But let me go on with my account of the little girl.  After she had joined the church, she wanted to go and see her mother, who was a heathen, for the purpose of conversing with her about her soul’s concerns.  Now, in this country, when children who have been absent from their parents for any length of time go home, the mother spreads a mat down on the floor, and tells them to sit down upon it, adding that she will go and cook rice for them.  They have no seats to sit on, as you have in America.  Well, this little girl went home.  When her mother saw her, she was very glad; and after she had spread a mat for her, and told her to sit down, she said that she would go and cook rice for her.  The little girl told her that she was not hungry, and did not wish to eat, but wanted to talk with her.  “You cannot talk with me,” said her mother, “until I have cooked rice for you.”  “Mother,” said the little girl, “you worship idols, and I am afraid that you will lose your soul, and I want to talk with you about Jesus Christ.”  The mother became quite angry with her, and rebuked her.  But still the little girl continued to talk with her about her soul.  The mother then became so angry, that she told her to be silent, or she would punish her.  The little girl replied, “Mother, though you do whip me, I must talk to you about Jesus Christ,” and she burst into tears.  The mother’s heart was broken.  She sat down on the mat, and her little daughter talked with her, and prayed with her.  After this the little girl was so troubled, fearing that her mother’s soul might be lost, that she was heard praying for her during all parts of the night.  And God heard her prayers.  Her mother forsook her idols, and became a Christian, and her conversion was followed by the conversion of one or two others.  Now, my dear little girls, if you will give your hearts to the Saviour, and in due time come here, or go to other heathen lands, and tell the people of a Saviour, you may, with the help of the Holy Spirit, be as useful as this little girl was.

Female missionaries have done much good among the heathen.  I mentioned an instance on page 88, to prove this.  Let me mention another instance more.

In the year 1838, an English lady, Miss Aldersey, went to the East, at her own expense to promote female education among the Chinese.  At that time, she could not go to China, as that country was not open to missionaries She therefore went to Java, where there was a colony of Chinese.  Here she hired a house, and collected about twenty-five girls, whom she clothed, and boarded, and taught.  The Lord blessed her labors, and several of these girls were hopefully converted.  When their parents saw that they would no longer worship idols, they became much opposed to the school, and some of them took their daughters from it.  In the year 1842, God opened the door for the entrance of the Gospel into China.  This missionary then broke up her school in Java, went to that country, and resided in the city of Ningpo.