Identifier: churchat19pres (find matches)
Title: Church at Home and Abroad, The (Jan. - June 1896)
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Subjects: Missions -- Periodicals
Publisher: Philadelphia : Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work
Contributing Library: Presbyterian Historical Society
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

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repetition the hymn wassung to her. It was sung again in the earlyevening at the funeral service. Often as Imay hear this Laos hymn sung, I shall thinkof the little babe that went to sleep in itsmothers arms, and the comfort that thehymn seemed to give her. In the years 1874-5, Mrs. Wilson andNan Inta, who entered into rest years ago,translated the first part of Pilgrims Prog-ress. The manuscript has been with me as asacred treasure. It is a joy to me to reportthat, under my supervision, within the lastthree months, nearly two-thirds of themanuscript has been prepared for the press.I hope to have the revision completed in Jan-uary of the new year. The AmericanTract Society has generously furnished usthe funds for printing this book and sundrytracts. So, side by side with the Bible So-ciety, the American Tract Society will be tell-ing the Story to this Laos people. Tothese sister societies of the dear home land wesend our grateful greetings. 410 a years itinerating work in siam. (May,
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c % \ N A 6,tA^ A ND MALAY PENINSULA OA.PORE A YEARS ITINERATING WORK INSIAM. (This account should be read with constant referenceto the map.) In some respects the greatest progress ofthe year is seen in the work at Nakawn See-tamaraht. In March, Dr. Dunlap, Dr.Toy and Elder Yuan, accompanied by somenative helpers, went down there, and werejoined in April by Mr. Eakin. Seven adults and three children were baptized, and achurch was organized April 21, consistingof thirty-one adult members and six chil-dren, and thirty-four persons were placed onprobation. This church was named by themembers the Bethlehem Church of Nakawn.The elder of this church recently came upto Bangkok and placed his son in the Chris-tian High School, depositing eighty ticals($48) to his expenses for the first year. 1896.) a years itinerating work in siam. 411 In July, Dr. Dunlap, Dr. Toy, Mr.Boon-Itt and Elder Yuan started on a tourof two mouths iu that region, going as faras Singora. On this occasion, six new con-

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