American literature -- 19th century -- Periodicals; Sunday schools -- United States -- Periodicals
And now what will you say when I tell you that this remarkable woman,
remarkable for her talents, her personal gifts, remarkable for her
Christian development, was to meet with disappointment at the outset
and was to be denied the privilege of engaging in the work for which
she had left home and friends. They were ordered away from India by the
government and decided to attempt to establish a mission upon the Isle
of France. Nearly a year from the time of leaving America they reached
this place, having spent nearly all that time on ship-board. It would
seem that now their troubles might be at an end; and so Mrs. Newell's
were. For in about three weeks after they landed she was called to go
to her mansion above. At nineteen her work was finished--finished, as
it seemed, before it was fairly begun! Yet her example of devotion,
of fortitude, of love for the cause, her submission and patience
under trial may have accomplished far more than she living could have
done. When the news of her triumphant death came to America, other
noble-hearted, earnest women were found ready to take the place of this
first woman of our land who was ready to give her life to the people of
India. To-day, after seventy-five years, scores are in the field, more
waiting to be sent, and I know not how many among the PANSY readers
getting ready for the Master's work in foreign lands. God grant that
there may be many such!
F. H.
OUR ALPHABET OF GREAT MEN.
Q.--QUINCY, JOSIAH.
COUNTING back for five generations, we find in the Quincy family a
Josiah. The great-great-grandfather of the present Josiah Quincy
was a merchant, and we are told that he was a zealous patriot in
Revolutionary times, and you all know that meant a great deal.
His son, who was called Josiah Junior, became a celebrated lawyer, and
was prominent as an advocate of liberty. It was he who with Samuel
Adams addressed the people when the British ships anchored in Boston
Harbor with the cargo of tea. But notwithstanding his reputation for
patriotism, his action in defending the soldiers who fired upon the mob
in what is known as the Boston Massacre, brought him into unpopularity.
Yet I think that if you study the facts carefully, and weigh them well,
you will see that although the presence of the British soldiers was an
outrage, and justly obnoxious to the people, yet upon that occasion
there was some excuse for their action. And John Adams and Josiah
Quincy should not be condemned for undertaking their defence.
Afterwards both did good service in the interest of Colonial
Independence. Quincy went to England doing much to promote the good of
his country.
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