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Title: "God first" : or, Hester Needham's work in Sumatra : her letters and diaries
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Needham, Hester
Subjects: Needham, Hester Missions
Publisher: (London) : The Religious Tract Society
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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, so that I should not haveto buy any, and could lay out the money as I thought best;and they began this month, and it will probably go tosupport the leper girl who went from here to Sipirok, andso marvellously came across her sister there, also a leper.You will be interested to hear they have now both beenbaptized. April 27.—Mr. Meerwaldt proposes that I should set upan independent establishment at this Princess House, withAnna as my servant. Of course I consented at once,pending the future decision of the council; so this morningI removed bag and baggage, which was not a very com-plicated affair, as a bed was already there, so it only neededthe addition of davenport, chest of drawers, washstand andchair, and as the room is nine feet square there is spacefor all, even with two doors : and here I am in perfectcomfort. The other little room, also nine feet square, willprobably be my dining-room, and its furniture will no doubtconsist of a chair and the little table I brought with me.
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CHAPTER IV LIFE IN THE PRINCESS HOUSE May 8, 1891, to June 13, 1892. Your servants for Jesus sake.—2 Cor. iv. 5. Pansurna-pihc, May 8, 1891.—Anna is a queer child.She will come to me complaining she has nothing to do,with, as likely as not, two large holes in the shoulderof her jacket, with the skin showing through. I suggestedthat that was her work, and have got her to bring me allher clothes, and she is quite pleased to mend them, witha little help, as Mrs. Johannsen had taught her needle-work. Every morning, after breakfast, she and I havefamily prayers together. It is most interesting with my girls to see them be-erinninof to understand their Testaments and to find theirplaces, but it is a very slow process, as they have neverlearnt to think, or ask, or answer questions. May 14.—On Sunday evening I had a great pleasure.One of the teachers wives came in to me here, with herhusband, that we might unitedly thank God for Hisgoodness to them in answering prayer. She and her littl

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