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14 THE MISSIONARY MONTHLY Mrs. D. “ Cry? Why not sing, if you are happy. This is something to sing about.” Mrs. C. “ That would be more like it. Yes I feel like singing. Say— now that these folks have come into our Magazine Family, let’s teach them our Magazine Loyalty Song.” (A ll join in singing) (Tune America) My book I love thee well Thy praises I would tell Both far and near. I love thy stories dear, Thy pictures bright and clear Thy newsy papers’ cheer. My Magazine. Of women in distress Who walk in sinfulness From thee I hear. I learn of sister dear These lives of woe who cheer, By services most rare, M y Magazine. Thou art to me a prize To help me toward the skies By night and day. Thy messages sublime Give help at every time May thy life ne’er decline My Magazine. —^Adapted from article by Mrs. J. P. White in the Woman’s Missionary Magazine. LETTERS FROM AFRICA Danville Mission. Jan. 2, 1924. Dear Ones A ll: We came up here with the agent of the S. C. 0. A. Firm at Bonthe. He and two other men. One man was on his way home. He was going from here to Mokella and from there to Moyamba and then to Freetown. There were nine in the motor boat. They towed the Mission gig boat and it was filled to capacity. About fifteen people besides two or three trunks and boxes and suitcases. It would have taken us about nine to twelve hour's to row up here and we came up in six hours with thfe motor. On Monday Rev. and Mrs. Fleming, Miss Shultz and myself took a little trip. W e went over to the home of one of our Mission girls. We had told Marion George we were coming and she had everything in readiness for us. She had the beds all fixed with bed tents and everything very tidy. It was the first experience Miss Shultz and I have had in staying all night in a Native mud house. Marion had the men make us a nice bath house out of green palm leaves and rough native boards for floor, with matting on part of it and a matting door. The house was very well built for a native home. Of course Mr. George is a trader and that makes a difference. education for one of this land. He has a good We left the Mission house about one o’clock and went for a walk over to Bombitook, which took us about forty five minutes. We stopped there for an hour and called on Paramount Chief Margai. He wanted us to stay there for the night, but we thought it best to go on to Mr. George’s as we had planned. Then he insisted on us staying there on Tuesday night, so we did. It is about a three hours walk over to Momassa from Danville. One Tuesday, Rev. Fleming .took us out for a ride in a native canoe. It was about 7 o’clock in the morning when we started and we went up to the Falls and it was so cool and nice, we all enjoyed it very much. It is a beautiful scene. We were a little nervous but the current was not swift enough to be dangerous. Then he took us across the river to a little town called Moselolo. There we called on the mother of one of our Mission girls. We stayed at Mr. George’s until about one o’clock, then started back to Bombitook. A Paramount Chief overtook us, coming home from the Agricultural Show at Sembehoon and we had music and plenty of entertainment the rest of the way to Bombitook. Rev. Fleming rode his bicycle and Mrs. Fleming Miss Shultz and myself changed off in using the hammocks. We only have two hammocks. One of the Mission boys stayed with us all the time. He also carried the suitcase. The four of us only took one suitcase. We also took a box of lunch but there was no need to do so. I will tell you what we had to eat. About twenty minutes after we arrived we had tea, bananas and co co n u t. For supper, we had fowl on rice and deer meat; tea, bananas and coco n u t. For breakfast, we had french toast (our own bread), fried eggs, coffee and bananas. For dinner fowl on rice, rich deer meat, yams, bananas and tea. At Bombitook, we had fowl on rice and fried plantains. (Plantains are like bananas growing but are not good to eat unless they are fried. They are very good then.) We came on from Chief Margai’s early the next morning. I walked all the way and it took only forty minutes and I did not hurry either. Mr. and Mrs. Eby knew we were coming and waited breakfast for us. We were all at the table at 8:30. Chief Margai thinks our schools are about the only schools. He has no children of his own at all but he is supporting three nieces in our school at Bonthe. We enjoyed the trip wonderfully as it was our first outing. Rev. Fleming was greatly pleased to think we could have such an outing. I was not at all tired out but Miss Shultz did not stand the trip so Well and she has been having a little fever ever since. She did not complain at all Wednesday or Thursday, until Thursday evening. On Friday, however, she insisted on getting up in the morning but toward evening she had to go to bed and had a temperature of 103. On Saturday morning she arose in the morning and stayed up until 1 o’clock, when she went to bed of her own accord. At that time she had a temperature of 104. At three o’clock it was up to 105 and I was very much worried. I was up with her until 12 o’clock Saturday night before I could succeed in getting her temperature lowered. Mrs. Eby and Mrs. Fleming take care of her in the day time and I take care of her at night. Rev Fleming and Rev. Eby are away for a week on an itinerating trip. Miss Shultz was announced to preach on Sunday morning but on account of her illness she could not do so and it fell to my lot to try. It was my first experience with an interpreter. I thought perhaps there would not be many people there and we could just have a short prayer meeting and then go home but before the first song was sung, the Church was packed. I think there were about one hundred people there. Mrs. Fleming played the organ and I had Mr. Yarn translate for me. It did not seem so difficult to speak that way after I got started. I like Danville very much, for at Danville it seems like being on a farm. I have told you about all that has happened on our trip and must close now. Six months have passed since I left the homeland and it will be seven by the time you get
this. I cannot realize that time goes so fast. Love and best wishes to all. Ellen S. Rush. Minnie Mull Memorial Home. Bonthe Sherbro, A frica, Sept. 28th, 1923. My Dearest Mrs Woodard: I was very glad to receive the hoop which you sent by Miss Rush. Thanks very much for it. Do please if you reply to my letter send the address of Miss Ruth Rhoads. I hope she received the cloth which I sent by you. She is not writing me again and I have lost her address. I wrote you a letter last week but it was too late. We was very glad to receive the new Missionaries. Miss Beatrice Floode got marriage on the 30th of August. Her new name is Mrs Caulker the teacher at U. B. C. School. I was not here when she marriage. Since December when I. spent my holiday in the Mission, my grandfather died. I meat them keeping the buriery eight months. We have a, grant time. They killed five cows, five sheep five goats. The fowls I cannot count. I was very happy. I should say that I spend my holidays very happily. I am in school while writing this letter. Excuse me for bad hand writing. My mother was sorry because you are gone. She said that you can learn me plenty steaches. Give my best compliments to Master and all your families. Keep well my dear please ma. Marion George and her sister Rachel George are here. She is four years of age. She is very funny. She can read the Lord’s prayer and the A. B. C’s and John 3:16. She can cry. When she heard the sewing bell she said that the needle can pierce her hands. Yours dearly, Violet Rogers. (Supported by Esther Ruth Rhodes Ssholarship) M. M. Home, Bonthe, Sept. 28, 1923. My dear Mrs. Woodard: I am very glad to write you this letter just to tell you I have no dress and petticoat and shinmie. Please try send me all the goods. Try to send me doll baby. Martha Alien is telling you howdo. Tell Mr. Woodard howdo. I close loving letter, Lucy Dakota. Minnie Mull Memorial Home. Bonthe Sherbro. Sept. 28, 1923. My dearest mother in Christ: I am very glad to inform you this few lines of mine. Hopping and wishing you are quite well as I am now. I received the thread which you sent for me. I was very Glad for it; How is our Master has he well? I hope he is quite well. All of we girls was very sorry when you were going. Bill is getting very fat. We are not to run on the step, not to spit on the floor. W e are not allow to go in the dormitory and stay there unless we get seek. The time Minnie Mull Home was opening rain was coming so much we thought so many people will not be here. But still people came until we girls have no place to sit. I unvale one dex. I close yours truly one, Ellen O. Phillips. (Supported by the Lucretia J. Hansen Scholarship). M. M. M. Home. Bonthe, Sept. 28, 1923. My dear Mrs. W oodard: I am glad to write you this letter. Hope you are well. Just to say that I am very glad to write you this letter. I was very glad when Missus tell me to write you. This is the second time that I am writing you. When I THE MISSIONARY MONTHLY 15 write, I give Mrs. Fleming to post it for me. I don’t know if she send it or not, so try to reply me. I will try to send something for you next time. If you see Miss Swales, tell her that I will write her next time. Thank for the hoop and the thread which you send for me. Do Mrs. try to send me one baby. W e have one little girl here by the name of Rachel George and two size girl. There name is Etta Tucker and Ella Massevusie. Do please find one friend for me in America. M. M. M.. stand for Minnie Mull Memorial School. I hope you are enjoying yourself in America. We are now thirty seven in the Mission. Tell your sisters, brothers, Aunt and cousins howdo for me. Tell all of them to send me something and your uncle dowdo. A ll the girls are busy writing to you and some are writing to Miss Swales and others are ironing upstairs. I hope you will be very glad to receive a letter from me. Ashmah Brown is not in the Mission again. We are now taking contest on Arithmetic. Today is Friday and it is raining very hard. I was very sorry when Miss Swales go to America, and I was not there. We have two Missionaries, Miss Rush is keeping school and Miss Shultz is learning us how to sew. Yours loving daughter, Lily Fox. M. M. M. Home, Bonthe, Sept. 28, 1923. My dearest Mother: I am very glad to write you this letter. Hope it will meet you in good condition of life. Just to say that you must send me one doll baby for me. Tell master howdo for me. There are thirty seven girls in the Mission. Hope you are quite well as I am well now. I have no dress to wear. Yours, Anna Ruth Harwood. HUNTINGTON COLLEGE AU XILIARY The Huntington College Auxiliary met at the home of the President of the society, Mrs. D. R. Ellabarger, on March 18, last, when regular business was transacted and new committees appointed. We trust that the readers of our church papers are not growing weary of hearing about the operations of our College Auxiliary. We are very much interested ourselves, and believe the Church in general is also interested as far as they are acquainted with the needs and the opportunity of lending a helping hand. It just takes 25 cents to become a member of the society, and if we could enroll all of our church members at this small fee we could do a great deal more toward the upkeep of our college. As our people visit our Institution and become acquainted with its real merits and needs they gladly respond. Since our last report we received a very nice comfort from the W illing Worker’s Bible Class, o f King Street Sunday school, Chambersburg, Pa., and dish and tea towels and a comfort from Mrs Ella W olf, of Pomeroy, Ohio. Also 25 cans of fruit and jellies from Van Buren, Indiana. For all of these valuable and substantial gifts to the dormitory and dining hall the donors have the sincere thanks of Huntington -College Auxiliary. At our last meeting our treasurer reported 111 new members added during the year, and the receipts for 1923 were $320.13. We heartily thank all who have cooperated with us in the work, and earnestly solicit their continued help. Mrs. J. Howe, Committee.
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