Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . ere, and get face to face withheathenism such as we found it in our earlymission days. Unless this step be taken,and at once, we shall have to lament aserious falling away in the spiritual andmoral life of our Christian people. Theone way of salvation for us all is throughthe sacrifice and self-denial that such anadvance will demand from us. Progress in Si am. From bi-monthly mission letter writtenby Mrs. Mary S. Dunlap, July, 1898, weextract the following: Mr. Eakin reports that this month theattendance at the Christian High Schoolhas passed t
Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . ere, and get face to face withheathenism such as we found it in our earlymission days. Unless this step be taken,and at once, we shall have to lament aserious falling away in the spiritual andmoral life of our Christian people. Theone way of salvation for us all is throughthe sacrifice and self-denial that such anadvance will demand from us. Progress in Si am. From bi-monthly mission letter writtenby Mrs. Mary S. Dunlap, July, 1898, weextract the following: Mr. Eakin reports that this month theattendance at the Christian High Schoolhas passed the 100 mark, and more pupilsare expected soon. The school life is en-livened and made more interesting andattractive by a brass band, composed ofnative teachers and students. 11 The first set of instruments for thisband, costing $250, was presented to theschool by Mr. D. B. Sickels, of NewYork, formerly U. S. Consul in Bangkok,for whom the band is named. Other in-struments have been added since, each onerepresenting a gift from some friend ofthe. Women of India, Grinding Meal. school in this city. For the training ofthe band the school is indebted to Dr. Carrington, who has been untiring inhis devotion to this work, and has givenhis services free of charge. Under hisinstruction, the boys have made good prog-ress and are now able to play a number ofselections quite satisfactorily. In the coolof the evening, after the days work is done,it is pleasant to hear the notes of the fluteor the cornet. Mrs. Dunlap conducts the music forthe services, entertains numerous visitorsand enjoys instructing many women in theway of life. We are also carrying on medical mis-sion work. During the time of prepara-tion for the visit of the king of Siam, a 486 NOTES. [December, large number of men were engaged onpublic works. The chief commissionerrequested us to take charge of the sickamong them. We prepared a temporaryhospital, in which we cared for manypatients. During the months of June andJu
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