Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-02-23

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sum necessary to pay the salary of Miss
Thoburn in India This sum has been
divided into shares of $40 each, of which
the young ladies of the st. Clairsyllle NJ
r. Church have assumed three. Miss
Thohurn wrote letter to the girls OF
the E. o. Conference, which we give be-
low:
LUCKNOW, Path Dec. 1881.
| DEAR GIRLS Months ago, away round
on the other side of the world | promis-
ed to write you letters from India once
every quarter. 1t is now two weeks
since landed in Bombay. And you are
thinking it is time to begin to fulfil my
promise. l left Ohio on the 18th of Oc-
tober, and sailed from New York on the
22d. Two weeks later, after some rough
weather and some fair sailing between,
we reached London. By "we," mean
the seven ladies who came with me to
India. We stayed five days in London,
and then crossed the Straits of Dover to
Boulogne, and from there by rail came
on through Paris and passed other
French cities and towns, across rivers
and under mountains, until we reached
Italy, where we stopped to rest a few
DAYS in Rome, and to see the many beau
tlful sights and wonderful things in
that old city. l wished all the girls
knew could have been with me. What
a happy crowd we would have made.
hope YOU will be able to 60 some time
but you must get through your history
books first, and learn what is to be seen
there. / could not begin to tell you in
one letter, and it is not necessary; so
many travellers have written it better
than L could if l had room and time.
From Rome we went on by rail
through and across Peninsula of Italy,
passing many very interesting places on
the way. We stayed all night at Naples,
and as the train moved out early in the
morning we could see the smOuldering
fire in the old Vesuvius flashing up oc
casionally and Illuminating the smoke
clouds that hung over the crater. We
left it behind before the sun rose, and at
night reached Brindisi, where our steam
er lay in the little harber, waiting for
the mail and passengers brought by our
train. Three days after we were in
Alexandria and from there we went, not
through the canal, but by rail again
across the part of old Egypt which is en-
closed in the Delta of the Nile, and the
latter half of the journey was across the
desert that lies all along the border of
the Red Sea. twas long days jour
ney, and when we reached SueZ we were
rather glad that we could rest at a hotel
little while before going on our ship,
which had not got through the canal, be-
ing blocked by other vessels. 1t was
named the Mongolia, and was the clean
est and most comfortable of the three
ships wehad been on since leaving New
/ York. In the afternoon we went aboard
and on day after day, we came, very
happily and thankfully; for the sea was
calm and the sky was blue, and the stars
bright at night, and we all felt well and
glad that our journey was so nearly
over. Down the Red Sea and across the
Arabian Sea, we came to Bombay and
then 100 miles further ny rail to Luck
now, and here | am writing to you
again. When L say, "here am" l wish
YOU could see just how and where.
Though it is December there is no fire
in the room where am sitting, writing
by shaded lamp, for it is midnight, and
sick girl is lying on the bed beside me-
She has not many more nights to live,
and though she does not need much
care, we do not leave her alone. She is
sleeping just now, but little while ago
she was awake and coughing very pain
fully. She asked me if did not think
she would die soon, and when l said
Yes, you will begin the new year in
Heaven she said, 81 am so glad, but l
Wish could be there for Christmas, toe" 4"
She longs to die, and her face lights up
with pleasure when she talks of it.. The
Steubenville girls who read this will
know her when tell her name She is
Henrietta Brown whom they have sup
ported in the school for the past three
or four years. wish they could see her
now and hear her talk of our Saviour.
| For His sake she left the home where
she had been brought up, but where she
could not remain and serve Him, and
now He is taking her to mansion In
Heaven. She is very sad when she
thinks she may never see any of her
own family friends there, for they are
wicked people; but she hopes her moth
er was good, though she knows nothing
about her, for she died when Henrietta
was little child. Her friends are not
heather people, but no better in charac-
ter, though they call themselves Chris
tians. They are Roman Catholics, but
more ignorant and degraded than any
body you know in America. | know you
are glad you have had some part in
helping her out of darkness into light,
that for her will never fade away. There
are so many poor sinful, suffering peo-
pie in this land, and so many ignorant
and blind of heart. When 1 think of
your homes and your schools, and all the
blessings that surround you. and then of
the poor lives of the girls here, feel
you owe debt to your kind Heavenly
Father, which you can only pay by Civ
ing freely te His suffering children.
Will you not do more and more to help
them?
Twill write you longer letter when
l have been here longer and have more
| to tell you. With love. your friend,
L. THoBURN,
To the girls societies of the East Ohio
Conference.