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Title: The Spirit of missions
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Episcopal Church. Board of Missions Episcopal Church. Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society
Subjects: Episcopal Church Episcopal Church Missions
Publisher: Burlington, N.J. : J. L. Powell
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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. Andthere, in the glistening room, withoutany pain, after three years of blindness,suddenly the glorious light of Godsbeautiful world rushed in once more,and he saw bending over him two faces—2i strange foreign face, the first he hadever seen, and the face of Dr. Day. In a few weeks Yui-san was measuredfor glasses, land he was absolutely as-tounded to find that with them he couldactually read again. But, he said, I can never earn I CAN NEVER EARN $4 TO PAY FOR THESE GLASSES Yui-san and his nurse in the room at St. Lukes Hospital,Shanghai enough to pay for such glasses. Why,they cost $4; that is nearly four monthsearnings. He was then told that far away inAmerica some little children had earned$10 and sent it to St. Lukes Hospital.It had arrived that morning. It was given on purpose to give sight to someblind Chinese, and that it would be usedto pay his expenses lat the hospital andto buy his glasses, and so he need haveno further care. And he answered, I trouble them toomuch! (123)
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SOME CHILDREN OF BRAZIL YESTERDAY AND TO-DAY BY THE REVEREND W. M. M. THOMAS HOW do tihe cliildreii in Brazildiffer from children at home?In looks they are much thesame. The dark type pre-dominates, it is true; but is not exclu-sive. Really, children are children theworld over. The child must grow in order to takeon certain distinctive marks that willcharacterize him as a Brazilian. Justso soon ias the boy can he will grow hismustache and curl it at the ends, andwill learn to talk with his eyes and arms,as only the Brazilian can do to perfec-tion. Two Brazilians, be they men orwomen, engaged in a quiet, but serious,conversation, seem to be at war one withanother. On© unaccustomed to theirviolent gestures looks expectantly forthe first blow, land perhaps a, murder,and is not a little surprised to see thempart with a friendly embrace. The chil-dren soon copy their parents in so fas-cinating la custom. When in the streets we see a boyarmed with two huge horns and pursuedby boys wildly w

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