2._--Sabbath. Quiet day. Much talk with all. The Lord
opened my lips.'

'_March 3._--Walked to Barosaij with Boyinto to bring my presents.
Talk about Christianity. Prayer in the desert. Feet terribly bad,
oh, such pain in walking.'

'_March 4._--Carted back.'

'_March 7._--Hara Oss. Walked back here. Called on Tu Lobsung.
Talk. He knew the way to heaven, but said, "Tell it to some of the
younger ones." "You go first," I replied. "You most need to know."'

'_March 8._--Terrible feet. Got to Chagan Hauran.'

'_March 14._--Boyinto accompanied me to Chagan Balgas with his
pony. Saw him sitting as long as I was in sight. Feet bad.'

'_March 21._--Left Pei Kuan at 4 A.M. Dark and snow. Terrible march
over slippery stones. Nan Kou at 7 A.M. No donkey on such a snowy
day. Hired the next twenty-seven li. Stiff march. Shatto at 11.35.
Terrible march to Ching Ho at 3 P.M. Terrible march to Te Sheng
Men. Home at 6.10. Prayer Meeting. Thanks be unto God for all His
mercies.'

Early in 1885 Mr. Gilmour's heart was rejoiced by the tidings of the
baptism of Boyinto, the Mongol to whom reference has been repeatedly
made above. Although Gilmour's was not the hand to administer the rite,
undoubtedly the conversion was the result of his work. On January 26,
1885, he received a letter from the Rev. W. P. Sprague, of the American
Mission at Kalgan, part of which we quote.

'Kalgan: Jan. 14, 1885.

'Dear Brother Gilmour,--I hasten to tell you the very good news.
Boyinto of Shabberti was baptized by my hand this day into the
Church of Christ, here at Kalgan, in the presence of our assembled
church and congregation. I'm sure you will rejoice and thank God
more than any of us. And I never saw our Christians so happy to
receive any one into the Church. The only thing I regret is that
it should not be your hand instead of mine to administer the sacred
rite.

'I wrote you of his visit to us a month ago, and his application to
join the Church here, and our satisfaction with his appearance. He
turned up again yesterday morning, and spent all day with us. In
the afternoon we had, by previous appointment, a union meeting of
upper and lower city congregations, as a continuation of week of
prayer meeting, because the interest was so great. Mr. Rob