Nathan Sites; an epic of the East . n TeacherSias home village, on the mountain, back of Ox-vale. A number of families in the village hadbecome Christians since Teacher Sia had beenbaptized. Bright-lights father and uncle weremembers of the little village church. We hadimpressed upon her that much had been done forher, that she now was prepared for service andthat she must teach others as she herself had beentaught. She said she would be happy to teach aday-school of the little girls of her village if theycould be induced to come: but there seemed littleprospect of our being able to finance a
Nathan Sites; an epic of the East . n TeacherSias home village, on the mountain, back of Ox-vale. A number of families in the village hadbecome Christians since Teacher Sia had beenbaptized. Bright-lights father and uncle weremembers of the little village church. We hadimpressed upon her that much had been done forher, that she now was prepared for service andthat she must teach others as she herself had beentaught. She said she would be happy to teach aday-school of the little girls of her village if theycould be induced to come: but there seemed littleprospect of our being able to finance a schoolthere, even if we could find pupils willing toattend. About that time I received a letter from one ofthe secretaries in New York of the newly organ-ized Womans Foreign Mission Society, inclosinga draft for one hundred dollars, and urging thatwe apply it to some special work for women andgirls. Was not this the chance for an experimenthitherto imtried, a village day-school for girls?Here was the money and here the teacher. 114. u C O&, IV HIGH FINANCE 115 Mr. Sites and I talked witli lier father and triedto make plans, but he was confident that therewould be no use in attempting a school for girls,as there were no children who would or could at-tend. The heathen families would not permittheir children to come and the Christians had nolittle girls who could be spared. Why, I said, your brother has two girls,seven and eight years old; and there are theWongs and the Diongs and the Lees. Oh, they all work, he said. The eight-year-old carries her baby brother on her back allday that her mother may work in the fields. Now, Church-uncle, I said, I want you togo through the village and tell at every houseabout this proposed school for little girls. Tellthem that you will give your reception hall fora schoolroom, that the missionary will furnishthe books and pay the teacher, and that each childneed bring only a table and a small bamboochair. He went away to his village home, twelve
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