Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1896-10-07
LITTER FROM CHINA.
MR.. Chas. L.. Ki1lie Writes to her
Friends in PIeaSaufyilIe.

LITTER FROM CHINA.
MR.. Csias. L.. Ki1Iie writes to her
Friends in PIeasautvilIe.
The following letter to Mrs. Preston
e. Adams, of Pleasantville, written h-H-
Mrs. Charles A. Aillie, wife Of formerv
pastor OF the Presbyterian church here,
will be read with much interest. Mrs.
Killie is, together with her husband,
doing missionary work in China, and
her letter will throw some light upon
the subject OF foreign missions.
Ichowfu, China, July IL, '96.
My Dear Mrs Adams:
1t has been SO long since have writ
ten or heard from you | hardly know
where to begin, so l will commence by
saying that our time is up for our vaca-
tion in little more than one year which
will be the Fall OF 1897, when, God will
ling, ii we are both spared until that
time, we hope to see you once more.
l went out "itinerating" one hundred
miles from home this Spring alone that
is without Mr.. Killie. I had, for trav
elling companions an old woman, two
servants, and two barrow men. was
gone three weeks to one OF our Chris
tian Stations teaching class OF Chris
tian women the Gospel OF Mark. had
six women in my class. While I was
there 1 was taken sick, but managed
to teach my class daily besides holding
religious services daily, morning and
evening. While L was feeling SO badly
I received letters from the home station
bringing the distressing intelligence that
my husband was. or had been, very
i'll, and his life despaired of at one tl1fe
The Journey both to and from home
had to be made in a wheelbarroWt 1t
took me five days ON the Journey out,
but on the return home 1 made it IN
three thereby brea king gthewheelbarrow
"record" in this part OF the world. On
my way l met a second messenger who
relieved my anxiety, somewhat, by In
forming me that Mr.. Killie was better
A few days later a Baptist missionary
and his wife came to our home and re-
mained a month. The man was very
sick and was carried to 1chOWfu, on
a bed, for medical treatment, as there
were no physicians where he came from.
We were glad to be able to help our
brother in the missionary cause and
enjoyed the visit, but, OF course, it in
teriered somewhat in our "itinerating'
work.
1t is now past the wheat harvest.
the weather very hot, the rainy season
lust at hand and the mosquitoes and
ileas unComiortably plentiful. l am now
25 or 80 miles from home at one OF our
Christian Missions teaching two classes
OF women. | arrived yesterday after
noon and have young woman with
me to whom l taught the Doctrine. She
reads very well, as TO the two servants
and the two barrow men. l washere
late last year and taught class OF wom-
en- and prepared them for baptism. They
all passed a good exa mination and have
been baptized.
With all the unpleasantness and dis
comforts that we meet here, there is
still a pleasure derived from teaching
and studying with these poor ignorant
people the Word OF God and the teach
ings OF Christ that the world cannot
give in any other way. The more l read
the Gospel in the Oriental language and
compare the ways OF this people to the
ways OF the people in Christ's day, the
more enjoy and understand the Bible.
Please remember me to all OF the dearr
friends in Pleasantville and tell them
to write me, for it is nice to feel that
one is not wholly forgotten in this far
away land.
l still have my day school OF fifteen
scholars, and my class OF women three
days OF each week besides the woman's
prayer meeting and our other services.
Three OF my school girls were baptized
at last Communion.
I, and the woman who assists me,
have little bit OF room about 12x15
feet, with one door, and one small square
window about two feet square. When
this room is filled with women and chn-
dren, every last one OF whom has eaten
onions and garlic, and who have not
bathed since they were born. and whose
clothes are not any TOO Clean or lree
from odors. tell you there are tires
when I can scarcely breathe even after
l have eaten onions and gsIlle myself
in sell defence. sometiuss sit in tEt
little door yard until milrignt befoI
am able to breathe the air and sleep
in it. When it rains 60 that can 'tget
out, Oh, my! The children, both large
and small, wear but little clothing, and
many OF them none at all -butthe wealth
er is hot and there is no danger Of their
freezing.
l wish you would club together and
send me a box OF toys and useful things
in the way OF handkerchiefs with color
ed borders, fancy soap, small towels,
lead pencils, pocket knives and slmlia
articles and trinkets for my school chill
dren next Christmas, as l want to have
a Christmas tree for them, and there
is but little here that one can buy ioI
them in that line.
With kindest regards for yoursei,
family. and all inquiring friends am
Lovingly yours,
Lou S. Killie.