One of the teachers and myself, while visiting some of the converts, found five young women in one house rejoicing in the pardoning love of God. "Truly," said the old grandmother, "salvation has come to this house." We found that, some years ago, three mothers had died and left five orphan children, who were taken by the grandmother and who had now grown into womanhood. Two sisters first became Christians and the others soon followed. One said, "I used to be so fond of going to the theatre, but now I have no heart for that sort of thing; I mean to live a good Christian life and do all I can for my Saviour." They were all received into church, and joined as well the Young People's Society of {137} Christian Endeavor, which is a good thing for young people, as it trains them for future work, and to be active and useful in the service of Christ. JAMES WHARTON. * * * * * THE CHINESE. LETTER FROM REV. W.C. POND. Our anniversary was an occasion of much interest. The attendance was large, and our brethren acquitted themselves well. The _Record-Union_, the principal daily of Sacramento, published both the addresses in full. We have good news from our evangelists. They are doing great good, if we can judge at all by what we see: and they are in training, I believe, for larger and better service in the years to come. I shall have much to write about this for the _next Missionary_, much more than I can crowd into the space allowed me. The new work at San Buenaventura opens finely. It is already one of our largest interior schools; and two or three, possibly _four_, of the Chinese have already been led to believe; so that before Low Quong returns he expects to organize an Association and get Christian work into systematic operation. I am greatly pleased also with the reports from Tucson. Yong Jin, who has done excellent evangelistic work at Santa Cruz, goes to Tucson next week. He is an earnest Christian, and though somewhat deficient in English is better educated in Chinese and is an excellent preacher. * * * * * FOUR MONTHS OF EVANGELISTIC WORK. BY LOW QUONG.