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MISSIONARY LIFE 
I feel that we must open two more schools iu 
connection with our work here, — one at Manoh 
and one at Thumbah. At both of these places they 
have given us good houses. For the present they 
will not cost over one hundred dollars a year for 
each school. I know that you are hard pushed 
for m^ans ; but if I can have my health to go 
about after Mr. Wilberforce comes I can raise the 
money here. If none of the Sabbath-schools in 
America will support these schools, we will vol- 
unteer to do so. By the time the Board meets 
these schools will be in operation, God willing. 
I am just on the eve of starting to Freetown 
now for the doctor, but hope to be back in a 
week or ten days. My sickness began with ery- 
sipelas and terminated in yellow jaundice. For 
ten days I have been helpless. My wife has done 
her best in the way of doctoring, but to no pur- 
pose. All medicines seem to have lost their 
power. 
I forgot to state in the proper place that we 
have dropped six members from our church-rolls 
for participating in the Furrow, and six were dis- 
missed for other causes. We now have fifty-eight 
members at Shengay. There are eight members 
. in the church at Bomphetook. The field looks 
very inviting, if we can only get the help. I 
trust we shall yet gather many precious sheaves. 
