Life and light for woman . ne of the poorest families in the villages. Her mothersupported her family with her needle, and if any one should haveapplied for help, surely it would have been her children. Butthus says the letter: — Dear Miss Watkixs : — I am a little girl, five years old. I washed all the dishes for a week, for fivecents, to send to the dear little children in your place, to learn them to read theBible. I was very much pleased to see a letter from a little boy in SanJose, in the Pacific, asking about the manner of working, and thusfinding that the boys, too, intend to have a sha
Life and light for woman . ne of the poorest families in the villages. Her mothersupported her family with her needle, and if any one should haveapplied for help, surely it would have been her children. Butthus says the letter: — Dear Miss Watkixs : — I am a little girl, five years old. I washed all the dishes for a week, for fivecents, to send to the dear little children in your place, to learn them to read theBible. I was very much pleased to see a letter from a little boy in SanJose, in the Pacific, asking about the manner of working, and thusfinding that the boys, too, intend to have a share in the blessing ofdoing and giving. My heart is full of gratitude for these things — these most hope-ful signs of the times, when children are taking up the work andbidding God-speed to the missionaries. May God bless each ofyou, and reward you abundantly; and we pray that while you areworking for the salvation of others, you all may know the blessed-ness of having your own hearts filled with love for the Vol. IX. NOVEMBER, 1879. No. 11. FROM MRS. TYLER. In our last number we were shown the interior of a heathen kraal, and thecontrast between that and the picture here presented is full of Tyler continues: — Now, let us visit the home of a Christian Zulu. As we ap-proach the building we find it is six or eight feet high, made ofposts fastened in the ground and interlaced with small sticks calledwattles, so that the whole may be plastered inside and out, as iflathed. The door is of wood, and the windows of cloth or glass;the floor is made of earth, pounded hard and rolled with stones,presenting a polished appearance; the furniture a small woodentable, one or two stools or chairs, and perhaps a settee, whichanswers for one of the family as a bed. A small cupboard is seenin the corner, in which are a few dishes of tin and earthenware,on the top of which are the books and lamp, or candle-stick. Gen-erally, iron pots are substitute
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