on, as you
have in America. Well, this little girl went home. When her mother saw
her, she was very glad; and after she had spread a mat for her, and told
her to sit down, she said that she would go and cook rice for her. The
little girl told her that she was not hungry, and did not wish to eat,
but wanted to talk with her. "You cannot talk with me," said her mother,
"until I have cooked rice for you." "Mother," said the little girl, "you
worship idols, and I am afraid that you will lose your soul, and I want
to talk with you about Jesus Christ." The mother became quite angry with
her, and rebuked her. But still the little girl continued to talk with
her about her soul. The mother then became so angry, that she told her
to be silent, or she would punish her. The little girl replied, "Mother,
though you do whip me, I must talk to you about Jesus Christ," and she
burst into tears. The mother's heart was broken. She sat down on the
mat, and her little daughter talked with her, and prayed with her. After
this the little girl was so troubled, fearing that her mother's soul
might be lost, that she was heard praying for her during all parts of
the night. And God heard her prayers. Her mother forsook her idols, and
became a Christian, and her conversion was followed by the conversion of
one or two others. Now, my dear little girls, if you will give your
hearts to the Saviour, and in due time come here, or go to other heathen
lands, and tell the people of a Saviour, you may, with the help of the
Holy Spirit, be as useful as this little girl was.

Female missionaries have done much good among the heathen. I mentioned
an instance on page 88, to prove this. Let me mention another instance
more.

In the year 1838, an English lady, Miss Aldersey, went to the East, at
her own expense to promote female education among the Chinese. At that
time, she could not go to China, as that country was not open to
missionaries She therefore went to Java, where there was a colony of
Chinese. Here she hired a house, and collected about twenty-five girls,
whom she clothed, and boarded, and taught. The Lord blessed her labors,
and several of these girls were hopefully converted. When their parents
saw that they would no longer worship idols, they became much opposed to
the school, and some of them took their daughters from it. In the year
1842, God opened the door for the entrance of the Gospel into China.
This missionary then broke up her school in