. Life and light for woman . ir oifering. Therewere quite a number who brought little baskets of corn, and Sun-day more than twenty came to the table with their was a pleasant sight, and enjoyed by all. Other childrenwanted to send their share, and so on Monday I think ten ortwelve more came with their gifts. I believe more than five shil-lings ($) were thus given by the children, which, in most cases,was their first offering to the Lord. The effort awakened so muchinterest that I think it will be repeated, and thus these dark littlehearts may be brought to labor for others st
. Life and light for woman . ir oifering. Therewere quite a number who brought little baskets of corn, and Sun-day more than twenty came to the table with their was a pleasant sight, and enjoyed by all. Other childrenwanted to send their share, and so on Monday I think ten ortwelve more came with their gifts. I believe more than five shil-lings ($) were thus given by the children, which, in most cases,was their first offering to the Lord. The effort awakened so muchinterest that I think it will be repeated, and thus these dark littlehearts may be brought to labor for others still more degraded. There is so much to do among these people, that I am too aptto look upon the discouraging side. Heathenism is so heathenish,degradation is so degrading, that it clings with dreadful tenacity,even to those who are trying to do better. Pray for the Christianshere, as well as the heathen, that they may be kept from the con-tagious infiuence of evil around them. Sincerely, your sister-worker,Sarah L. YoL. XY. NOYEMBER, 1885. No. 11. FOR CHRISTS SAKE. BY MES. H. M. BISSELL,. We spent about seven months, lately, in Tlajomulco, a pueblotwenty miles from Guadalajara. It has the reputation of beingunusually liberal. So it is, so far as any general and public mo-lestation of Protestants is concerned; but occasionally cases cometo our notice of persecution in the family. The latest of these wasof a dear girl living in our own family. For more than a year, ever since she began to show an interestin the gospel, she had been unable to live with her parents, whowere bitterly opposed; her mother on one occasion having beatenher, and showing in every way her hatred of her daughters choice. Feliz was part of the year out at service, part of the time wasin Miss Haskins school, where she showed much interest in believe she had begun during the year past to learn to read, thatshe might read the Bible. At the March communion she was bap-tized a
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