The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-05-29

mdU dD lJdTSl. happened 10 see DST
in the streets and asked her who she
was. She told me her whole story and
said she would let me have her sister,
who was not wanted by her cruel mas
ter, and that she could not come away
for the fear of that man. | wanted
to rescue the poor child, but was at
that time unable to do so. | prayed
to the Lord to show me the way-and
in the next week He sent help. A
young missionary gentleman came to
help me. He went to the police sta
tion and took her away from the man
who had kept her in his possession
against her will. She was sent to the
mission bungalow with servant, but
her former master carried her away
by force. Again the missionary went
to the town and fetched her, and that
very night took her to Jabalpur, and
now she and her sister are placed with
some good missionary ladies who will
take care Of them. The elder girl,
poor child, is ruined for life and Is
suffering from horrible disease May
the mercful Father help these chill
dren.
One OF my workers was walking on
the road one day, when she saw lit
tie girl OF about twelve years old sit
ting on the roadside. She looked sad
and hungry. My worker spoke kindly
to her and found out that she was an
orphan. When the worker asked her
If she would like to come to me, the
girl said she had an older sister, and
would go anywhere with her. In the
meanwhile the sister, who had gone
to wash, came back to the place where
the child was sitting. From her my
worker heard their pathetic story.
Their father had died about three
weeks ago; they had no one to take
care Of them, and did not know where
to go to get food; they were on their
way to the relief camp. Some one had
told them that there was lady near
the place, who had come to gather
some children to give them home,
so they had come to the Sarai to look
for her. From this statement we
knew they were looking for me, but |
left the Sarai before they came, and
so missed seeing them. My worker
then asked the older GIRL who is about
IA, il she and her sister would like to
come and stay under my care. The
girl said she would; only she did not
want to be put into bad life. She
begged Of my worker with tears in her
eyes, that she should be allowed to
remain pure, and be placed under the
care of good people. For she had met
with many bad people after her faith
er's death, and they had tried to tempt
her into bad life. But she had res
olutely refused to go with them.
While this conversation was taking
place, half dozen or more wicked
men had gathered around my worker
and were about to take the girls away
by frightening them out of their wits,
but God saved the children from the
dreadful fate and they were safely
brought to me.
Another young girl of about Is was
some time ago wandering away from
home, when respectable looking man
told her to go home with him and
help his wife in the household work.
She consented, and went with him.
He gave her nice clothes and food, and
for few days all went on nicely
with her, but the devil was at work in
his heart. Other demands were made
on her but the girl said she had gone
to his house to work and not for any
other purpose. He then said that
she should not get sari and food, I'M
less she consented to follow his wishes.
every WE'LL" she said, and put on
her old rags, threw away the good
sari, and went out on the streets
again to beg her food. She was pick
ed up tho same day by u kind lady and
is safe with me now. There are not
many such girls who will resist the
devil in the face Of starvation and
death. God be thanked for protec-
ting the virtue of these innocents.
But it has been my sad lot to see
many little girls ruined for life.
My sympathies are excited by the
needs of young girl widows especially,
at this time. To let them go to the
relief camps and poor houses or allow
them to wander in the streets and on
the highways means their eternal de-
struction. Ever since | have seen
these girls in the famine districts
some fallen in the hands of the wick
turned out by their cruel masters ow-
ing to bad diseases to die in hope
less, helpless manner, some being
treated in the hospitals only to be ia
ken back into the pits of sin there to
await a cruel death; some bearing
the burdens of sin utterly lost to the
sense of shame and humanity-hell
has become a horrible reality to me,
and my heart is bleeding for those
daughters of fond parents who have
died leaving them orphans. Who
with mothers heart and sisters
love can rest without doing every
thing in her power to save at least
few of the girls who can yet be saved
from the hands of the evil ones. So,
regardless of the trying financial state
of my school, l went to work in the
Central Provinces to get few of the
helpless young widows.
The father who is a very present
help in trouble, has enabled me to get
some sixty widows, forty-seven of
whom will go to school to study, and
Others will work. Over $50 rupees
were spent in fetching them here. The
Lord has put it into my mind to save
800 girls out of the famine districts,
and l shall go to work in His name.
The funds sent to me by my friends
in America are barely enough to feed
and educate fifty girls, and several
people are asking me how l am going
to support all these girlswho come from
Central India. Besides their food and
clothing, new dormitorics and dining
rooms must be built. Our present
school house is not large enough to
hold more than one hundred girls at
the most. And how are these emer-
gencies to be met.
| do not know, but the Lord knows
what need. | can say with the
Psalmist-.I am poor and needy. but
the Lord thinketh upon me-" My
girls and l are quite ready to forego
all our comforts, give up our luxuries
and live as plainly as we can. We
shall be quite contented to have only
one meal of common coarse food daily
If necessary, and so long as we have
a little room or seed of grain left in
this house, we shall try and help our
sisters who are starving. 1t seems
sin to live in this good house and eat
plenty of good food and be warmly
clothed, while thousands of our fellow
creatures are dying of hunger and are