“Doctor, the Siamese think only of getting a living. That they must have nor always are they very scrupulous as to the means they resort to. Before—in the days of my sinfulness—I was so too. Then I had not reflected upon, was not attentive to my condition. I saw myself a sinner; when I became conscious of this, the Lord Jesus Christ was pleased to forgive me. “My wife formerly—when I began to talk in the house with those that came to see me about the religion of Jesus—would go away, stop her ears, would say ‘I won’t hear it,’ and off she would go. Now she says nothing, listens, sometimes says there is good in it; will hear me when I pray in the room at night. “I remonstrated with my neighbours but, Doctor, they are wilfully set in their wickedness. But, Doctor, we cannot make them repent. It is only those whom God pleases to choose. “They tell me that when the king hears that I have become a disciple of Jesus I shall be whipped. I tell them, if he kills me I care not. If the Lord gives me to die, I must die as the Lord willeth. But while I live, I must bring forth fruits to offer Him.” Nai Kawn was never formally enrolled in the Church. He had found the acme of joy and of liberty in the Gospel before he knew of the church as an organisation. The witness of his conduct, the testimony of his lips and the evidence of his fellowship with Christians was more vital and compelling than a formal profession of ecclesiastical relationship. The honour of having been the first native at Petchaburi to become a member of the Church was gained two years later by Nai Kao. Another honour of primacy in the profession of religion was attained at Bangkok in 1861, when Maa Esther became the first Siamese woman to unite with the Church of Christ. She had been given, a poor sick child, to Mrs. Mattoon by her father at an early age; and had been adopted and reared by Mrs. Mattoon. She had accompanied her foster mother to America in this same year. Maa Esther has continued a faithful, consistent Christian all these remaining years, and has been a zealous worker for the cause of Christ. What was the final evangelising tour by Dr. House was taken in 1862, when, accompanied by Rev. N. A. McDonald, who had lately joined the mission, and Rev. Robert Telford, who was maintaining the Baptist work among the Chinese in Siam, he made a trip along the eastern coast of the gulf as far as Chantaboon. The responsibility for the school, together with the condition of Mrs. House’s health, made it inconvenient for him to continue this phase of the work which he greatly enjoyed. PERIOD OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR