oathsome
prison. Here Mrs. Ogren endured fresh trials. Her baby, weakened by
exposure and semi-starvation, became seriously ill, and for a time it
seemed as if he would not recover. When, however, the danger was
passed Mrs. Ogren's second eye became terribly inflamed and caused her
intense agony, and her husband becoming delirious with fever, had to be
tied down to his bed. Nevertheless, she did not lose her faith, and
the prisoners, aware of all she had endured, and was enduring,
marvelled to see her praying to God. When, in the course of a few
days, her husband began to gain strength they sang hymns, prayed, and
read the Bible together.

A month later the Ogrens were told that in two days they were to be
escorted to the coast, and the comforts which were at once provided for
them made it clear that the authorities had received instructions to
protect them and treat them well. New clothes were given them, and
when they started on their journey, Mr. Ogren, being far too weak to
ride, was carried with the baby in a sedan chair. Mrs. Ogren rode a
horse. The officer and ten soldiers who comprised their escort treated
them kindly, and their example was copied by the inhabitants of the
villages through which they passed.

It was a welcome change, but it came too late. Nine days after leaving
Ta-ning Mr. Ogren became very weak, and in spite of every attention
died on the following morning, October 15, from the effects of the
cruelty to which the Boxers had subjected him.

Can anyone imagine a more crushing sorrow for a woman than this which
Mrs. Ogren had to bear? To lose her husband just when their long
months of persecution were ended, and they were looking forward to
happy days of peace, was indeed the hardest blow she had suffered. Her
escort, touched to the heart by this sad ending to her troubles, did
all that they could to comfort her.

It was not until February 16, that Mrs. Ogren and her two children--a
girl baby, healthy in every way, had been born at P'ing-yang-fu on
December 6,--arrived at Han-kow, where everyone strove to show kindness
to the much-tried widow. Peter Alfred Ogren's name is inscribed on the
roll of Christian martyrs, and Olivia Ogren is a name that will ever
stand high in the list of Christian heroines.

[1] _Last Letters and Further Records of Martyred Missionaries of the
China Inland Mission_. (Morgan & Scott.)

EDITH NATHAN, MAY NATHAN AND MARY HEAYSMAN,

MARTYRED