chapter ef a nice lecture. Mr. Pinneck had the p.m.
service and Mr. Weeding the a.m. During the hours we
give te the ceast men 4-5 p.m. Mrs. Graham has a let of
little Cenge children te talk te at her house. She calls
this the Bible Class. Mrs. Weoding sometimes has a few
beys at her house, but nearly always they attend at Mrs.
Graham's. New we will wish our leved ones good night.
Sephie & Stephen

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Pieces of soap, brass wire, cleth and buttons being fre-
quently handed in. These are sold to the missiens or
beys, for money, which better suits the needs of the
church.

Three services are held en Sunday, the morning service
being in the Congo languages, and the afternoon & evening
being in the English. Two prayer-meetings are held each
week. The one en Wednesday night for the natives in the
Conge language, and the ene on Thursday night for the
Coast men it being in Imglish. These services are all
held in turn by the five missionaries.

But I wish particularly te write of seme ef the char-
acteristics of the beys and girls we have with us at our
homes, and I want yeu all, dear children, to pray for
these little ones, that they grow up to be good men and
women and ge out and tell others of Jesus.

In the first place, I will tell you about ene boye We
new have six with us, one ef whem came in one day and tol
us he was Mr. Crowley's boy, which te say the least, was.
a way ef hiring eut. We have, however, kept him, and
he seems very bright and capable. Our head man is the
enly one whe speaks Englieh, and through him, I can talk
with the others. I have a dear little bey,

Mapuata by name, and he is very anxieus fer “Nengua" as
he calls me, which means madam, to learn Cenge. One of
his duties, er rather pleasures, for it is a pleasure te
him, is te turn ever the scripture rolls every morning.
These rells were given me by the 8. Scheel ef the 18t
Presbyterian Church of Nashville, Tenn. They are a sourc
ef great pleasure te my beys and a great many others whe
gaze with interest on the highly Bible scenes de-
picted on them. .

Mapuata is werking for us to pay for geeds his brother
stele from the mission when Mr. was in charge at
Lukungue He is very bright and clean, and is, I think,
