Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-21

HANaCHow, CHINA, December 80, 1895.
To the Ladies' Foreign Missionary Soci-
ETY.: MY VERY DEAR FRIENDs-Mrs.
Lindsay's kind letter of October 2Sth
reached me by the last mail, SO you will
see it has been a long time since l have
heard from Yorkville. 1t gave me great
pleasure to hear from you, and l found
myself much cheered and helped by Mrs.
Lindsay's letter. / wrote letter to the
church some weeks ago, which l hope
may reach Mr.. Neville by the New Year.
AS the year of 1895 is drawing to close,
we are all doubtless taking retrospective
views, and feel sure that in the light of
Gods word and by the enlightening in
tiuences Of the Spirit, we can each say that
God has dealt with US tenderly, lovingly,
wisely. He has perhaps found it necessa-
ry to send some chastenings to some of
us. Let us remember that whom the
Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth
every son whom he receiveth." Then,
too, we know that if we love him, all
things, whether joyous or grievous, are
working together for our good-our eter-
nal good, conformity into the image of
our Saviour.
Truly, we, the "King's Daughters" are
most blessed, and may we, each one, be
''glorious within" and he given such full
ness of the Spirit that we may be enabled
tn say with Paul ~ live, yet not I {; but
Christ liveth in me-" I hope you may
have had happy, pleasant Xmas. I
have never spent such blessed Xmas
day. Christ was most consciously present
with me, and as you know, he can fill the
heart with that JOY, peace and gladness
which the world can neither give nor take
away. I have been given kind, low
ing friends in my far away home, and
when l went down to breakfast on
Xmas morning 1 found in the dining
room some pleasant tokens of remem-
brance from each one Of the compound.
After break fast / went over to the girls
school, and we enjoyed very much our
morning service of Bible reading, prayer
and praise. l had promised the girls a
holiday. and yielding to their urgent re-
quest, took all who wished to go out for
walk. Our home is on the principal street
of the city; but we are so near to the part
devastated by the rebels during the Tai
hing rebellion, that we can easily get away
from the crowds, and have quiet, pleas
ant walk. Our girls all have unbound
feet, and it is a great pleasure to them to
be taken out occasionally. At night we
had our usual Wednesday night service
for the heathen women, and God saw fit
on this occasion to give us an unusually
large and most attentive audience. We
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him. have written of some women who
have become interested through the word
preached at these meetings, and who are
at present candidates for baptism. am
now much interested in several women
near us who are beginning to show the
greatest interest in the gospel. l was at
their home on Friday, and in reply to my
question if they ever prayed to God, one
Of them replied, 1--WE do not yet under
stand how to pray; but we are constantly
talking about Jesus" l told them to
come to my class on Sunday afternoon,
and that would explain to them as clear
ly as could about prayer. They came,
and I think have never seen them or the
other women who were present, seem TO
what was being said. At the close Of the
meeting I taught them a short prayer,