Life and light for woman . A CHINESE reception-koom:. present life,—the highest hope for another to be born again as aman,— with the refining, ennobling influence of Christianity, withits glorious life beyond the grave, we must be selfish indeed if wecare to have no share in giving them this precious boon. XQQ LIFE AND LIGHT. TWELVE PILLARS OF MISSIONARY WORK. NUMBER TWO. FAITH. *• We believe, and therefore speak. Many years ago, before I was married, it was necessary that Ishould set up housekeeping, and have a housekeeper. The sort ofhousekeeper that I wanted was of course of a very humble k


Life and light for woman . A CHINESE reception-koom:. present life,—the highest hope for another to be born again as aman,— with the refining, ennobling influence of Christianity, withits glorious life beyond the grave, we must be selfish indeed if wecare to have no share in giving them this precious boon. XQQ LIFE AND LIGHT. TWELVE PILLARS OF MISSIONARY WORK. NUMBER TWO. FAITH. *• We believe, and therefore speak. Many years ago, before I was married, it was necessary that Ishould set up housekeeping, and have a housekeeper. The sort ofhousekeeper that I wanted was of course of a very humble kind;not a lady housekeeper, who should see that others did the work,but rather a respectable woman, who might be trusted with moneyand marketing, and who would do much of the domestic worklierself. I had numerous applicants for the post,— for in those daysplaces were not filled with such difficulty as now,— and mychoice finally rested on Martha . There is no occasion, per-haps, to conceal her surname, for she has


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