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Show e hssre t&'r 8 11(1 I tS practice * . ' ' 1 ' i ie she ffl i - 5 oh© o >y® on a p r e s s i no; 6 and printed hymns a n d v e r c a s . t h e t she might teach and preach during herja&i v i s i t s . % e poor often gc t o h e r for lie ip and find h e r s warm-ho i r t f d an--1 a s y a p a t h a t i s friary* ghe gathers h e r neighbors together for evening prayers* MM; VAM. tintsi»gTs third Big] e-wgisah is * ag ®m Li. She i s a youttft woman of f r a i l hotly but groat determination nun -irvot ion* She Uvea in the •wo&g&'a court" and is s sort of h o s t e s s to country church-women who come* 3ie i t is fho helps the t g t t i n g wo*>e r rot* two <3 \y •.. \ ?ook She s u b s t i t u t e d for iiraVJgiiti in too rhiny t a t t l u i at the ^Hfcrwgwat school daring e sss-aeesery absence-* ,r*! s t -.* - *. i yy >n v-.^-.v , #*«.T ' ^ \f 3 sa£ ^w hours of f a i t h f u l service at r i c h s t a t i o n 9laSS*%ie f e a rod that the *oss*ilo;<t sight C° horse without learnin,-: the rough I the h-mu? yior volunt isred to help (hSQ outside or hours* | h e can be. lepeade* upon at fourth meuath fgJLr t i t e, and has helped too in the h o s p i t a l preachih| at times- s he road f i r s t in h the school for g i r l s that was her& before ^oxer times* *tttv her carriage % She road in one or two s t a t i o n c ' p y ^ s ahd at lea e t once went to Pang- Ohaang for a women's study class* Jhtto. she has done so such by herself t road - lug when she CCU-ld get s re*^ n.in i t s St'and u^lnr: every ehaaci to ask the no** chrrr.cters she f o u a l t t h a t she i s now the veyy best of the wotser S t a t i o n c l a s s teachers* Her f a i t h f u l n e s s in pray^r^or the church workers should oo put f i r s t asohg ^-}"s cervices* Sfctg g.aifcCS i t S to put aside a . •: j y y i l a r sum he j nation for the l«or#-S wor .. oa>,:? •»" y . ^'Ib'.-jcou/1 r v- . • : to • if it staid in her houes she could not but sj oid it* 9h t*j S'Tt h< fgglf tad her two l i t t le bar salary of "»2*oo ,'iU'" th r*-»oc!e"3 c f en* h to e-t uj-d teai-* Idj one indeed* ?oon a f t e r the close of the autumn s t a tinn class closed the roof of the fcithhen fell in* (he r a i l s Cf >'-*'4 bricfc sari ; It o <^ some fort%r years agC»and without warning p'-.vn tayund.er t :" elghl Sf the heavy roof beams*-let t i n g theie and thetnia& thatch a hd p l a s t e r e d roof down with a crash into the room below* Just a SMUSegt before tno fall §^i . vhuLi 4a had finished! her v/o^c in that v,oor3 and stepped outside* % '.' yrnie^ni Wg arer'% to, it she was keep from ham • ThresiSble-women are doing work in the out-st%tions*Thn f i r s t of thssa*tef WW K^O^has been livinr; i n ' t h e church shape* a t court at PoaPing* Although t h i n i s a c i t y of some si'ge rod importance , i t rwas 30*1$ not possible to assign a preacher there t h i s yoar-^ut to have s Bible-woman was b e t t e r than no one at a l l * %n found the p l i e s wry d i f f i c u l t because of one s p i t e f u l nei^liborwpsMUi Whe worked against her*but she f e l t that she had been of help to eth rs* 'r<*-* prayers for the neighbor were mnny. SCR9.SHBH KHO SfHg.tlfta, %ese wm<tn i re serkiag in the western f i e l d , in country d i s t r i c t s and ggtfiag smaller v i l l s $ e f « Tj-iurge are some wo=on that they v i s i t regular! l y , touch lag them a L i t t l e mu**e Sash v i s i t . A-t other v i l l a g e s they go on special invrtion »an^ soaatlMS take advantage of the country f a i r s and pm^h to the wo.pro who are seiLtu.: , t h e ir cotton-spun thread or home-YOVOU cloth* MRS.Sl'fflM t e l l s of going out into & the f i e l d s whore the worsen were helping with the harvest and t a l k i n g to them there,and l a t e r when asked going to their homes »vfMi such v i s i t l a s t e d for t r o lays and the .onun and \AA whole family sate glad to l i s t e n to the preaching* %en in Li.nts:ing for » pert of the aututnn thn *ra,fihen v i s i t s d g in the heme's of sorse of the Kindergarten children* MRS,TPIO has had. to limit her tours to v^-ry short t r i ps for her d a u g h t e r is one of the s c h o o l - g i r l s at homo t h i s year,and the getter has noonn Wjth whom to leave her. Mrs ^In'fg somotr-ines wiaitf the v i l l a g e whose the g i r l s school was hold in the 5rrin~,thu3 keeping aliv*- sore of the i n t e r e s t among thr gathers there* TorjRtrr At the openino; of the Chinese Ye.or,"*hen trie s c h o o l s wereu havinr v s c a t i n n . t h n " i b i o - o o ' . n and J ,with a tea cher to meet the men, spent a few days v i s i t i n r ; c!iurch people in nearby viIlexes- i-riow are tome notes w r i t t e n at the time-. VVB*4 1916 Today we crossed the r i v e r and went west and north to a v i l l a g e called the Li family Templetci^ht miles from Lint sing WW were asked to gc bp a woman who has been a s s i s t a n t cook in the g i r ls school arid who i s the only person in the v i l l a g e prciessl&g t a i t h in Sod* - |
