y are far from my care and control,
and I know such painful cases of the children of missionaries
growing up unbelievers that I dare not do anything that seems to me
not to be putting them fully into God's care and up-bringing.

'In addition, I am exhorting people here to become Christians, by
doing which they throw themselves and their children outside of the
community. I tell them to do it, and trust God's protecting them in
troubles and helping them in difficulties; and I can hardly do that
if I have not faith in God myself for me and mine.

'Again, I need God's help and blessing much in my work here, and I
do not seem to myself to be able to expect it if I do not trust
Him. So please regard the money removed as not lost, only put into
a safer bank.'

The following letter, also dealing with money matters from the Christian
point of view, is so striking in many ways that it has been deemed
advisable to quote it _in extenso_:--

'Ch'ao Yang, Mongolia: May 6, 1888.

'My dear Father,--Enclosed please find some directions about the
disposal of my money. These arrangements are so contrary to my
previous arrangements that some explanation is due to you and to my
brothers. Here they are.

'In my mission work out here I am much thrown upon God. The field
is a very hard one. The superstitions are like towns walled up to
heaven. The power of man avails nothing against them. As far as man
is concerned I am almost alone. I turn to God. I hear the words,
"Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit," saith the Lord. I
trust Him. I call upon Him. I commune with Him. He comes near me. I
ask Him to convert men. There are conversions, a few true, as far
as I can judge. But there seems some barrier between God and me to
a certain extent. Thinking round to see what it can be, I hear a
voice saying, "Can't you trust Me with the money you have laid up
for your children?" I think over it I pray over it. I say, "I may
die and the boys need the money." God replies, "If you trust Me
with it, don't you think I'd give them it as they needed?" I say,
"But my father and brothers might not see it so, and might not like
the idea of destitute orphan children on their hands." God replies,
"With _Me_ for their banker children are not destitute, and if