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Show (2) ior fiee months on. the hard bed with bricks, to weigh down, the bedclothes on either side so. that he wouldn!t f crawl out. The child was so weak , he coulon.H stand alone. There was no vacant place in.the hosp i t a l at. that, time but we. told her she mibht leturn in a lew days when when she could be fciven.the use of half a six by eibht foot brick bed* She was*very attentive at prayers and was eab e r . to study a l l , t h a t her poor eyes would permit. One day. the subject pf was idol worship and she .surprised us by saying," For six years I have not ^one. to. the. temples , t o worship idols nor burned incense.to my ancestors at home, though my aunt was very much frightened when I d i d n ' t , You see it is. this wayi six years ago when there wssn'jt any hospital only the dispensary clown at Fruit Market Piece I had a number ei boils and went, there and was cured* I heard, the preaching and bought some g6*p#il and my husband who reads, read, them, to me.. I knew, there was no use worshiping, idols made of wood and ffiud ar.d I said' I'd not worship any god but. the Great Heavenly Father* Now 1 want, to leam more," She did las rn much more and , the Sunday before I came away she and four of her grandchildren were at church as upon several other Sundays* ana.the 1 at t i e boy when he saw me come in pointed with his linger ana said "Dai" (Uiich alght be , translated "Dot1) ami vrig*led $4J$$$ until his t.randmother let him down when he. toddled acxoss and asked.to oe seated on. the bench hesioe me* .The l i t t l e granddaughter will enter our feirl*s school, t h i s f a l l, Are. they Christians? .They are at least learning what i t is. to be Christians. It always makes us very ^led.to ^et messages from former p a t i e n t s . JtMlllMblbtlttJ There are many Catholics in the western fHt$$ r ^ t of our f i e l d . Several ye**Ti ago. there came, two Chinese nuns ,'Very a t t r a c t i v e women who were in charge oi a Girls' school .They brought a note from the German priest in charge of.the d i s t r i ct asking me.to pfi examine.them for pulmonary.tuberculosis. One* I believe, had i t . Btiflg Intelligent women.the) followed instructions •UGh more carefully than do meet petieota. Ihm I tent on J or lot Jo I lost, track of them. .This spring * toman froa "heir f village time ior, treatment. She reported.them both well and brought.their cordial ^ r e e t i n t s . .The big fourth moon festival is a lavorite time »fth former patients ior r e v i s i t i n g the hospital because so isrny come at. that, time ,to-oo business as well as iany. to worship at temples :• no prey for branasons. .This May from a t i l l a g e twenty miles away $ was one Oi these who came, to l e v i s i t us. She hao walked every step of the. twenty miles |