n of the dinner
of our Rochester men. We number thirteen of them in Burma, and they fill
very important places in the work of missions. Two are graduates of our
university, but not of our seminary--Mr. F. D. Phinney, the
superintendent of our Mission Press, and Dr. David Gilmore, the acting
principal of our Baptist College. With the wives who graced the company,
seventeen persons sat down at table. Singiser presided; McGuire gave us
welcome; Dudley, Cochrane, Rogers, Hattersley, Crawford, added spice to
the occasion. The rewards of a teacher sometimes come late, but they are
very sure. When I saw that gathering of missionary workers, and
remembered Geis, Cope, and Streeter, who were prevented from coming, I
felt that my labor had not been in vain in the Lord, since Burma is
being transformed by Rochester.

And I shall never forget a final reception given us at an afternoon-tea
by Dr. D. W. A. Smith, the president emeritus of the Karen Theological
Seminary at Insein, and by his estimable wife, to whom I had had the
privilege of presenting a memorial album, on behalf of all the
teachers and missionaries, on the occasion of her seventy-sixth
birthday. Doctor Smith and Mrs. Smith are honored and beloved by all
who know them. Like myself, he has served the cause of theological
education for forty years, and has now retired for partial rest. I am
glad that my name can be in any way connected with his, for I am sure
that his works will follow him.

V

MANDALAY AND GAUHATI

These two places are types of two different religions, the Buddhist and
the Hindu. Mandalay in Burma is the representative of Buddhism; Gauhati
in Assam illustrates Hinduism. The hill of Mandalay is crowned by a
pagoda so unique and splendid that it draws pilgrims from every part of
Burma; the hill at Gauhati is similarly attractive in Assam. I have
thought that a description of the two, and of the worship at each of
them, might serve to fix in memory the differences between these leading
religions of the British Empire in India.

Mandalay was the terminus of our third excursion into the more remote
parts of Burma. From Rangoon as a center of operations, we went first to
Bassein, where our Burman and our Karen schools for boys and girls are
beautifully located. Bassein is one hundred and ninety-two miles west of
Rangoon. Maulmain, our second object of interest and visitation, is one
hundred and seventy-one miles distant from Rangoon on the sout