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work in China, after a visit to his friends here. Writing from Ko-Chow, he reports an interesting experience while on an itin erating trip to Taai-Lei (pronounced “ Dye- Lay” ). W e had some members in Taai-Lei but no chapel and neither Mr. Patton nor I had ever visited there. To be brief, it was
I told you o f Miss Messenger and her work here in the girls’ orphanage and you spoke o f getting the snapshot I sent o f her and some o f her flock. She has since been taken to India because o f being a German subject. W e hear from her that she is very comfortable and is very kindly treated, and hopes1soon to be allowed to go to America. I f you drop a card to Miss Young in the Philadelphia Home, I’m sure she 'will let you know if, and when, they may be expecting her. I’m sure you would like to know and it may be that she would come to Los Angeles, for she has a brother living there. Well, since Miss Messenger has gone, Miss Zimmerman has the girls’ home. The number has swelled to forty- nine and where they ever are stowed away in that small house is a wonder to all. It is Very bad for them physically and there is usually someone sick there. But we hear that they hope very soon now to begin work on a new house for them. It will surely be cause for great rejoicing when they have room enough for them all. Eight dollars a year will support a girl in this home. I hardly can believe it is possible, but the older girls work in the gardens, and so help to raise much o f the food. O f course some times there are great tests o f faith, too. Just the other day we sent the five dollars which some San Fernando friends had sent for the work here, to Miss Zimmerman, feeling that she must need it. She wrote us such a lovely little note saying that the night before she had spent much o f the time praying for the supply o f the next day’s needs, and in the morning had spent her last rupee (33 cents) for corn meal. She said she felt like George Muller of Bristol the next day when the need was met. Yes terday, Mr. Anderson sent a whole kon- gonie (a sort o f gazelle) to the school, so they are feasting today. Alden Pratt in China Alden Pratt, a member o f the Fisher men’s Club and son o f Rev. Dr. J. R. Pratt o f this city, has returned to his missionary
ALDEN PRATT this way. A family of gentry had been converted and their influence, humanly speaking, had led the whole village to decide to turn from their idols to the true and living God. It was a small-sized mass- movement such as India has been experienc ing during the last few years. The day we were there we baptized three new mem bers, making sixteen members there. All o f these were present to partake o f com munion. A list o f 180 names o f enquirers was handed us and we called the roll and found 170 o f these present. These will; o f course, be taught regularly for six months before being baptized, for as yet they understand nothing o f repentance or the way of salvation. Needless to say, we spent hours in prayer) alone and with our Chinese workers, for wisdom in seiz ing this -great God-given opportunity to lead these 180 men into a true faith in Jesus Christ.’ The devil was awake and active, and even while the whole village sat listening to the Gospel that had power to release them from Satan’s clutches, robbers
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