. The Millions 1888 . d of course thousands of villages. Last year I visited a good manyvillages within a radius of 30 li (tenmiles), and had some good timesamong the villagers. I am hopingnext week () to commence asystematic visitation of these, and to meet with a young man who went to Tai-yiien last yearsuffering with bad eyes. He has been to see me, and I foundthat he had a good knowledge of the Gospel and seemed desirousof becoming a Christian. He said that he had persuaded anotheryoung man to commence worship. Who knows but this may bethe starting of a good work in North Shan-si ? Ple
. The Millions 1888 . d of course thousands of villages. Last year I visited a good manyvillages within a radius of 30 li (tenmiles), and had some good timesamong the villagers. I am hopingnext week () to commence asystematic visitation of these, and to meet with a young man who went to Tai-yiien last yearsuffering with bad eyes. He has been to see me, and I foundthat he had a good knowledge of the Gospel and seemed desirousof becoming a Christian. He said that he had persuaded anotheryoung man to commence worship. Who knows but this may bethe starting of a good work in North Shan-si ? Please re-member these men in prayer. From Mr. Orr Ewing. Tai-yiien, April Vjth.—When I wrote last I mentionedthat I was going to Ting-yao to prospect, and, if I found thingsall right, I should with little delay remove there. I like thehouse very much ; its situation is just what I wanted, being inthe street. The man that Mr. Hsi put in charge seems really anice fellow. I certainly feel that the Lord has done exceeding. AN ANCIENT TEMPLE. abundantly in this case, and am overjoyed. I got a nice recep-tion when preaching on the streets, and am really believing theLord is going to work and give me faith to lay hold on Himfor great things. I am delighted at the prospect of getting awork of my own. From Miss Seed. Iliao-i, April 2\st.— Since January we have constantly hadwomen with us breaking off opium. Thirty-five men have beencured at the refuge ; two of these have gone back, but the othersare all more or less interested in theGospel. Ten of the men have appliedfor baptism. There are also threewomen who wish to be baptised, andmore whom we believe to be trulyconverted. We have tried to followup the men in their homes, but this isno easy task, as most of them comefrom the villages round—some thirty,some fifteen, and some ten li away. The work is very encouraging,both in the city and in the villages,and we are hoping for great expectation is from Him. Weare very happy
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