Partial Civilization 
work would unravel. The little monkeys, 
prompted by curiosity to see how the thing was 
done, would keep picking at the thread until 
they secured an end and then with loud excla¬ 
mations of amusement would pull until their 
clothes dropped to pieces. They did not seem 
to have much opinion of the “chain stitch”; 
neither did I, after sewing the same garment 
several times. When their curiosity was en¬ 
tirely satisfied, we got along much better, and 
with little trouble were able to keep the orphans 
clothed. 
The distress that had come upon them, led the 
Ejahyay refugees to think and feel more deeply 
in regard to the gospel and during the first year 
of my residence in Abeokuta, many of them 
made a profession of faith in Jesus Christ, so 
that the mission church was much enlarged from 
those who had persistently resisted the gospel in 
their own town and in happier days. Among 
these was my wife’s little waiting-maid, the 
daughter of Orgeh of Ejahyay. When Mr. 
Phillips told her she might have to die for Christ 
and then asked her if she would be willing to do 
so, she wept aloud and said, “If it is the Lord’s 
will, I will try to do so.” She died early but she 
remained a consistent Christian to the last. 
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