and her sweet, innocent
trust in the love and care of her Heavenly Father. She was leaving an
elegant home and a large household, and in giving last advice to servants
and children her voice was clear and joyous, but I noticed that she often
furtively wiped the tears off her cheeks. In her good-bye to her dearly
loved aged mother, whose grief was inconsolable, she said: 'Don't grieve,
don't worry, just pray and God will take care of me and I will come back.
Then we will sit here together and I will have so many things to tell you.'
Again and again she said to her children, 'Study your lessons diligently
and pray night and morning.'"

Mrs. Ahok sailed from Foochow the 26th of January, 1890. At Hong Kong she
was told, "There are a hundred miseries ahead of you," but she answered
unflinchingly, "If there were a thousand more I would go." From Singapore
she wrote to her husband:

"Yesterday we arrived here at twelve o'clock. Diong Chio (her
servant, who accompanied her) wishes very much to go back to
Foochow. But I think now I have come so far on the way, I wish very
much to obey God's will and go on to England.... Yesterday we drove
in a horse carriage to see Mrs. Cooke. We saw Mrs. Ting's relatives
in the school.... It is very hot here, like Foochow in the sixth
moon. I wish you very much to take care of yourself and take care
of the children, and do not let them play too much.... I send
_chang angs_ (greetings) to the Christian brothers and sisters, so
many I cannot name them all, but greet them all. Please sometimes
comfort my mother's heart and cheer her that she may be happy in
trusting in God all the time. Write to me in Chinese characters,
and I can then read it myself; or sometimes, if more convenient, in
English, and Miss Bradshaw will read it to me."

A letter from Penang, written two days later, reads:

"Leaving Singapore, a Chinese lady and gentleman came on board our
boat to come to their home here in Penang. I saw the lady was very
sad ... so I talked with them, and found they knew your friend in
Singapore. I spoke to them of God and the Christian doctrine, and
they were very glad to hear. When we arrived here they invited me
to their house to breakfast, which was quite a feast. Their house
is very beautiful, four stories high. They afterward took me to
call on some friends, and then brought me back to the boat on