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Show 7 ^<f SOMS OF .THE MUDS Of LX&filMG. Our fxisjns say r e p e a t e d l y , n Tell us wnat ^/ou want*" Here are some of the things. 1) We want you© prayers- at the risk of seeming to say t r i te things we must head the l i s t with t h i s. 2) In the g i r l s 8 school we say plan for ten l i t t l e g i r l s and nineteen wish to enter the school* Tne appropriation for tne boys1 school will allow us to c a l l in only four boys as boarders while forty would'come if they coula. Ten a o l l a r s will make possible the a d a i t i o n of one boy or one g i r l to tne boarding schools this jea.ro 3) We have four o u t s t a t i o n s , important places, «rith chapels which are not supplied with preachers because of lack of funas. Tue expenses of a helper range from Jetty to seventy dollars a yearQ 4) To rent a chapel, that i s , to rent a building tnat will serve for a preaching nail will cost from ten to twenty dollars per j e a r. 5} To buy property Which can be remodelled for cnurch purposes n i l l cost from forty dollars upward* Street cnapels on uusy s t r e e ts are excellent places for reaching tne iuultitua.es wno tnrong the s t r e e t s, e s p e c i a l l y dm the days when the periodic f a i r s are nelao 6) Last year Mro wen was called in from tne southernmost o u t s t a - t i on to be the Dispensary a s s i s t a n t and another man tfas addea to the helper fooTce to taxe charge of tnat outstation* .Since the sum asked from the Woman's Board of the I n t e r i o r is for tne woman a s s i s t a n t for Dr. Tallmon, the sixty dollars necessary for Mr. Wen's salary is not covered by any appropriation. > 7) We previously mentioned the Mr. Wang ffnose eyes were so nearly put out by his enemy, but wnose"heart eyes" wefte opened in the missionary hospital- tne thought came to us that he might be admitted , to the School for the Blind in Pexinfe. Although if you saw him walk off down the road you would not tninx that his eyesight *ras nearly gone, d he is unabled to read anything but large characters in a good l i g h t . Consent to enter the school has been obtained and we hope ais wisn . to read tne Bible and play the o©&aE shall oe ^ r a t i f i e d . Fifteen doll a r s will pay his travelling expenses ana a liKe sum will send him out as a preacher during the summer months. SUGGESTIONS. your.church or society to give you advice If you thinx that i n t e r e s t can be best.aroused i or Sunday School by sending a box we will oe gla about f i l l i n g i t. If you want Kodak pictures of this field, we will gladly send tnem to vou at the rate of t h i r t y for a,dollar*. w. _ . , If you remit for tne pictures sena to f.B.Wiggin, Treaso American Board, Congregational House, Boston, Mass. If you send mone^ for the work nere, send as above 9 save that in the loemer case, marx the r e m i t t a n c e , " Personal'* and in the l a t t e r case, mark " Special for Lin-t s i n g . " You can make use of tne "Parcel Post" r a t e , twelve cents a pouad, in sending PACJ&&&S t o u s i f ?o u address us T ' i e n t s i n , China, Care of American Board. From there they will be forwarded to Lintsing* |
