. Missionary Visitor, The (1916) . town. This is true here and everywhere. The mission is situated not far from the railway station, and just outside of thebazaar, yet within the municipal limits. The location is a good one, and much creditfalls to Bro. McCann for making this choice. The air is good and the water is good,and we have two wells. There are now two mission bungalows on the compound of six acres, and lines fornative dwellings, a Widows Home, and line for school purposes. Our building forschool and church purposes was about to fall down, so we took it down, lest the wallsshould fall
. Missionary Visitor, The (1916) . town. This is true here and everywhere. The mission is situated not far from the railway station, and just outside of thebazaar, yet within the municipal limits. The location is a good one, and much creditfalls to Bro. McCann for making this choice. The air is good and the water is good,and we have two wells. There are now two mission bungalows on the compound of six acres, and lines fornative dwellings, a Widows Home, and line for school purposes. Our building forschool and church purposes was about to fall down, so we took it down, lest the wallsshould fall and some one be hurt thereby. The line for the boarding-school has sincebeen erected, but for the church we yet wait. We have not yet erected a good churchbuilding at Anklesvar. Property values have been much enhanced in recent years, and while we do notwish to sell, under any circumstances, it is a satisfaction to know this. The lines fornative workers do not, however, increase in value without frequent repairs. Annual Report 69. Boarding-school Children, Anklesvar, India. The Little Boarding-School. During the year a beginning was made for a boarding-school. We told the BhilChristians that we would take in thirty boys if the parents would pay ten rupees foreach boy. After a time it was agreed to make it five rupees and clothes, per year. Thenumber of boys has been full, although for some of the parents it will be a very dif-ficult task to pay the money. Some have paid, some have not yet done so. We might afford to do it for nothing, but we feel that we can not afford to havethem think we are doing it for nothing. It is the wrong way of mission work, thewrong way of doing church work. They appreciate what we do for them only whenthey help to do it. And by helping to do it, they grow into ability and willingness todo. The Bible Society sells Gospels at a very low price, but refuses to give them is a good missionary example to follow whenever at all possible. On any hol
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