t Mission, two Methodist Churches, one
Episcopalian, one Congregational, one Presbyterian and one Roman
Catholic and one college, a number of private schools and a number of
public schools and the county is doing a good work in education, and to
the Lord be all the praise for all of this good work.

Hinton I said was a lovely place. Like Harper's Ferry, that I spoke of
in the preceding chapter, it is situated on Camp Hill in a lovely place,
between the Potomac River on one side and the Shenandoah River on the
other, and it has two of the most beautiful bridges I ever saw. When you
see the trains coming and going it looks lovely.

The Wayland Seminary is in a lovely spot on Meredian Hill, between
Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets, and you can see all over the City of
Washington. It is lovely to behold with all of its fine buildings and
art galleries, though I do not like it as well as Harper's Ferry, for I
was not well the whole time I was there and I had so much better health
at the Ferry. I bless God that I made the change when I did or I might
have been gone to my long home before I had the time to see so much of
God's love to me in the way He has led me through paths that I did not
see then. I can truly say unto Him, Lord, Thou hast been my dwelling
place in all of these years of trial and has been my rock in a weary
land and my shelter in the times of storm.

Well, I came home last October a year ago, 1895, and made up my mind to
stay for the time being. Some of the people found out that I was here
and they sent for me to come to see them. I went to Mrs. Murphy's the
next week and I was there nearly a year and found that I could not do
much lifting, so I did not feel well for quite a while, and I had a
heavy day of it the last time that I was there. So I told her daughter I
should not come any more as I had gone early that I should get home
early. It was nearly six o'clock when I stopped. They are a lovely
family of four men and four girls, all of whom are are very fine indeed;
two sons married, and children, and one daughter married and she has two
little ones. Miss Josephine is a school teacher. Miss Alice is the
housekeeper, as the mother is not very well at times. One of the lovely
girls is a Sister in a convent.

I also did work for her daughter, Mrs. Nellie Chester, and she is a
lovely woman. I had to lose her work as she had to get her a girl.

I also worked for fine families by the names of Mrs. Handford a