a missionary). Of
another of these three, Loo Quong writes: "He is one of the best young men
I ever knew, * * so kind, so quiet, so modest, so full of love. I think he
looks like our Lord when on earth. He is always on hand at school. When I
asked him to join the Association, he said that he fully believed Jesus
that he is the Saviour of his soul, 'but how can I be his disciple while I
am in the gambling business?' We explained to him how God would take care
of those who gave up all for him, and the next night he told me he was
ready to give it up and walk with Christians." Of the third, also, a good
account is given, but I must not use more space on the Lights, but turn to
the

SHADOWS--One example must suffice. I must not mention either place or
person, lest harm come of it. A teacher writes: "I feel sure that two
little boys whom you sent to assist in our anniversary will grow to
Christian manhood, fed as they are on the Word. With sorrow I compared
with their surroundings those of our little ---- ----, and I write to
know if something cannot be done. Two years ago he entered the school,
having come directly from China. He has always been studious and
well-behaved, loving his Bible and the gospel songs. The mission boys
tell me that those with whom he lives are not his parents, but that this
man bought him in China. The child remembers his mother and brothers. He
also remembers a man offering him something if he would go with him. He
did so and was carried off in a boat and sold. His owner is very fond of
him, but is away from home. The wife does not care much for him.
Sometimes there are black and blue marks on his hands where he says she
strikes him. Once there was a small burned place on both his lips. I
asked him about it, and he said "Mamma." One of the boys told me that he
talked too much and she put the hot poker on his lips. I have heard that
this man intends taking the boy back to China in a year or two, fearing
that in this county he will lose him. They are bad people, k