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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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the Saviour in Batta,and I read Matt. v. 8, and i John i. 7-9, all about cleansing ;and showed them my painted sketcli of an arbutus, doneyears ago ; and then with a dirty sponge disfigured it withdirty dabs, and said how sins (naming* three special ones)spoiled our life or heart. Just then, happily, Mr. Johannsencame in and took up the subject, and made it all perfectly CTIVE WORK 41 clear that it was an illustration of a sin-stained heart,—somuch pains taken to make it beautiful and just like thegreat original pattern, but, unlike the picture, it was notirremediably spoilt. Mr. Johannsen unblushingly says he 1. Pansiir-na-pitu. Mr. Johannsen. 2. Simarangkir. Mr. Kessel. 3. Huta Barat. Mr. Pose. 4. Pea Radja. Mr. Mohri. 5. Sipoholon. Mr. Culemann. 6. Banna Rea. Pan- dita Johannes, anative pastor. 7. Pea. Chapel-of-ease in this districtunder Mr. Meer-waldt. The churches—all ofthem, I think—are used as boysschools duringthe week. 8. Dolok (Mount),Mertimbang. 9. River Batang Toru.
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VALLEY OF SILINDUNG. is throwing me into the sea to teach me to swim, which isobviously the case. Six native teachers with their families have just arrivedfor an eighteen months preparation for ordination, and 42 HESTER NEEDHAM AND HER WORK I shall probably be teaching the wives for an hour daily,so you can imagine how much I shall have to learn between,and how difficult it is to keep to my two hours rest daily;in fact, on Sundays I cannot have it, and do not want it. Bartimeus, the blind brother of one of the chiefs, isbecome my teacher. He makes a little livelihood by sellingthings on commission for the Dutch soldiers, which is byno means a nice occupation, so now he has entirely giventhat up, and belongs, as it were, to me, beginning withto-day, though of course 1 do not really want him nearlyall day long. It is a delightful arrangement for bothparties, as he is a true-hearted worker and preacher, andwas a great help to me this morning in the church roomwith the women, sitting by m

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