g next to me. The little American boy is her nephew, greatly
interested in the school. The little Chinese boy is a child whom the
brethren have partially and after a sort adopted, and who is very bright
and promising and means to be a Christian. Our helper, Chung Moi, stands
directly behind me; but the picture does him injustice. He has a very
prepossessing face. The one who stands on the left of Miss Deuel (i.e. at
_her_ right hand) is Gee Jet, the deacon of our little church and the
stand-by of the mission. The trees in the rear grow at the water's edge of
Feather River. The building, as you observe, is of brick, topped out with
a shake roof put on by our brethren after the last (of two or three I
believe) sweeping fires to which the little structure refused to succumb.
It belongs to ex-Governor Perkins of this State--once a merchant in
Oroville--and has been used by us for ten years or more, ever since our
mission was established, free of rent."

The other cut is also a picture of the teachers and pupils at Oroville.




Lights And Shadows
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Rev. W.C. Pond, D.D.


LIGHTS.--One teacher writes: "Mr. B. [a distinguished lecturer from Ohio]
visited our school. He said that he had never seen before such bright,
happy faces among the Chinese. I told him the reason; they have been
brought out from heathenism. I love to notice the change it makes in
them."

Chin Toy writes from Riverside: "Five boys converted and joined in
Association since I came. Four boys are going to join Rev. Mr. Hunt's
church, (Congregational), and be baptized at the first Sunday of July.
This Association of Christian Chinese has ten members now. I like these
boys and like these teachers too; they are so helpful to the Lord's work."

[Illustraton: Mission House At Oroville.]

[Illustration: Teachers And Pupils At Oroville.]

Hong Sing writes from Petaluma: "Now I am going to ask you especially to
pray for two scholars here who I hope for to gain him to Chri