Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1872-04-02
LETTER FROM THE OLD WORLD.
BY MISS JENNIE A. NELSON.
DEHRA Doom. NORTHERN INDIA,
Mnndav. Dec 8 1871

Monday, Dec. s, 1871.
| suppose my letters have been received
before this, and you have heard of God good
ness, loving kindness and tender mercy to me,
in answer to the many prayers which | feel
have been offered for me in the prayer meet
iugs, the sanctuary and at the family affairs of
dear old Hillsboro every street Of which stands
out before my mind as dearly as it is clearly
pictured. In my hurried accounts of my jour
ney, all references to home and friends have
been crowded out-indeed / have not dared
to trust myself upon that subject vesy far.
| write now to you, to inform you of the
day School has been supporting. [ mentioned
in my former letter that [ had called to see
her at Sehranpore She only lived few days
after [ saw her. Mrs Kelso the Missionary
Lady at that station, writes Nov 30:
Il called to see her before breakfast this
morning; found her very uneasy. complaining of
her hands and feet aching At first she did
not appear conscious spoke to her and she
answered me in Euglsh. then asked her if
she knew she was dying, and if she loved Jesus
To both my questions | got hearty yes. 10
about three-quartcrs of an hour she was dead.
Her last words to her mother were about her
perfect happiness. Yesterday she asked her
mother to read to her the 14th chapter of
JONI. IiGE uOtnCI lCGiS CtiG plOW very QGGDIy,
but it must have been a glorious change for
the poor little sufferer, and hope in time the
mother will bless God for the hard lesson.
Mr. Heron says she was one OF the most
obedient. gentle, lovely little girls he ever had
10 his school, and so the Sunday School may
see their efforts have not been in vain, and [
feel sure that every little boy and girl in the
school will feel happy to think they were per-
mitted to support this dear child, and will
cheerfully continue to give for the new child
we will assign to you.
Some of these little ones are about the size
of the children in the infant room. They are
very bright and some of them very pretty
They have straight. black hair, and very soft,
dark eyes, and after they have been in the
school year they become almost white, as
they are not exposed to the sun The Indian
sunshine is very powerful Even at this season
we wear the ",Solartopil," and carry umbrel-
las when n the sun, although we have fires and
wear heavy clothing.
7 wish that you could see the nice girls that
are here now, and how lady like and respectful
the, are, Some of them have been here many
years, and but for their style of dress and their
dark faces, seem like schoolgirls a5 home
Most of them are children of the native Chris
tians, and most of them marry native Chris
tians as soon as they are old enough. A poor
fellow came from Lodiana to see one OF the
girls in the Orphanage and thought he must
have pair of shoes on the occasion. Not
being accustomed to wearing them, he was
quite lame when he got here. and MIR. Heron
mended his heels with postage stamps IN the
absence of court plaster lie IS soon to be re-
warded for bis pains by carrying OH his prize.
saw her outfit yesterday-three very pretty
chintz dresses, one of white, as the bridal dress
4 - u, loro'- f1,,xu
ing cloth they all wear over the head and
thrown around over the left shoulder. She
has bed and bedding, some articles OF furni
| ture, and ten Rupees, which is equal to five
dollars, all given her by the Mission. So they
are literally cared for as children. They arr
not allow.d to marry, except into Christian
families.
One day this week Mr.. and Mrs. Woodsid.
invited US all to Picnic. The party consisted
of Mr. and Mrs. Heron, Mrs. Myers, Mis-
Craig, MIR. Woodside's family, (too numerou
to mention, and Mrs w. weighs almost 3OO)
Mrs. DR.. Campbell, (wife of one of our de
ceased Missionaries) and myself. We drove
through the Government Tea Gardens. Thes
are very beautiful, covering GU acres. Ih'
Tea is green all the year. The bloom Is white
and looks very much like the Mock Orange al
home The different fields are separated b!
hedges of roses and cactus. and many larg
ferns grow up amor them. These rose hedge
are ali through the city, and are now in ful
bloom "a very large one just in front of tht
house, from which gather flowers every day
But to return to the Picnic. We went to
place called Tap hosh-soar, or God Drop.
We walked down steep bank into deep ra
vine, through which runs small stream Of th
clearest water. The cliffs on either hand re
mind me Of our dear old caves at home, an
there are some small caves here. Under on
large projecting rock is an altar to some IDOL
We went up about II steps on level rock
The constant dripping of the water, which
strongly impregnated with lime. has forme
stalactites overhead, and from this it takes il
name "God's Drop" The natives say this we