This little girl belonged to the boarding-school at Oodooville.
She early gave her heart to the Saviour, and joined the church when she
was thirteen years old. I should like to know if there are any of you
who have not followed her example. If so, this is not right. My dear
children, it is not right. Shall this little girl, in a heathen land, a
land filled with idols, give her heart to Christ; and you, in a
Christian land, a land of Sabbaths, and Sabbath-schools, and Bibles, not
give your hearts to him? This is not right. You know that it is not
right.
But let me go on with my account of the little girl. After she had
joined the church, she wanted to go and see her mother, who was a
heathen, for the purpose of conversing with her about her soul's
concerns. Now, in this country, when children who have been absent from
their parents for any length of time go home, the mother spreads a mat
down on the floor, and tells them to sit down upon it, adding that she
will go and cook rice for them. They have no seats to sit on, as you
have in America. Well, this little girl went home. When her mother saw
her, she was very glad; and after she had spread a mat for her, and told
her to sit down, she said that she would go and cook rice for her.
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