Doubtless the greatest joy upon return to Siam was to find that a great spiritual awakening had taken place in the mission school. If the fruits of labour seem sparse so far it must be considered that the most favourable soil had scarcely time to produce its harvest. The boys and girls who had been under the intimate influence of Dr. and Mrs. House in the school were just approaching the adolescent age when, in 1866, a spiritual awakening manifested itself. News of this work of grace had reached Dr. House at Hong Kong, and upon arrival at Bangkok he rejoiced to learn that the facts more than confirmed the report. “Found all well and the very best of good news awaiting us, confirming the hopes I have felt all along that a better day was about to dawn on us in Siam. Two of our oldest and most promising pupils (Hee, the writer of that interesting letter to me, published in the _Foreign Missionary_ last year, being one of them), and a native teacher in our employ (a man of some education) were baptised a few weeks ago as converts from heathenism; and another native teacher, Naah (Esther’s husband), with others of the pupils in the mission school are desirous of Christian baptism. These new converts with the older church members sustain semi-weekly prayer-meetings among themselves with warm interest.” The convert named in this letter was Tien Hee, who, a few years later, went to America to seek a higher education. Graduating in medicine at the New York University in 1871, he returned to Siam, where he became the first native physician practising the Western system of medicine. He became eminently successful in his practise, amassed considerable wealth, received the title of Phra Montri and lately has been elevated to a higher rank of nobility, as Phya Sarasin. In grateful recognition of what Christianity has done for him he has made generous contributions toward the work of the mission. Two months later Dr. House reported further confessions: “It was my privilege and joy last Sabbath to receive to our little mission church in the ordinance of baptism three Christian converts, all connected or once connected with our mission boarding school; and one of these my dear old pupil Naah (Esther’s husband), the boy especially given me by his Chinese father on his dying bed. The others were Dik and Ting.... You do not know how many fold I felt repaid by the privilege I enjoyed that Sabbath.” In August of that year (1867) he writes further: “We are permitted to report the admission by baptism to our native church at this station at our last communion of five new members. Two of them girls that have been long under instruction in the missionary families; two others, elder pupils in the mission school for boys; and the fifth, one more advanced in years.