The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-03-06
Letters from the Old World.
BY MISS JENNIE A. NELSON.

BY MISS JENNIE A. NELSON.
DEHRA DooN, Northern India,
Dec. IL, 1872.
I have heard that my boz has
landed at Bombay, and am anxiously
expecting it every day.
We are to have e visit from Sir
William and Lady Muir next week,
and we are expecting a grand oc-
casion. These officers of Govern
ment travel in great state, and great
preparations are made for them, in
order to show them honor. They
carry tents with them, and 1--we in
them while they remain They give
9 dinner, to which all the achite peo-
Iple are invited, and all are obliged to
accept-at least it is considered a
great insult to him for any one to
stay away. When 1 first heard this
spoken OF, I thought at once of ''The
Great Supper" to which all are invit-
ed by the King of Kings, and of how
many refuse to come, or disregard
the invitation.
will be obliged to examine my
classes before the Lieut. Gov. and his
'suite," but we all feel that as he is
most earnest Christian, he is in kind
sympathy with our work. Lady Muir
is very earnest Christian also, and
gives her earnest support to all who
are laboring for the good of these
people. You remember I told you of
our being entertained at their house
at Alababad.
Our hearts and hands have been
wonderfully strengthened by the ar
rival of two American ladies, Miss
Bacon, from Michigan, and Miss
Pratt, from Iowa. Miss Bacon has
taught in public schools at home for
some years, and is inst the woman we
need to take charge of this School
and manage it successfully. 1t is
great relief to me, I assure you, for
Mr.. Heron expected me to be Lady
Principal when Mrs. Woodside leaves,
and while I was willing to accept the
burden, it looked very formidable, and
I felt SO unfit for it.
For the first time in its history,
the School is furnished with full
corps of teachers, and our building
will be completed before the end of
this year. The prayers of the people |
at home have been answered in large |
measure. The Holy Spirit, we trust, |
has come and spoken to number of
or girls, and they hope they have
found the Savior, and expect to come
to His table for tine first time next
Sunday.
One evening at prayers, I invited
all who were concerned about their
souls, and wanted to talk with us
about their salvation, to come to my
room after tea. When / came, /
found ten, quietly seated on the floor.
They all seem to be earnestly desir-
GUS to come to the table of the Lord.
Mr.. Heron says he was a Pastor at
home for six years, and examined
many who applied for admission to
the church, but he never examined
any more religiOusty intelligent than
most of these girls. I have noticed
seriousness among them ever since
the Cholera visited us. That was a
merciful chastisement, as it was the |
little ones who were taken, and this
has been the means of leading the
older ones to Christ-You have no |.
idea how the consciousness that you
all pray for us SO earnestly, and con- i
stanlty, encourages and strengthens us. P
I hope to go to the Mission Con I
ference at Allababad, which meets on d
the 26th of December Mr.. Heron II
will take Mrs. Heron, Mrs. Craig and r
myself as far as Saharanpore in a car j
riage. / will meet Mrs. Janvier there, I
and will go on with her and Mr. Her
ron.