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Malaysia. 



this woman served, that there can be no 

 qnestion that these various converging 

 lines, that met at Singapore, were all of 

 them drawn by the hand of Provtdence. 



Miss Blackmore joincd the Oldhams and 

 proceeded at once to study the Malay lan- 

 guage, and to familiarize herself with the 

 conditions of hcr new rield. 



The steady help of the Minneapolis 

 Branch has never wavered, and the names 

 of Mother Nind, Mrs. Winchell. and Mrs. 

 Bishop Joyce are household words on the 

 lips of grateful missionaries throughout the 

 Archipelago. 



May Minnesota and Malaysia ever be 

 mutuaHy mindful of each other! And as 

 the work expands may the other Branches 

 also find some fruitagc in these promising 

 lands l 



Miss Blackmore soon found that there 

 are two directions in which a womans 

 agency can be most efFectively used, — 

 house to house visitation to the womcn 

 who, though they live a freer life than in 

 most Asiatic lands, are nevertheless com- 

 paratively secluded: and the opening of 

 schools for girls in which opportunity is 



