. In brightest Asia. they had previously rendered other compositions in elaborate concerts. Besides this, the young men have a brass band, using a score or so of instruments. Dressed in their European uniforms, they presented a fine appearance, and discoursed sweet strains for us duringpart of one afternoon. Nothing moved me more than thedozen or more veteran preachers whohad come in from various parts of thejungle to present their them was one old man of tallfigure and large brain, Myat-Keh byname, ninety years of age. He was oneof the early converts. I think he wasa survivo
. In brightest Asia. they had previously rendered other compositions in elaborate concerts. Besides this, the young men have a brass band, using a score or so of instruments. Dressed in their European uniforms, they presented a fine appearance, and discoursed sweet strains for us duringpart of one afternoon. Nothing moved me more than thedozen or more veteran preachers whohad come in from various parts of thejungle to present their them was one old man of tallfigure and large brain, Myat-Keh byname, ninety years of age. He was oneof the early converts. I think he wasa survivor of one of those companies ofKarens who in the early days came inover the Arakan hills by midnight,for fear of their Burman oppressors byday, to hear the gospel at Abbofs elo-quent lips and to receive baptism. Atthe close of my address on the secondevening, Myat-Keh was called out inresponse, and spoke most fervently, theaddress being interpreted for me into _^______ English. Other interesting characters PADDY On Bur man Soil. 119 were introduced to me, such as Yah-ba and Myah-sa, doing valuable work in the schools. Thenthere was Da-Buh, the well-to-do and devoted deacon who is so eager an evangelist to the Karenpeople that he sends out, from time to time, at his own expense, evangeUzing expeditions todistant tribes, as in Northern Siam, with the gospel tidings. Another special feature of the work at Bassein which impressed us was the industrial enter-prise in the form of a large lumber mill, on the bank of the river, which the Karens have purchasedand are successfully operating. There were gang saws at work cutting teak timber; Diston
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