. The Lushai Hills : a story of the Lusahi pioneer mission . cided to start a SundaySchool in every village where there were converts. For thefurtherance of the Gospel among the heathen I^ushais, andfor the help of the poor, the Christians joyfully agreed togive a tenth or more of all their crops to God yearby j-ear. The afternoon of Monday was a memorable one for thej^oung folks. It was spent in re\-i\-ing many a half-forgottengame. During the >-ears of war and unrest which endedin the occupation of Lushai by the British, many of thenational games and customs were discontinued, and therisi
. The Lushai Hills : a story of the Lusahi pioneer mission . cided to start a SundaySchool in every village where there were converts. For thefurtherance of the Gospel among the heathen I^ushais, andfor the help of the poor, the Christians joyfully agreed togive a tenth or more of all their crops to God yearby j-ear. The afternoon of Monday was a memorable one for thej^oung folks. It was spent in re\-i\-ing many a half-forgottengame. During the >-ears of war and unrest which endedin the occupation of Lushai by the British, many of thenational games and customs were discontinued, and therising generation knows next to nothing about them. Itseems a great pity that these most interesting links withthe past should be lost, and, as we hold that the Christiansshould be the Lushais of the Eushais, we are trying to getthem to be foremost in revi\-ing these innocent and picturesquecustoms. We are anxious that the heathen should knowthat in seeking to Christianize them, we are not denationalizingthem. On I\Ionday evening another good meeting was THE FIRST GREAT GATHERING, 63 and when the missionaries arrived at the village on Tuesdaymorning a row of boiling pots obstructed the main street and proclaimed the fact that a feast was instore. The prajer-meeting was already over, so, leaving afew men to look after the boiling pots, we gathered to finishthe discussion of the previous da}. The meal took place atnoon. A little house had been put at our disposal, as wewere to spend this night in the village, and a strange stillnessreigned while the inhabitants in their se^-eral houses, andwe in ours, enjo^ed the good things provided. Before sunset everyone present received a little gift inmemory of the happ3 gathering. Cakes of soap, combs,and tiny mirrors were to be seen on every hand. Up tothe present it has been easier to teach these dear peoplethe waj of godliness than to inculcate habits of cleanli-ness. The was wound up with a magic lantern entertain-ment in the ch
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