Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-09-09

by classes and questioned them on the
lessons. They reminded me much OF
the home schools. Some answered
correctly, some at random, and some
looked silly and kept silence. At the
close of the session, those who had
learned the memory verses received q
little picture story. Those who had
not been absent during the quarter
| got large picture card, and those
that had made a clean record for a
month, got small cards. This is the
use made of the cards sent from
home. 1t was amusing to see full
grown men and women take the bright
cards and make their smiling bows.
They are still children in thought.
4. The prayer meeting-In the ev-
ening we went on foot, off across the
rice-ields to the house of the head
pundit, (teacher) to a cottage meet
ing. Two little stools were placed
for us, the natives as usual sitting on
the mud floor. The meeting was con-
Quoted much like ours at home. On
our return we were a motley crowd.
Mr.. B. and son ahead, and behind us
dozen or more bare legged fellows,
with rough slaves and lanterns. 1t
was beautiful evening; Venus shone
upon us in all her glory, and Orion,
but a few degrees above the horizon,
enabled me to see in what direction
we were going. When | got home I
began to think of your Sabbath just
beginning as ours closed, and of the
pleasant churches where you would
sit and listen to sweet music, to the
helpful words of your pastor. | also
thought of your A. G. meetings, and
thought they will pray for me and
this dear people. Did you do SO?
We do need your prayers so much.
Then 1 wondered if you appreciated
the privileges that you have, if you
are all as faithful to God as His good
ness demands. I am sure you are
trying to be. To serve is our bust
ness. Our A. G. f. must mean more
than advocates, it must mean servers
of Jesus. Is not that what we wish
it to mean?
5. A word about the day schools
In the primary department little ma
ked creatures sit on the floor, and write
the Bengal letters on the hard mud ;
they write and say the letters until
they learn them, besides host of
combinations that almost amount to
new letters. Then you find the next
grade reading and spelling. They all
study together and aloud. In anoth
er school we found an arithmetic
class, and also one in geometry.
They are not all fools by any means,
they would make a favorable showing
beside our home scholars. With equal
advantages / think our Americans
would have to look to their laurels.
6. The industrial department-This
is housed in long shed, and consists,
in carpenter work, rudimentary iron
work, spinning, weaving, basket max
ing. We need much more of this
work in order to enable those who
have become Christians to make
livlihood. To become a Christian
here often costs one home and friends,
being cast out the new convert has
no means of gaining a living because
ancestors will not procure him liv-
ing except among his own people.
These industrial schools aim to teach
something Of skill in trades that will
give a man a living anywhere. A
few hundreds of dollars that our peo-
pie could easily spare out of their
abundance would enable our mission
aries to carry on such schools to the
great blessing of these people. Do
you not think that it is a shame that
the work should be crippled in almost
every direction because our home
Christians do not love God enough to
obey His commands to gospelize the
world. God forgive us for talking
cents where we ought to talk dollars.
Let us the rather talk sense. and say
that | will do just all that | can so
long as tie Lord gives me strength.
Just think of native living on from
two to three dollars q month and
bringing up large family, and when
you are spending a nickel for some
thing, that that would
pay a man to preach here a day and
you will begin to get an idea of how
easy it would be for our people to
SOW India deep with the gospel, if
they were only careful to do what
they could easily do for their breth-
rem. Will you not, as young people
just starting out in life, many of you
Just beginning to serve Christ, will
YOU begin a new system of service
with your money? Do not become
stingy. Do not begrudge every cent
that you give to the Master.
Where did you get what you have?
Where did you get strength to earn
it? Where did you get the sunlight,
the air, the food, the water that gave
you the strength? All gifts of God.
Where did you get that peace that
fills your soul and assures you that
your sins are forgiven? To answer
this question you have to follow the
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