hich these ladies are doing is of great value and has helped many. They
have preached the gospel in all the region; they have tended the sick in
the Mission hospitals; they have opened schools for women and girls in
several places, and in my own house. In my own house there are now
thirty-nine scholars, some of whom have unbound their feet; and some have
been baptized. I myself every week teach in this school, and I also go to
the hospital and talk to the sick people. I trust that this seed so widely
sown will presently bear fruit, some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred
fold. You will remember that when I was in England I told you of the state
of things in China; and I hope you will not forget my words but will do
your utmost to help China, that God's promised reward may hereafter be
yours."

Mrs. Ahok is daily giving herself, in whole-hearted service, to her
countrywomen. A fellow-worker has recently written of her:

"She is winning her way into the hearts of the people in the Manchu
settlement. Always bright and cheerful, and ready to tell the
Story, she is welcomed wherever she goes. When I think of her past
life of ease as the daughter, and later the wife, of an official, I
marvel at her spirit of consecration. Quietly she goes from house
to house in search of those who are willing to listen. Miles she
has walked over the hot stone pavements. 'If my people will only
believe in Christ, I shall be well repaid,' she says."

A true Christian woman, whose courage has flinched at no sacrifice, who has
borne the loss of husband, mother, son, and property, and the reproaches of
non-Christian relatives, with a peace and a faith unshakeable and
convincing, Mrs. Ahok is accomplishing much by what she does, doubtless
even more by what she is.

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DR. IDA KAHN

I. CHILDHOOD IN THREE COUNTRIES

II. AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

III. SEVEN YEARS IN KIUKIANG

IV. PIONEER WORK IN NANCHANG

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[Illustration: Dr. Ida Kahn]

DR. IDA KAHN

I

CHILDHOOD IN THREE COUNTRIES

By the time little Ida Kahn first opened her eyes in Kiukiang, China,
little girls had become a drug on the market in her family. Her parents had
long been eager for a son, but each of the five babies who had come was a
daughter, and now this sixth one was a little girl, too. According to
Chinese custom, they called in the old