It is more than a year since she left the school, and though, during this time, her closet, her Bible, and the conversation of her sister have been her only means of grace, it is evident that, in the midst of this wearing domestic persecution, a Christian character of unusual loveliness is being developed.

She is as frail as a lily, but the strength of the Lord rests upon her." Another case was that of a pupil who had left a year and a half before, to teach a Bulgarian school.

"Unaided," says the mission, "except from on high, she has fought a good fight during the past year.

The parents of her pupils complain because she will not conform to the rites of their Church, but the trustees of the school, not wishing to lose her services, have been wise enough not to make conformity a condition of remaining in their service.

Her parents have forbidden her visiting the missionary premises, but they have not been able to separate her from her Lord, nor to prevent her laboring for the spiritual good of her pupils.