Year: 1861

ship bearing the " missionaries OF the cross
was saved. The Lord reigneth-we!l may
His people rejoice!


Brother and Sister Hauser entered imme-
diately upon their work, assisting US what
they were able in our schools and other work,
and applying themselves to the study of the
language. The first Sabbath after their ar


rival was an interesting one to us all. Bro.
Judd from Moradabad had come up to spend


few days with us, and to welcome our new


missionaries to the work in India. So we


thought this fitting time to baptizc few


who had long desired this, and who had been


under instruction for several months, and were


considered worthy to receive this ordinance.


Accordingly, we assembled in our little


Chapel, at our usual hour Of worship, and


after short sermon from William, we called


up the candidates tor baptism, and explained


to the congregation the nature Of the rite


we were about to administer. We then


asked the usual questions, and baptized three


boys of great promise, giving them the fol-


lowing names Peter Merrill James P.


Stone and Hiram A. Cutting Brother


Hauser baptized four others-one man and


three women Two of the women were


wives of men who had been previously bap


tized, but who did not at first engage with


their husbands in the service Of God. The


third was young woman that William found


as he was itinerating among the villages


She was the daughter OF Hindoo-her


mother had died, and for some reason she was


cast off by her father. William found her


nearly naked aud starving. He told her to


come to Biinour, and we would care for her.


She came a poor pitiful object, y We fed and


clothed her, and soon found that she was


smart and actve-one of the most interest
ing native women we have met with. She


seemed anxious to learn, and made rapid nl-


provement-listened attentiycly to the truths


of Christianity, and soon we heard her voice


in prayer to God in our little prayer-meet-


ing, and now she gives good evidence that


she is striving to live Christian life. She
was a few days since married to Benjamin,


one of our teachers, fine young man. In
all this there seems to me a Providence
Here was a noble young man, in good po'
sition, but in all the country around there
was no Christian young woman whom he
could select as companion for life. Will
lam, from his heart OF sympathy, picked uF
q this almost naked beggar in the street; We
clothed and fed her, and taught her of Chris
+ tianity, and now she is the wife of Chris
! tian teacher, loved by all around as a noble
I Christian woman. So great has been he
improvement, and her sincerity so apparent
e that we have the strongest hopes that she will
. be very useful in our Mission.
Q The young man who was baptized was be
V trothed to young woman in one OF the vii
e Iapes where we have school. Before thel
" marriage the young woman became Chlis
:. tiap. and on account of this barrier Of reli
d gion they did not wish to marry each other
is but secret and forced marriage was al
% ranged by the parents, and the Christla
J. girl sent away to back village, where sh
>. could hear no more of Jesus The Enem
ID this time as he often does, carried the matte
,e TOO tar, for the girl proved faithful, and IL
ID stead Of giring up her religion lieed It, en-
as each day prayed with and for her HUSBAND
ye and told him of Christ. He at length b'
1e came interested, and desiring to learn more
IS. lie came to BJnour some months ago an
in has since then lived here, and has proved
- faithful and successful seeker OF the rellgo
cd of Jesus How many Christian wives
ne home would have proved more faithful tina
US this young woman, erecting family ait'
ke with an unconverted husband, and keeping
IN up until the husband himself desired to tai
h. the lead in this ? There is much OF intere
ne connected with these cases to US, and v
ye trust that God will make them bright llgh
I'M in the midst of this heathon people.


as The three boys arc some we have foul
re at different times, and becoming interested
Oh them, and hoping to do them good, and pr
ad pare them for lives of usefulness, we ha
ut taken them, and arc supporting them at O
LIST own expense. They have thus far more thi
nd realized our hopes concerning them II


two oldest are some twelve or fourteen yea
d. of age, are really intelligent, and will COZ
of pare well with boys at home who who ha
en- had much greater advantages. They have
tle nine months learned to read two OF the
ey tive languages so that they can reai the
.as tlucn:lv, and they have also learned to re-
N. English. but cannot yet understand it ALL
he We teach them English SO that they mi
,re have access to knowledge in English worE
nd which cauuot for a long time be transIat
he into their own language, aad that they MI
we also by their knowledge be valuable ass
,ot tants in the work of translation.
lat The other boy is younger but is very brig
he ard active. All three seem earnest IN the
,at efforts to serve God and their lives are pro
so of their sincerity. We hope they may \