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Show Mergan Hill,California September 7th 1923 Miss Bertha Wheelcck *-• 822 Central hit ft. Wilmette,IU My dear Miss Wheel#ekt s This is the time for semi-annual "news letters", according t® Mis. Uline s request, and since I can net write from China my ^ If,'I am sharing with you a letter that came fr®m ®ne ef the Chinese ^irls wh@ also thinks with gratitude e£ the devotion of the Heme Branches which blesses her life, with these ef s# many others. She i i teaching the Primary school at th© Bamboo Street Chapel in Lintsing,and the almost sl.rty l i t t l e folks under her care greet her mornings with profound hews and say "Peace te y©u,my teacher, Miss Geld But she was a tiny girl herself,when I first knew her,c@Eilng te the Bearding Scheel each day fro® their pitifully p#ei heme near the Hospital Crate. Because of prayer meetings held in'a Bible wiaan's home the metner became inter ited and allowed this daughter te read and te unbind her *I!i« J w w was strengthened in her desire te learn ef Christianity by the Kind treatment given her at the Omenta Hospital and by what the l i t t le girl tula ©f the One True God from the lesoons and hymns learned at scheel. Her l i t t l e brether learned the hymns tee. I remember #ne day during the big Feurtn Meen Pair" when Miss Gertrude Wyckeff had come fror ^an;ehiaehuang t to nelp m the preaching to the crewde ef women wh© maRe pilgrimages te the city ef Lintsing at that season,that while she rest;-.! hirTiioi from f-o talking fcs the listening »«sienf.she st@@d this l i t t l e brether up by the ©man and piayed farr Mm while his sweet l i t t l e child veioe fcusifcd tne ©ther sound aa he san^ '/esus Loves ;ies\ »D© y-,u lQV 9 Jesus?" she asked him when he had finished,and he smiled his "fee,11 I think i t must have been abeut that time that the "god shelf M mid the iaela were tafeen trey their heme. It must have been soon after that the Uli mother was called te the scheel ©ne Sunday P.M. because her small daughter had fallen from an improvised teeter beard. She feund her looking r>retty M gorey with a cut under one eye and feeling were© with same cracked'ribs" that the doctor was binding. Her first act was te drep t© her knees and ask Ged t te mai<e_ the l i t t l e daughter well, and t© fergive her fer claying @n Sunday, *i 4 * f :?®r ^n a n c v r ' : r t e that prayer or sew if th* many ethers.it is true that Ged did give her a very beautiful service for Sunday afterneima. Per aj>ii two^ years she has been the leader aineng these buoy at the Bamboo Street ounaay oehsoltand the mother has been a velunteer worker arid serving as the Scb2e-Sarihr^r^ Sense j- ,*he taacn t -thSe°r eW t^$LUBfflLW^U@. Up Su@nf dat*y *tAi*ftt>er -nScir-inBs. from the Boarding m~wAr i m@^er ha- ^ad te part with her l i t t l e sen,and alae with the sweet t n l i ^ f ' ? @ n o ^ # f h e r tml1* &f t e n l i t t l e babies, this one daughter soh^iwb-.it%" t 0 , h e r * They are' good companions. The JietheS Jo matron at the f l r **r daughter Laches, and Is a help in nesting the parents and than .ne hlJ t ^ i n i n t e ^ ^ i n S tne« in learning toe. She has read more tTlL?2! « *u eYGr S 8 e 2 i S a a r e *•**#• than when she is learning more <sr teaching som« sther Kenan, o«liPdT«LH!!i, d i56«Sch#«1*A\Ha t s l^*f lw w h l c h M i B S ^ l d graduated is now h i . , t ?,\a a?y F r i e n d s • We like the way It reminds us ef the waT no* ^ t ^ ^ 1 ^ ; ^ >*? 6 i f t f a n d Prayerr? ef so many. Hiss Ethel Leng is rt * Principal, She belengs to the Michigan Branch, Dut has lived in 111 MiL ^ t v avh e r^?e7^u t^e r K ' L 0 r ^ h a s h a d a nusber of pastorates in the state, «rrt -?£« f\Ai r ? i s , h e r assistant and alse supervises tlte Primary Schoele •fJSiSS^! w h a t v ^ lP s^ can tkcthe Bible Wemen in their preaching. She is fthSemm fu.o Ic enrieea ft1e chie urnc0h^ aenrds toef stthued ys chteeee,l children especially,and enceurage h-B1JS J l l a v e Be e n i n M c r i c a fQ^ a UtUi ever k year, trying to lighten the a r%K?!l?^%V, \ r a tSC r ' w h 0 i S 3°"n t 0 ^l«^ate.his 86th birthday.and fe. hlL YhJ f f Who r ha,s 1?ee? h l s hene-maker. Te leave them seems hard^but I SePHif n l i ¥&U ** X i i i n o i s a r e praying for me ,you will ask Geo to teach me His plan. Seurs ever affectienately. |