The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-14


 of one whom they value and love. She looks to the New Haven Branch to hold up her hands as she represents them and their sympathy, toward her suffer ing sisters.
 The number of patients treated in the dispensary at Ahmednagar, has been largely increased during the famine, many diseases being due to insufficient food.
 pr. BisSell writes that it is pitiful to listen to the constant appeals for help. Daily her morning hours are spent in the consulting room, crowded with pa tients, and as the women wait their turn Bible woman points them to one who can send the rain, and satisfy the hunger of both body and soul. Over 60 Hindu and Mohammedan homes and far larger number of Christian pa tients were visited. The years record registers 12,OO0 prescriptions. A relief kitchen was kept up for four months and wholesome food furnished to the sick and bread given to hungry chil- dren who gathered at the gates.
 It was working in season and out of season. and yet joy to be used in bringing help and healing to multitudes of wretched homes.
 In Madura there is great re- joicing over the new hospital. The cost of erection, 40,000 rupees, was contributed entirely in India, the larg- est donations from Hindoos who appre- ciate the good work done for the city, the money was given with the un- derstanding that the Gospel would be preached daily to the patients and 1t will belong to the American mission.
 After years study of Tamil, pr. Parker has taken charge of the Wo- mans department and is very happy to enter upon her new work.
 Dr. Kate Woodruff has returned to the Foochow dispensary, where she be- gan medical work 12 years ago, and has been welcomed into some official fam flies.
 Two Chinese women, one physician, have been appointed by the Govern ment as delegates to the Women's Congress to be held in London this year.
 Who can doubt the effectiveness of medical missions, when we hear that in one district of China, 30 villages have been opened to missionary effort, as a result of medical work.
 Let us take a glimpse at few cases Miss Trowbridge has pictured for us, as types of many to which the Aintab hospital is ministering.
 Hospital life does not of itself trans form people, but it is a great delight to watch the change that often comes over those who stay several months.
 An awkward figure, a scowling face, and nasal voice fretting and scolding, such was Haiganoosh when she came The poor girl had been sufferer many years. Now the face is smiling, the nasal voice no longer frets and whines, as she hobbies about on her crutches, carrying cheer to others, or sits with the children of the Hospital extension" learning to read.
 A young Arab who was severely wounded in the knee is learning pa tience, through the long and difficult process of recovery, and is waited upon by his tall and gentle mother, pictur- esque figure in long flowing robes. A young woman who had been terri bly wounded in the massacres, reached the hospital after two years of effort. Her wan face became one broad smile of happiness, when the operation was pronounced success, and kept it too, as she went out to take up her burden of poverty.
 Meanwhile in the mems ward was an old Turk, who was known to be one of those who massacred and plundered the Armenians in the city. Knowing what he had been, it required a spirit of forgiveness to minister to him. The Christ type is seen in such as the sweet faced Armenian woman, who on seeing Miss Trowbridge give a New Testa- ment to a Turk, forgot all injuries, and said, I'm very glad you did that, it's kind of seed sowing isn't it?' Miss Towbridge writes: We feel ev- cry year more and more that 1t is a ! great blessing for people of the two | races to be brought together as they are in the hospital; time and again, frinedliness shows itself, between those | who in other places would be ene- mics.
 A letter, hardly two weeks old, comes | this morning from Miss Gleason at | Hasskeay, with her warmest wishes l for this anniversary. It is full of inter- esting details of her work in church and school of personal work with in- l dividuals, and visiting in the homes | and of her industrial department which | furnishes work to more than 200 women | She writes that most earnest atten- 1 tion is given to the reading of the | Word. It is the nearest to real hunger l ing and thirsting after righteous ness, of anything she has seen in her missionary life.
 i OUR SCHOOLS. A band of pilgrims once travelled
 through a barren country; as he went each scattered seed about him here, there and everywhere. Returning years after, they found the country clothed with verdure, and fruit hung here and fruit hung there. and fruit
 hung everywhere; yet could none say this fruit or that comes from the seed ] | planted, but all could rejoice together that God had blessed the seed sowing | and had given such increase.
 So in our mission schools, itiswonder ful to note how the good seed planted 1 by our missionaries, has multiplied { | hundred fold. Girls educated in them
 becoming themselves seed-sowers until
 there seems no limit to the increase. | It is of such seed-SoWing and its fruits, especially in the line of service ] for others, that we desire to report to- day.
 Different Branches of the Woman