“And what cause for gratitude that God has so honoured the humble beginning with such glorious results in these later days. ‘The little one has indeed become a thousand’; yes, thousands now of baptised converts from heathenism are rejoicing in Siam and Laos in the knowledge and the love of Christ who, had that mission not been begun and watched over and prayed over by those godly devoted parents of yours and their associate (would he had been a wiser and better man), would have lived and died without God and without hope, in the darkness of Buddhistic idolatry and atheism. “To God be all glory given! Well may a jubilee be kept by all who know of the contrast between that day in Siam and the present. What wonders God hath wrought. “Sincerely yours, “S. R. HOUSE.” Perhaps it was the celebration of this jubilee in Siam that reminded former pupils of the Bangkok boys’ school of how much they were indebted to Dr. House for the immeasurable difference between their Christian enlightenment and the paganism around them. At any rate in the following summer Dr. House received from a group of his former pupils a gift of one hundred and twenty-five dollars, accompanied by this letter: “SUMRAY, BANGKOK, June 15, 1898. “_The Rev. S. R. House, M.D._: “SIR: We have learned that your old age coming to eighty-one on the 16th of October next. On the occasion we are glad to subscribe among your oriental scholars of Siam to offer you a small present, which we obtained for your birthday. “We herewith request you to accept this small sum for your birthday present for the recognition of your Siamese scholars, and we beg to thank you for the knowledgment which we obtained from you when you were with us in our lovely country. And we noted you were the foundation of our knowledgment, and we will place your name on the stone of our hearts as long as we live. “We pray God to bless you, to comfort and to help you in all circumstances; and we hope to meet you again in the Kingdom of our Father. “We have the honour to remain, Sir, your affectionate scholars.” (Signed by twenty-eight former pupils.) But that birthday never arrived. Only a few days after the receipt of this affectionate token and grateful testimonial, Dr. House took leave forever from his friends of Siam and from his friends of all the world. On the thirteenth day of October, 1898, he reached _Home At Last_. His affection for Siam outlived his days; for he had provided a small bequest for the Harriet House school in memory of his wife. Dr. House and his wife lie buried in the Waterford Rural Cemetery. XIII BOON TUAN BOON ITT