The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-04-30
SHANGHAI. China,


Jan. IS, 1909
DEAR FRIENDS :-Kyung Men, your
girl, is getting on in her studies very
we'll indeed When / examined her
last | found she was quite ready for
the highest class. She will become n
useful woman.
/ have been out this Autumn visit |
ing the Christians and itinerating |
amongst the villages where we have |
Christians, and it is good to see how
they are kept faithful. The first day
out we travelled till sunset by house
boat, when we reached the home of a
young blind widow. She had been
patient in our hospital. While there
she listened daily to the Gospel, and
although she could not see, she COM
mitted to memory many Scripture
texts, and verses of Gospel hymns,
none of which had been forgotten.
She had, on her return home, re-
moved the kitchen god from her kit
chen, which is always unmistakable
evidence that the person has given up
idolatry. Her neighbors say "she is
continually repeating the words of your
Jesus doctrine has no friend or
| neighbor except heather, still she is
kept by tne power oI bou.
One of our present inquirers in the
| Bible School whom we are preparing
| for baptism is an old woman over fifty,
a Buddhist nun. She has lived over
thirty years in heather temple, her
head shaven clean to the scalp, and on
the head there are branded six or
seven spots which were done when
she took the VOWS of nun. Now she
is in proper Chinese woman's dress,
and her hair is growing. Time fails
me to tell of all, but we rejoice that
we have this privilege given us to la
Dor and to pray, and also to see the
harvest being gathered in.
| Yours,
| MARY j. IRVINE.
YoKAHAMA, Japan
| My DEAR FRIENDS - / am sorry
that have been so long silent, but
am always grateful for your kindness.
think | am happier than you, to
| study lessons in this school, and to
learn about God, which most of the
people here cannot understand easily
My father died when was ten years
old. | was so sorry that he was yet
Christian when he died. My mother
also is not yet Christian.
L often heard about your country
from my brother-in-law, who lived
eight years in your country. My
little garden is situated in a corner OF
my school, and these days there
bloomed lovely white chrysanthe-
mum. l am now a second preparatory
and l have eight class mates and my
| class mates were baptized in Decem-
Der in the Union Church, and | am
very glad that can worship the same
God with you.
Already we are the children OF God,
| but we must pray and work for those
| who do not know Him.
Yours gratefully,
| HIsA OzAwA.
Letter from Miss Doremus, of New
York, now in Calcutta.
| My DEAR FRIENDS OF LAMBERT
WILLIE 1T is my great pleasure to run
| over to our Orphanage to get acquaint-
| ed with our children, who are most
attractive. Your little Oania is one
| with whom You would lose your heart.
As you doubtless know, she was a
famine child, but you would hardly
believe it to see her fat cheeks and
sturdy limbs. She has attained to the
third standard, and the government
| inspectors who examine all our work,
gave unqualified approval to Oania'
attainments the past year. She re-
cited for me, all the texts on God s
love which Miss Gardner has arranged
in succession, and her answers to
questions 1 asked her on the Bible
were prompt and very intelligent.
The knowledge our pupils have of the
Bible is far beyond those Of the same
age in America. Let us get the words
of God in their hearts, and we have
given them priceless treasure. 1t is
most touching to see how Oania loves
and cares for the younger children in
the Orphanage. She amuses them in
play time and considers them her
special charge, so that Miss Costello
depends on her when occasion re-
quires.
Our Orphanage is the finest have
seen in India. As enter the place,
the happy voices make realize what q
benediction this home is to those
who would have persisted but for this
rescue. Keep Oania in your daily
prayers.
Yours sincerely,
s. d. DoREMus.