  they  are  crowded  with  people 
going  to  market,  and  such  a  medley  I 
never  saw  before.  Here  will  be  a  rough- 
looking  Bedouin,  with  the  sausage -like 
roll  on  his  head  confining  a  veil  or  cover- 
ing to  protect  him  from  the  sun.  There^ 
will  be  a  Druze  woman  looking  at  you 
with  one  eye,  from  behind  her  veil.  See 
those  two  girls  with  large  pitchers  of 
water  on  their  shoulders  ;  it  seems  as  if 
such  slender  shoulders  could  not  support 
a  weight  so  great.  The  little  ones  are 
out,  too,  following  their  mothers  and 
munching  at  great  loaves  of  Arab  bread 
as  they  go.  (The  children  and  the  bread 
both  go  ;  it  is  astonishing,  the  amount  a 
small  child  can  consume.)  Animals  go  to 
market,  too.  There  is  a  little  black  hen 
with  her  one  wee  chick,  calmly  proceed- 
ing in  the  middle  of  the  street,  not  in  the 
least  terrified  by  braying  donkeys,  sheep,, 
goats,  horses,  and  mules.  Well,  this  is  a 
sight  worth  seeing  !  Whole  families  seem 
to  be  out  with  their  domestic  animals  fol- 
lowing. I  wonder  that  somebody  is  not 
killed.  There  really  does  not  appear  to 
be  so  much  danger  from  horse-cars,  om- 
nibuses and  elevated  trains  combined,  as 
from  this  conglomeration  in  motion. — 
From  a  letter. 

Ellen  M.  Laic. 


A  BIT  OF  BEIRCt. 


A  FEW  notes  recall  an  entire  melody,  a 
line  of  poetry  a  whole  poem,  and  a  single 
thought  will  start  memories  pervading  a 
life.  Beautiful  Beirut — how  this  bit  of 
bluff  crowned  with  a  few  dwellings  look- 
ing out  over  the  blue  sea,  while  the  white 
waves  break  on  the  rocks  beneath,  with 
magic  power  causes  the  whole  scene  to 
arise  before  us  !  The  "  Ras  "  (headland), 
with  noble  college  buildings,  theological 
seminary,  observatory,  light-house,  and 
hospital  ;  the  mulberry  and  fig  orchards, 


with  many  flat-roofed  houses  scattered 
through  them,  stretching  back  inland  ; 
the  school-houses  and  mission  homes  ; 
the  ridges  of  red  sand  rising  in  wave-like 
hillocks;  the  miles  of  dusky  olive-trees 
still  farther  away  ;  the  mountain  in  the 
background  sweeping  down  in  a  promon- 
tory to  the  sea  and  forming  between 
itself  and  the  "  Ras "  the  fair  harbor  of 
St.  George's  Bay.  The  steamers  stirring 
thoughts  of  home  and  other  lands  ;  the 
market-places  and  motley  crowd  of  Le- 


1893  ] 


JN  A  SYRIAN  KINDERGARTEN. 


323 


SOUTH  OF  THE  HARBOR. 


ing  in  their  graves  awaiting  the  resurrection, 
ing  at  this  "  Bit  of  Beirut." 


vantines  and  Asiatics  in  every  va- 
riety of  costume  ;  the  trades-peo- 
ple crying  their  wares  ;  the  oven 
boys  with  great  trays  of  fresh 
bread  on  their  heads,  the  fruit- 
stands,  the  sugar-cane,  the  mar- 
vellously placed  piles  of  water-jars; 
the  camels,  mules,  horses  and  don- 
keys. Again,  minaret,  mosque,  and 
our  fair  mission  church,  with  its 
tower  and  clock,  and  near  by  the 
American  Press,  and  Clirls'  Board- 
ing-school ;  the  British  Training 
and  other  schools ;  the  preach- 
ing -  places,  and  humble  dwell- 
ings where  "  prayer  is  wont  to 
be  made  "  in  little  gatherings 
of  women  ;  the  faces  and  forms 
of  beloved  missionary  friends, 
preaching,  teaching,  visiting,  min- 
istering to  the  sick,  preparing 
books,  joining  in  social  converse  ; 
native  Christian  friends,  some  of 
them  stanch  and  true  amid  much 
temptation  and  trial  ;  a  great 
throng  of  faces  still  strange  and 
unresponsive.  Then,  behind  the 
Protestant  Church,  the  peaceful 
mission  graveyard,  where  some 
"  do  rest  from  their  labors  " — 
sweet,  good  women,  noble  men 
and  little  children  lying  there 
in  quiet  sleep,  their  bodies  rest- 
All  this,  and  more,  I  see  while  look- 
Mary  Pinneo  Dennis. 


IN  A  SYRIAN  KINDERGARTEN. 


At  Tripoli — where  the  saying  once  was  ; 

I  WANT  to  tell  you  of  dear  Esteer,  our 
kindergarten  teacher,  a  graduate  of  our 
school.  She  enjoys  her  work  with  the 
little  ones  very  much,  and  is  more  suc- 
cessful than  any  other  teacher  we  have 
ever  had  in  that  position.  She  is  laying 
foundations  for  character  building.  She 
teaches  her  children  the  sin  of  naughti- 
ness, swearing,  lying,  tattling,  striking  and 
the  like,  and  also  the  remedy — prayer,  go- 
ing immediately  to  God  and  confessing 
the  sin  ;  and  those  dear  little  things  just 
do  whatever  she  says,  in  school,  on  the 
playground,  or  at  home. 

Here  is  an  example  :  One  little  boy  was 
heard  to  swear  at  home,  and  his  father's 
housekeeper  reproved  him  by  asking  if 
that  was  what  he  learned  at  school.  To 
that  question  he  had  no  reply  and  pres- 
ently stole  out  of  the  room  and  was  found, 
shortly  after,  alone  in  another  room,  his 
face  against  the  wall,  praying  :  *'  Oh,  Lord 


I  swore." 
in  a  like 


"  As  well  teach  a  cat  to  read  as  a  girl." 
forgive  me.  Thy  little  servant. 
Another  little  man  was  found 
attitude,  and  on  being  questioned  said,  "  I 
struck  my  little  brother  and  I  am  asking 
God  to  forgive  me." 

Not  long  ago  the  children  had  just 
come  in  from  recess,  and  contrary  to  the 
rule  began  to  talk  to  the  teacher,  where- 
upon they  were  all  called  to  account,  and 
stood  up  around  the  room,  a  most  severe 
punishment,  while  the  teacher  stepped  to 
the  door  to  arrange  the  shutters.  Sud- 
denly there  arose  talking  from  every  lit- 
tle culprit,  and  she  came  back  in  amaze- 
ment to  find  them  all,  face  to  the  wall, 
praying  with  one  voice  :  "  Oh,  God,  for- 
give us.  Thy  little  children." 

One  little  tot  said  :  "  Muallim  Esteer, 
when  I  go  to  Heaven,  I  w^ant  to  have 
Jesus  on  one  side  and  you  on  the 
other." 

Esteer  teaches  the  children  their  books 


324 


SALUTATION  NUMBER  TWO. 


[December, 


finely.  She  has  translated  "  Great  Truths 
Simply  Told  "  which  she  uses  daily. 

A  little  scene  *  in  her  room  will  speak 
for  itself. 

It  is  time  for  dismissal  and  the  children 
are  all  in  order  waiting  for  the  word, 
"stand."  But  Muallim  Esteer  says  in- 
stead :  "Children,  I  heard  that  one  of  us 
said  a  naughty  word  yesterday  ;  now  I 
hope  the  one  who  said  it  will  stand  up 
and  tell  me  and  then  I  shall  love  him  very 
much.  But  if  he  does  not — I  am  afraid — 
but  I  want  him  to  confess  that  naughty 
word,  I  want  to  love  him.  You  see,  chil- 
dren, I  know  who  said  it."  Silence  deep 
and  profound,  while  the  little  culprit  right 
in  front  of  her  appears  to  be  thinking 
deeply,  and  finally  his  little  hand  is  raised 
as  he  stammers  out,  "  I  remember,  I  re- 
member, Muallim  Esteer,  I  cursed  Ha- 
beeb's  religion."  "  Now  you  are  a  brave 
boy,"  she  says,  "and  I  do  love  you,  so  come 
here  and  let  us  talk  about  it."  And  up 
he  comes,  not  knowing  quite  what  she  in- 
tends doing  to  him.  But  instead  of  pun- 
ishment she  takes  him  up  in  her  arms  and 
asks  all  the  children  what  God  says  about 

*  This  has  appeared,  also,  in  Annual  Report  of  the  New  York 
Board. 

SALUTATION 

So  many  warm  responses  have  come 
to  me  in  reply  to  my  "  Salutatioil  "  in 
Woman  s  Work  of  December  last,  that  I 
am  tempted  to  send  another.  In  no  other 
way  can  I  reach  those  whose  friendship  I 
prize,  and  whose  prayers  I  must  have.  I 
do  not  plead  the  trite  excuse  of  want  of 
time,  as  a  reason  for  not  writing  to  in- 
dividuals, but  eyes,  once  so  strong,  fail 
year  by  year,  and  I  must  be  careful  not 
to  overtax  them.  Pray  that  the  almost 
blind  missionary  may  never  be  wholly 
blind. 

But  Salutation  No.  2  is  not  to  be  a 
wail,  as  was  the  last.  My  harp  is  tuned 
to  a  more  joyful  lay,  "  His  loving  kind- 
ness, oh,  how  great !  "  The  absent  have 
returned.  The  youngest  daughter  is  now 
in  our  home.  The  son  and  his  family 
who  were  in  America  last  year,  are  again 
at  their  post  in  Sidon.  We  still  wait  for 
the  return  of  the  daughter,  who,  having 
completed  preparation  for  her  life  work 
in  Syria  as  a  medical  missionary,  has 
stranded  in  Constantinople.  One  mem- 
ber, only,  of  our  family  remains  in  Amer- 
ica to  make,  (as  he  says,)  "a  home  where 
now  and  then,  worn  and  weary  loved  ones 


swearing.  "  God  says,  do  not  swear,"  an- 
swer the  sixty  young  voices.  "  And  what 
does  He  say  about  lying?"  "God  says, 
do  not  lie."  "  And  what  does  He  say 
about  love  ?  "  "  Love  one  another,"  and 
so  on  through  a  list  of  easy  questions  she 
has  prepared  for  her  tiny  children.  Then 
she  tells  them  how  sinful  it  is  to  swear  and 
how  God  is  displeased  with  all  who  swear, 
making  her  talk  very  personal,  for  she 
knows  there  is  not  a  child  before  her  but 
knows  how  to  use  an  oath  easier  than 
almost  any  other  word — until,  at  length, 
every  single  little  one  has  confessed  that 
he,  or  she,  has  sworn,  or  lied,  or  broken 
some  other  of  these  same  commands. 

"  Now,  children,  see  what  sinners  we 
are,  and  what  shall  we  do  ?  God  must  be 
angry  with  us,  so  we  must  go  and  tell  Him 
about  it,  and  ask  Him  to  forgive  us." 
And,  with  the  first  little  culprit  still  fold- 
ed in  her  arms,  she  prays  a  simple  little 
prayer,  the  children  repeating  each  sen- 
tence after  her,  and  then  they  promise 
to  tell  her  each  time  they  swear  so  she 
may  ask  God  to  forgive  them.  And  thus 
they  are  dismissed,  but  they  will  never 
forget  that  lesson  as  long  as  they  live. 

M.  Carrie  Holmes 

NUMBER  TWO. 

may  come  for  rest  of  body,  and  refresh- 
ment of  spirit." 

This  is  enough  that  is  personal,  I  would 
not  write  so  much,  but  to  meet  the  in- 
quiries of  friends. 

Last  evening  word  came  from  America 
of  the  death,  there,  of  two  of  our  mission- 
ary sisters,  Mrs.  Eli  Smith  and  Mrs.  Geo. 
C.  Hurter,  known  probably  to  but  few 
who  read  these  lines,  but  their  names 
have  long  been  enrolled  in  the  list  of 
Syria  missionaries  and  are  deeply  en- 
graven on  our  hearts.  Both  were  mem- 
bers of  the  mission  circle  in  Beirut,  when 
we  first  set  foot  on  these  shores  in  Feb., 
1852.  Mrs.  Eli  Smith  welcomed  us  to  her 
home,  where  we  remained  two  months 
till  we  could  cross  Mt.  Lebanon  on  our 
way  to  Aleppo.  "  I  was  a  stranger  and  she 
took  me  in."  Home  duties  occupied  much 
of  her  time,  still  she  was  able,  not  a  little, 
to  share  her  husband's  labors  and  lighten 
his  cares.  Often  when  sorely  weary,  she 
would  mount  her  donkey,  given  her  by  a 
traveler,  and  ride  out  for  an  hour  at  the 
close  of  the  day,  "  that  she  might  keep 
her  health  and  strength,"  as  she  said,  for 
her  work.    After  Dr.  Smith's  death  she 


I893-] 


A  ROUGH  NORTH  SYRIA  TOUR. 


325 


was  compelled  to  return  home  for  the 
education  of  her  children.  Few  survive 
in  Syria  who  once,  knew  her,  but  there  is 
One  who  is  not  unmindful  of  her  "  work 
of  faith  and  labor  of  love  "  for  His  sake. 

Mrs.  Hurter  was  also  in  Beirut  when  we 
arrived.  In  the  afternoon  of  the  day  of 
our  landing  I  attended  my  first  religious 
service  in  Syria,  a  preparatory  lecture, 
which  was  held  at  her  house.  What  a 
warm  greeting  she  gave  me  !  I  did  not 
believe  that  any  one  in  this  land  would 
care  for  me  thus,  and  my  heart  was  much 
affected  by  the  tenderness  of  her  welcome. 
Many  were  the  kind  acts  which  I  after- 
wards received  at  her  hands,  in  days  of 
feebleness,  for  her  doors  were  always  open 
to  the  missionaries  of  oth.-jr  stations,  need- 


ing to  come  to  Beirut,  as  we  came  from 
Aleppo,  for  medical  care.  Her  beaming 
face,  her  kind  words,  her  gentle  ministra- 
tions, now  after  more  than  thirty  years, 
are  still  present  to  my  mind,  and  their 
remembrance  warms  my  heart. 

Narrower  on  earth  grows  the  circle  of 
missionary  sisters  into  which  I  was  ad- 
mitted forty-one  and  a  half  years  ago. 
Wider  grows  that  circle  above  ;  with  what 
joy  were  those  two  welcomed  whose  loss 
we  latest  mourn  !  May  we  who  remain, 
two  with  our  husbands  in  Syria,  three 
widows  across  the  sea,  still  work  and  wait, 

"  Till  wlicn  the  shadows  thickest  fall, 
We  hear  the  Master's  midnight  call." 

{Mrs.  \V.  ]]'.)  H.  M.  Coudit  Eddy. 


A  ROUGH  NORTH  SYRIA  TOUR. 


Not  long  since  I  was  giving  some  one 
a  bit  of  advice  to  this  effect,  that  it  is 
always  a  good  plan  to  write  up  at  once 
any  interesting  things  that  occur,  when  a 
pair  of  mischievous  eyes  across  the  table 
seemed  to  say,  "Why  don't  you  follow 
your  own  advice  ? "  I  must  own  myself 
delinquent.  I  went  with  Mr.  Nelson  on  a 
tour  in  March  that  gave  me  some  new 
experiences,  and  I  have  been  trying  ever 
since  to  write  them  out.  I  know  I  have 
all  the  time  there  is,  but  there  seem  to 
be  so  many  little  things  to  use  it  up  and 
one's  strength  at  the  same  time.  But  we 
have  come  again  this  year  to  rest  in  Ha- 
deth  and  are  very  cordially  received  by 
the  people,  which  shows  we  have  gained 
a  little  in  this  village.  We  just  want  to 
go  on  till  we  have  all  the  hearts  of  the 
people,  to  point  them  and  help  them  to 
the  cross  of  Jesus  Christ,  our  Friend  and 
theirs.    .    .  . 

Now  for  that  trip  which  afforded  some 
of  the  lights  and  shadows  of  missionary 
life.  We  started  on  a  beautiful  afternoon, 
riding  to  Minyara.  Our  people  there  are 
warm-hearted  and  cordial,  and  we  had 
scarcely  arrived  before  the  room  began  to 
fill  with  a  happy,  e.xpectant  throng,  eager 
for  all  the  news  and  a  talk  from  their 
missionary.  After  eating  our  supper  be- 
fore the  roomful  of  people,  we  adjourned 
to  the  church,  where  we  had  a  pleasant 
service  with  a  good  deal  of  singing.  At  ten 
o'clock  we  were  allowed  to  make  ready 
for  the  night,  putting  up  our  beds  in  the 
great,  inud-floored  church.  Next  morn- 
ing, after  breakfast  and  salaams  all 
around,  we  mounted  and  took  the  road  to 


Amaar,  and  it  was  a  hard  day's  ride  of 
eight  hours-and-a-quarter  in  the  saddle. 
We  arrived  tired  out,  and  soon  the  room 
was  full  of  people.  They  found  we  had 
the  little  organ  with  us  and,  as  many  in 
this  village  had  never  seen  either  organ  or 
piano,  they  were  anxious  for  its  appear- 
ance. So  it  was  unpacked  and  we  sang 
hymn  after  hymn,  the  delight  of  the  au- 
dience being  great.  That  little  instru- 
ment is  a  splendid  missionary,  for  it  can 
draw  an  audience  when  all  else  fails. 

We  remained  in  Amaar  three  days. 
The  evening  ineetings  grew  so  large  the 
house  would  not  hold  half  who  came. 
There  was  a  meeting  of  a  literary  society 
of  the  young  inen  of  the  church,  that  was 
gratifying  as  a  token  of  the  desire  to  im- 
prove themselves.  It  was  in  this  church 
that  members  agreed  to  go  out,  two  by 
two,  on  Sabbath  afternoons,  to  work  in 
neighboring  villages,  while  those  at  home 
meet  and  pray  for  success  on  these  efforts. 
We  came  away  thanking  God  for  the  good 
work  at  Amaar. 

At  Khareibeh  we  stopped  a  few  hours 
to  see  the  school,  which  was  fairly  good, 
and  to  make  two  or  three  calls  ;  then  on 
to  Meshta,  a  beautiful  village  among  the 
mountains.  We  have  no  church  members 
here,  except  a  young  man  and  a  young 
woman,  both  of  whom  were  converted  in 
our  schools  and  are  now  keeping  school 
in  Meshta.  The  Jesuits  are  in  this  village 
and  their  influence  in  every  place  is  to 
turn  people  away  from  evangelical  schools, 
and  the  villagers  have  been  acting  cruelly 
towards  these  two  Christians.  But  they 
offered  us  one  of  their  best  houses  and 


326 


A  ROUGH  NORTH  SYRIA  TOUR. 


[December, 


soon  became  friendly,  and  when  a  snow- 
storm held  us  prisoners  for  five  days,  we 
were  not  sorry  at  all,  but  set  about  to  make 
the  most  of  our  opportunities. 

In  Meshta  we  had  to  do  as  the  Mesh- 
taites  do,  which  is  to  put  on  extra  cloth- 


MISSION  CHURCH  AT  MINYARA. 

ing  and  sit  about  on  the  floor  by  a 
brazier  of  coals  to  keep  warm.  The  room 
was  dark,  as  there  were  no  glass  windows, 
and  if  we  let  in  the  light  we  let  in  the 
cold  also.  The  storm  gave  the  villagers 
leisure,  so  they  came  in,  sat  and  talked, 
and  every  evening  we  had  music  and  a 
service  of  reading  and  prayer  to  close. 
We  hope  we  made  friends  with  many  of 
the  people,  for  they  were  most  cordial  in 
their  desire  that  the  snow  should  keep  on 
"  for  days  and  days "  and  that,  at  any 
rate,  we  would  "come  back  soon."  Some 
shadows  of  this  part  of  the  tour  were  mud 
and  slush,  the  cold  which  resulted  in 
frost-bitten  toes  and  ears,  slippery  roads, 
leaks  in  the  roof  that  obliged  us  to  sleep 
under  rubber  coats  with  raised  umbrellas, 
and  the  chunks  of  mud  and  wood  that 
dropped  down  in  the  middle  of  the  night, 
frightening  me  but  doing  no  more  serious 
harm. 

At  last,  Saturday  morning  was  clear 
and  cold  and  we  left  Meshta  and  rode 
three  hours  and  a  half  to  Safita,  to  the 
home  of  our  young  Arabic  master  and 
preacher  who  died  last  winter.  A  rain- 
storm of  three  days  kept  us  in  Safita  and 
cut  off  visits  to  other  places.  We  enjoyed 
visiting  and  examining  the  schools  and 


trying  to  infuse  new  life  into  the  Church, 
which  has  gotten  into  a  cold,  worldly 
state,  and  I  hope  we  were  able  to  comfort 
that  stricken  family  whose  brightest  and 
best  son  was  so  suddenly  taken  away. 
We  were  obliged  to  be  back  in  Tripoli 
that  week,  so,  although  the  skies 
were  threatening,  we  determined  to 
try  to  reach  an  inn  at  which  to  sleep 
one  night  and  go  on  home  next  day. 
There  were  four  rivers  to  ford,  but 
all  agreed  that  the  first  would  be  the 
worst  and,  if  we  crossed  that  safely, 
we  would  have  no  further  difificulty. 
So  we  rode  to  the  river.  It  was  wide 
and  the  current  swift,  but  the  mu- 
leteers said  it  was  all  right,  so  we 
started  in.  The  men  were  very  brave 
and  helpful  and,  although  the  water 
was  up  to  their  waists,  we  got  safely 
over.  Then,  on  to  the  second  stream, 
which  was  crossed  easily.  The  third 
we  found  deeper  and  harder  to  ford, 
but  once  more  our  hearts  responded 
to  the  fervent  "  Praise  the  Lord  for 
our  safety"  of  the  muleteers.  It  was 
a  dismal  afternoon's  ride  ;  we  just 
splashed  along  through  mud  and  wa- 
ter nearly  a  foot  deep  and  all  that 
ride  did  not  have  one  step  of  dry 
ground.  Reaching  an  innocent -looking 
ditch,  Mr.  Nelson  went  ahead  and  down 
he  plunged,  the  horse's  body  and  saddle- 
bags all  under  water,  but  as  the  ditch  was 
narrow  they  soon  were  up  on  the  other 
side.  I  chose  a  better-looking  place  and 
found  it  worse  ;  my  horse  stuck  at  the 
bottom,  but  persuasion  from  before  and 
co-operation  from  behind,  with  the  whip, 
finally  got  him  up  on  the  other  side.  It  was 
the  work  of  a  moment  to  sit  around  on 
the  horse  and  replace  drenched  shoes  and 
stockings  with  dry  ones  from  the  saddle- 
bags, then  once  more  we  went  on,  with 
dripping  skirts,  splash,  splash,  through 
that  soaked  plain,  until  Mr.  N.  called  out 
"  Only  one  mo'  ribber  to  cross,"  and  there 
it  was  in  front  of  us.  'That  crossed,  it 
would  be  an  easy  ride  to  the  Hums  car- 
riage road  and  our  troubles  would  be  over. 

There  is  a  miserable  little  Nusaireyeh 
village  on  the  bank  of  this  river,  and, 
as  we  came  up,  a  stalwart  youth  assured 
us  with  an  oath  that  we  could  not  cross 
that  night  as  the  water  was  as  high  as  a 
house  !  We  hardly  knew  what  to  do,  as 
we  had  preceded  our  loads  and,  thus 
alone,  we  suspected  some  evil  design. 
We  waited  and  waited,  but  the  men  did 
not  appear.    In  some  alarm  we  started 


1893.]        A  DAY  IN  ABEIH  VILLA 

back  and  after  awhile  came  upon  them, 
the  most  forlorn-looking  set  imaginable. 
They  had  fallen  in  the  ditch  and  were  wet 
through  ;  the  loads,  too,  had  gone  in,  but 
were  protected  by  water-proof  covering. 

Reaching  the  river  a  second  time,  we 
found  it  absolutely  impassable.  It  was 
nearly  sunset,  we  could  not  go  back  and 
the  only  thing  to  be  done  was  to  persuade 
the  villagers  to  give  us  a  sleeping  place. 
It  took  money  before  the  horse  was  led 
up  to  a  door,  and  we  dismounted  to  the 
stone  door-sill,  jumped  across  a  pool  of 
mud  and  water  inside  and  found  ourselves 
in  a  place  of  shelter. 

The  room  was  not  more  than  eighteen 
feet  square,  with  not  a  window.  One  half 
the  floor  was  raised  about  a  foot  above  the 
other  half.  The  upper  part  was  dry  and 
on  this  a  grim-looking  man  was  seated 
near  a  fire  of  smoking  knots  of  wood 
{made  right  on  the  floor,  no  thought  of  a 
stove),  and  in  the  corner  of  this  half  the 
room,  stood  a  goat,  a  kid  and  a  calf  eat- 
ing their  supper.  The  place  was  full  of 
smoke  and  bad  air,  but  we  seated  our- 
selves on  the  floor,  the  lower  part  of 
which  was  almost  as  wet  and  muddy  as 
the  outside  world  ;  the  wall  on  that  side 
had  fallen  in  and  the  stones  lay  in  a 
heap.  The  men  brought  in  our  travel- 
ing beds,  cooking  utensils,  etc.,  and  then 
proceeded  to  bring  in  the  animals  !  The 
people  of  the  village  came  to  call  and  plied 
the  masculine  members  of  the  party  with 
curious  questions.  We  could  not  open  up 
our  traveling  kitchen  in  such  a  place,  so, 
wet,  cold,  tired  and  hungry  as  we  were,  we 
had  to  be  content  with  a  little  native 
bread  and  figs  stewed  in  molasses.  The 
villagers  all  smoked  and  talked  and  in- 
sisted upon  shutting  the  door  to  keep  out 
the  cold.  The  muleteers  dried  their 
clothing  about  the  fire  and  Mr.  Nelson 
gave  them  all  quinine.  Then  our  guests 
asked  what  that  was  and  would  not  be 
quieted  until  each  had  a  dose  of  si.x  grains 
and  then  grumbled  that  it  was  not  enough. 

The  only  light  in  the  room,  a  little 
smoky  lamp  (no  chimney),  added  its  item 
to  the  disagreeable  odors.  At  nine 
o'clock  our  cook  hinted  in  polite  terms 
that  we  would  like  to  retire,  to  which  the 
reply  came  "  Let  them  retire,  there  is  no 

A  DAY  IN  ABEIH  VILLAGE  \\ 


E   WITH  A  MISSIONARY.  327 

objection,"  but  after  further  expression  of 
our  desire,  the  chief  man  rose  and  began 
his  prayers,  which  took  a  very  long  time, 
then  slowly  put  on  his  boots  and  went  out. 
After  awhile,  a  second  man  rose  and  went 
through  the  same  performance.  We  be- 
gan to  think  it  would  be  quite  midnight 
before  we  could  bestow  ourselves  for  rest, 
but  when  four  had  gone  through  the  long 
operation  the  others  left,  all  but  one  man 
who  determined  to  see  the  thing  out. 

We  set  up  our  beds  and  tried  to  sleep — 
one  missionary  and  his  wife,  a  girl  whom 
they  were  bringing  from  her  home  in  Sa- 
fita,  the  cook,  three  muleteers,  two  horses, 
three  mules,  the  aforesaid  goat,  kid  and 
calf,  a  host  of  fleas— and  worse  ! 

Of  course  we  made  no  pretense  at  un- 
dressing, only  rolled  a  comfort  about  us 
and  lay  on  our  bare  beds,  while  the  men 
were  arranged  on  the  floor  and  took  turns 
at  sitting  up,  for  our  safety.  It  rained  a 
little  in  the  night,  and  that  little  leaked 
through  the  poor  roof.  The  whole  thing 
was  weird  and  funny.  We  had  warm 
shawls  and  clothing  and  -so  were  dry,  and 
blessed  the  tumble-down  wall  that  let  in  a 
little  fresh  air.  There  was  a  hole  in  the 
floor  where  the  animals  stood,  and  every 
once  in  a  while  one  of  them  would  get  into 
it,  and  then  there  would  be  skirmishing 
and  kicking  over  there. 

With  the  first  streak  of  light  the  mule- 
teers went  out  to  see  the  river  and  came 
back  saying  we  could  get  over  if  we  would 
"  strengthen  our  hearts."  So  we  made 
ready  and  with  strong  hearts  started  out. 
It  took  a  long  time,  but  we  were  all  safely 
landed  on  the  other  side,  glad  to  wave  a 
farewell  to  the  forlorn  little  room  whose 
ceiling  was  less  than  seven  feet  high  and 
its  door  so  low  that  we  had  all  to  stoop  to 
pass  in.  We  rode  straight  home,  seven 
hours  without  stopping,  and  how  fine  and 
good  home  did  look  after  these  experiences! 

To  such  discomforts  as  these,  the  gen- 
tlemen of  the  mission  are  often  subjected, 
but  rarely  a  lady  gets  so  caught.  It  hap- 
pened this  time  because  the  weather 
proved  contrary  to  all  calculations.  We 
usually  have  beautiful  spring  in  March  ; 
but  we  had  much  to  be  thankful  for,  as  no 
one  seemed  the  worse  for  the  exposure. 

Ein>iia  Hay  Nelson. 

TH  A  VETERAN  MISSIONARY. 


Well,  let  me  give  you  a  sample  of  a  at  the  door.  Well,  what?  "Messengers 
day.  Got  up  in  the  morning  and  went  to  wanted,  sir."  "Yes,"  get  ready.  Bell  for 
my  study.    Kindled  a  fire.    Presto  !  knock    family    prayers    in    Arabic.  Breakfast. 


328       A  DAY  IN  ABEIH  VILLAGE   WITH  A  MISSIONARY.  [December, 


Letters  to  teachers  in  distant  villages. 
Meanwhile,  knock.  Money  wanted  for 
wood  just  bought.    Paid,  after  going  to 


MARONITB  PRIKbT. 


get  it  ;  currency  here  all  hard  cash  and 
JiltJiy  lucre.  Knock,  again.  The  poor 
ex-goatherd  at  the  door,  asking  for  a  por- 
tion of  the  money  in  my  hands,  sent  for 
him  by  his  daughter  in  London. 

Finally,  after  running  the  gauntlet,  the 
letters  are  finished  and,  with  books  and 
newspapers,  are  given  to  the  young,  bare- 
footed Mercury,  and  away  he  goes,  not  to 
be  back  from  the  mountain  climbing  till 
the  shades  of  night  fall.  A  school-teacher 
is  out  of  town  by  leave,  but  not  back  on 
time,  as  he  promised.  The  helper  must 
supply  his  place.  Another,  doing  pastoral 
work  in  the  village  for  a  few  days,  calls 
and  requests  leave  to  visit  his  son  at  the 
Suk  el  Ghurb  training-school,  and  is  off. 
A  villager,  a  Greek  Catholic,  who  has 
obtained  a  quasi  divorce  from  his  erring 
wife,  at  the  hands  of  his  bishop,  appears. 
He  wants  to  be  married.  "  But  you  are 
not  a  Protestant."  "  Oh,  LU  become  one 
if  you  will  agree  to  marry  me."  "  Get 
your  priest  to  do  it."  "  It  is  contrary  to 
the  rules  of  our  church."  He  pleads  his 
cause  eloquently,  yea,  pathetically.  Is 
obliged  to  leave,  feeling  that  I  am  most 
hard  hearted.  He  said  he  would  commit 
suicide  were  he  not  afraid  to.  It  was 
wrong  to  murder  the  fallen  woman,  but 
rather  a  hopeless  case  if  he  must  await 
her  natural  death. 

Next,  the  dinner-bell  for  a  change,  and 
at  the  table  I  learn  of  the  death  of  an 


infant  child  in  the  village,  and  of  the 
funeral  to  take  place  in  the  afternoon.  I 
go,  according  to  the  custom  of  the 
country,  although  the  family  are  Greeks. 
The  women,  a  crowd  of  them,  are  wailing 
in  the  house  in  their  plaintive  way.  The 
men  are  seated  outside  in  knots  here  and 
there,  on  stones,  or  a  hospitable  wall. 
The  relatives  rise  to  be  saluted  and 
receive  the  expressions  of  sympathy 
usual  on  such  an  occasion.  With  char- 
acteristic Eastern  politeness,  a  lad  is 
despatched  for  a  chair,  which  I  decline, 
thanking  them  cordially,  not  wishing 
them  to  suppose  that  I  could  not  sit  on  a 
stone  like  all  the  rest.  With  a  Druze  on 
one  side  and  a  Maronite  on  the  other,  I 
enter  into  religious  conversation.  A 
coffin  of  rude  boards  is  improvised  and 
the  nailing  goes  on  in  our  presence. 
"  Turkey  red  "  is  tacked  on  to  hide  un- 
planed  pine.  On  the  lid  a  plain  cross  of 
white  tape  is  added.  A  Maronite  priest 
of  the  village  renders  his  sympathy. 
Soon  after,  the  Greek  priest  from  Ara- 
moon  and  his  old  father  arrive.  The 
clericals  can  be  distinguished  from  one 
another  by  the  peculiar  robes  of  their 
denomination.     The   Maronite   did  not 


GREEK  PRIEST. 


'893  J 


SI  DON  SEMINARY,  LATEST  REPORT. 


prolong  his  stay.  Finally,  the  Greek 
entered  the  house,  wearing  his  long  black 
garments  and  sacerdotal  cap  (resembling 
a  bell  turned  upside  down),  and  with  his 
long  hair  put  up  under  said  cap.  Prayers 
for  the  dead  were  chanted,  and  censers 
smoked,  and  stifled  sobs  and  cries  were 
heard.  The  ceremony  over,  opportunity 
was  given  for  last  farewells,  which  took 
place  with  affecting  tears  and  shrieks. 
The  priest  rebuked  the  father  for  his  out- 
bursts, declaring  it  was  wicked  to  make 
such  an  ado.  The  company  started,  tak- 
ing the  little  body,  so  precious  to  its  dis- 
consolate parents,  to  its  long  home  to 
await  the  last  trump.  In  front  was  a 
cross  carried  on  high,  followed  by  priest, 
incense,  coffin,  and  the  men.  Women 
clustered  about  the  door,  weeping, 
shrieking,  and  waving  farewells.  I  sadly 
turned  my  steps  homeward. 

Once  again  in  my  study,  I  heard  a  tap 
and  some  boys  came  in  from  school, 
begging  the  loan  of  something  interesting 
to  read  and  greatly  excited  over  Mrs. 
Sherwood's  story  of  the  "  Little  Wood- 
man and  his  Dog."  I  handed  them 
"The  Martyr  of  the  Lebanon."*  Again, 
a  knock.  Boy  says  "  Dr.  J.  wishes  to  know 
if  you  are  at  liberty  to  receive  a  call  from 
him."  "  Certainly."  He  soon  appears. 
"Ah!  you  are  busy  writing.  Don't  let 
me  intrude."    "  True,  I  am  always  in  a 

*  Asaad  Shidiak.  His  brother  was  so  enraged  at  the  treat- 
ment which  Asaad  received  from  the  Maronites  that  he  bec.ime 
a  Moh.immedan,  and  is  in  government  employ  at  Constanti- 
nople. His  sweet  little  daughter  was  in  the  American  college 
for  girls  there  last  year. — Editor. 

SIDON  SEMINARY, 

[Passages  telling  how  the  "  mother  hen  "  hurried 
her  "excited  brood  of  more  than  forty  chicks" 
through  the  cholera  cordon,  and  about  the  prayer- 
meeting  for  Moslem  women  at  Sidon,  are  omitted 
from  this  Report,  these  subjects  having  been  already 
introduced  to  our  readers  in  previous  numbers. 
There  was  no  graduating  class  in  1893. — Editor.] 

The  first  event  of  importance  in  the 
Seminary  since  the  last  report,  was  the 
arrival  of  guests  froin  Zahleh  and  Abeih, 
to  be  with  us  during  cotnmencement 
exercises,  held  in  May,  1892.  Mr.  Hos- 
kins  had  kindly  consented  to  deliver  the 
address,  the  other  guests  were  pressed 
into  service,  and  all  contributed  to  the 
pleasure  of  the  occasion.  Each  of  the 
eight  graduates  wore  a  small  badge,  with 
the  motto  selected  by  Mrs.  W.  W.  Eddy, 
"  But  continue  thou  in  the  things  which 
thou  hast  learned,"  printed  in  Arabic. 

In  June,  our  Principal,  Miss  Rebecca 


sense  busy,  but  not  too  busy  to  see  you. 
I  am  delighted  with  the  interruption.  I 
am  only  chagrined  that  you  have  stolen 
a  march  on  me.  It  was  my  turn  to  call 
on  you."  A  long  conversation  follows, 
mostly  religious.  The  young  man  was 
educated  by  the  Jesuits  in  Beirut,  but 
has  spent  some  months  here  and  become 
much  enlightened.  He  hardly  ever  goes' 
to  mass  with  his  widowed  mother,  but 
sometimes  comes  to  our  services,  which 
he  says  he  enjoys.  He  is  reading  our 
books,  one  of  them,  "  Lucile,"  in  French. 
He  is  amiable  and  intelligent,  and  asso- 
ciates with  our  teachers  ;  but,  though 
moral,  lacks  earnestness  in  regard  to 
spiritual  things,  ^\'e  are  deeply  inter- 
ested in  him,  make  him  a  subject  of 
prayer,  and  trust  that  God  has  gracious 
purposes  concerning  him.  A  little  before 
sunset  our  faithful  helper  came  in  and 
took  him  off  for  a  walk,  giving  me  the 
opportunity  of  a  ride.  Returning  I  over- 
took them,  forming  with  their  compan- 
ions a  unique  little  company  consisting  of 
a  Presbyterian  preacher,  a  graduate  of  a 
Jesuit  medical  college,  a  young  Maronite 
priest,  and  a  sturdy  old  Protestant.  Such 
social  contact  must  have  a  tendency  to 
melt  away  the  bigotry  of  former  times 
and  prepare  the  minds  of  the  people  for 
greater  freedom  in  religious  thought. 
Much  seed  has  been  sown.  Much  truth 
is  leavening  the  community.  A  great 
preliminary  work  has  been  accomplished 
and  the  land  is  awaiting  a  Divine  baptism., 

William  Bird. 

LATEST-  REPORT. 

McC.  Brown,  left  for  her  year's  vacation 
in  America.  The  secret  fear  in  the 
hearts  of  many,  that  impaired  health 
would  prevent  her  return,  made  the  part- 
ing a  trying  one.  The  fear  proved  but 
too  well  grounded,  for  in  December  came 
word  of  her  resignation.  It  is  hardly  the 
writer's  place  to  enlarge  upon  the  loss 
to  the  work  occasioned  by  her  leaving. 
Suffice  it  to  say  that,  whereas  two  sisters 
worked  together  in  a  foreign  field  for 
nearly  seven  years,  that  pleasant  life  is 
now  broken  up  :  but  the  interest  and 
prayers  of  one  who  was  for  so  long  iden- 
tified with  its  work,  will  still  be  given  to 
Sidon  Seminary,  though  the  home  land 
and  not  Syria  now  claims  her. 

Studies  were  continued  on  into  July, 
and  all  preparations  were  made  for  a 
series  of  examinations  and  a  day  school 


.33° 


SIDON  COMMENCEMENT  AS  SEEN  FROM  ZAHLEH.  [December, 


exhibition,  followed  by  the  dreaded  hear- 
ing of  the  yearly  averages,  and  the  joyful 
reception  of  prizes  on  the  part  of  the  few. 

School  closed  with  but  one  American 
lady  in  it  ;  it  opened  October  (1892),  w  ith 
two.  Miss  Mary  T.  Maxwell  Ford,  of  the 
Tripoli  Girls'  School,  had  been  kindly 
loaned  to  us,  and,  stepping  in  thus  from 
another  station,  has  most  heartily  given 
of  her  time,  strength,  and  talents  to  our 
service.  We  began  work  with  strong  de- 
sires for  such  a  blessing  as  we  have  never 
yet  known  here,  and  prayer  is  offered 
daily  for  the  manifest  presence  of  the 
Holy  Spirit,  not  only  in  this  school  but 
in  all  departments  of  the  mission. 

Money  raised  by  pupils  and  others  for 
missionary  purposes  was  added  to  by  the 
sale  of  articles  made  by  some  of  the 
women  and  girls  of  Jedeideh,  so  that  an 
order  for  $12.00  was  sent  to  the  Mission 
House  in  New  York. 

Several  years  since,  it  was  voted  that 
English  might  be  taught  upon  the  pay- 
ment of  a  prescribed  sum,  and  this  year 
classes  were  started,  a  sufficient  number 
being  found  who  would  pay  200  piastres 
(^8.00)  to  warrant  the  attempt.  Day  pu- 
pils pay  a  small  sum  monthly. 

Christmas  evening  we  gave  a  simple  en- 
tertainment. Presents  had  been  received 
from  several  societies,  but  as  the  expected 


box  of  dolls  from  Baltimore  had  not  then 
arrived  (coming  later  in  January),  no  pres- 
ents except  candy-bags  and  oranges  were 
given  at  that  time.  One  of  the  most 
noteworthy  incidents  of  the  occasion  was 
the  presentation  by  a  girl,  on  behalf  of 
the  Day  School,  of  a  little  Christmas-tree 
as  a  surprise  to  all.  It  was  a  tiny  orange- 
tree,  less  than  two  feet  high,  made  of  wire 
and  green  worsted,  with  a  circle  of  light- 
ed candles  around  its  base.  From  its 
branches  dangled,  not  yellow  fruit  but  a 
number  of  little  coins  that  jingled  merrily 
whenever  the  tree  was  moved.  They  had 
been  collected  by  the  girls  as  a  Christmas 
offering  for  the  poor.  The  tree  was  after- 
wards put  up  at  auction,  one  of  the  gen- 
tlemen finally  buying  it  for  a  pound. 

Since  her  return  from  America,  Mrs. 
W.  K.  Eddy  has  assisted  in  our  Sunday 
evening  meetings.  Sunday  afternoons  a 
women's  meeting  is  held  in  one  of  the 
near  villages  when  the  weather  permits. 

The  state  of  religious  feeling  in  the 
school  is  in  the  main  good,  and  we  trust 
there  is  a  quiet  work  of  grace  going  on  at 
all  times.  Most  of  the  girls  are  responsive 
to  religious  teaching,  and  opposition  and 
indifference  are  found  mainly  in  some  of 
the  older  day  pupils.  Last  January  three 
girls  were  received  into  the  Church. 

Charlotte  H.  Brtnun. 


The  latest  glimpse  of  Sidon  school  is  through  a  letter  from  Mrs.  Gerald  Dale,  who, 
at  the  earnest  request  of  the  Mission  has  consented  to  fill  the  place  of  Principal  at 
Sidon,  during  Miss  Brown's  furlough.  She  writes  to  a  friend  (since  the  fall  term 
opened),  October  14,  1893  :  "  Girls,  study  and  work  ;  schedules  and  teachers'  work  ; 
visitors,  travelers,  new  pupils  and  a  thousand  questions  to  answer  ;  a  houseful  of 
■dear  girls  to  love  and  care  for,  so  that  I  feel  like  many  mothers  in  one." 


SIDON  COMMENCEMENT  AS  SEEN  FROM  ZAHLEH. 


When  a  Bedouin  family  descends  from 
Lebanon  to  the  plain,  the  noble  head  of 
the  family  sets  the  day.  Then  the  wife 
takes  down  the  tent,  packs  up  their  earthly 
belongings,  gathers  in  the  straying  chil- 
dren, piles  most  of  the  chattels  on  her 
own  back,  takes  a  child  under  each  arm 
and  announces  that  she  is  ready  for  the 
journey.  The  noble  sire  mounts  the  only 
donkey  in  camp  and  moves  lazily  on 
ahead,  his  toes  touching  the  ground,  while 
the  wife  toils  along  behind  carrying  nearly 
everything  but  the  donkey  and  her  hus- 
band. More  well-to-do  Arabs  who  own 
camels,  load  all  their  goods  on  these,  and 
if  at  the  end  of  the  loading  the  wife  can 
climb  to  the  top,  she  may  ride  on  the 
swaying  pile. 


Missionaries  used  to  do  all  their  jour- 
neying on  horseback,  with  the  children  tied 
in  boxes  on  either  side  of  a  mule.  But 
Syria  is  progressing.  Our  descent  from 
Zahleh  to  Sidon  was  not  on  donkey  back 
or  camel,  but  in  a  much  easier  and  more 
expeditious  way.  I,  with  our  little  Jean- 
nette,  rolled  33  miles  over  and  down  Leb- 
anon in  the  diligence  which  runs  between 
Damascus  and  Beirut,  while  Mr.  Hos- 
kins,  on  his  horse,  ran  us  a  race  and  was 
in  Beirut  an  hour  before  us.  The  journey 
from  Beirut  to  Sidon  occupies  eight  or 
nine  hours  of  slow  traveling  on  horse- 
back in  the  deep  sands  along  the  sea- 
shore, but,  by  waiting  two  days  in  Beirut, 
we  caught  a  Turkish  steamer,  which  carried 
us  the  27  miles  in  two-and-a-half  hours.  We 


iS93]  HOLY  LAND  SECTLON  OF  THE  SYRIA  MISSION. 


went  on  board  just  before  noon.  When 
the  noon  cry  to  prayer  rose  from  the 
minaret  on  shore,  about  fifteen  deck  pas- 
sengers, with  huge  white  turbans  and 
prayer  rugs,  placed  themselves  in  rows 
and  with  one  of  their  number  as  leader 
went  through  their  devotions.  They  were 
Persians  on  a  pilgrimage  to  Mecca. 

The  steamer  dropped  anchor  half  a 
mile  out  from  Sidon,  and  we  started 
ashore  in  a  small  boat,  which  struck  on 
the  sand  some  15  yards  from  shore.  Two 
stout  boatmen  then  picked  me  up  and 
wading  through  the  shallow  water  literally 
dumped  me  on  the  dry  ground.  I  saw 
one  man  seated  on  a  boatman's  shoulders 
still  holding  his  sun  umbrella  high  above 
his  head.  Trunks,  bags  and  lunch-baskets 
followed,  and  were  tumbled  in  a  heap  at 
our  feet. 

But  annoyances  of  the  journey  were  all 
forgotten  in  the  welcome  given  me  by 
Miss  Charlotte  Brown  and  my  old  teachers 
and  pupils.  It  was  three  years  since  I 
had  been  in  Sidon  and  this  return  was 
eventful.  No  queen  is  happier  on  her 
throne  than  I  was  to  be  within  its  walls 
again.  All  joined  in  showering  such  lov- 
ing attentions  upon  us  that  the  days  flew 
by  too  fast. 

Communion  Sabbath,  a  number  of  pupils 
from  the  Boys'  Academy  and  from  the 
Seminary  united  with  the  Church.  We 
received  over  two  hundred  calls.  At  a 
woman's  meeting  there  were  28  present. 
At  another  meeting,  held  before  a  medical 
clinic,  there  were  a  large  number  of  Mos- 
lem women  present,  and  all  were  atten- 
tive and  responsive. 

All  who  have  assisted  at  commence- 
ment occasions  know  that  the  preceding 
days  were  busy  ones,  for  decorations,  such 


33^ 

as  flags  and  palm  branches  and  flowers,  do 
not  hang  themselves.  But  many  hands 
made  light  work  and  the  result  repaid  for 
all  the  labor. 

The  programme  opened  with  reading  of 
the  Scriptures  and  prayer.  Then  followed 
essays,  interspersed  with  hymns  in  English 
and  Arabic.  Among  the  subjects  chosen 
by  the  girls  were  "  Patriotism,"  "  The 
Tongue,"  "  The  Seven  Famous  Wars," 
and,  not  falling  behind  the  spirit  of  the 
times,  one  had  chosen  "  Christopher  Co- 
lumbus," in  which  she  gave  a  clear  state- 
ment of  Christopher's  life  and  work,  with- 
out a  doubt  or  hesitation  as  to  dates  or 
motives.  Mr.  Hoskins  gave  an  address 
on  the  subject  "Debts,"  being  led  to  that 
subject  by  remembering  the  debt  he  owes 
to  Sidon  Seminary  for  having  robbed  it  of 
a  former  principal.  Jeannette,  though  not 
in  the  programme,  managed  to  appear, 
for,  waking  during  the  evening,  she  climbed 
down  from  her  bed  and  came  searching  for 
her  parents,  to  the  amusement  of  all  who 
caught  sight  of  her. 

The  audience,  limited  by  the  accom- 
modations to  two  hundred,  was  made  up 
largely  of  Sidon  people,  for  parents  of 
the  girls  live  too  far  away  to  be  able  to 
be  present  on  such  occasions. 

Many  a  prayer  went  up  for  the  future  of 
those  eight  graduates.  One  returns  to 
teach  in  the  seminary.  Three  will  teach 
in  village  schools.  Only  two  are  from  the 
same  village,  and  so  the  light  has  been 
carried  into  many  different  homes. 

We  have  given  you  only  a  glimpse  of 
the  commencement  as  seen  from  Zahleh, 
and  now  that  Miss  Brown  is  in  America 
you  must  send  for  her  and  have  her  tell 
you  the  whole  story. 

Harrictte  M.  Eddy  Hoskins. 


IN  THE  HOLY  LAND  SECTION  OF  THE  SYRIA  MISSION. 


About  the  middle  of  April  I  went  with 
Dr.  Jessup  on  an  itinerating  tour  in  the 
Sidon  field.  These  journeys  must  be 
made  on  horseback,  over  rough  mountain 
roads,  and  to  some  points  it  is  necessary 
to  carry  tents  and  to  camp.  The  weather 
was  perfection,  and  valleys  and  mountain- 
sides were  green  with  the  grain  not  yet 
ripened.  The  first  day  out  from  Sidon 
took  us  away  from  the  sea  and,  rising 
higher  and  higher,  we  suddenly  came 
upon  the  gorge  of  the  Litany  River.  On 
the  other  side  were  foot-hills  of  Lebanon, 
the  grand  peaks  thrown  together  pile 
above    pile   with    deep  gorges  between 


them,  through  which  pass  the  Litany  and 
its  tributaries  rushing  seaward,  all  swol- 
len at  that  season  by  melting  snow  from 
the  mountains.  Before  us  rose  Hermon, 
the  snow  on  its  crest  and  sides.  Our  roacl 
zigzagged  down  the  mountain-side  until 
we  reached  the  bridge  which  spans  the 
river  and  then  up  the  other  side  to  Deii 
Mimas,  a  little  village  overlooking  the 
heights  that  hem  in  the  river.  Here  we 
spent  Sunday  and  Dr.  Jessup  held  a  Com- 
munion service.  The  following  week  we 
visited  Jedeideh,  Ibl,  Khiam,  and  other  vil- 
lages around  and  overlooking  the  beautiful 
plain  of  Merj  Ayun,  the  Ijon  of  the  Bible. 


HOLY  LAND  SECTION  OF  THE  SYRIA   MISSION.  [December. 


We  visited  Hasbeyeh,  the  scene  of  the 
terrible  massacre  in  i860,  and  spent  a 
night  with  the  ladies  of  the  British  Syrian 
School  in  their  beautiful  and  commodious 
building.  The  fountain  at  Hasbeyeh  is 
one  of  the  sources  of  the  Jordan,  and  fol- 
lowing the  valley  toward  the  south  we 
visited  the  two  other  fountains — one  at 
Tel  el  Kadi,  the  ancient  Dan  of  the  Script- 
ures ;  and  the  other  at  Banias,  or  Caesa- 
rea  Philippi.  We  passed  along  the  base 
of  Hermon  all  day  and  camped  at  a  little 
village,  Ain  Kunyeh,  overlooking  Banias 
and  in  full  view  of  its  ancient  castle  and 
the  spurs  of  Mt. 
Hermon.  How 
we  longed  to 
know  which  one 
of  those  moun- 
tain peaks  wit- 
nessed the  won- 
derful vision  of 
the  Transfigura- 
t  i  o  n  !  As  we 
stood  looking,  a 
vapory  cloud 
settled  down  up- 
on one  of  them, 
completely  hid- 
ing it  from  sight. 
I  am  glad  I  saw 
it  so  ;  it  made 
the  scene  more 
real  to  me  than 
anything  else 
could. 

One  Sunday 
Dr.  Jessup  and 

Mr.  Eddy  held  Communion  services  at  Ain 
Kunyeh  and  Mejdel  es  Shems,  a  village  on 
the  east  side  of  Hermon,  and  on  Monday 
we  moved  our  camp  still  further  east,  just 
outside  a  village  of  Circassians.  We  as- 
cended a  hill  rising  abruptly  from  a  broad 
and  level  plain,  the  Gaulonitis  of  ancient 
times,  now  called  Jaulan,  and  beheld  a 
view  which  I  shall  never  forget.  The  sea 
of  Galilee  and  Waters  of  Merom  lay  tow- 
ard the  south  and  west  with  encircling 
mountains,  all  of  them  rich  in  Scriptural 
associations,  and  far,  far  to  the  south  we 
could  dimly  see  the  mountains  of  Moab. 
To  the  east  lay  the  plain  of  Jaulan  at  our 
feet  and,  stretching  for  fifty  miles  east- 
ward, the  Hauran,  bounded  in  the  distance 


MOUNT  HERMON. 


by  rocky  fastnesses  where  the  ancient  in  - 
habitants of  Bashan  built  those  wonderfui 
cities  which  have  been  the  astonishment 
of  modern  times.  It  is  almost  impossible 
for  visitors  to  examine  these  ruins  now, 
as  the  Turks  jealously  guard  that  region 
and  are  suspicious  of  any  attempt  to 
communicate  with  the  Druzes  who  now 
inhabit  those  rocky  places. 

We  crossed  the  Jordan  about  ten  miles 
above  the  Sea  of  Galilee  and  returned  to 
Jedeideh,  for  another  Sabbath  with  two 
Communion  services,  and  thence  back  by 
way  of  Sidon  to  Beirut,  having  been  ab- 
_     _  sent  a  little  over 

"  "    -  ^         three  weeks. 

This  journey 
has  made  me 
sympathize 
more  than  ever 
with  those  Syr- 
ian teachers  and 
preachers  who 
are  settled  in  the 
interior,  far  from 
Christian  com- 
panionship and 
any  influence  to 
stimulate  relig- 
ious  zeal  or 
deepen  conse- 
cration. Per- 
haps it  is  not 
to  be  wondered 
at  that  they 
are  sometimes 
turned  aside 
from  Christian 
work,  to  try  to  make  their  fortunes  in 
secular  business  or  by  emigrating.  They 
need  the  support  of  our  prayers  and  the 
encouragement  of  frequent  intercourse 
with  those  who  will  help  them  to  per- 
severe in  religious  work,  out  of  love  to 
the  Master.  With  my  imperfect  knowl- 
edge of  Arabic  I  could  not  do  much  either 
in  this  or  any  other  way  ;  but  one  Sunday 
I  did  teach  a  crowd  of  children  who  gath- 
ered around  my  tent,  two  or  three  verses 
from  the  fifty-first  Psalm,  telling  them 
they  were  words  of  a  prayer  and  they 
could  offer  them  to  God.  They  came 
from  curiosity  but  listened  attentively, 
and  repeated  the  verses  over  and  over. 

{Airs.  H.  H.)  T/ieodosiiJ  Jessup. 


During  the  entire  year  there  has  been 
evidence  of  the  Holy  Spirit's  work  in  Bei- 
rut Seminary.  For  the  first  time,  Protes- 
tant girls  take  the  lead  in  numbers. 


Fifty  years  ago  there  were  8,000  Jews 
in  Palestine,  now  there  are  100,000,  and 
Jerusalem  contains  30,000-40,000  Jewish 
inhabitants. —  T/ie  Jewish  Era,  July,  1893. 


I893-] 


TESTIFYING  TO  THE  GRACE  OF  GOD.— I. 


SHU-WHA,   A   CHINESE  CHRISTIAN  GIRL. 


In  Northern  China,  in  the  province  of 
Shantung,  where  you  feel  the  heat  of  sum- 
mer and  the  cold  of  winter  something  as 
you  do  in  New  York  State  ;  about  a  week's 
travel  by  mule  litter  from  the  port  of 
Chefoo,  is  a  small  village  where  lives  a 
poor  Chinese  family.  Their  home  hardly 
deserves  the  name  of  a  house,  with  its 
mud  floor  and  raised  platform  where  the 
women  sit  in  the  daytime  and  which 
serves  for  bed  at  night ;  but  all  the  houses 
about  are  like  it,  and  if  it  is  a  degree 
worse,  what  matters  it  to  the  father, 
mother  and  two  girls  ?  One  of  the  latter 
is  marked  with  small-pox,  and  the  other, 
like  Leah,  has  sore  eyes,  yet  both  are  be- 
trothed, where,  doubtless,  only  small  pres- 
ents were  given  to  secure  betrothal. 

It  is  only  with  the  elder  of  the  two  that 
I  was  acquainted,  Shu-wha,  whose  face 
was  marked  by  small-pox,  but  I  would  for- 
get that,  for  she  had  such  dainty  ways. 
She  had  a  slight  form  and  kept  herself 
trim  and  was  very  quick  on  her  little  Chi- 
nese feet.  I  first  became  acquainted  with 
her  in  1885,  in  the  girls'  school  at  Chefoo. 
She  had  been  placed  there  by  Dr.  Nevius, 
who  knew  her  family  as  well  as  Mr.  Lin, 
her  future  father-in-law.  His  son,  to 
whom  Shu-wha  was  engaged,  was,  and  is 
still,  pursuing  his  studies  at  the  Tung- 
chow  College.  They  are  a  well-to-do 
family.  This  son,  Lin-ss-wen,  was  not  in- 
clined to  be  studious  during  a  part  of  his 
course.  This  came  to  Shu-wha's  ears. 
What  does  she  do  ?  She  sits  down  and 
writes  to  him,  exhorting  him  to  make  the 
best  of  his  time.  This  was  a  strange  pro- 
ceeding for  a  Chinese  girl  in  her  teens, 
but  it  shows  her  independence.  Although 
she  was  giving  good  advice  to  one  who 
needed  it,  she  had  to  be  reproved  herself 
occasionally,  but  not  often.  She  was  a 
bright  pupil,  and  I  was  proud  of  her.  At 
the  Chinese  New  Year,  the  pupils  would 
call  on  the  missionaries  and  I  knew  Shu- 
wha  would  do  herself  justice.  She  was  not 
a  bit  forward,  but  would  answer  so  nicely 
when  spoken  to. 

For  four  years  Shu-wha  was  one  of  my 


pupils  in  Chefoo  and  after  that,  for  three 
years,  a  teacher  in  a  country  school  at 
Chin-kia-tswang,  in  a  vicinity  where  I 
have  done  some  itinerating  and  where  I 
used  to  visit  her  school.  She  was  ambi- 
tious and  her  pupils  did  well  in  their 
books,  but  she  did  not  neglect  their  train- 
ing in  spiritual  things.  Two  or  three  of 
her  older  pupils,  last  summer,  gave  twenty 
days  of  their  vacation  in  teaching  the 
women  in  the  near  villages,  and  through 
the  influence  of  one  of  these,  all  the  women 
of  a  family  were  brought  into  the  Church  : 
a  wife  and  her  three  daughters-in-law. 

Shu-wha  herself  expressed  a  desire  to 
do  some  mission  work.  I  was  surprised, 
when  she  was  so  busy  with  her  own 
school.  I  thought  she  would  like  to  rest 
during  vacations  ;  but  no,  she  was  always 
trying  to  do  good.  During  two  vacations 
she  went  out  visiting  the  villages  with 
me  and  was  very  helpful.  For  one  so 
young,  her  influence  was  remarkable. 
Those  of  her  family  who  were  not  Chris- 
tians, she  would  exhort  to  be  followers 
of  Christ.  I  remember  her  writing  to  an 
uncle  on  the  subject.  One  of  her  sisters- 
in-law  would  not  come  to  family  prayers, 
and,  through  her  influence,  afterwards 
attended.  Shu-wha  had  been  married  a 
couple  of  years,  but  kept  on  with  her 
school,  while  her  husband  continued  his 
studies.  I  had  a  letter  recently  telling  of 
her  death,  last  May.  She  left  a  little  boy  a 
few  days  old.  She  was  busy,  too  busy,  poor 
child, and  while  doing  some  washing, caught 
cold  and  was  taken  with  convulsions. 

I  write  this  of  Shu-wha,  for  I  consider 
that  she  has  been  a  good  missionary  for 
at  least  four  years.  She  died  at  the  age 
of  twenty-four.  It  was  a  short  life,  but  a 
noble,  consistent  one.  When  I  heard  of 
her  death  I  could  not  keep  the  tears  back. 
I  loved  her  much.  It  stung  me  when  some 
one  said  the  other  day,  "  you  cannot  con- 
vert the  Chinese."  Of  course  not,  but 
God  can.  Shu-wha's  life  compares  favor- 
ably with  any  home  Christian  girl  that  I 
know  of  at  the  age  of  twenty-four. 

Fannie  E.  M'iirht. 


The  price  of  land  about  Jerusalem  is 
something  surprising.  Two  acres  that 
were  sold  in  1890  for  $250  per  acre,  sold 
in  1891  for  $750  ;  half  an  acre  sold  in 
1881  for  $200,  sold  in  1892  for  $3,700; 
one  acre  sold  in  1872  for  $40,  sold  in  1892 


for  $12,000  ;  one  acre  sold  in  1865  for 
$1,000,  sold  in  1 891  for  $24,000.  These 
are  not  in  one  locality  but  in  different 
directions,  varying  from  one-fourth  of  a 
mile  to  one  mile  distant  from  the  city. — ■ 
Jewish  Era. 


[December, 


SYRIA. 

FIRST  VISIT  TO  JERUSALEM. 

Miss  La  Grange,  of  Tripoli,  wrote  from 
Hadeth,  Mt.  Lebanon,  September  8  : 

School  closed  July  ll,  the  girls  scat- 
tered to  their  homes  as  in  other  years,  and  tlie  house 
was  empty  and  lonesome.  After  putting  things  in 
shape,  the  rooms  were  locked  for  vacation  and  the 
next  Tuesday  we  turned  our  faces  Jerusalem-ward. 
"We"  means  Miss  Holmes  and  myself.  The 
coast  steamers  move  only  in  the  night,  the  day  being 
spent  in  harbor.  The  nights  were  hot  and  the 
cabins  stifling,  so  we  remained  on  deck.  Arriving 
in  Jaffa,  we  rested  until  afternoon  at  a  hot  little 
hotel,  then  took  the  train  for  Jerusalem,  arriving 
there  three  hours  and  a  half  later.  At  our  hotel 
was  Dr.  Merrill,  U.  S.  Consul,  who  was  very  kind 
to  us.  The  weather  was  very  hot  and  we  had  to 
spend  the  days  indoors  till  between  four  or  five  in 
the  afternoon,  when  we  made  excursions. 

There  is  not  much  to  be  seen  in  Jerusalem  itself, 
it  is  so  wholly  modern  and  few  of  the  Bible  sites 
can  be  determined.  The  Temple  area  on  which 
now  stands  the  beautiful  mosque  of  Omar,  the  area 
covering  thirty-six  acres  and  all  guarded  by  the 
Turk,  remains.  On  one  side  of  it  is  an  old  wall 
of  the  large  bevelled  stones  which  denote  Hebrew 
work.  This  is  the  Wailing  Place.  There  on  a 
Friday  we  saw  scores  of  Jews,  men  and  women, 
most  of  them  aged,  reading  from  their  Scriptures 
and  trying  to  shed  tears.  It  was  indeed  pathetic, 
especially  the  effort  ! 

The  Church  of  the  Holy  Sepulchre  in  its  tawdry 
adornments  was  an  unpleasant  contrast  to  the 
simple  dignity,  the  lofty  beauty  of  the  mosque, 
which  seemed  a  far  more  inspiring  and  suitable 
place  of  worship.  I  was  drawn  to  the  modern 
Calvary  outside  of  the  city.  It  seems  so  reasonable, 
so  natural  a  place  for  the  great  Event  of  the  Cruci- 
fixion. It  is  on  a  rise  of  ground  overlooking  the 
city  near  the  old  Roman  road  on  which  Paul  went 
to  Csesarea  and  to  Rome.  "  There  is  a  garden 
there,"  even  now,  and  "in  that  garden  a  tomb ''— 


many  toml)s  and  ancient.  Another  place  of  interest 
was  the  Mt.  of  Olives  and  the  Brook  Cedron  be- 
low it,  but  now  dry.  Somewhere  in  that  valley 
under  the  city  wall  was  Gethsemane  and,  winding 
over  the  lower  mountain  side,  the  road  to  Bethany. 
We  went  to  the  brook  from  which  David  gathered 
his  pebbles  and,  one  day,  to  Hebron  and  Bethlehem 
and  Solomon's  Pools.  It  was  too  warm  to  take 
other  excursions  ;  we  could  not  go  to  the  Jordan 
or  the  Dead  Sea,  but  Bible  story  will  have  a  dif- 
ferent meaning  ever  after,  for  all  that  I  have  seen. 

summer  rest  near  the  cedars. 
We  have  come  to  Hadeth  this  year,  and  the  time 
being  so  short  we  brought  little  equipage  and  have 
only  two  looms  for  all  purposes,  yet  we  are  comfort- 
able and  cozy  and  care-free.  We  have  camp-beds, 
camp-chairs  and  plenty  of  books.  Young  men  from 
the  college  are  occupying  our  house  in  Duma.  The 
famous  Cedars  are  in  full  view,  still  higher  than  we 
by  another  2,ooo  feet.  The  harbor  and  gardens  of 
Tripoli  are  also  in  plain  sight,  but  the  grapes  are 
late  and  we  miss  our  Duma  vineyards. 

PERSIA. 

first  year  well  ended. 
Miss  Medbery  wrote  from  Oroomiah,  in  Au- 
gust : 

We  have  had  a  school  year  free  from  sickness  and 
trouble  of  all  kinds.  I  think  it  would  suri)rise  the 
uninitiated  to  know  how  easy  it  is  to  take  care  of 
these  two  hundred  children.  The  labor  and  un- 
pleasantness conies  from  the  outside,  from  inefficient 
helpers  and  the  difficulties  in  getting  supplies. 

At  the  close  of  school  we  arranged  a  tent  in  the 
yard  and  had  exercises  there,  beginning  with  primary 
and  kindergarten  departments,  on  June  9.  Next 
evening  a  social  was  given  for  parents  of  these 
pupils  in  Morton  Hall  (the  Seminary  study  hall) 
which  was  arranged  for  the  occasion.  We  carried 
out  all  the  seats,  out-spread  Koordish  carpets  on  the 
floor  and  gathered  all  our  chairs,  lounges,  and  centre- 
tables,  and  these,  with  tastefully  arranged  flowers, 
transformed  this  large  hall  into  a  most  pleasant  re- 


iS93-] 


LETTERS. 


335 


ception-ioom.  Over  eighty  guests  were  present 
besides  our  first  class  and  our  American  friends.  The 
second  class  acted  as  waiters.  On  Sabbath  the  ser- 
mon was  preached  to  the  graduating  class  by  Mr. 
Whipple,  of  Taljriz.  The  following  Wednesday  were 
the  graduating  exercises  of  Fiske  Seminary.  The 
friends  of  the  girls,  pastors,  and  others  interested  in 
educational  work,  are  invited,  and  all  remain  to  din- 
ner after. 

L.\DIES  AND  PUPILS  ALL  IN  CALICO. 

Our  fifteen  graduates  had  all  agreed  to  dress 
alike  in  calico,  but  as  there  was  not  enough  of 
the  same  calico  in  the  market  they  were  obliged 
to  have  two  kinds.  They  looked  very  pretty  with 
their  fresh  cream-colored  dresses  with  dainty  sprigs 
on  them,  and  white  head  -  handkerchiefs.  There 
were  many  expressions  of  pleasure  from  the  parents, 
for  they  often  fear  their  daughters  will  become  ex- 
travagant by  living  with  others  who  can  have  better 
clothes.  Our  teachers  and  ourselves  all  wore  the 
same  kind  of  dress,  which  also  pleased  the  people. 
Lessons  were  given,  essays  read,  and  recitations  and 
songs  in  English,  Persian,  Syriac,  and  Turkish  com- 
l)leted  a  program  that  delighted  our  people  very 
much.  Kasha  Joseph,  of  the  city,  said  he  had  been 
connected  with  schools  for  twenty-five  years  and 
iiad  seen  children  hired  to  go  to  school,  and  wliipped 
to  go,  but  never  before  had  he  seen  them  cry  and 
leave  their  unfinished  breakfast  for  fear  of  being  late 
to  school.  The  children  are  very  happy  with  us, 
and  delightful  children  to  work  with.  After  the  ex- 
ercises, Morton  Hall,  now  transformed  into  a  great 
dining-hall,  accommodated  nicely  our  seventy  guests 
and  our  second  class  served  the  tables.  Our  pupils 
then  dispersed  with  their  parents,  only  five  remain- 
ing for  the  summer,  whose  homes  are  so  far  away  in 
the  mountains  and  the  roads  so  unsafe  that  it  was 
thought  best  not  to  send  them.  This  closes  our  first 
year  of  school,  and  although  we  hope  to  accomplish 
much  more  another  year,  we  have  reason  to  believe 
that  our  work  has  been  successful.  It  is  very  pleas- 
ant work  and  one  that  yields  fruits  quicker  than 
many  other  branches  of  missionary  effort. 

We  have  just  returned  from  a  trip  to  Tabriz  and 
have  had  many  calls  and  presents  from  our  girls. 
One  sends  a  dish  of  fruit,  another  a  bottle  of  rose- 
water,  another  a  loaf  of  sugar,  and  there  are  bou- 
quets without  number.  Miss  Russell  and  I  made  a 
start  in  the  Turkish  language  while  in  Tal)riz,  and 
are  now  studying  both  languages  as  much  as  we  have 
time.  One  may  get  enough  of  a  language  to  speak 
with  people  and  even  to  teach,  th^"  first  year,  as  we 
have,  but  time  and  perseverance  aie  needed  for  any- 
thing like  a  knowledge  of  it. 

ROUGH  MOUNTAINEERS. 

Twenty  -  five  mountain  families  who  had  been 
driven  out  of  their  homes  by  Koords  came  down  to 


Seir  this  summer,  hoping  to  find  a  more  desirable 
place  to  live.  A  school-girl  was  secured  to  teach 
their  children  ;  twenty-five  of  them,  as  wild  and  un- 
taught as  their  own  mountain  goats,  are  being  in- 
structed in  the  Scriptures  and  are  learning  to  read. 
You  can  hardly  imagine  the  condition  of  these 
people.  A  family  will  carry  their  whole  household 
effects  on  their  backs.  Their  one  or  two  garments 
of  a  coarse,  hand-made  cotton  crash  are  so  dirty  and 
torn  that  it  is  impossible  to  tell  whether  they  were 
originally  white  or  colored  cloth.  Their  hair  hangs 
in  tangled  mats,  and  I  do  not  know  if  they  ever  at- 
tempt to  comb  it.  Their  financial  resources  at  best 
are  a  few  coppers,  and  most  business  transactions 
are  made  by  hatfulsof  wheat.  A  farm  rents  for  so 
many  hatfuls.  Vet  every  one  who  has  been  here 
will  tell  you  there  is  no  class  of  people  that  shows  so 
much  force  of  character  and  develops  better  than 
these  same  rough  mountaineers.  The  mountain 
girls  learn  slowly  as  a  rule,  but  are  often  lovely  char- 
acters when  they  go  from  the  school,  and  almost  al- 
ways efficient  and  willing  workers. 

The  field  in  many  ways  is  most  interesting,  and  we 
hope  by  perseverance  to  extend  our  borders  and  push 
out  into  new  ones.  In  some  branches  one  rash  move 
would  undo  the  work  of  years.  The  mistaken  ze;\l 
of  a  helper  closed  the  doors  against  Jewish  work  for 
a  long  time,  and  just  now,  after  long  waiting  and 
patient  effort,  there  is  again  a  degree  of  freedom  as 
before.  Those  at  home  do  not  know  that  the  hard- 
est work  a  missionary  has  to  do  is  to  wail.  It  is  a 
good  school  in  which  to  learn  lessons  of  faith. 

CHINA. 

Mrs.  Laughlin  wrote  from  Chiningchow,  .Au- 
gust 26  : 

Our  Sundays  would  seem  very  strange  to  you. 
My  sister's  Sunday-school— it  always  has  to  be  la- 
belled Sunday-school,  or  no  one  would  recognize  it, 
— grows  rapidly.  About  seven  o'clock  in  the  morn- 
ing the  children  begin  to  come.  Now,  in  India  that 
hour  wouldn't  seem  so  bad,  but  for  this  climate  it 
is  too  early.  Still  one  has  to  take  these  children 
when  she  can  get  them.  While  fruit  is  abundant,  I 
generally  give  them  an  apple  or  peach  apiece,  and 
they  sit  down  and  wait  for  Miss  Anderson,  but  often 
they  are  beginning  to  get  frisky  by  the  time  we  have 
finished  our  breakfast.  My  sister  has  been  trying 
to  teach  them  to  sing,  and  the  most  peculiar  sounds 
issue  from  her  room.  It  seems  sometimes  as  if  the 
children  are  in  pain,  and  sometimes  as  if  they  are 
idiotic.  They  are  glad  when  it  comes  time  for  the 
cards  ;  each  one  gets  a  picture-card  at  close  of  les- 
son, and  they  come  out  with  faces  wreathed  in 
broad  grins.  They  are  all  quite  civil  now  when  we 
appear  on  the  street  and  the  school  brings  us  a 
larger  acquaintance  with  mothers  too,  for  these 
children  bring  in  their  mothers  by  and  by.  Lately 


LETTERS. 


[Ducenilier, 


we  have  tried  having  a  class  of  women.  For  four 
weeks  we  have  had  six  or  seven  women  each  Sab- 
bath. They  have  no  idea  of  what  the  service 
means.  Everything  has  to  be  explained,  and  when 
any  thing  strikes  them  as  particularly  good,  all 
chime  in  and  express  approbation,  and  sometimes 
for  full  ten  minutes  carry  the  meeting — making  it  a 
conversation  for  the  time  being.  They  are  certainly 
losing  their  distrust  and  fear  of  us.  Wouldn't  it  be 
wonderful  if  our  neighbors  should  come  to  recognize 
I  and  respect  the  Sabbath  Day  ? 

In  an  unguarded  moment  my  sister  put  some 
ointment  on  a  baby's  boil,  and  now  such  boils  and 
such  skin  diseases  come  to  us  as  sometimes  curdles 
the  blood.  And  now  the  suicides  are  beginning  to 
come.  This  morning  it  was  a  woman  who  had 
eaten  the  heads  of  matches,  and  they  said  that 
another  died  a  day  or  two  ago,  not  far  from  here, 
from  the  same  poison.  Our  old  teacher  seemed  to 
regret  the  introduction  of  matches  because  it  makes 
self-destruction  so  easy.  You  see  they  will  even  lay 
their  suicides  at  the  door  of  the  foreigner. 

We  hear  a  good  report  of  the  class  we  had  this 
spring — they  are  keeping  the  Sabbath  and  still 
studying — all  but  one  ;  one  woman  h.-is  taught  her 
husband. 

JAPAN. 

Miss  Anna  Davis  of  the  Joshi  Gak\iin,  Tokyo, 
wrote  from  Kamakura,  where  she  was  spending 
some  weeks  of  vacation,  August  i6th  : 

You  can  scarcely  imagine  how  many  letters  one 
has  to  write  to  other  workers  here  in  Japan  about 
helpers,  interpreters,  entering  pupils,  etc.  Our 
school  is  a  source  of  supply  for  teachers  all  over  the 
country,  so  we  keep  a  sort  of  intelligence  office. 

FOUR,  AND  ONE  OF  FOUR. 
.  .  .  .  Five  girls  in  Sakurai  Home  united  with 
tiie  church  early  this  present  year  ;  all  five  good, 
earnest  girls  of  whom  we  have  great  hopes.  Two 
we  wish  to  help  to  be  teachers,  as  they  are  both  of 
unusually  steady  character  and  good  ability.  They 
are  almost  through  the  course,  but  the  families  of 
both  have  lately  gotten  into  financial  straits  owing 
to  the  wholesale  dismissal-of  officials  from  office,  so 
that  if  we  do  not  help  them  they  will  have  to  leave 
school.  Another  is  a  bright,  cheery  little  body,  who 
comes  from  a  well-to-do  home  away  down  in  Kyushu, 
in  Southern  Japan.  A  friend  of  hers  from  the  same 
place  graduated  this  commencement,  but  is  coming 
back  to  go  up  to  Takata  and  be  our  mainstay  in  that 
school.  She  has  been  in  our  school  for  many  years, 
entirely  at  her  own  expense,  and  has  learned  every- 
thing we  teach,  even  to  the  kindergarten  system. 
She  does  not  need  to  teach  for  money,  but  wanted 
an  opportunity  to  do  all  in  her  power  for  her  Sav- 
iour, and  was  delighted  when  we  said  she  might  go 
to  Takata.  It  is  a  very  difiicult  place,  and  no  doubt 
she  will  meet  trials  not  even  dreamed  of  before. 


NATIVE  SUPERSTITION — FOREIGN  IMMORALITY. 

We  saw  an  interesting  ceremony  down  on  the 
beach  the  other  day  ;  rather,  we  saw  part  of  it.  The 
villagers  had  been  praying  for  rain,  of  which  little  has 
fallen  this  season,  and  sent  out  an  image  of  the  rain- 
god  on  a  raft.  We  did  not  see  anything  but  the  raft, 
on  which  was  a  pine-tree  with  a  dragon  twined  about 
it.  This  dragon  (the  rain-god)  was  rudely  made  of 
straw,  with  a  head  formed  from  a  dust-pan,  the  large 
native  wooden  one,  and  lamp  chimneys  lined  with 
gilt  paper,  for  eyes.  He  was  towed  far  out  by  swim- 
mers, sprinkled  willi  water,  and  left  to  drift. 

The  Scandinavian  Mission  has  a  station  here  and 
are  doing  what  they  can,  though  it  is  a  hard  place  to 
work.  The  villagers  are  demoralized  by  contact  with 
rough  characters  from  Yokohama,  and  other  places, 
who  come  down  to  see  the  great  bronze  Buddha  and 
other  sights  in  the  vicinity.  I  am  sorry  to  say  that 
these  rough  characters  are  foreigners — sailors,  tour- 
ists, and  others — who  drink,  and  play  all  kinds  of 
rude  pranks  at  times.  It  gives  the  people  a  poor 
opinion  of  all  foreigners.  Of  course.  Miss  Murray 
and  I  try  to  create  as  favorable  an  impression  as  possi- 
ble, and  have  found  some  quiet,  responsive  people. 

KOREA. 

MOUNTAIN  RETREATS  AMONG  A  KIND  PEOPLE. 

Miss  Arbuckle  wrote  from  Seoul,  August  28  : 
I  have  been  here  almost  a  year  and  do  not  seem 
to  have  done  much  permanent  missionary  work,  yet 
I  need  not  have  expected  it.    The  first  year  one 
feels  like  a  child  learning  to  talk. 

I  have  just  returned  from  vacation.  In  the  e.^rly 
summer  I  went  with  a  pleasant  party  to  Pook  Hon, 
or  North  Fortress,  about  ten  miles  from  here  on  the 
low  mountains.  It  is  a  walled  enclosure,  where  the 
King  can  flee  in  case  of  danger.  We  left  Seoul  with 
its  heat  and  evil  odors,  and  the  refreshing  mountain- 
air  seemed  to  put  new  life  into  us.  We  took  up  our 
quarters  in  rooms  which  the  Buddhist  monks  let  us 
have.  It  was  a  pleasant  change  and  the  scenery 
was  wild  and  grand,  but  I  stayed  only  a  few  days  ; 
then  it  was  Miss  Strong's  and  Miss  Doty's  turn  to 
go,  as  we  felt  that  one  of  us  must  always  remain  at 
home.  I  thought  I  had  had  all  the  outing  neces- 
sary for  me,  as  I  am  such  a  home  body,  but  I  had 
not  estimated  the  effects  of  a  hot  eastern  summer. 
I  have  felt  the  temperature  as  high  at  home,  but 
never  so  depressing,  so  one  of  my  good  comrades 
cut  her  vacation  short  and  sent  me  off  again,  and 
thus  I  have  had  two  outings.  A  friend  and  I  were 
carried  in  sedan-chairs,  twice  crossing  the  river, 
this  time  nineteen  miles  to  Nam  Hon,  or  South 
Fortress,  where  we  lived  in  a  large,  picturesque 
pavilion. 

every  SYLL.VBLE  PUT  TO  WORK. 

I  had  thought  I  was  going  to  a  place  of  idleness, 
but  every  one  was  at  work.    At  the  very  mountain- 


•S93-] 


LETTERS. 


337 


lop  is  a  large  Korean  town  whose  inhabitants  flocked 
around  us,  and,  though  but  two  of  the  party  had 
been  in  Korea  long  enough  to  use  the  language, 
daily  our  friends  were  preaching  the  gospel  with  all 
their  might  and  witli  every  syllable  they  knew.  I 
was  compelled  to  spend  almost  all  the  ten  days  I 
stayed  there  lying  on  a  cot,  so  I  did  little  myself, 
but  it  did  my  heart  good  to  see  so  much  being  ac- 
complished by  others.  We  had  our  little  rooms  cur- 
tained off  upstairs,  and  every  afternoon  the  women 
and  children  would  crowd  up  there.  As  I  lay  just 
behind  the  curtain  I  could  not  help  hearing  their  re- 
marks;  they  sounded  just  like  children's.  First, 
they  were  always  allured  to  hear  the  wonderful  baby 
organ.  Then  Mrs.  Miller  had  her  sewing-machine 
with  hand  attachment,  and  I  never  grew  tired  listen- 
ing to  the  expressions  of  wonder  and  delight  it 
called  forth.  It  was  too  bad  not  to  let  them  go  be- 
hind the  curtain  and  peek  into  everything,  for  they 
wanted  to  with  more  curiosity  than  we  know  any- 
thing about.  In  a  simple,  childlike  way  they  gladly 
sat  on  the  floor  and  heard  the  story  of  salvation. 
Many  heard  it  for  the  first  time,  and  came  again  and 
again.  We  hope  much  from  those  days  at  Nam 
Hon.  The  conditions  of  life  seemed  perfect  there, 
with  all  the  glories  of  nature  abounding.  I  never 
saw  before  such  marvellous  sunsets,  the  moonlight 
seemed  to  have  more  than  its  accustomed  splendor, 
and  there  was  great  profusion  of  beautiful  wild  flow- 
ers. And  the  people  were  religious  ;  but  always  the 
object  of  worship  was  the  spirit  of  the  mountain,  or 
devils,  evil  demons,  etc. 

I  grew  strong  enough,  while  there,  to  climb  down 
outside  the  fine  old  wall  and  gather  the  dainty  gold- 
backed  fern  that  grew  in  the  crannies.  We  left  amid 
the  regrets  and  polite  parting  salutations  of  the  town. 
One  forgets  the  Korean's  deceitfulness  and  aggra- 
vating propensities  when  living  among  the  people  in 
a  friendly  way.  How  kind  they  are  and  generous, 
how  effusive  yet  sincere  their  welcome  to  the  foreign 
friend!  never  a  "  foreign  devil  "  in  Korea.  They 
are,  in  truth,  a  very  dear  and  attractive  people.  Do 
not  think  of  our  discouragements  ;  our  encourage- 
ments are  far  more  numerous. 

SIAM. 

Miss  Galt  wrote  from  Petchaburee,  July  17  : 
We  are  initiating  fees  in  the  schools.  It  is  a  step 
in  advance,  and  we  are  encouraged  that  eight  pupils 
at  this  school  have  paid  the  fee.  The  parents  of 
these  eight  children  are  more  friendly  since  this  ex- 
pression of  confidence. 

Mrs.  Toy  has  charge  or  an  interesting  case  at  the 
hospital.  The  patient.  Pin,  is  a  girl  who  has  been 
sick  with  a  loatlisome  disease  for  eight  or  ten  years, 
not  able  to  walk  or  even  sit  up.  She  lay  in  her 
dark  corner,  an  object  of  disgust.  At  last  she  con- 
sented to  come  to  the  hospital,  and  in  a  month  has 


made  wonderful  progress.  She  has  sat  up  and  can 
move  about  some.    She  is  also  learning  to  read. 

Visitors  are  a  frequent  occurrence.  When  they 
come,  while  I  am  wondering  how  I  shall  fulfil  my 
mission  to  them,  they  sometimes  open  up  the  way 
themselves.  Pictures  are  a  great  aid  in  entertaining 
visitors,  and  not  unfrequently  they  ask  questions 
about  Bible  pictures  when  the  answer  involves  tell- 
ing about  the  Saviour.  A  friend  sent  me  a  pamphlet 
containing  colored  pictures  from  the  life  of  Christ, 
which  is  very  helpful.  If  there  are  a  number  of 
persons  here  together,  often  one  or  more  can  help 
tell  the  story  to  the  rest.  A  company  of  unusually 
intelligent  Siamese  women  came  one  day.  They 
asked  about  my  former  home,  my  parents,  brothers, 
and  sisters.  Glad  of  the  opportunity,  I  brought  out 
the  photographs  of  the  home-folks.  Of  my  grand- 
mother, they  asked  if  she  were  living.  I  answered 
that  though  now  I  should  see  her  no  more  on  earth, 
yet  I  hope  to  see  her  in  heaven.  They  seemed  im- 
pressed with  this  confident  hope  and  asked  a  num- 
ber of  questions  on  that  subject. 

CHILI,  SOUTH  AMERICA. 

Mrs.  Robinson  of  Copiapo  wrote  from  Caldera, 
too  late  for  our  last  issue,  on  Sept.  13  : 

Our  Chilian  Independence  Day  comes  Sept.  18, 
and  requires,  to  celebrate  the  occasion  properly,  from 
two  or  three  days  to  a  week.  It  is  the  ' '  spring  open- 
ing "  for  milliners  and  dress-makers,  and  it  is  said 
that  some  people  take  their  "annual  "  bath  at  this 
time.  However  this  may  be,  everybody  and  every- 
thing puts  on  a  gala  attire.  Houses  are  painted  or 
washed  with  color,  usually  red,  and  with  a  green 
door  to  match  (?)  look  quite  gaudy. 

I  am  here  for  a  few  days'  rest  and  change  and  sea- 
air.  The  rest  for  me  and  the  change  for  our  little 
daughter,  who  has  about  recovered  from  a  slight  at- 
tack of  scarlet  fever. 

Our  school  has  been  encouraging  ;  the  opportuni- 
ties it  presents  we  cannot  afford  to  let  pass.  Three 
older  pupils  united  with  the  church  a  week  ago, 
with  two  other  young  people  of  the  Sabbath-school. 
All  were  of  English  parentage.  It  was  a  more  im- 
pressive service  than  a  like  occasion  would  be  at 
home,  because  young  people  in  Chili  are  more  indif- 
ferent to  religion,  and  many  English  youth  are  Chil- 
ian in  language,  customs,  ideas  and  faith  (or  want  of 
faith).  Our  Christian  Endeavor  Society  has  been  a 
good  thing  for  Copiapo  Church.  We  have  twelve 
active  and  five  associate  members.  The  Mission 
Band  has  many  Junior  Endeavor  features  about  it ; 
this  year  they  have  made  some  garments  for  the  poor. 
We  are  trying  to  gather  a  Spanish  prayer-meeting, 
but  it  is  very  discouraging  work.  Were  it  not  for 
the  thought  that  the  Lord  "chooses  the  weak  things 
of  this  world  to  confound  the  mighty"  we  would  be 
often  cast  down  at  seeing  so  little  results. 


[December, 


PROGRAMME  FOR  JANUARY  MEETING. 

Keynote  :  "  The  field  is  the  world." 
Hymn — "Jesus  shall  reign." 
Scripture  Reading. — Psalm  97. 
Prayer. 

Minutes  of  Previous  Meeting. 

Paper. — Daily  life  of  our  Missionaries. 

References  :  Twenty-third  Annual  Report  of  the  W.  F.  M.  S.,  1334  Chestnut  St.,  Phila. 

Foreign  Missionaries,  by  Lieut.  A.  V.  Wadhams,  U.  S.  N. ,  in  7'/ie  Oittlook,  Aster  Place. 
New  York,  Aug.  26,  '93. 

Hymn. — "  Soon  may  the  last  glad  song  arise." 

Paper. — General  Review  of  Missions. 

References:  Foreign  Missions  after  a  Century,  by  Rev.  James  S.  Dennis,  D.D.,  published  liy  Fleming 
H.  Revell  Co.,  New  York  and  Chicago. 
Church  at  Home  and  Abroad  and  Woman's  Work  for  Woman,  for  Jan.,  1894. 

Prayer. 

Suggestions  for  Papers. — The  Geary  Bill — its  effect  on  China  and  the  Chinese. 
The  History  and  Work  of  Medical  Missions. 
The  Church  in  Japan — its  Origin  and  Development. 
Grounds  for  special  Thanksgiving  and  Hope. 

References  for  special  fields  will  be  furnished  on  application  to 

Mrs.  Paul  Babcock, 

Montclair,  N.  J. 

A  MORE  EXCELLENT  WAY. 


The  scene  is  in  one  of  the  charming  little 
brick  houses  on  one  of  the  lovely  streets 
of  our  beautiful  Washington  City.  Mrs. 
Mansfield  is  entertaining  a  caller,  much 
more  advanced  in  life  than  herself,  who  is 
just  saying,  "So  you  feel  that  you  really 
cannot  join  in  this  special  work  for 
women  in  India  ?  " 

"  No,  Mrs.  Tolman,  my  duty  to  my 
family  forbids  me  ;  here  is  Pet  alinost 
ready  to  grow  up,  and  I  feel  that  we  must 
save  in  every  way  for  her ;  indeed  the 
monthly  payments  on  our  house  are  get- 
ting so  heavy  now  with  the  interest 
mounting  up,  that  we  have  been  obliged 
to  give  up  our  pew  in  church  until  our 
house  is  paid  for." 

Mrs.  Tolman  answered  rather  gravely, 
"  I  thought  I  had  not  seen  you  in  church 
for  a  few  weeks." 

"  Well,  that  was  not  exactly  the  reason 
either,  and  I  hope  Mr.  Large  will  not 
think  we  mean  to  leave  the  church  ;  but 
you  know  Pet  has  just  begun  to  go  to 
school,  and  1  have  started  her  lessons  in 


music  and  dancing ;  so  she  has  these  ex- 
tra lessons  on  Saturday,  and  with  every- 
thing else  on  that  day,  I  am  quite  worn 
out  when  Sunday  comes.  I  get  Pet  ready 
for  Sunday-school,  because  she  will  go  , 
and  then  I  sink  down  just  too  tired  to 
move.  No  one  can  say  I  do  not  econo- 
mize and  save  for  my  house  and  family  ; 
the  Bible  says  if  you  provide  not  for  your 
house,  you  are  worse  than  an  infidel." 

"  But,  dear  Mrs.  Mansfield,  the  Bible 
also  says,  '  There  is  that  withholdeth  more 
than  is  meet,  but  it  tendeth  to  poverty.'  " 

"  Oh,  I  suppose  one  can  find  a  text  for 
almost  anything  in  the  Bible  ;  but  I  know 
it  says,  '  Put  money  in  thy  purse.'  " 

"  The  Bible  says  so  ?  " 

"  Oh,  no,  I  believe  that  is  in  Shakes- 
peare," said  Mrs.  Mansfield,  talking  rap- 
idly to  conceal  her  discomfiture.  "  Quo- 
tations are  such  troublesome  things. 
But,  Mrs.  Tolman,  no  wonder  I  stumbled 
on  Shakespeare ;  I  have  begun  reading 
him  critically.  I  married  so  young  I  had 
not  much  chance  in  literature,  and  I  don't 


A  MORE  EXCELLENT  WAY. 


339 


want  Pet  to  be  ashamed  of  her  mamma 
when  she  grows  up.  It  is  all  for  Pet's 
sake.  I  mean  she  shall  have  a  college 
education,  and  her  father  and  I  are  so  glad 
she  can  have  it  here  at  home,  in  Washing- 
ton. And  I  am  doing  another  thing 
to  improve  my  mind.  I  am  starting  a 
Browning  Club.  People  always  say  that 
algebra  is  so  good  to  strengthen  your 
mind,  and  I'm  sure  it  never  took  so  much 
thinking  in  my  school  days  to  solve  an 
equation  as  to  find  out  sometimes  what 
that  dear,  delightful  Browning  does  mean 
to  say.  And  I  will  tell  you  something 
else.  Vou  know  little  Lucy  Miller  ?  I 
want  to  give  her  some  opportunities,  so  I 
shall  ask  her  to  join  ;  our  meetings  are 
to  be  on  Thursday  nights." 

"  Lucy  Miller  ?  the  young  girl  who  made 
a  profession  of  religion  a  few  months  ago? 
and  your  meetings  are  on  Thursday  nights  ? 
I  think,  if  I  were  you,  I  would  not  ask  her 
to  join." 

"  Why  not,  Mrs.  Tolman  ;  do  you  think 
Mr.  Large  wouldn't  like  it  ?  " 

"  Mrs.  Mansfield,  I  am  sure  he  would 
not  be  pleased,  as  it  is  the  prayer-meet- 
ing night  ;  but  more  than  that,  I  do  not 
think  it  would  be  right." 

"  Now,  I  did  forget  it  was  prayer-meet- 
ing night,  for  I  am  devoted  to  my  Pet  and 
have  stayed  at  home  with  her  for  so  long,  I 
forgot  which  evening  it  is.  Well,  so  much 
the  worse  for  Lucy  ;  I  thought  it  would  be 
a  little  society  and  culture  for  her,  as  my 
joining  the  Daughters  of  the  Revolution 
would  be." 

"  Why,  have  you  done  that  ?  " 

"  No,  but  I  would  like  to  :  they  are  so 
patriotic.  I'd  like  to  do  something  for  my 
country." 

"  And  yet,  a  lovely  Christian  woman  of 
our  city  has  openly  said  that  our  Home 
Mission  Board  does  more  for  our  country 
in  one  hour,  than  the  Daughters  of  the 
Revolution  can  do  in  a  year  :  and  she 
ought  to  know,  for  she  belongs  to  both 
of  them." 

"  Well,  I  have  not  joined  yet  ;  that  ten- 
dollar  admission  fee  counts,  I  own  :  still 
when  people  know  they  are  sort  of  smart 
and  are  not  rich,  it  seems  nice  to  know 
you  have  a  family  descent  and  could  join  : 
somehow  it  seems  like  a  sort  of  upper-ten- 
dom — but  I  know  you  must  be  laughing  at 
me." 

"  No,  my  dear,  not  exactly  ;  but  before 
I  go,  I  want  to  say,  I  suppose  you  have 
seen  in  the  Ho??ie  Mission  Monthly  the 
request  for  partly  worn  clothing  for  the 


mountain  whites.  White  Hall  Seminary, 
and  for  children  ?  " 

"  No,  I  have  not  seen  it,  for  I  don't  take 
the  missionary  magazines  now.  Mr.  Mans- 
field and  I  are  looking  around  for  some- 
thing literary  and  scientific  both,  in  the 
way  of  magazines  ;  oh,  when  Pet  grows  up 
we  don't  want  her  to  feel  we  are  old  fo- 
gies." 

"  Dear  friend,  do  you  want  anything 
wider  than  '  Our  Land  for  Christ  ? '  " 

A  slight  pause,  and  then  Mrs.  Mansfield 
more  thoughtfully  than  before  says:  "I 
am  sorry,  but  I  have  told  you  why  I  must 
economize.  There  have  been  several  mer- 
chants failing  and  selling  at  a  loss  ;  their 
bad  times  were  good  for  me.  I  have 
bought  some  velvet  and  other  things  so 
cheap  I  am  ashamed  to  tell  what  I  paid  : 
and  there  is  Mary  Smith,  that  seamstress 
who  belongs  to  our  church  ;  I  happen  to 
know  her  mother  is  sick  and  she  needs 
work  badly,  so  I  can  get  her  real  cheap, 
too,  and  Pet  and  I  will  make  a  good 
appearance  in  our  old  clothes." 

Mrs.  Tolman  took  her  leave  with'  the 
smile  of  resigned  patience  those  some- 
times wear  who  endeavor  to  exalt  in 
others  the  grace  of  giving. 

When  Mrs.  Mansfield  returned  to  the 
parlor.  Pet  stood  by  the  window,  holding 
her  doll  :  "  Mother,"  she  said,  "  I  want  to 
give  something  to  those  little  girls  in  India 
that  have  to  get  married  so  soon." 

"  Why,  Pet,  I  did  not  know  you  were 
here." 

"  Yes,  Mamma,  I  was  here,  and  you  did 
not  say  '  run  away,'  so  I  stayed  :  besides 
I  have  heard  about  those  little  girls  before, 
when  they  say  they  are  widows,  and  take 
all  their  nice  things  away  from  them. 
I  heard  about  them  in  my  Sunday-school. 
I  would  like  to  send  them  my  Ethelin- 
da  ;  she  is  the  best  I  have,  and  we  ought 
to  give  our  best  to  Jesus,  oughtn't  we. 
Mamma  ?  and  besides,  my  Lady  Jane,  she 
truly  hasn't  any  legs,  I  only  play  she 
has  them,  and  she  might  have  her  feel- 
ings hurt  if  she  went  so  far  away  from 
home." 

Mrs.  Mansfield  scarcely  listened  to  the 
child  :  some  of  her  recent  words  came 
to  mind,  and  now  that  those  thoughts  had 
taken  form  they  did  not  look  so  well  to 
her.  She  roused  herself  as  she  heard  Pet 
saying,  "  Mrs.  Tolman  is  old,  but  I  love 
her.    Shall  I  be  old,  ever.  Mother  ?  " 

"  Yes,  you  will,  if  you  live,"  her  mother 
answered  dreamily. 

"Shall  I  live  ?"  questioned  Pet.  Ah, 


340  ACKNOWLEDGMENT.— GIFTS.— BOOKS  RECEIVED.  [December, 


her  Mother  could  not  have  answered  that 
question,  even  if  she  had  heard  it. 

Some  days  after,  little  Pet  was  stricken 
down  with  diphtheria.  From  the  first  she 
said  :  "  Oh  !  my  poor  throat  !  Are  you 
sorry  for  me,  it  hurts  me  so  ?  " 

Then  came  hours  of  struggle  and  agony. 
When  conscious,  she  talked  of  her  Sunday- 
school,  tried  to  sing  her  hymns  ;  once  she 
said  :  "  There  are  golden  harps  in  Heaven, 
of  course  there  will  be  some  one  to  teach 
us  to  play  on  them."  Once  again  she 
said,  "Shall  I  have  any  playthings  up 
there?"  The  text  flashed  into  the  agon- 
ized mother's  mind  :  "I  shall  be  satisfied 
when  I  awake  in  Thy  likeness,"  and  she 
quickly  said,  "  Yes,  you  will  have  every- 
thing you  need  to  make  you  happy."  She 
left  her  little  money  to  the  missionaries 
and  a  gift  to  each  of  her  loved  ones. 

Mrs.  Mansfield  never  could  arrange  the 
events  of  those  days  in  regular  sequence. 
People  went  and  came,  the  sun  rose  and 
set,  and  at  last  little  Pet  was  not,  for  God 
took  her  precious  soul  from  the  suffering 
little  body,  and  she  is  at  rest  with  him. 


After  a  time  Mrs.  Mansfield  went  to  and 
fro  again  upon  this  beautiful  earth,  but 
she  was  another  woman.  Her  point  of 
sight  was  changed — culture,  society,  liter- 
ature, were  other  words  to  her.  She  be- 
came an  earnest  missionary  worker,  find- 
ing scope  for  breadth  of  thought  and 
deep  research,  in  the  sociology  of  her  own 
and  other  nations.  The  lowest  race  of 
men  became  of  consequence  to  her,  as 
containing  possibilities  of  an  infinite  ex- 
pansion in  the  spiritual  realm. 

She  lived  to  enjoy  the  blessing  of  a 
sweet  little  boy,  whom  they  named  Theo- 
dore, for  she  took  him  gratefully  as  the 
gift  of  God,  and  not  as  a  being  all  her 
own. 

By  setting  sacredly  apart  a  tenth  of 
their  income,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mansfield  have 
always  something  in  hand  for  every  good 
cause.  They  go  their  appointed  way  "  as 
seeing  him  who  is  invisible."  Their  hap- 
piness is  inexhaustible,  for  they  find  it  in 
spreading  everywhere  the  knowledge  of 
Jesus,  the  Saviour  of  men. 

Truly,  "a  little  child  shall  lead  them." 

A.  M.  Fachtz. 


ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 

Since  the  going  home  of  my  dear  husband,  last  April,  kind  and  sympathetic  letters, 
filled  with  affection  and  respect  for  his  memory,  have  poured  in  upon  me  and  my 
family,  from  our  missionaries  and  other  Christian  friends.  As  it  has  been  impossible 
to  answer  so  many  letters,  I  wish  to  take  this  way  of  thanking  these  friends  for  such 
expressions  of  their  loving  sympathy  and  for  their  prayers.  In  our  sorrow  it  has  been 
no  little  comfort  to  feel  that  he  whom  we  love  and  mourn  is  mourned  also  by  hearts 
all  around  the  world.    Your  sorrowing  friend,  Mrs.  Arthur  Mitchell. 


GIFTS. 


What  shall  I  give  to  thee  O  Lord  ? 

The  kings  that  came  of  old 
Laid  softly  on  thy  cradle  rude 

Their  myrrh  and  gems  of  gold. 

Thy  Martyrs  gave  their  hearts'  warm  blood, 

Their  ashes  strewed  the  way  ; 
They  spurned  their  lives  as  dreams  and  dust 

To  speed  thy  coming  day. 


Thou  knowest  of  sweet  and  precious  things 

My  store  is  scant  and  small  ; 
Yet  wert  thou  here  in  want  and  woe 

Lord,  I  would  give  thee  all. 

Show  me  thyself  in  flesh  once  more  ; 

Thy  feast  I  long  to  spread, 
To  bring  the  water  for  thy  feet, 

The  ointment  for  thy  head. 


There  came  a  voice  from  heavenly  heights  ; 

"  Unclose  thine  eyes  and  see  ; 
Gifts  to  the  least  of  those  I  love 

Thou  givest  unto  me." — Christian  Union. 


BOOKS  RECEIVED. 


Forcis^n  Missions  after  a  Century.  By  Rev. 
James  S.  Dennis,  D.D. ,  of  the  Presbyterian  Mis- 
sion, Beirijt,  Syria.  (Fleming  H.  Revell  Company, 
112  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York.)  357  pp.,  cloth. 
$1.50. 

It  has  been  the  fashion,  of  late,  to  publish  lists  of 
twenty-five,  or  of  ten,  "best  missionary  books." 
They  should  be  made  out  subject  to  revision,  for, 
already,  here  is  a  new  volume  with  distinct  claim 


to  a  place  in  these  lists.  Six  lectures  which  were 
delivered  at  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  last 
spring,  have  been  compiled  and  enlarged,  each  deal- 
ing with  some  "Present-Day"  aspect  of  foreign 
missions. 

The  discriminating  reader  will  notice  that  both 
the  outward  body  and  inward  spirit  of  foreign  mis- 
sions are  here  brought  under  observation  at  close 
range  ;  statements  are  backed  by  a  solid  responsi- 


I893-] 


SINCE  LAST  MONTH.— TO  THE  AUXILIARIES. 


341 


bleness  ;  keen  and  fervent  sympathy  witli  every 
phase  of  missionary  experience  accompany  the  rock- 
bed  confidence  of  the  tried  worker,  as  to  the  ultimate 
outcome.  The  thought  is  clothed  in  a  chaste  and 
finished  style,  although  Dr.  Dennis  does  not  fail  to 
use,  now  and  then,  such  telling  phrases  and  figures 
as  his  hall-playing  audience  would  appreciate.  The 
hook  is  appropriately  dedicated  to  the  memory  of 
Dr.  Arthur  Mitchell. 

These  pages  are  sprinkled  with  strong  sentences 
marked  by  spiritual  insight  which,  taken  separately, 
would  key  up  a  whole  meeting.  We  undertake  to 
recommend  to  those  having  charge  of  missionary 
meetings  this  winter,  to  read  with  pencil  in  hand, 
marking  such  sentences.  Then,  permitting  yourself 
to  choose  and  copy  only  one  of  these  sentences,  read 
it  out  by  itself  in  your  meeting,  or  read  only  a  single 
page,  like  the  57th  and  146th. 


Foreigiie>  \':  li/ainial  0/  J-'.iiglisli.  Tlie  Rational 
Method  for  Teaching  English  to  Foreigners .  By 
Helen  F.  Clark.  (William  Beverly  Harrison,  New- 
York.)    Sample  copy,  75  cents. 

This  manual  attempts  to  furnish  a  student  in  the 
shortest  possible  time,  enough  English  for  daily  use, 
and  promises  that,  upon  finishing  the  work  outlined, 
the  pupil  shall  lie  "  able  to  read  the  newspaper  and 
ordinary  periodicals,  to  enter  an  American  school 
or  go  into  business."  The  method  is  to  teach 
English  by  using  English  only  ;  to  teach  the  spoken 
word  and  sentence  before  presenting  it  through  the 
eye  ;  to  use  objects  with  every  lesson  ;  and  present 
words,  first,  in  script. 

If  this  manual  does  practically  all  it  promises,  it 
would  not  only  be  useful  to  missionaries  teaching 
English,  but,  also,  to  missionaries  acquiring  a  lan- 
guage with  unskilful  eachers. 


SINCE  LAST  MONTH. 

Arrivals. 

September  6. — At  Tacoma,  Wash.,  Rev.  O.  F.  Wisner  and  family,  from  Canton,  C  'na.  Address, 
Portland,  Oregon. 

October  5. — At  New  York,  H.  M.  Lane,  M.D.,  from  Brazil,    .\ddress,  118  Montague  Street. 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Departures. 

October  5. — From  New  York,  Mrs.  Frank  Newton,  returning  to  Ferozepore,  India,  with  three 
daughters,  one  of  whom  is  Dr.  Helen  R.  Newton,  who  joins  the  medical  force  at  the  same 
place. 

October  14. — From  New  York,  for  India  :  Rev.  and  Mrs.  Walter  J.  Clark,  Lodiana  Mission. 
Mrs.  Abbie  M.  Stebbins,  Dehra. 

Rev.  C.  C.  Meek,  Allahabad.    Rev.  E.  D.  Martin,  Lodiana  Mission. 
Rev.  G.  H.  Simonson,  So.  India  Mission. 
October  16. — From  Vancouver,  B.  C,  Rev.  and  Mrs.  B.  C.  Haworth,  returning  to  Kanazawa, 
Japan. 

October  28. — From  New  York,  Rev.  A.  P.  Kelso,  Mrs.  Kelso,  and  two  children,  returning  to  N. 
India. 

To  rejoin  their  husbands  :  Mrs.  J.  M.  Alexander,  at  Allahabad  ;  Mrs.  J.  P.  Graham,  at  Sangli, 

So.  India  ;  Mrs.  Thos.  Tracy,  in  North  India. 
To  join  the  South  India  Mission  :  Miss  Adelaide  A.  Brown,  to  Sangli. 
Dr.  S.  Elizabeth  W'inter,  to  Miraj,  So.  India. 
November  I. — From  New  York,  Rev.  J.  G.  Kolb  and  family,  returning  to  North  Brazil. 
November  2. — From  San  Francisco,  Rev.  E.  Wachter,  M.D.,  and  family,  returning  to  Siam. 
November  5  (about). — From  Chicago,  Miss  Jennie  ^Vheeler,  returning  to  Saltillo,  Mexico. 
November  8. — From  New  York,  Miss  Nellie  Nevegold,  to  Bogota,  Colombia. 
Marriage. 

September  19  (about). — At  Bangkok,  Siam,  Miss  Annabelle  King  to  W.  A.  Briggs,  M.D.   both  of 
the  Laos  Mission. 

Deaths. 

September  14. — At  Amadia,  Koordistan,  of  ulceration  of  the  stomach,  Jean,  aged  nearly  five  years, 
eldest  child  of  Rev.  and  Mrs.  E.  W.  McDowell,  of  the  W^  Persia  Mission. 

 .  —  At  San  Paulo,  Brazil,  Mary  Lenington,  wife  of  Rev.  W.  A.  Waddell. 

November  5. — At  South  Forks,  Dakota,  Mrs.  W.  H.  Lingle,  of  the  Canton  Mission,  China. 


To  the  Auxiliaries. 


[For  address  of  each  headquarters  and 

From  Philadelphia. 

Send  all  letters  to  1334  Chestnut  Street. 

Directors'  Meeting  first  Tuesday  of  the  month, 
at  11.30  A.M.,  and  prayer-meeting  third 
Tuesday,  at  12  M.,  in  the  Assembly  Room. 
Visitors  welcome. 

Is  it  known  to  all,  or  even  to  most,  of  those 
connected  with  the  W.  F.  M.  Society,  that  we 
have  eleveti  medical  women  on  mission  ground, 
or  on  their  way  thither  ?  Read  the  list  of  these 
whom  the  Master  has  honored  by  calling  and 


lists  of  officers  see  third  page  of  cover.] 

whom  it  is  our  privilege  to  sustain  in  this  work. 
India  claims  five,  viz. :  Dr.  Jessica  Carleton,  Dr. 
Emily  Marston,  Dr.  Emma  L.  Templin,  Dr. 
Helen  Newton,  and  Dr.  Elizabeth  Winter  (the 
last  two  named  being  now  on  their  way  to  their 
field).  China  has  Dr.  Mary  Fulton,  Dr.  Ruth 
Bliss,  Dr.  Rhuy  H.  Swan,  and  Dr.  Henrietta 
B.  Donaldson.  Dr.  Mary  P.  Eddy  has  gone 
to  Syria,  and  Dr.  Jessie  Wilson  is  in  Persia. 

Eight  of  the  eleven  received  their  medical 
education  at  the  Woman's  Medical  College  in 
Philadelphia,  under  the  care  of  our  Society  ; 


342 


TO  THE  AUXILIARIES. 


[December, 


Dr.  Eddy  and  Dr.  Donaldson  studied  in  New 
York  City  ;  Dr.  Templin  in  Cincinnati.  Let 
these  eleven  women,  with  their  double  work  of 
healing  and  winning  to  Christ,  have  a  large 
share  in  your  prayerful  remembrance,  asking 
that  they  may  ever  keep  the  two  parts  of  their 
work  in  Christ-like  proportion. 

Dr.  Mary  Fulton  writes  from  Canton, 
China,  September  13th,  that  she  had  arrived 
Monday,  two  weeks  previous.  Wednesday 
found  her  busy  in  one  of  her  Dispensaries. 
Friday,  another  one  was  visited  and  still  again 
one  on  Saturday.  She  was  "  welcomed  back 
all  the  way  from  Honolulu."  Miss  Butler,  Dr. 
Niles,  and  Dr.  Bliss  were  her  escort  from 
Hong  Kong,  while  the  missionaries  and  Med- 
ical Class  of  Canton  gave  her  an  enthusiastic 
reception.  Dr.  Fulton  has  opened  a  new  Dis- 
pensary in  connection  with  the  First  Ch.,  of 
which  her  brother,  Rev.  A.  A.  Fulton,  is  pastor. 

Miss  Hattie  Noyes,  who  was  an  army  nurse 
at  Point  of  Rocks  on  the  James  River,  a  few 
miles  above  City  Point,  during  the  war,  has 
been  a  missionary  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
at  Canton,  China,  ever  since  the  close  of  the 
war.  She  was  one  of  Mrs.  Wittenmyer's  corps 
of  nurses,  and  they  had  not  met  for  many 
years.  Miss  Noyes,  who  had  been  in  this 
country  for  some  time,  on  her  way  back  to 
China  visited  the  World's  Fair,  where  unex- 
pectedly they  met  face  to  face.  The  meeting 
was  a  touching  and  most  delightful  one,  and 
the  review  of  the  work  done  under  the  guns  of 
Richmond  in  1864  and  1865  brought  tears  to 
the  eyes  of  the  little  group  of  friends  who 
listened  to  their  words. — Exchange. 

Mrs.  Thos.  Tracy,  educating  her  children 
in  America  the  past  five  years,  has  started  on 
her  return  to  Etawah,  India,  leaving  her  two 
children  in  Wooster,  Ohio.  Mrs.  J.  P.  Graham, 
leaving  all  her  five  children,  rejoins  her  hus- 
band in  Sangli.  The  same  steamer  carried  back 
Mrs.  J.  M.  Alexander,  of  Allahabad,  who  came 
to  bring  her  children  to  Wooster,  and  who  has 
spent  but  one  summer  in  America.  With 
these  three  returning  missionaries  go  two  who 
have  never  been  on  the  foreign  field,  and  these 
are  confidently,  lovingly  commended  to  the 
Kolhapur  Mission.  Miss  Adelaide  A.  Brown, 
of  Newark,  N.  J.,  goes  to  Sangli,  and  Dr.  S. 
Elizabeth  Winter  expects  to  practise  her  pro- 
fession with  Dr.  Wanless  in  Miraj. 

Other  Sheep,  an  excellent  leaflet  for  Auxil- 
iaries and  Senior  Christian  Endeavor  Societies 
(price  I  cent,  or  10  cents  per  dozen),  has  been 
added  to  our  list. 

Chinese  Burden  Bearers  (price  i  cent — 
10  cents  per  dozen)  and  T'other  and  Which 
will  be  most  welcome  to  the  children,  as  no 
new  leaflet  has  been  issued  for  them  for  a  long 
while.    Price  not  more  than  2  cents. 

Perhaps  our  Band  Leaders  have  forgotten 
that  we  have  for  gratuitous  distribution,  except 
for  postage,  a  very  attractive  Band  Certificate 
of  Membership. 


Material  for  leaflets  for  children  is  much 
needed.  If  you  have  had  a  good  story  written 
for  your  Band,  or  see  one  of  purely  missionary 
character  in  your  reading,  send  it  to  head- 
quarters for  printing,  always  subject  to  ap- 
proval of  Publication  Committee. 

From  Chicago. 

Meetings  at  Room  48,  McCormick  Block,  69 
and  71  Dearborn  Street,  every  Friday  at 
10  A.M.    Visitors  welcome. 

As  we  have  suggested  in  other  years,  cannot 
our  societies  now  plan  for  a  union  missionary 
meeting  during  the  Week  of  Prayer,  especially 
when  there  are  two  or  more  denominations  in 
a  place.  They  will  all  gain  a  stimulus,  each 
will  learn  what  the  others  are  doing,  and  there 
will  be  greater  efforts  made  for  missions  by 
reason  of  the  interchange.  The  suggestion  has 
not  been  made  heretofore  so  early  as  this,  and 
there  has  perhaps  not  been  sufficient  time  in 
which  to  make  arrangements.  We  would  like 
to  hear  of  many  such  union  meetings. 

In  our  meetings  this  fall  there  seems  to  be  a 
general  hope  that  this  winter  may  see  a  great 
outpouring  of  the  Spirit  of  God.  Hearing  of 
many  of  the  so-called  religions,  as  we  have  the 
past  summer,  and  noting  the  heart-lack  in  man)- 
of  the  addresses,  makes  the  longing  more  in- 
tense than  ever  to  show  to  the  nations  the  one 
satisfying  Saviour. 

Are  our  Societies  keeping  up  their  subscrip- 
tions to  the  magazines  ?  They  are  needed  to 
increase  knowledge  of  our  missionaries  and 
what  they  are  doing.  There  is  a  fear  that  we 
may  not  come  up  to  the  mark  in  gifts  this  year, 
but  if  we  keep  up  our  interest  by  reading  we 
shall  give  in  this  direction  and  economize  else- 
where. 

The  young  people  and  children  who  contrib- 
uted last  year  to  the  Chinese  Home  in  San 
Francisco,  will  be  glad  to  read  the  leaflet 
"  A'Tsun,"  an  account  of  the  Chinese  girl  ^\ho 
laid  the  corner-stone  of  the  Home.  Address 
W.  P.  B.  M.,  Room  48,  McCormick  Block, 
Chicago,  111.  Price  2  cents  each,  15  per  dozen. 

From  New  York. 

Prayer-meeting  at  53  Fifth  Ave.,  the  first 
Wednesday  of  each  month  at  10.30  A.M. 
Each  other  Wednesday  there  is  a  half  hour 
meeting  for  prayer  and  the  reading  of  mis- 
sionary letters  commencing  at  the  same 
hour. 

The  receipts  in  Syracuse  Presbytery  are  in 
advance  of  last  year,  despite  the  hard  times. 
A  stimulating  example. 

It  is  pleasant  to  make  special  mention  of  the 
new  Missionaries  coming  under  care  of  our 
Board.  Mrs.  J.  F.  Perkins,  formerly  Miss 
Storrs,  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  who  went  with 
her  husband  to  San  Paulo,  Brazil,  last  Feb- 
ruary ;  Mrs.   Parsons,  formerly  Miss  Paine, 


1893] 


TO  THE  AUXILIARIES. 


345 


of  Jay,  Vermont,  who  is  to  go  with  Mr.  Parsons 
to  Bogota,  in  the  course  of  a  few  months  ;  Miss 
Laura  Chamberlain,  who  sailed  early  in  the  fall 
for  Bahia,  Brazil. 

Miss  Fannie  E.  Wight,  was  in  the  prayer- 
meeting  Nov.  1st,  expecting  to  sail  from  San 
Francisco  during  the  month  for  her  station  at 
AVei  Hien,  China.  Miss  Carrie  Rose  goes  on 
the  same  steamer  to  join  Miss  Smith,  who  has 
held  the  fort  so  long  alone  at  Sapporo,  Japan. 
Mrs.  Egon  Wachter  returns  to  Siam  in  No- 
vember also. 

One  new  leaflet  for  the  young  people, 
"  T'other  and  Which,''  price  2  cents. 

From  Northern  New  York. 

Auxiliaries  desirous  of  having  a  share  in 
the  new  work  which  has  been  assigned  to  us 
for  this  year,  but  who  have  not  already  notified 
Mrs.  Mont.  Curtis  of  their  desire,  are  re- 
quested to  do  so  immediately.  It  is  hoped  that 
Auxiliaries,  who  were  interested  in  work  among 
the  Nez  Perces,  will  appropriate  their  money 
for  the  Wang  Lang  School  for  girls  in  Bangkok, 
Siam. 

Those  who  were  prevented  from  attending 
the  meeting  in  Troy  (and  we  will  confide  to 
all  such  that  they  missed  a  great  treat)  will  be 
interested  in  knowing  that  Mrs.  House  left  to 
the  Society  the  ring  which  the  King  of  Siam 
presented  to  her,  when  she  arrived  a  bride  in 
Bangkok.  At  the  request  of  the  Waterford  So- 
ciety the  ring  was  sold  at  auction  at  the  after- 
noon session,  and  brought  one  hundred  dollars. 
This  will  be  applied  to  the  Wang  Lang  School. 

Only  four  months  of  the  fiscal  year  remain. 
We  need  to  be  up  and  doing  if  we  arc  to  meet 
our  pledges,  and  give  our  share  of  the  increase 
called  for  by  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  of 
our  Church. 

From  San  Francisco. 

Board  Meeting,  first  Monday  of  each  month, 
at  930  Sacramento  Street  ;  business  meet- 
ing at  10.30  A.M.  ;  afternoon  meeting  and 
exercises  by  Chinese  girls  in  the  Home  at 
2  P.M.    Visitors  welcome. 

In  our  next  number  we  hope  to  give  the  pro- 
gramme for  the  Woman's  Congress  of  Missions 
to  be  held  in  the  new  Mission  House,  920 
Sacramento  Street,  about  the  second  week  in 
March,  1894.  In  this  Congress  we  are  joined 
by  the  Mission  Boards  of  the  Congregational, 
Methodist,  Baptist,  and  Episcopal  churches. 
Let  all  our  workers  plan  to  visit  the  Mid-win- 
ter Fair  during  March,  that  they  may  help  in 
and  be  helped  by  these  meetings  for  the  exten- 
sion of  Christ's  kingdom. 

From  Mrs.  H.  A.  Newell,  of  Los  Angeles, 
we  have  received  the  following  items  : 

"  Our  last  monthly  executive  meeting  was 
held  by  invitation  with  Mrs.  J.  B.  Stewart,  of 
Pasadena.  There  were  thirty  present.  We 
felt  as  we  entered  this  beautiful  home  that  the 


Holy  Spirit  met  us,  even  at  the  door.  Earnest 
prayer  was  offered  not  only  for  wisdom,  zeal, 
health,  and  guidance  for  all  our  workers  at 
home  and  abroad,  but  for  the  speedy  coming 
of  the  King  into  His  kingdom." 

(A  good  item  for  Presbyterial  Societies.) 

"A  special  prayer  meeting  was  held  by  the 
Executive  Committee  of  Los  Angeles  for  the 
outpouring  of  the  Spirit  upon  Synod,  and  es- 
pecially upon  all  missions  and  missionary  labor- 
ers connected  with  Synod.  The  meeting  was 
tender  and  intense  from  opening  to  closing." 

(We  hope  our  young  people  will  read  this 
item.) 

"  Among  our  young  people  a  good  work  of 
instruction  is  going  on.  We  are  making  the 
attempt  to  have  every  band  in  the  Presbytery 
purchase  and  read  one  live  instructive  mission- 
ary volume  this  year,  and  to  hold  a  public 
meeting  upon  its  contents,  then  present  it  to 
the  circulating  Presbyterial  Library." 

We  can  furnish  photographs  of  our  new  Mis- 
sion House  for  twenty-five  cents  each.  We 
also  have  a  large  supply  of  photographs  of  our 
Chinese  girls. 

Any  of  our  auxiliaries  may  rent  our  maps  of 
Foreign  Mission  lands  for  twenty-five  cents  and 
the  payment  of  the  postage  or  expressage,  and 
they  may  be  kept  three  days.  We  have  maps 
of  the  following  countries;  China,  Mexico  and 
Guatemala,  South  America,  Africa,  Syria,  In- 
dia, Siam  and  Laos,  China,  Japan  and  Korea. 

From  Portland,  Orep^on. 

Reports  from  various  presbyterial  meetings 
point  to  increased  activity,  plans  being  made 
in  some  of  them  toward  more  thorough  organ- 
ization of  each  Sabbath-school  and  Society  of 
Christian  Endeavor  into  a  missionary  society, 
and  as  "  zeal  according  to  knowledge  "  is 
the  Bible  standard  of  all  Christian  work,  auxil- 
iaries are  urged  to  secure  all  possible  sub- 
scribers to  our  missionary  Magazines.  We 
are  therefore  hoping  that  at  next  year's  meet- 
ings there  may  be  reported  a  great  increase  in 
knowledge  as  well  as  gifts. 

As  new  work  has  been  undertaken  by  our 
Board,  let  us  aim  at  great  things,  work  for 
great  things,  and  expect  great  things,  and  fix 
the  figure  at  a  greater  advance  than  ever  be- 
fore. 

Societies  are  requested  to  bear  in  mind  the 
$225  for  Chilcat,  Alaska,  and  the  $110  ad- 
vance for  foreign  work,  which  have  been 
pledged  by  the  North  Pacific  Board. 

That  the  Christian  Endeavor  Societies  of 
Washington  and  Oregon  might  engage  in  act- 
ual mission  work,  our  Board  gave  them  a  mis- 
sionary to  support.  Mr.  Andrews,  of  India,  is 
to  be  known  as  the  "  Young  People's  Mission- 
ary." Many  societies  have  responded  to  this 
call.  Will  not  all  C.  E.  Societies  pledge  some- 
thing to  the  support  of  Mr.  Andrews  in  his 
noble  work  ? 


344 


iVEW  AUXILIARIES.— TREASURERS'  REPORTS.  [Decemb. 


NE^ 

GEORGIA. 

Madison. 
ILLINOIS. 

Spriiigticld,  I^iainerd  Chapel. 

College  St.  Chapel,  Chil- 
dren's Hand. 
Springfield,  .Slate  St.,  Young  Ladies' 

Home  and  Foreign  Soc. 
Springfield,  Stale  St..  Coral  Workers. 
"       3d  Ch.,  Young  People's 
Home  and  Foreign  .Soc. 
■Sprmgfield,  3d  Ch.,  Children's  Band. 
IOWA. 

Churdan. 

Jebup  (reorganized). 
L-enox,  Willing  Workers. 
Rolfe. 
KANSAS. 

Bennington. 


N  AUXILIARIES  AND 

Cheever  and  Manchester. 

Cornwall. 

Glasgow. 

Great  Bend. 

Kimswick. 
MARYLAND. 

Annapolis  Branch. 
MISSOURI. 

Grantvillc. 

Pur  din. 
NEW  JERSEY. 

Bridgeton,  ist  Ch.,  Jr.  S.C.E. 

Newark,  1st  Ch.,  Jr.  S.C.E. 

Orange,  ist  Ch.,  Jr.  S.C.E. 

Paterson,  ist  Ch.,  S.C.E. 
OHIO. 

Annapolis,  Buds  of  Promise, 

Carrollton,  Jr.  S.C.E. 

Chicago,  Band. 


Cleveland,   Woodland  Ave.  Ch.,  Tr. 

S.C.E. 
Leesville. 

Middletown.  S.C.E. 
New  Hagerstown,  Prospect,  V.  P. 
Ripley,  S.C.E. 
PENNSYLVANIA. 

Blairsville,  Golden  Rule  Band. 

Fail  mount,  Band. 

Homestead,  Azore  Band. 

Honesdale,  S.C.E. 

Jamestown,  S.C.E. 

Narberth,  S.C.E. 

New  Castle,  zd  Ch.,  S.C.E. 

Oakmont.  King's  Children. 

Pittsburgh,   Park    Ave.    Ch..  Light 

Bearers. 
Wilcox,  S.C.E. 
Wyncote.  S.C.E. 


Receipts  of  the  Woman's  Foreign  Missionary  Society  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  from 

October  i,  1893. 

[presbyteries  in  small  capitals.] 


.A.THi?.\s.  —  Athens,  12.18;    Cheshire,    7.68;  Middleport, 
S.C.E.,  13.17  ;  Warren,  S.C.E.,  2,  35.03 
BuTLEK. — Amity,   i;    Butler,    S.C.E.,   22.50:  Centreville, 
24.67:  Concord,  10 ;   Grove  City,  17.10;   Harrisville,  9;  Mt. 
Nebo,  14  ;  North  Liberty,  10  ;  Plain  Grove,  Y.L.S.,  13  :  Union- 
ville,  10  ;  W.  Sunbury,  15,  156.27 
C.^RLi-.LE. — Carlisle,  ist,  25  ;  Carlisle,  2d,  20.75  '•  Chambers- 
burg,  Falling  Spring,  98.78,  Y.L.  M.,  59.15  ;  Dillsburg,  7  ;  Get- 
tysburg, Miss  McPher^on,  70,  S.S.,  3  ;  Harrisburg,  Market  Sq., 
70,  Willing  Helpers,  3.59,  Sen'r  Dept.  S.S.,  49  ;  Mechanics- 
burg,  30,   Birthday  Bd.,  18:  Mercersburg,  4.56,  Y.L.B.,  27  ; 
Steelton,  1.40,  415.06 
Chillicothe. — Bourneville,  5  ;  Chillicothe,  1st,  13  ;  ChiUi- 
cothe,  3d,  5.70  ;  Concord,  3:  CJreenfield,  9.28  ;  Hillsboro',  25  : 
Sycamore  Valley  1-Jd.,  7.50  ;  North  Fork.  3.10  ;  Cheerful  Givers, 
2:  Union,  1.20  ;  Washington  C.H.,  5  ;  Wilkesville,  5  ;  Wilming- 
ton, 6,  90.78 
Cleveland. — Cleveland,  ist,  25;  2d,  11.40;  Beckwith,  17; 
Calvary,  63  ;  Case  Ave.,  26.92,  S.S.,  21.53  :    Madison  Ave.,  6  ; 
North,  23.60,    Forget-me-not  Bd.,  30  :  Willson  Ave.,  20.25, 
S.C.E.  Jr.,  s  :  Rome,  14;   South  New  Lyme,  6;  Willoughby, 
18.75,  288.45 
CoLUMBi's. — Columbus,  ist,  25  :  2d,  17.30,  Y.L.S.,  20,  Mrs. 
Dunn,  45;  Westm'r,  12.95;  London,  4;  Westerville,  20.50,  144.75 
Elizabeth. — Clinton,  15.95;  Elizabeth  Ass'n,  125;  3d  Ch., 
Bd.,  7;  Marshall  St.,  Cheerful  Givers,  30  ;  Lamington,  Blau- 
velt  Bd..  20  ;  Metuchen,  Little  Gleaners,  31  ;  Plainfield,  As'sn, 
67.30;   Pluckamin,  43.40,   Crescent  Bd.,  24.54  ;  Rahway,  1st, 
34.44,  .Sharon  Hd.,  53,  456.63 
Erie. — Jamestown,  S.C.E.,  4.83 
Jersey  City. — Hackensack,  5 
Knox. — Madison,  2d.,  .25 
Lackawanna. — Ashley,  14.40,  S.C.E.,    10.50;  Athens,  7; 
Canton,  8  ;  Carbondale,  15  ;  Harmony,  15  ;  Honesdale,  40.75, 
Mizpah  Bd..  12.50;  Kingston,  18.10,  Paul  Bd.,  5  ;  Langcliffe, 
37.50;  Pittston,  ist,  23,  Bethel  Bd.,  8  ;  Plymouth,  28;  Scran- 
ton,  ist,  75,  Juvenile  As'sn,  100  :  Scranton,  2d,  112  65,  Girls' 
Bd.,  40;   Scranton,  Green  Ridge  Ave.,  10;  Scranton,  Wash- 
burn St.,  14.70,  Bertha  La  Monte  Bd.,  27.40  ;  .Steven sville,  21  ; 
Towanda,  90,  S.C.E.,  25.51  ;  Troy,  20,  Birthday  Bd.,  6  25  ; 
West  Pittston.  41.99,  Y.P.B.,  10.50;    Wilkesbarre,  ist,  100; 
Wyoming,  S.C.E.  Jr.,  1.50,  941.25 
Lima. — Van  Wert,  15-65 
Monmouth. — Cream  Ridge,  4;  Eatontown,  Bd.,28;  English- 
town,  Ogden  Bd.,  7.50,  S.S.,  6.17;  Jacksonville,  6.45;  Mata- 
wan,  42.43  :  Perrineville,  19.65  ;  Plumstead,  25,  139.20 
Morris  &  Orange. — Dover,  28  ;  E.  Orange,  ist,  120  ;  E. 
Orange,  Bethel,  Y.L  B.,  30;   Flanders,  5:   German  Valley, 
S.C.E..  10  ;  Hanover,  84,  Cheerful  Workers,  12  ;  Madison,  37.40, 
Hd.,  15  ;  Mt.  Olive,  Olive  Branches,  10  ;  Orange,  2d,  100,  S.S., 
30;  Orange,  Central,  200;  South  Orange,  ist,  30.25,  711-65 
Newark.  —  Montclair,  Trinity,  100 
New   Castle. — Buckingham,    4.70;    Chesapeake   City,  5, 
What-we-can  Bd.,  5  ;  Dover.  15-50;  Elkton,  14.50,  King's  Jew- 
els, 29.08  ;  Federalsburg.  5.20  ;  Forest,  19.50;  Glasgow,  8  ;  Head 
of  Christiana,  7  ;  Lewes,  6.25  ;  Lower  Brandywine,  10  ;  Mano- 
ken,  14,  S..S.,  20.83,  S.C.E.,  3  ;  Newark,  30.19,  .S.C.E.,  1.55  ; 
Pitt's  Creek,  28.  Rosebud  Bd.,  4;   Port  Deposit,  18;  Port 
Penn,  3,  Willing  Workers,  7.50  ;   Rehoboth,   Md.,  7  ;  Rock, 
3.40  ;  St.  George's,  18  ;   White  Clay  Creek,  2.40  ;  Wicomico, 
13-35  •  Wilmington,  Hanover  .St..  Light  Hearers,  11.25  •  Rodney 
St.,  18.75  :  West,  24,  Keigwin  Bd..  20.70,  Happy  Workers,  15; 
Zion,  23.85,  I-will-try  Bd.,  i,  liaby  Ethel  Mem.,  1.15,  419-65 
Newton. — Belvidere,  1st.  40,  Willing  Workers,  20  :  lielvi- 
dere,  2d.  26,  Paul  Bd.,  2d  division,  4  02  ;  Blairstown,  12  ;  New- 
ton. 35-20,  a  friend.  Thank  off-,  25  ;  New  Hampton  June.  3.50, 
Oxford,  ist,  15  :  Oxford,  2d,  25  :  Stewartsville,  12.50,  218.22 


Philadelphia. — Tabernacle,  Y.L.B.  Jr.,  25  ;  Tenth,  Miss 
H.  A.  Dillaye,  120  ;  Walnut  St..  S.S.,  68.97  ;  West  Spruce  St., 
Glad  Tidings  Bd.,  lo  ;  Woodland,  Woodland  Bd.  Sr..  1.75 
Woodland  Bd.  Jr.,  1.24,  226.96 

Philadelphia  North. — Abington,  Th.  off..  39.25;  Ash- 
bourne, 'I'h.  off.,  13.55  ;  Bridesburg,  Busy  Bees,  Th.  off..  6, 
Helping  Hands,  48:  Bristol,  Th.  off.,  19.25:  Chestnut  Hill, 
1st  (Th.  off.,  12).  113.25,  Y.L.B. ,  20;  Doylestown  (Th.  off.,  11), 
86;  Forestville,  Th.  off.,  2.50;  Fox  Chase  (Th.  off.,  5),  33.70; 
Frankfort,  Th.  off.,  17.50  ;  Germantown,  1st  (Th.  off.  50),  150, 
S.C.E..  26.67  :  2J.  Th.  off.,  30  ;  Market  Sq.,  Th.  off.,  5c,  Young 
Girls'  Bd..  5  ;  Wakefield,  Th.  off.,  10  :  West  Side,  40,  S.S.  25  ; 
Hermon,  Th.  off..  5.  Ladies"  Soc.  of  .S  S..  7.06.  Cheerful  Work- 
ers, Th.  off.,  5;  Holmesburg,  Th.  off.,  5  ;  Huntingdon  \'alley, 
Th.  off,  16.50,  Children  of  the  King,  Th.  off..  3  ;  Jenkintown, 
Grace,  Th.  off.,  6.25  ;  Lawndale.  Th.  off.,  5,  Busy  Bees,  Th.  off., 
5  :  Leveringtor,  S.C.E.,  10  :  Manayunk,  Th.  off.,  5,  S.C.E.,  Th. 
off.,  5,  Children  of  the  King,  Th.  off.,  2  ;  Mt.  Airy.  15  ;  Nesha- 
miny  of  Warminster,  Th.  off.,  3 ;  Neshaminy  of  Warwick, 
35.50;  Newton.  Th.  off.,  12  ;  Norristown,  ist,  Th.  off..  41.S4  ; 
Norristown,  Central,  Th.  off.,  5;  Pottstown,  Th.  off.,  25; 
Roxborough,  Th.  off.,  3;  Cash,  i  ;  Pres.  Soc.  10,  966.82 

Portsmouth. — Ironton,  16.65  !  Jackson,  5  ;  Portsmouth,  2d, 
35  ;  Ripley,  5,  61.65 

Redstone. — Belle  Vernon,  33.30 ;  Connellesville,  22.65, 
Boys"  Bd.,  6.50  ;  Fairchance,  S.C.E.  1  :  Little  Redstone.  12.15; 
McKeesport,  ist,  50;  McKeesport,  Central,  7.65;  New  Provi- 
dence, 13  ;  Scottdale,  8.  154-25 

Shenango. — ClarksviUe,  37.50:  Hermon,  11  :  Hopewell.  10; 
Leesburg,  15  :  Mahoning,  S.C.E.,  15  ;  Neshannock.  32.50;  New- 
Castle,  ist,  18;  Newcastle,  2d,  11.07,  S.C.E.,  10;  Westfield, 
Miss  McClelland,  50,  210.07 

Union. — Knoxville,  2d.  9.45  ;  Knoxville,  4th,  8.27  ;  New 
Providence,  8  ;  Shannondale,  14,  Golden  Rule  Bd.,  5.65  ;  West- 
minster, 6,  51.37 

Washington. — Burgettstown,  39.59  ;  Claysville,  50,  S.C.E. 
Jr.,  6.75  ;  Cove,  12.50  ;  Cross  Creek,  50  :  Forks  of  Wheeling, 
40;  Lower  Ten  Mile,  25;  New  Cumberland.  18.28  ;  Upper 
Buffalo,  55,  McMillan  Bd.,  30,  China  Bd.,  15  ;  Washington,  ist, 
75,  Comes  Bd.,  25  ;  West  Alexander.  Hold  the  Fort  Hd..  25  ; 
Wheeling,  1st,  150,  self-denial,  10,  Harvest  Home,  25.24.  Boys* 
Club.  14.25.  666.61 

Wellsboro'. — Aniot,  5.32 :  Coudersport,  4 ;  Covington, 
Lilies  of  the  Valley,  5:  Elkland,  8.20:  Osceola,  6.17,  28.69 

West  JERSE^'. — Bridgeton,  ist.  S.C.E.  Jr.,  5:  Cedarville, 
2  ch'hs.,  16;  Wenonah,  Forget-me-not  Bd.,  50;  Woodbury, 
Willing  Hearts,  6,  77  00 

Westminster. — Bellevue  Bd.,  20;  Cedar  Grove,  1.50; 
Chanceford,  50,  Willing  Workers,  5,  .Soldiers  of  the  King,  16 ; 
Chestnut  Level.  26.60 ;  Columbia,  60  ;  Lancaster,  40 ;  Lea- 
cock,  7  :  Little  Britain,  5.50:  Middle  Octorara,  20  ;  Y.L.S.,  2  ; 
New  Harmony,  5.50;  Pequca,  7.60;  Slateville,  14;  Stewarts- 
town,  25  ;  Union,  33  ;  Wrightsville.  25  ;  York,  Calvar)-,  4.30  ; 
York.  Westminster,  10;  Pres.  Soc.  Th.  off..  268.30.  col.  at 
meeting,  4.S8  (of  above  col.  by  Mrs.  Knox.  46.40).  651.18 

Zanesvii.le.  — Brownsville,  8.25:  Dresden,  11.50;  Duncan's 
Falls,  S.C.E.,  5  ;  Granville.  20:  Homer,  10;  Jersey,  10;  Madi- 
son. 20;  Mt.  Pleasant,  3.25;  Newark,  2d,  45.  Children's  Bd., 
5;  New  Concoid,  20;  Pataskal.a.  19.10;  Roseville,  4;  Utica, 
4.50,  Golden  Circle.  1.15;  Zanesville,  ist,  10;  2d,  50;  Put- 
nam. 5.02,  Mrs.  Potwin,  25,  276.77 

MiscELLANEOi  s. — Pittsburg,  Lora  L.  .\dams,  40  ;  Wyandot, 
O.,  Mrs.  E.  C.  Junkin,  5  ;  Interest  on  investment,  56.84,  101.84 


Total  for  October,  1893. 
Total  since  May  i,  1893, 


$7,640.66 
$23,029.03 


1 893-] 


TREASURERS'  REPORTS. 


345 


Boxes  have  been  sent  as  follows :  To  Mrs.  Ladd,  Barran- 
qiiilla,  from  American  Chapter.  O.xford,  Pa.,  valued  at  $25  : 
from  Aux.  Soc.  Downingtown,  Pa.,  and  Aux.  Soc,  Manayunk, 
Pa.  For  Mrs.  M'Dowell  and  Miss  Melton,  Mosul,  from  Fred. 
Coan  Bd.,  Yellow  Springs,  O.,  valued  at  $8.    For  Mrs.  Hol- 

Receipts  of  the  Woman's  Presbyterian 

October 

Bloomington. — Oilman,  15,  C.E.,  6.75:  Rankin.  6: 
Waynesville,  2.10  ;  Columbian  off.  Bloomington,  ist,  5  ;  Gibson 
City,  5  ;  Lexington,  5  ;  Piper  City,  5  ;  Selma,  5  ;  Urbana,  5  ; 
Rankin,  5.  64-85 

Central  Dakota. — Madison,  i5-77 

Chippewa. — Ashland,  6.75  ;  Eau  Claire,  10;  Hudson,  5-14; 
West  .Superior,  1-28,  23-17 

Chrago. — Chicago,  ist,  60.25:  Railroad  Chapel,  Y.L.S., 
6.25  ;  2d,  52.47,  C.E-,  36;  4th,  Y.W.S.,  21.50,  C.E.,  25  :  8th, 
34;  4ist  St.  Ch.,  10,  S.S.  5.30;  FuUerton  Av.  Ch.  addl.  70 
cts.  ;  Jefterson  Park  Ch.,  26.75,  C.E.,  15;  Normal  Park,  Ch., 
2.30  ;  Evanston,  35  :  Miss  Harriet  Dickinson,  5  ;  Joliet,  ist,  23  ; 
Central  Ch.,  22.10,  S..S.,  3.21  ;  Lake  Forest,  113. 71  I  Mrs.  S.  J. 
Rhea,  5,  Y.P.S.,  23  ;  Manteno,  26<  Waukegan,  43.25,  594-79 

Council  Bluffs- — Logan,  5  ;  Woodbine.  22-05,  27-05 

Denver. — Akron,  60  cts.;  Brighton,  2-50 ;  Denver,  ist  Av., 
2.84:  Central  Ch.,  34.82;  Capitol  Av.,  4.38,  C.E.S.,  1.7s; 
Highland  Park  Ch.,  1.35;  North  Ch.,  11. 61,  C.E.,  4.95 ; 
Georgetown,  5  ;  Idaho,  1.25  ;  Littleton,  3,75,  Band,  1.08 ; 
Otis,  1.25,  77-13 

Des  Moines. — Albia.  19  ;  Chariton,  S..S.,  4.42  :  Des  Momes 
Central  Ch.,-ioo;  6th,  6.25,  C.E.S.  4.70;  Westm'r  Ch., 
12.50;  Highland  Park  Ch.,  5;  Dexter,  12.50;  East  Des 
Moines,  13.75;  Indianola,  12.50;  Leon,  8,  Jr.  C.E.,  5;  New 
Sharon,  7.50;    Newton,    5;  Osceola,  4;  Winterset,  37.50, 

257. 62 

Detroit. — Detroit.  Jefferson  Park  Ch.,  7S-oo 
Dubuque. — Independence,  2.67 
Duluth. — Duluth,  ist,  20.06,  Branch  S.S.,  25  ;  West  Du- 
luth,  10.14;  Cloquet,  3.13;  Lakeside,  1.95,   Irwin,  Jr.,  C.E., 
2.97;  Tower,  W.  M.S.  and  Juvenile  Aid  S.,4.10;  Two  Harbors, 
6.43,  S.S.,  IS,  88.78 
F.\RGO. — Fargo,    6.30:    Hillsboro,  Y.P.S.,    12.50;  James- 
town,   5.60:   College,    2.35;  College,   C.E.S.,  3.10;  Lisbon, 
12.85;  Lucca,  3.50;  Sanborn,  3.50;  .Sheldon,  i.  Ann.  Meet'g 
Off'.,  1.35,  52.05 
Flint. — Corunna,     2.50;     Fenton,    1.53;     Flint,  10.30, 
Y.W.S.,  5  ;  Marlette,  2d,  6;  Morrice,  3.47,  28.80 
Ft.  Wayne. — Bluffton,  4  ;  Ossian,  7,  11 
Ft.  Dodge. — Bancroft,  5 
Frekpokt. — Guilford,  S.S.  Gleaners,    13.25 ;   Polo,   4.75  ; 
Rockford,  ist,  50  ;  Westm'r  Ch.,  3,  71 
Gunnison. — Salida,  10.75 
Indianapolis. — Acton,  4  ;  Bloomington,  7.89,  S.S..  3  ;  Co- 
lumbus, 30,  Shining  Lights,  7.80  ;  Edinburg,  5.75  ;  Franklin, 
40;  Greenwood,  C.E.  4.:   Hopewell,  27.15,   S.S.,  7;  Indian- 
apolis, 1st,  100,  C.E.  7  ;  4th,  Pickett  Soc,  9.50  ;  6th,  10  ;  7th, 
15:  Annabetta  Wishard,  Y.L.S.  2.25  ;    Memorial  Ch.  C.E.S., 
7.04:  Tabernacle  Ch.  142.92;  Mary  Fulton  Soc,  2.50;  South- 
port,  4  ;   Whitcland,  3.30;  East  Washington,  Indianapolis,  C. 
E.,  5,  445-10 
Kearney.  15-00 
LOGANSPORT. — Hammond,  C.E.    2  ;   Mishawaka,  C.E.  8  ; 
Rensselaer,  C.E.  2,  12.00 
Madison. — Cambria,  lo ;   Lima,  Boardman  Band,  21.13; 
Madison,  37.09  ;  Mineral  Point,  3.50,  71.72 
Mattoon. — Areola,  Bethel  Ch.,  7  ;  Ashmore,  20.  Willing 
Workers,  2  ;  Charleston.  3.29  ;  Moweaqua,  Col.  off.,  1.80,  34.09 
Minneapolis. — Minneapolis,  Bethlehem  Ch.,  7.23  ;  Franklin 
Av.  Ch.,  3.50;  Stewart  Mem'l  Ch.,  12;  Westmr.  Ch.,  54.10, 
Y.W.S.,  30,  106.83 
Monroe.— Coldwater,  C.E.,  10;  Hillsdale,  12  ;  Monroe,  23  ; 
Tecumseh,  15,  Y.L.S.,  30,  S.S.,  20,  C.E.,  13,  123.00 
Montana. — Bozeman,  S.S.,  31.25  ;   I)eer  Lodge,  Y.L.B., 
5.60,  S.S.,  30  ;  Great  Falls,  2.50,  69.35 

Receipts  of  the  Women's  Board  of  Foreign 

October, 

Bingha.mton. — Owego,  50.00 
Brooklyn. — Brooklyn,   Ainslie   St.,  5.83  ;   Duryea.   9.73  ; 
ist.,  11.75  ;  Franklin   Ave.,  3.81  ;    Greene  Ave.,  8.44  ;  2d., 
82.50,   S.S.   CI.   Two  Chinese,   2.75;  Throop  Ave.,  71.10; 
Trinity,  4.29;  Westminster,  24.98  ;  Stapleton,  3. 1.,   1st.,  21, 

246.18 

Buffalo.— Buffalo,  Calvary,  99.57,  Miss.  Bd.,  15  :  Lafay- 
ette   St.,    24.75  ;  North,    12.75  :  Westminster.     Jr.  Willing 
Workers,  1  ;  Olean,  Try  Circle  K.D.,  15  ;  Silver  Creek,  C.E., 
38.60  ;  VVestfield,  25,  231.67 
Cayuga. — Cayuga,  13,  a  friend.  300,  313.00 
Chemung. — Elmira.  1st,  6;  Lake  St.,  20;  North,  4.37,  30.37 
Ebenezer,  Ky. — Frankfort,  25  ;  Ludlow,  C.E.,  5  ;  Mays- 
ville,  Christian  Steward's  League,  30,  60.00 
Geneva.— Bellona,  Jr.  C.E.,  1.50;  Geneva,  North,  Y.L.S. , 
50.  51.50 
Hudson.- Florida,    V.L.S.,    25  ;    Goodwill   Ch.,    28.45  : 
Goshen,  Y.L.S.,  28  ;  Hamptonburgh,    25  ;   Middletown,  2d., 


comb,  Jhansi,  from  Woodland  Ch.,  Phil.,  primary  class  :  and 
from  Mrs.  H.  N.  Paul,  Calvary  Ch.,  Phil. 


November  1,  1893. 


Mrs.  Julia  M.  Fishburn,  Treas., 

1334  Chestnut  St.,  Phila. 


Board  of  Missions  of  the  Northwest,  to 
20,  1893. 

Nebraska  City. — Beatrice,  1st,  28.01.  S.S..  9.29,  C.E.,  5.88, 
Jr.  C.E.,4. 12  ;  Lincoln,  2d,  6.54  ;  Nebraska  City,  10;  Palmyra, 
3.20  ;  Seward,  2.50  ;  Sterhng,  2.88,  Willing  Workers,  7.50  ;  Te- 
cumseh, 25  :  York,  20  ;  Utica,  7.15.  132.07 
New  Albany. — Bedford,  4;  Charleston,  6.30;  Corydon,  5  ; 
Hanover,  7.36;  Jefifersonville,  23.30;  Madison,  ist,  20.  Y.L.B., 
22.75  ;  2d,  15,  C.E.,  12.50  ;  Mitchell,  C.E.,  3  ;  New  Albany,  1st. 
27.15  ;  id,  22.05,  Mrs.  W.  R.  Nunemacher,  10,  C.E..  10;  3d, 
20.55  ;  Mt.  Vernon,  2.50  ;  North  Vernon,  7.50  ;  Orleans,  10.75  \ 
Otisco,  I  ;  PaoH,  3.50  ;  Salem,  4.35  ;  .Seymour,  Evangel  Bd., 
25  ;  Scipio,  C.E.,  1  ;  Sharon  Hill,  i  ;  Vevay,  2.88,  268.44 
Omaha. — Craig,  3.70;  Marietta  Ch..  7.65:  North  Bend, 
Plymouth  Ch.,  5  ;  Omaha,  ist,  13.90  ;  2d,  4.90,  King's  Daugh- 
ters, 18,  Gleaners.  2.35  ;  1st  German,  3  ;  Castellar  St.  Ch..  2.10  ; 
Knox  Ch..  9.29  ;  Lowe  Av.  Ch..  15  ;  Schuyler,  4.09  ;  I'ekamah, 
2.80,  Jr.  C.E.,  5  ;  Waterloo,  1.50,  98.28 
Ottawa. — Aurora,  13.10  ;  Mendota,  C.E.,  10  ;  Morris.  C.E., 
2;  Paw  Paw,  C.E.,  5  ;  Rochelle,  S.S.,  20;  Sandwich,  15; 
Streator,  20,  '  85.10 

Peoria.— Canton,  39.55,  Little  Owls.  136.60:  Deer  Creek, 
16.80  ;  Delavan,  11,  S.S.,  6,  C.E.,  3.75  ;  Dunlap,  Prosptct  Ch., 

5  ;  Elmira,  5.90.  Temple  Builders,  11.66,  C.E.,  6.25  :  F^lmwood, 
8.80;  Eureka,  18.40;  F'armington,  5:  Galesburg.  11.35,  Pearl 
Seekers,  14,  C.E.,  17.36;  Green  Valley,  7.50;  Ipava,  12.50; 
Knoxville,  25,  Whatsoever  Hd.,  20;  Lewistown.  16.70;  Peoria, 
ist,  20,  E.  R.  Edwards  Bd.,  10.15,  Little  Lights,  3,  C.E..  6.40, 
Westmr.,  21  cts.;  2d,  35;  Calvary  Ch.,  23.50;  (irace  Ch., 
14.30:  Tivoli,  1.68;  V^ermont,  2.50  ;  Washington,  8.60,  524.46 

Petoskey. — Boyne  City,  73  cts.;  Cadillac,    1.25;  Harbor 
Springs,  7.05  ;  Mackinaw  City,  4.64,  13-67 
Pueblo. — Canon  City,  ist,  8.10;   Pueblo,  Mesa  Ch-  Busy 
Bee  Bd-,  1-20,  Bessemer,  Westmr.  Ch.,  2.25,  11  55 

St.  Cloud.  15.00 
St.  Paul. — Hastings.  7 :  St.  Paul.  Dayton  Av.  Ch.,  52, 
Pearl  Gatherers,  6.63;  West  St.  Paul.  Westmr.  Ch.,  9.44.  75.07 
Schuyler. — Bushnell,  2.50;   Carthage,  6;   Clayton,  5.75: 
Monmouth,  20  ;  Mt.  Sterling,  28.04  :  Earnest  Workers,   10 ; 
Quincy,  8  ;  Rushville,  5,  85.29 
Sioux  City. —Aha,  4.50:  Calliope,  6.15;  Cherokee,  68.70, 
Cheerful  Workers,  10,  Boys'  Brigade,  10  :  Cleghorn,  9.75  :  Ida 
Grove,  14,  C.E.,  10  ;  Inwood,  7.10  ;  Larrabee,  i.io.  Busy  I^ees, 
3.89,  Y.P.S.,  7.30  ;  Le  Mars,  30;  Meriden,  3.25  ;  Mt.  Pleasant 
Ch..  5  :  Odebolt,  Y.W.S.,  2.25  ;  Paulhna,  14.82  ;  Sac  City,  5.80, 
Cheerful  Givers,  3  65  ;  Sanborn,  6.30:  Sioux  City,  2d,  8,  C.E., 
10,  Buds  of  Promise,  5  ;  3d,  5  ;  Storm  Lake,  10.60  ;  Union  Tp. 
Ch.,  13,  C.E..  20,  295.16 
Utah. — Springville,  3.40 
Vincennes. — lirazil.  15  ;  Claiborne,  12  ;  Evansville,  ist  Av., 
2.50  ;  Grace  Ch.,  10  ;  Walnut  St.  Ch.,  25  ;  Petersburg,  7,  S.S., 

6  ;  Princeton,  9  ;  Spencer,  7  ;  Vincennes.  5  ;  Upper  Indiana 
Ch.,  6  30  ;  Indiana  Ch.,  C-E.,  3  ;  Washington,  7.60,  Willing 
Workers,  10,  C.E.,  5.  130.40 

Whitew.ater. — Aurora,    3.46;    Connersville,    C-E.S.,  10; 
Greensburg,  5.10;  Knightstown,  3:  .Shelbyville,  S.S.,  6.  27.56 
Winnebago. — Neenah,  C.E.,  20;  Oconto,  6;  Omro.  675, 
S.S.,  1.25  ;  Stevens  Point,  8.04,  42  04 

Miscellaneous. — Litchfield,  Mich  ,  Mrs.  George  Martin, 
2.50  ;  Converse,  Ind.,  Mrs.  M.  C.  Kelsey,  13.30  ;  Hudson,  Wis.. 
S.S.,  10;  A  friend,  5,  30.80 

Total  for  month,  $4,120.81 
Total  since  April  20th,  $18,983.99 
Mrs.  C.  B.  Farwell,  Treas. ^ 

Room  48,  McCormick  Block, 

Chicago,  October  20,  1893. 


Missions  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  for 
1893. 

Hoys'    Bd,,   12.50;    Otisville,    7.05:    Port    Jervis,   9;  West 
Town.  12.50,  147-50 
Long  Island. — Bridgehampton,  5  :  Westhampton,  5,  10.00 
Lot;isVTLLE,  Ky. — Hopkinsville,  7.35  ;   Louisville,  Central, 
25  :  College  St.,  S.S.,  5  ;  Warren  Memorial,  100,  i37-35 
Lyons. — Newark,  20.19  ;  Ontario,  4;    Red  Creek,  3:  Will- 
iamson, 5.40,  32.39 
Morris  and  Orange,  N.  J. — Morristown.  South  St.,  150  00 
New  York. — New  York,  Central,  27  ;  Fifth  Ave.,  69  ;  Har- 
lem. Helping  Hands,  10;  Madison  Sq.,  V.L.  Cir..  310;  Park, 
59.13,  Seekers  for  Pearls,  59.12,  Light  Bearers,  3.50.  Jr.  Light 
Bearers.  3.25  :  University  Place,  Boys'  Miss.  Soc,  90  ;  Wash- 
ington Heights,  30;  West  End,  25;  The  Misses  Judd,  16: 
Mrs.  W.  F.  Mortimer.  60,  762.00 
Niagara. — Albion,  18.50;    Barre,  1.50;   Barre  Centre,  5; 
Carleton,  4  ;  Holly,  6.37;  Knowlesville,  5,  Y.L.  Cir.,  5  ;  Lew- 
iston,  2  :  Lockport,  Calvary,  2  ;  1st.  55,  Y.L.S. ,  27.50;  North 
Tonawanda,  8  ;  Youngstown,  6,  145.87 


34^ 


TREASURERS'  REPORTS. 


[December, 


Otsego. — Cherry  Valley.  lo,  off.  at  Mrs.  Condict's  meeting, 
lo,  Y.K.  Tuesday  Club,  50  :  Cooperstown,  20;  Delhi,  2d,  7.12  ; 
East  Guilford,  3.50  ;  Ouilford  Centre,  5  ;  Hamden,  3  ;  Laurens, 
5.15:  Middlefield  Centre,  4.83  :  Milford,  2.50  ;  Oneonta,  18.75, 
Jr.  C.E.,  5.20  ;  Stamford,  8  ;  UnadiUa,  12.57  ;  Westford,  2.40 ; 
Worcester,  5. 16,  173- 18 

Rochester. — Avon,  Central,  3;  Brighton,  11;  Brockport, 
25;  Dansville,  50;  Geneseo  Village,  .Systematic  Givers,  25; 
Honeoye  l''alis,  5  ;  Livonia,  11  ;  Ogden  Centre,  11  ;  Rocliester, 
Th  rd,  15  :  Pres'l  Soc,  13.50,  169.50 

Syracuse. — Cazenovia,  50  ;  Chittenango,  42 ;  Oswego, 
Grace,  50;  Skaneateles,  23.74;  Syracuse  Park,  25.20,  S.S., 
50  :  Whitelaw,  4,  244.94 

Utica. — Boonville,  25  :  Clinton,  150  ;  Holland  Patent,  10, 
Y.L  S.,  20:  Ili.<n,  20,  Wrllmg  Workers,  5;  Kirkland,  6,  Star 
Hd.,  5  ;  Knoxhoro,  21.61,  Hallie  Bd.,  5.51  ;  Little  Falls,  100, 
Y.L.S.,  60,  "Here  am  I"  Bd.,  20 ;  LowviUe,  V.P.S.,  55; 
Lyons  Falls,  18  57  :  New  Hartford.  Wide  Awake  Bd..  50;  New 
York  Mills,  Y.L.S.,  85  ;  North  Gage,  10  :  Oneida,  105  :  Oneida 
Castle,  14.68,  Busy  Bees,  8.93  ;  Oriskany,  15,  Y.L.S.,  5,  S.S., 
ii  ;  Rome,  88.50,  C.  E.,  50  ;  Sanquoit,  28,  Willing  Workers,  18  ; 


South  Trenton,  9.50;  Utica,  Bethany,  30.30;  ist  ch.,  155, 
one  member,  100,  Y.L.S.,  60,  Bachman  Bd.,  25,  S.S..  25; 
Memorial  ch.,  46.45,  C.E.,  8.  Jr.  C.E.,  7.55;  Olivet,  20, 
Miss'y  Brigade,  10,  S.S.,  2.25  ;  Westminster,  60,  Brown  Bd., 
20 ;  West  Camden,  13.25  ;  Westernville,  12.50  ;  Whitesboro, 
25.  1637.60 

Westchester. — Katonah,  Missionary  Chips,  10 ;  Mt.  Ver- 
non, 12.25,  Try  to  Help  Bd.,  5.86;  New  Rochelle,  ist,  Waller 
Bd.,  20  ;  2d,  18.50:  PeekskiU,  island  2d,  60  ;  Pelham  Manor, 
30  ;  Port  Chester,  C.E.,  6.10,  162.71 

Miscellaneous. — A  friend,  10 ;  Box  to  Japan,  i  ;  Cash  for 
Advs.  in  Ann.  Rpt.,  31.50;  Corfu,  N.Y.,  Mrs.  C.  A.  Ball,  5; 
In  memory  of  a  sister,  45;  Plainfield,  N.  J.,  ist,  S.S.,  25,  117.50 

Total,  §4,873.46 
Total  since  April  i,  $21,792.04 

Mrs.  C.  p.  Hartt,  Treas., 

53  Fifth  Avenue,  N.  Y.  City. 
Mrs.  J.  A.  Welch,  Assist.  Treas. ^ 

34  West  Seventeenth  St.,  N.  Y.  City, 


Receipts  of  Woman's  Foreign  Missionary  Society  of  Northern  New  York  from  April  2  to 

October  16,  1893. 


Albany. — Albany  West  End,  7.60  ;  Jefferson,  3  ;  Luzerne. 
g.38,  .S.  S.  Bd.,  4.04  ;  Schenectady,  ist  Ch.,  79.61  :  a  friend.  5  ; 
Tribes  Hill,  10,  118.63 

Chamflain. — Glens  Falls,  36,  Miss  Wing,  200;  Plattsburgh, 
So  ;  Sandy  Hill.  27.50,  343-50 

Columbia. — Centreville,  6.48  :  Hillsdale,  Miss  Hallenbeck,  i  ; 
Jewett,  "  Mountain  Workers,"  4  ;  Lebanon  Centre,  Bd.,  10  ; 
Windham,  10,  31.48 


Trov. — Lansingburgh,  ist,  33.61  ;  Olivet,  23.50;  Troy,  2d,  5  ; 
Troy,  Second  St.,  156.50  ;  Westminster  Ch.,  Y.  P.  A.,  15  ;  Water- 
ford,  43.07.  276.68 


Total 


Tr  )V,  October  16,  1893. 


$770.29 
Emma  D.  Nash,  Treas. 


Receipts  of  the  Woman's  Presbyterian  Board  of  Missions  of  the  Southwest  for  the  quarter 

ending  July  24,  1893. 


Emporia. — Burlington,  2.50:  El  Dorado,  3.72;  Emporia, 
7.36:  Mulvane,  6.15;  New  Salem,  2.10;  Newton,  4  :  Waver- 
ly,  10;  Wellington,  2.45;  Wichita,  ist,  12.55,  Y.W.M.L.,  5; 
Wichita,  Lincoln  Street,  3,  58,83 

Highland. — Hiawatha,  3.25  ;  Highland,  8.40  ;  Holton,  2  ; 
Horton,  3.47  ;  Washington.  7.50,  24.62 

Kansas  City. — Appleton  City,  3.35;  Butler,  5;  Clinton, 
6.85  ;  Creighton,  O.B.M.,S.,  2.50;  Independence,  2.85;  Kan- 
sas City,  1st,  50  :  2d,  too,  Jr.  C.E.,  2.75  ;  Knobnosler,  3.37, 
Willing  Hands,  6.25  ;  Nevada,  Little  Gleaners,  3.40  ;  Raymore, 
i6.i2,  Y.P.C.,  3.04,  Busy  Harvesterss  3.87  ;  Rosier.  Sharon, 
5.13  ;  Tipton,  2.70  ;  Ned's  Desire  money,  50  cents,  Mrs.  Clark, 
25  cents.,  Presbyterial,  27.60.  245.53 

Nhosho. — Garnett,  5  :  Independence,  C.E.,  10  ;  Morantown, 
C.F,.,  5;  Oswego,  C.E..  4.50;  Silverdale,  C.E.,  1.05  25.55 

North  Texas. — Denison,  C.E.,  12,  12.00 

Osborne. — Colby,  3  ;  Hays  City,  2. 15;  Osborne,  1.25  ;  Rus- 
sell, 4.80;  Smith  Centre,  Bd.,  2.05;  Wa  Keeney,  i.io,  Pearl 
<jatherers,  1.19,  15.54 

Ozark. — Ash  Grove,  25  ;  Mt.  Vernon,  5  ;  Ozark  Prairie, 
■Golden  Threads.  7  ;  Springfield,  2d,  C.E.,  7.82,  44.82 

Palmyra. — Hannibal,  C.E.,  6.25  :  Lingo,  2  ;  Macon,  19.67  ; 
Moberly,  2.55,  30.47 


.Solomon. — Delphos.  90  cts  ;  Manchester,  5  ;  Miltondale.  4  ; 
Minneapolis,  13.75  :  Presbyterial,  10  cts,  23.75 

St.  Louis.-— Kirkwood,  32.50  ;  St.  Charles,  Jefferson  St., 
7.08  ;  St.  Louis,  Carondelet.  5.50,  Jr.  C.E.,  10;  ist.  137.50; 
1st,  German,  13  ;  Forest  Park  University,  V.L.S.,  5  ;  Glasgow 
Ave.,  26.80,  M.B.,  6.70;  Lafayette  Park,  5;  Memorial  Tab. 
C.E..  15  ;  Washington  &  Compton  Ave.,  276.95  ;  West.  60 : 
Webster  Groves,  17.50  ;  A  Motlier's  memorial,  27  ;  A  friend, 
22,  667.53 

Topeka. — Auburn,  5  ;  Idana,  5,  Mission  Bd.,  25  cts  ;  Junc- 
tion City.  5  ;  Kansas  City,  Grandview  Park,  1.25  ;  West  High- 
land, C.E.,  6.85  :  Morganville,  Mulberry,  10  ;  Topeka,  West- 
minster, C.E.,  15;  Miss  Milner,  10,  58.35 

Trinity. — Brownwood,  ist,  Willing  Workers,  5.76.  5.76 

Miscellaneous. — Annual  Meeting,  145.50;  Norman,  Pres- 
byterial, 7.69  ;  Membership  fees,  11  ;  Mrs.  L.  W^.  Manning, 
2.25  ;  Mrs.  H.  E.  Worthington,  cancelled  stamps,  2.80  ;  Mrs. 
M.D.  Jones,  10;  Book-mark,  24,  203.24 


Total, 


St.  Louis,  Mo. 


$1,415.99 
Miss  Jen.me  McGintih,  Treas., 

4201  A.,  Page  Boulevard, 


Chickasaw. — Edmond, 

Emporia. — Belle  Plaine,  2.50;  Burlingame,  5,  Jr.  C.E.,  5. 
Burlington,  2.75  ;  Council  Grove,  2.55  ;  Derby,  8.15  :  El  Do- 
rado, 3.03,  C.F.,  II  ;  Emporia,  4.65  ;  Mulvane.  4.80  :  Newton, 
2.50  ;  Osage  City,  3.50  ;  Peabody,  16  ;  Waverly,  2  ;  Wichita, 
ist,  8.15  ;  Lincoln  Street,  1.10  ;  West  Ch.,  C.E.,  5,  87.68 

Highland.  16.40 

Kansas  City. — Appleton  City,  3  ;  Butler,  12.50,  Active 
Workers,  7.50  ;  Creighton,  O.B.M.S.,  5  ;  Drexel,  .Sharon  Ch., 
4.15  ;  Independence,  34.05  ;  Kansas  City,  2d,  100  ;  3d,  2  ;  5th, 
2.60,  Y.L.C.,  9.73;  Knobnoster,  Willing  Hands,  6.25  ;  Mont- 
rose, 2;  Nevada,  5,  Little  Gleaners,  2.42  ;  Sedalia,  Broadway 
Ch.,  9.40  ;  Central,  10,  215.60 

L\rned.  —  Biirrton,  9.4s;  Freeport,  2.25;  Halstead,  3; 
Hutchinson,  32,  Pearl  Gatherers,  20  ;  Lyons,  13  ;  McPherson, 
14  61,  94.31 

Neosho. — Chanute,  3.85;  Cherokee,  2;  Garnett,  Jr.  C.E., 
10;  lola,  7.75;  Moran,  1.65,  King's  Bd.,  i  75  ;  Neosho  Falls, 
1.50;  Ottawa,  23.39;  Parsons,  17  ;  Princeton,  :6.  84.89 

Nor  I  H  Texas.— Denison,  4,  S.S.,  7,  Birthday  &  Mite  Boxes, 
3.70,  14.70 

Osborne.— Oberlin,  11.45,  Little  Lights,  5.25  ;  Wa  Keeney, 
1.51,  Pearl  Gatherers,  95  cts.,  19.16 

Ozark. — Ash  (Jrove,  12.50  ;  Carthage,  1st,  30.45,  Deo  Data 
Bd.,  6,  Alden  M.C.,  4.22,  C.  E.,  2.80  ;  Westminster.  10.36  ;  Eu- 
reka Springs,  5  ;  Greenfield,  5.  Daisy  Chain,  25  ;  Irwin,  5.50  ; 
Mt.  Vernon,  3.35  :  Neosho,  7,  We  Show  You  Bd.,  4,  C.E.,  1.75; 


For  the  quarter  ending  October  24,  1893. 

2.50      Ozark  Prairie  Ch^,  3.85,  Golden  Threads^  3.85 


Springfield. 

Calvary,  40,  Y.L.S.,  23.75  ;  2d,  5  ;  West  Plains,  5  ;  Presbyte- 
rial, 25  cts.,  204.63 
Palmyra. — Bethel,  8.62;  Centre  Ch.,  1.50  ;  Lingo,  1.09; 
Moberly,  3.40,  Golden  Rule  Bd.,  2  ;  New  Providence,  5,  21.61 
Platte. — Albany,  10.75  ;  Avalon,  4.50  ;  Carrollton,  5,  W"illing 
Workers,  5  ;  Chillicothe,  Jr.  C.E..  2.15  ;  Fairfax,  6,  Morning 
Star  Bd.,  8.90;  King  City-,  3,  C.E.,  15;  Kingston,  Bd.,  2.50: 
Maryville,  ist,  19.85.  C.E.,  15;  2d,  3.60:  New  Hampton.  10: 
Oregon,  15  ;  Parkville,  10.79;  St.  Joseph,  Westminster,  11.25, 
S.S.,  8.25  ;  Tarkio,  M.P.  Bd..  6.20  ;  Weston,  10,  172-74 
Solomon. — Salina.  C.E..  _  14.00 

St.  Louis. — St.  Louis,  2d,  S.S.,  20c,  A  friend,  10,  aio.oo 
Topeka.— Auburn,  5  ;  Baldwin,  5,  C.E.,  8.23,  Jr.  C.E.,  4.07  ; 
Grand  Haven,  Sharon  Ch.,  C.E.,  10  ;  Oakland,  C.E.,3  :  Perry- 
ville,  7;  Topeka,  ist,  35.31,  C.E.,  25  ;  Westminster,  C.E.,  7.50, 

1 10. 1 1 

Trinity. — Dallas,  2d,  12.50 
Miscellaneous.— Mrs.  A.  K.  Perry,  Tescot,  Kansas.  25  ; 
Delegates  exp. .  35  65;  Mrs.  H.  E.  Worthington,  cancelled 
stamps,  15.73  '■  A  friend,  1  ;  Medical  fund,  Mrs.  Nash,  20,  97-38 

Total,  $1,378.21 
Total  since  April  24,  1S93,  $2,794.20 
Miss  Jennie  McGintie,  Treas., 

4201  Annex,  Page  Boulevard, 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 


Receipts  of  the  Woman's  Occidental  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  to  October  24,  1893. 

Total  since  March  25,  1893,  $2.823.oc 


Benicia. — Mendocino,  30 ;  St.  Helena,  2.50,  32.50 
Sacramento. — Chico,  5  ;  Colusa,  4.20  ;  Redding,  2.50,  11.70 
Miscellaneous.— Board  rec'd  at  "  Home,"  10,  10.00 

Total  for  month,  $54.20 


October  24,  1893. 


Mrs.  E.  G.  Dbnniston.  Treas., 

933  Sacramento  St.,  San  Francisco,  Calif. 


DATE  DUE 


DEMCO  38-297 


/ 


/ci