The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-04-28

washing of dishes, while another
brings the water to the bath rooms"
another sweeps the house and yard,
another takes care of the waste.
The dhobi comes once week for the
washing and another man comes for
sewing as required.
At present practically all my time
is put upon the study of the Ian
guage, two hours day with the
munshi (teacher) and three hours in
study by myself. The routine for
the day is something like this. We
arise at five O'Clock, have half
hour for reading and prayer in our
rooms and go for chota Qittle break
fast) soon after six o'clock. At
seven the munshi comes and is here
until nine. From then until ten or
ten-thirty is an opportunity for study
or any necessary work. Then we
have breakfast, followed by prayer
and Bible reading as family. This
usually takes until 1890 or one
! o'clock. After that we are supposed
to lie down and rest for an hour at
least, then more study until about
four O'clock when we had tea. From
then until six we are out with the
Bible women or studying. From six
to seven we are supposed to hive re-
creation with dinner between seven
and eight. Again the family is to-
gether for Bible reading and prayer
and the different cases of the day are
brought up for united prayer. We
are scarcely ever in bed before ten
o'clock.
The hot weather is beginning and
will continue until, we get rains,
which will probably be the latter
part of June. During the day the
thermometer in the house runs about
80. The sun is very hot and intense
and we never go out even for min
ute without our head covered. If the
suns rays strike you even in the
house on your head or neck, you will
soon know the effect in a severe sun
headache. Let me say that it is all
from the hearsay, as | haven't ex-
perienced it. For all that it is so
hot, / can say that | haven't really
suffered from heat thus far. Nearly
everyone goes to the hills for six
weeks during the hot weather, when
l shall go or where l cannot yet tell.
Since it is almost mail time | will
/
leave the remainder to tell in an
other installment. In closing | think
I will tell of one of the occurrences
of yesterday. A few weeks ago a
middle aged man in village ten
miles away accepted the Lord Jesus
Christ as his Savious and was truly
born again, as we have abundant
evidence. At that time he asked for
some clothes, which practically all
the natives do once they are convert
ed, so Mr. Opper went yesterday to
take him some. AS he was away
from home, Mr. Upper went on to
where he was working to give them
to him. His sister is apparently
demon possessed for she shamefully
treated Mr. Upper and told him he
had ruined her brother. Although at
| first unwittingly she had told where
| he was working, she then tried to lie
and cover up his whereabouts. She
followed on after him in violent
rage and when she reached the place
she fairly tore them off his back.
Soon the news that Mr. Opper had
come to carry off this man spread to
Cnree villages TOuHu dDOuC ana lHey
gathered in to protect this poor de-
luded man. This was, however, after
he had come away and two of the
native preachers brought back this
news, also the clothes. While the
crowd was assembled they had
good opportunity to preach the
Gospel Of Jesus Christ with its power
to save and we know that His Word
shall not return to Him void. This
is just to give you little idea of
what some of the native Christians
have to endure as we'll as how the
Christians are misunderstood.
tell you this that you may bear
him and others up in prayer, as well
as all the work of the Mission. The
Lord is truly faithful to His Word
and is wonderfully precious to me
here. I can testify to His quicken
! ing power in mind and body. May
the Lord bless you everyone in the
! personal knowledge of Himself in
| fullness.
Ever in Him,
Ida M WaShhurn