The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-03-28
Letters from the Old World.
BY MISS JENNIE A. NELSON.

OaHudlg ~ AOf@'
| feel here as if | had been SO
back a few thousand years. all thu
> customs of the people, their dress
! and many things in nature, are liv
ing proofs of the truth of the Sacred
Writings. L often meet the sick o
the palsy, the lame. the blind, th'
lepers-I suppose just such as ouI
. Savior healed. 1 can understand
now hO0 Joseph" could be pleased
, with coat of many colors, fer the
men wear such brigb' lors. They
4 generally wear the Q turban
and their salutatioL o0 bow
with hand on forehcas
These people inter 4 me deeply,
Ny heart yearns over them, and yet
1 feel SO powerless to help them
The harvest is so great, and it seems
the work accomplished in all these
years of Missionary effort is very
small, compared with what there is
to do. a#- -
find well prepared field in this
School. Most of the girls speak En-
glish very well, and have been we'll
trained. Some of them are active
Christians. They are taught text
of Scripture every morning and evo-
ming at worship, and we have the
promise, "My word shall not return
to me void" What we need is the
influence of the Holy Spirit to ap.
ply these truths to their hearts, and
we hope it will be given us in an
swer to the prayers of the whole
Christian world.
We will have large, convenient
school building, when it is complet-
ed. We need about S., 900 TO enable
us to finish it. This l feel sure will
come from the good people at home.
The school building will be very
handsome when finished. 1t is $50
feet in front, with fifteen pillars and
arches supporting the verandahs.
1t will be two stories high. The
School was at first designed to edu-
cate the daughters of the native
Christians, and has been greatly
blessed. There are about 80 girls
here now, large and small, and they
are so gentle, modest and respectful.
1 love them already. The older girls
have the care of the smaller ones.
They each have so many little ones
whom they must put to bed, see to
their clothing, their baths, &c. There
are some of the most cunning little
things, and some are very pretty
and afsctionate. / never heard
sweeter voices, and they are all very
fond of music. | am SO glad can
play ever so little. There has been
an organ here more than four years,
and it has never been used until /
came.
must say 1 felt sad and lonely
Christmas. Oh, what a contrast
with Christmas at home I awoke
early that morning. Miss Craig and
| went down to some of the native
stores TO see if we could find some
little Christmas presents, but could
find none. There are are no bright,
happy homes here, except few En-.
glish and American families. We
tried to make our school girls hap
py, by giving them 4 nice treat of
oranges and sweetmeats. Miss Craig
put little cards with pictures and
verses under each of their pillows.
They We're greatly delighted with
them. Then they trimmed their
dining room with flowers and ever
greens, and all seemed very happy.
Mrs. Woodside had a nice goose
dinner, and some very pleasant peo-
pie here, and L tried TO be very hap
py; but one thing saddened me for
the whole day. l had made q beau
tifnl wreath of evergreenS to hang
in the drawing-room, and just as !
came out of the room upon the We.
randah, 1 saw fifteen or twenty lep.
ers, sitting in their filth and rags
upon the ground, holding up their
poor hands with the fingers partly
or altogether gone, and begging in
most piteous tones for money. These
were the kind of people our Savior
SO often met and had compassion on
them. 1 thought of the contrast be-
tween them and ourselves, and you
all at home! How good God has
been to us
The natives are naturally polite
even the little, almost naked boys
make g most graceful bow, and
place the hand on tho forehead as
they do so, whenever we meet them.
1 have been to visit some of the
"Tananas" since l wrote before. /
went with very intelligent native
Christian woman, who acted as in.
terpreter for me. They were al
women of the higher class, and
plenty of servants about them. Two
of them were dressed in very gay
robes, part of which was wound
around their bodies and covered
their limbs-the rest was thrown
over their heads. No native woman
will be seen at any time with heI
head uncovered. These women had
a great deal of jewelry, and each
wore very large ring in the side
of her nose. Another came out
with simple white robe and nc
ljewclry. She said she had taken of