resent.
Taught a Sunday-school class. Preached at the same place at 11, then was
on my horse in a few minutes, and at 12:05 was a mile distant and
preached to the Indians. Then rode four miles to John's Creek and
preached to a small congregation of whites in English at 3:00
P.M., eating my lunch as I rode along. Came home by six
o'clock, and at seven o'clock went in for half an hour to the Christian
Endeavor meeting."

A THANK OFFERING.--Miss Collins, of Fort Yates, N. D., in
writing of the Indian work at her mission, says:

"Last night there was a New Year's meeting, and they took up a 'Thank
Offering' because God had been so good the past year, and they handed me
ten dollars this morning for the native missionary society, and they
pledged ten more. Pretty substantial way to show gratitude to God! Oh if
our churches would come to the help of our American Missionary
Association in so liberal a way, what might we not do for Christ this
year!"

The Chinese.

THE WATSONVILLE MISSION.

BY REV. W. C. POND, D.D.

This work was begun about two years ago as an experiment, the teacher,
Mrs. Martha Ellis, giving her services without expense to us for several
months, till it became apparent that the field was one we ought to
occupy. She is an earnest Christian and is putting her very life-blood
into this service for Christ and the souls he died to save. With her has
been associated from the first Mr. Joe Dun, a most faithful and
efficient helper. He was converted in our Marysville Mission, and has
been a steadfast Christian for many years. He accepts less than half pay
in these times of straitness, and tries to eke out a support for himself
and those dependent upon him by attention to business in a small and, I
fear, far from lucrative way, but gives his _heart_ to mission work. I
feel guilty every time I make a remittance to Watsonville because the
pittance we allow him is so small as compared with the work he does. But
he and the zealous teacher have other rewards far richer than coin.

I reached the Mission House at about 2:30 P.M. Mrs. Ellis's
afternoon class of children was just being dismissed. But it seems they
had heard about me, and were glad to come to order again, and get
acquainted with me and let me hear them sing. It was a sight I never
looked upon before, and did not expect to see in California till we had
come much nearer the millennium than I dare think we now are. Nine
children stood in line b