. Missionary Visitor, The (1916) . ld have completed the second pri-mary course. Another one in whom wehave been very much interested is TouHung Cheng. His father is dead andhis mother was partially supported byone of our native brethren before weknew of her desperate condition. Now she has become an earnest inquirer, andas soon as she had taken the step, askedif her son was too young to take had heard the story first from himwhen he would go home from schoolto see her. Sister Hutchison bought himhis first suit of clothes. He never hadanything but rags before, and he wasall smiles. At p
. Missionary Visitor, The (1916) . ld have completed the second pri-mary course. Another one in whom wehave been very much interested is TouHung Cheng. His father is dead andhis mother was partially supported byone of our native brethren before weknew of her desperate condition. Now she has become an earnest inquirer, andas soon as she had taken the step, askedif her son was too young to take had heard the story first from himwhen he would go home from schoolto see her. Sister Hutchison bought himhis first suit of clothes. He never hadanything but rags before, and he wasall smiles. At present there are sixty-seven pupilsand a corps of four teachers. H. is the head teacher. He came in thesummer of 1912. Four years of workare done. Many of the boys have de-veloped physically, mentally and spirit-ually, till one could hardly believe theyare. the same boys. Three have beensuspended and three have gone to ahappier world. We trust that the Lordwill help the rest to grow up and makethis world brighter and The New Boys School Building: at Liao Chou. BOYS SCHOOL, LIAO CHOU SCARCELY had Bro. Hiltons settledin their new home until the peoplewould frequently ask about theiropening a school. Finally, after thenew workers for Liao had arrived, itwas decided that an effort should bemade to procure a place and a school beopened just after the Chinese NewYear, 1913. A suitable place was rentedin a quiet section in the north part oftown, and a good teacher secured, whowas a member of the English Baptist Mission of Chou Ping, Shantung. Alocal teacher also applied and agreed tobring in ten pupils. During the firstterm there were many transient the second term the attendance wasmore regular. There was an average oftwenty-five for the first year. Beginning with the second year werequired a guarantee of attendance fora year before a pupil was the first term there were thirty-eight pupils in attendance, and for the 98 The Missionary Visitor Mar
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