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',208Letters from Christian Workers at Home and Abroad.her children weint by a house where the inside ofan egg-plant had been thrown out, and they immediatelyseized tbis and began to eat. 'Ihesesuffering people have already had several breadriots in the cities of Tarsus and Adana. Whensnch suffering prevaUs at present, wbat will bethe condition of these people before spring?Surely it is our duty to do all in our power forthese afiiicted ones. We have riches in comparisonwith these people. But I must hastenon and tell you about the school. In the girlsboarding school we have but one native teacher.Mrs. Metheny teaches two hours a day, one hourin the forenoon and one in the afternoon. I teachthat she might learn of Christ and the way ofsalvation. She has a soul io save as well asthose who are not afiiicted as she. I think shecould talk if she could hear, for she can say papa,mama, and Oh,—I taught her to say Oh, and sheprobably could say the other words before shebecame deaf. Her mother was the cause of herdeafness. She threw the little babe into coldwater which destroyed its hearing. Perhapsthere is some Asylum that would receive her freeof charge if we made application. But I knowso little of the Asylums in America. I want towrite a letter to our Sabbath School and mustbring this to a close.Hoping you will not forget us in our sore needfor help, I am, Yours most sincerely,Lillie B. Joseph.English for an hour and a half each day. Thereare five girls who are studying English. Allread in tbe EngUsh Bible and one reads in Wilson'sThird Reader. I am teaching all the girls'in school the 23d Psalm. Some of them are A FAITHFUL STEWARD GONE.very quick to take up English. Then two, Hannieand Remza, stndy Brown's Shorter Catechism My Dear Mr. Sommerville:—Our missionKessab, Aug. 6, 1881.in EngUsh.has met with a great loss in the death of onrThere are in school noAV seven out of the nine good and faithful steward, Hanna Deeb, whowith whom the boarding school was started. calmly fell asleep in Jesus, Friday evening, JnlyThese have not all been in school all the time, 22d. He has been connected with the missionbut are in this summer. Probably some will not almost ever since it was founded and for manybe allowed to stay on our return to Mersine, bnt years has been the steward, and during aU thatit is our intention to fllltheir minds with the truths time has had the entire confldence of all the missionariesand the native people. We have neverof the Gospel while they remain, hoping that theseed wUl grow and produce fruit after they leave heard the least suspicion that he dealt uniairly byus. Wednesdays and Fridays are our sewing us, and we never found mistakes in his accounts.days. The girls are tanght to make their own He seemed to have as much interest in the workdresses and to do fancy work of all kinds. I'his as we ourselves had. The new missionaries alwaysbecame acquainted with him flrst,as hefancy work is useful as wella,s fancy.But one thing which is needed very badly indeed,is a sewing machine for the school. We need necting link between us and home. Then he wasbrought om- letters, which made him seem a con­one to do their sewing on, and to teach the girls cheerful and had a smile for everyone, and seemedto sew on it. Only one knows how to sew on the to care particularly for everyone. It is said thatmachine, and she not very well. They are all he studied long before he avowed our principles,taught to wash, cook and wash dishes. Saturdayis their washday. The school is divided into opposed him in it. His wife, though a goodbut afterwards he never wavered,thongh his fi'iendssections and each section has a week for washing housekeeper, is very ignorant and superstitious,and the other work in turns. The older girls and she has a number of relatives wanting in intellect,who depended on him for support. Andare taught to care for the younger ones—thosewho are too small to care for their own persons. they made his home to him when he was in itOne little girl is deaf and dumb. I am trying to " like a continual dropping in a very rainy day."teach her the alphabet and will try and teach Yet, he never complained, and few knew of theher to read. But it is slow work and requires burden he carried.more time than I am able to give. Besides I do He was sick for three months, but he nevernot as yet know just how I can give her the idea gave up his worktiU a few hours before he died,of a sentence. I do wish she could be sent to and, as long as he could speak, he maintained hisAmerica to some Asylum for deaf and dumb.