The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-03-21
VISITING SCHOOLS
OVER: IN CHINA
Miss Mamie Glassburner, Missionary
to China, Write of Schools OF Dis
trct in Which She Works
WALK FROM PLACE TO PLACE

Week of Evangelism for All China
Church Members 90 to Church in
Groups to Win Their Neighbors
Mot Buo, JAN 26. 1917.
My Own Dear Ones at Home:
It has been only a day or two SINGS
sent my last letter. but it was so
long in the writing that ! want to be-
gin another one right away, so as to
be sure not to neglect you again.
fsent my letter from Song Chuoug. We
had nice stay OF five days there. We
had intended to start away day soon
err. but we found out the teacher of
the day school at Seakang, the next
place after Song Chuong on our
schedule, had tiny baby daughter
only a few days old, so the district
superintendent advised us not to go
and you see | am not always so
linsistent on carrying out my plans as
l used to be! l gave in and was glad
for the extra day, though you had bet
ter believe l worked for all I was
worth. ! got off a six sheet letter to
Miss Huntley, our official secretary,
and while it is of course pleasure to
write to her, yet it is work, too, to
give survey OF the needs of the work,
and our work here is certainly des-
lperately needy. | don't think | have
lever been under quite such financial
burden as this year. OF course, |
don't want to leave Miss Tschindy
with a deficit on her hands, but it is
certainly a problen-that cannot be
solved except by Divine assistance,
but have been thinking much OF the
old camp meeting song:
10, there's plenty, plenty, plenty
10, there's plenty in Fathers bank
above"
Miss Tschindy has been getting in
teresting snap shots all along the way
and | expect to have most interest
ing series to take home with me.
| Yesterday morning we left Song
Chuong about half past ten. 1t is six
teen miles to Dae Gang, the next stop
Iined a day school on the way and got
in a little while before dark. There
was not very much of the day school,
however, for it was so soon after the
\ new, year and so many evil spirits are
tsIpp posed TO BE abroad II. the land, that
4 most of the parents whotare, not chris
tians were unwilling for their girls to
take the risk We examined what
were there and the district superin-
Itendent will get the other together a
few days later and examine them. The
pastor at Dae Gang is brother of Mr..
Hung, the district superintendent. His
wife is also one of our Hot Chang
girls so it seemed like getting home
to be welcomed by them. They have
two nice children, the oldest, girl,
is regular little chatter box. They
moved this year. When | examined
the day school just before they moved
a few weeks ago. l gave the pupils
each a cake of soap, a wash cloth and
a picture poster. Through some mis-
take there lacked one Of being enough
cakes Of soap to go around, and Of
course the pastors wife said her little
girl could go without, but l promised
to send her cake. When got home,
in the rush of examinations l forgot
all about it, but when Hsaw her big
bright eyes I remembered and l knew
that she had not forgotten. The only
| thing I had in my basket that could
possibly answer was cake Of baby
ivory soap which if cut in two would
be about the size of the cakes distrib-
uted at Christmas time. Miss Tschun-
dy had some blue writing paper with
which to wrap it into a neat bundle
and by emptying our supply of sugar
out of butter tin had tin box with
a lid to add to my Offering. When l
went to cut the soap with our one
sharp knife it didn't cut readily so |
pressed little harder. That time it
did cut with a vengeance and took
with it good sized piece OF my fin.
ger nail. After l got my finger wrap
ped it was not long until the little
girl came in, and almost her first
words were, "What is the matter with
your finger? Is it sore To which
truthfully answered eyes" Well,
she was pleased with her soap and but
ter box and my finger is nearly we'll
and all is we'll that ends we'll.
I began this Friday night at Mot
Buo, but it is now Sunday evening and
We are at Nguang Kang. The trip
from Dae Gang to Mot Buo is thirteen
miles. We had a chair between us.
A little after noon we stopped at a
wayside inn and had lunch of soft
boiled eggs, bread, butter and coffee.
We were both pretty faint before that,
but that gave us strength for the rest
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we got to Mot Buo, though, of course,
trifle stiff from the two long walks
on successive days. The pastors wife
had nice hot Chinese supper for US.
We got in rather early SO had a chance
to visit some with them, and hear
them talk of, their work. The next
morning we examined the, school. The
pastors wife had written that she
was sure there would be no pupils for
examination so early in the month,
but when the time came twelve little
girls appeared. 1t was really quite a
victory, for it is new place and the
people are not yet wholly delivered
from their superstitions. The pastors
wife said, when she saw them coming
in, Truly, it is the grace of God" Be-
fore we were through it began to rain.
so we both had chairs to Nguang Rang.
though We had intended to walk, as
it Is only five miles. Nguang kang is
a beautiful town in the heart of great
valley. They have a pretty little
church, memorial to Miss Linan's
mother. Miss Linan gave the money
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