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rupees) by six annas. I have bought a hen for 6 (six) annas and have fostered it. She has brought me 8 (eight) chick ens. K its tried many times to steal them , as she does not know those are His who is above her in heaven. “ One of them is presented in harvest festival of last September. I have sold the re st fo r one dollar. Here I am en closing a dollar for th e use of His work. I hope you are kind enough to accept my donation, who is a poor Indian. I am recollecting you all and the work in my weekly Saturday prayers. “You are glad to hear my hen is now second tim e w ith 5 (five) Ephickens. The above means taugh t me and streng th ened me to believe more in His prom ises (1 John 5 :14 ; Phil. 4:19, etc.) and am dare to say the one dollar is more th a n tenfolds to the principal. “I am bold enough to say your mag azine is my Bible sem inary book. I don’t w ant to lose your magazine any more because my sem inary staff are kind enough to teach. “Staff: God is my Principal, Jesus is my Head Master, Holy Ghost is my In structor. “I am only one Christian (w ith fam ily) in this te rrito ry of 26 villages. I am anxiously waiting to hear the reply. “We wish you many more years of useful service for th e church of Christ in this land. “Yours obediently, “P. ISAAC RALIEGH.”
never preaches except from an open Bible and he has Scripture verses a t his tongue’s end for any argum ent people may give to him. I th ink it is. rem ark able, considering the fact th a t he was only really converted about two years ago. Ju s t now he gets no ouside sp irit ual help except when I go out to spend a week-end, about once a month, o r one of thè other m issionaries from th is station, and th is will explain how much your magazine means to him. The la st time I was out there, he showed me th e hen he had bought to earn th e money he wanted to send to you. W ith a salary of only about $6 per month, you can readily realize th a t he could not afford such extras as American dollars ou t of that, and this is why he bought th e hen. “ I thought you m ight be interested in this little b it of explanation.” The letter, which follows, ought to touch th e h eart of many a Christian in the homeland and cause them to have more though t for the m issionaries who do not have the advantages of much good lite ra tu re such as we may have here. “Dear Rev. T. C. Horton: “ I am receiving your monthly maga zine w ithout missing a month, though I am tran sferred to an out station 8 miles to th e station. “Though it is hard in my p a rt to show my g ratitude by money means, as I am working in faith mission, our mighty F a th e r has showed and inspired me to earn th is dollar (As 3-4-0 or same
THE SOBBING OF A THOUSAND MILLION of poor heathen sounds in m y ear, and moves my h e a rt; and I try to measure, as God helps me, something of th e ir darkness, something of th eir blank misery, something of th e ir despair. Oh, th in k of these needs! I say again, they are ocean-depths; and, beloved, in my Master’s name, I w ant you to measure them , I w ant you to th in k earnestly about them , I want you to look a t them , un til they appall you, un til you cannot sleep, until you cannot criticise. —Rev. Chas. Inwood.
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