1915-1917 



IX 



THE McCuskeys were "in camp in a field away from the 

 village but within easy walking distance of where the 

 preaching tent is." In spite of growing need in Europe, the 

 missionary movement was holding its own in India; and 

 Lillian could write: "The Xtians insist on supplying us with 

 milk — 6 & 7 seers a day! So we have plenty of butter. They 

 also have presented us with wood." Of her own labors she 

 reported: 



I saw the women at noon and talked to them. I am hearing 

 them recite the 10 commandments, Lord's Prayer & creed. 

 Not half of them know these. I hope then, that the women I 

 teach will teach others. The baker's wife is no good. She can't 

 read and also she doesn't know enough herself to teach the 

 women. 



Statistics chiefly, made up a closing paragraph: 



We were out for two weeks this trip & Frank baptized about 

 250. This District is right in the Mass Movement & whole 

 sections of villages come out (i e are baptized) at one time. 

 Of course this is all amongst the Sweeper Class. The new con- 

 verts are learning fast & it is wonderful what a difference it 

 makes in their appearance, their homes & lives. We haven't 

 nearly enough teachers. We have far more boys ready to go 

 to school, than we have room for. . . . You have a busy life 

 too, but do take time to write. I dread "growing away" from 

 my own brother. I am only just beginning to realize that I am 

 a really grown up woman ! 



Word from mother, too, indicated that the general scene in 

 India had not been much disturbed. The rains had "soaked the 

 ground and laid the dust, too"; whereafter it had grown cold. 

 "Plague is flourishing — always does in cold weather." Com- 

 menting on Lillian and her husband's activities outside Kasur, 

 she referred to it as a district: 



