Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-16

Hills. and 1t Was the busiest day OF all
the year, with the most interesting
work and the largest number of atten-
tive hearers. There were two services
with men and boys before noon. At |
noon there came crowds of women. |
Many were coming and going, so that |
i had no leisure 30 much as to eat.
About 2 O'clock slipped out into an
other room for little food and rest.
Afterwards / went for a walk and
quickly there was crowd of boys and
girls and women about'me, ] sat down
on the ground and taught them One
of the women said viii you come to
my house?' Answering yes / arose
and went with her. Immediately a
company gathered there. While ! was
talking to them a call came to return to
the house where was staying. l went
and there We're some men there to see
me. After talking with them little
while / went out into the yard and sat
on low wall. Immediately I was sur
rounded by crowd of men, women.
boys and girls. and taught them
there. The many bright eyed boys in
terested me. ! directed my words es-
pecialy to them, talking tn them of the
Lamb of God and exhorting them to be
lamb like. Afterwards one of the peo-
pie said to me, you have won those
boys I am expecting that from this
same crowd of boys shall grow up
company of true christian. God fearing
men. The change in them is already
livery manifest. since the first time 1
visited them five and a half years ago.
At that visit. one evening after a hard
| days work. went out for a walk. A
troup of noisy, ragged. dirty boys fol
| lowed me. 1t was rather annoying.
thought what would Jesus do under
similar circumstances Then I turned,
called them to me, talked to them kind
lily few minutes and gave them some
lgood advice. They Were surprised tina
they We're not driven away. and they
began to be subdued and quiet Now
| / have no better friends or more appre-
lciative listeners anywhere than these
same Three Hill boys. Tho improves
.lment in the women there is also great
i On this, my last visit rarely heard
the swear words so common every
/ where in Persia. 1t would be interest
ling to some of our American musicians
to hear our sacred hymns sung BY
the boys of Three Hills One of them
now nearly grown, has the gift of a
lgood voice. He sings the hymns t.
Persian tunes and hush falls upon
the company as they listen. Do they
not as truly worship God as if they
were trying to sing American tunes
Il After such a service OF song a portion
of scripture and prayer, Easter sun
B day was ended and l laid me down to
rest
II left Miandaub for Tabriz April IL
I spent the first night at the Rock
Spring with the family there who hay.
become interested in the reading of the
i bible. spent two nights in Maragha
Coming from there to Allah shar, | hat
! a good work in that village. | stopped
q for the Sabbath in Goigan and reached
Tabriz April II.
During the eight and one-hal
months. of my tour I made eighty Wis
II its to siXtytwo villages and towns ant
J. preached the gospel to about 1000 souls
: including Urumia and Miandaub, wher
| 1 made the long stays. The entire ex
. pense of the tour was about s161.aO, al
: average of 90 cents a day. or 10 cents
|. person.
+ MARY JEwETT.'''