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ture of his work, and somc small begin- 

 nings were made to crcate a regular schooL 

 But it was lcft to Mr, Samuel Hamilton, 

 of Pittsburg, Pa., to really call into exist- 

 ence this traming institution by the gift of 

 a suitable property in Singapore, and the 

 endowment of a native professorship, for 

 the Jean Hamilton Memorial Training 

 School, so called in memory of the littlc 

 maiden who, at five years of age, was laid 

 away in thc beautHul cemetery in Pitts- 

 burg. From the beginniug Dr, West has 

 addcd the care and tcacliing of the young 

 men in this school to bis other wide and 

 exigent labors. Alt that could bc done 

 under thc circumstanccs has been done, and 

 thc results havc been gratifying beyond the 

 utmost expectations. Il may be said that 

 nearly every really eftective young workcr 

 in the Mission is a product of this school. 

 Man aftcr man, after two or thrce years 

 of such training as can be given him, has 

 gone forth to prove by a comparativeIy 

 skilled and carncst ministry that thc school 

 is already invaluablc. But thcre are long 

 spaces of time when the presiding clder 



