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of a narrow treasury, witb increasing de- 

 mands everywhcre, met them, and they 

 sadly declined to grant the request, It was 

 a moment of keen disappointment and deep 

 fccling. The silence was broken by Mrs. 

 Mary Nind, that be!oved mother in Israel, 

 who Jias since ascendcd in a chariot of 

 fiame, who sprang to her feet and said ini- 

 pressively, "The women from cold and 

 wintry Minnesota will plant a mission at 

 thc E^uator." Tlic aimounccment was re- 

 ccived with great favor. Mother Nind 

 went home, stirred thc women of her State, 

 and redeemed her pledge. The qucstion 

 now was, "Whom sliall we scnd?" While 

 they were looking for a suitable person, a 

 letter was received from Mr. Oldham urg- 

 ing the appointment of Sophia Blackmore. 

 Happily Miss Leonard was an old friend 

 of Mothcr Nind. and her statement of the 

 case added strength to the missionary's 

 pleading. A cablegram presently bore thc 

 joyfuI words, "Blackmore, Singapore." 

 And so from Atistralia in the far South 

 to Singapore near the Equator, caine the 

 woman at the request of women in the far 

 North, and so nobly and so splendidly has 



