Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-10-12

out nelpIul CnrlStlan nome lnnuence,-and
begged me to take her into my Bible class
and try to save her. assuring me that she
was well worth any efforts I must put
forth. OF course l was glad to accede, but
thought it very doubtful that she would
come to an utter stranger to Sabbath
school and church she had never entered,
utterly alien to her associations and miles
from her home. She did-nor do | think
she was ever willingly absent from her
place In that Bible class until the she sailed
for India" About year after she became
a Christian and Joined the church. Shortly
after the Baltimore branch of the woman's
foreign missionary society was organized,
largely through the efforts of Mrs. DR..
Butler.
Miss Kelly. school girl with her books
in hand, strolled into the church, taking
seat in the rear, and heard words that be-
came fire on her brain and blood and
heart ever after. Her call to India came
then. She tried to write, next week, the
required school composition, but merry
theme and thought failed, save one, and at
the last she dashed off the lines now pub
lished on leafet. and entitled "India.n
| quote a stanza or two:
"Iod is sending Us to thee.
Sisters by yon summer sea,
Messengers Of hope to be,
To India.
God has bid us hear thy moan,
Bid us claim thee for His own,
Bids lis bear thee to His throne,
Saved India"
From that hour to this, with more or less
distinctness, she heard the call. :.
and through eight years she was being dis.
ciplined and prepared for the work.
The summer after this she: graduated
with great honor; on that day wrote her
letter appropriate to the occasion,
|. and quoted the words, "Ye are
not your own, ye are bought with price;
wherefore glorifys God in your bodies and
spirits which are His" forgot the cir
oumstance until last summer she showed
me her Bible containing that letter with
that passage marked, and said That then
became the motto of my life; because of
that shall go to India"
But her way seemed utterly hedged up
it did seem that Gods providence was not
in harmony with His spirit, and she
thought she might be excused from foreign
missionary service. She took up the home
work, and spoke and wrote most earnestly
and effectually." Thealeahet, "Then and
Now" which has touched so many hearts,
is from her pen.
But once in Saturday afternoon class
composed chiefly of my Sabbath scholars,
We talked on an absolute, unqualified, en-
tire surrender of self to the Lord Jesus
Christ. To her, that meant dedication to
missionary service. She passed struggl-
ing, agonizing night, and at break of day
wrote the lines you will find in the Dccem
Der Friend. She told the Lord if He would
gra, health and open the way. she would
20. Gradually health improved hinder
ances were removed, wonderful providen.
ces were wrought,-and although it was
two or three years before she was ready to
go,-every day, every hour was devoted to
preparation for this. Under gentleman
who has spent some years in India, she
studied Hindu, Urdue and Persian, and
made fine progress. For
time and for eternity she gives herself to
India, and every letter that comes is
freighted with gratitude and Joy and de-
votion. She is frail-she may not live
very long anywhere-but know in life or
in death, her influence will be as precious
ointment poured forth"
Miss Kelly sailed with others from New
York, Oct. 81. 1880. and reached Calcutta,
Dec. "a of the same year. Her letters,
written on the voyage, are jubilant. She
says, "No doubts about going 10 India can
ever come into my mind 1t is all fixed,
and | am happily speeding on my way.
Irealize that am going solely, and o so
consciously, because the Master calls me,
and because | rejoice to do His bidding
rejoice while it hurts me to the very depths
of my soul. People say to me, How
cheerful you arer Ought l not to be the
happest woman that sails the seap Am ]
not going as His messenger am so glad
that had those three years. experience in
the home service. Instead of keeping from
me any good thing, God was giving me
the best and most precious things of my
life. l can so fully sympathize with you
who bear the burden; but as God has
blessed me in bearing it. sogHe does and
will bless you" On landing she wrote, II
Can write no more now, and why should I,
for am in India, and is not that enoughp