Seven years in Ceylon: stories of mission life . ll. Will you not specially askfor us and ours Gods blessing ? We thank Him daily for giving us so large a numberof dear ones to train for Him. It is a happy work. It is His work. April 30///.—Jesus has called one of our dear girls home to Himself. She was aday-scholar of the boarding-school, and lived with her parents, who are Christians,only two or three compounds from us. She was sick but a few days and her deathwas quite unexpected, but the Master came and called for her. It is a joy to us all tofeel sure that she was ready to go. Though only
Seven years in Ceylon: stories of mission life . ll. Will you not specially askfor us and ours Gods blessing ? We thank Him daily for giving us so large a numberof dear ones to train for Him. It is a happy work. It is His work. April 30///.—Jesus has called one of our dear girls home to Himself. She was aday-scholar of the boarding-school, and lived with her parents, who are Christians,only two or three compounds from us. She was sick but a few days and her deathwas quite unexpected, but the Master came and called for her. It is a joy to us all tofeel sure that she was ready to go. Though only nine years old, she had learned to loveher Saviour and to work for Him also. Her older brother joined the Church at thelast communion, and this dear child Gnanamutthu begged hard to join, but her parentsthought she was too young. Now they are very sorry. Gnanamutthu (Wisdom Pearl)was a member of the Young Peoples Society of Christian Endea\ our and one of the Look-out Committee, and a faithful little worker. The subject for our next meeting,. MISS M. W. LEITCH ANIJ TAMIL GIKLS. Idols Powerless. 89 appointed at our last, is Heaven. How little we thought that before the nextmeeting came to be held one of our number would be called to enter there ! Howdear and real has the place now become ! Gnanamutthu used often to call her school-mates and hold little prayer-meetings inlier own or neighbouring homes. The priest of a neighbouring Sivite temple told usthat when his little son was very sick, Gnanamutthu came to the house, and kneelingdown by the sick child prayed so earnestly for his recovery that all who heard it saidit seemed as if she were talking with God, and as if He were very near. The childrecovered, and the father believes it was in answer to her prayer. This morning, ongoing to the funeral-house, I found there thirty or forty of the heathen neighbours whohad come m of their own accord, according to the custom of the country, to mournfor the dead. These women were beat
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