The Garhwal School, North India
By Charles C. Belgrave
AMONG the foothills of the grand Himalayas, is situated our Garhwal School. This is the only school we have in the Garhwal district with its many villages scattered far and near. To this school come many of the boys of these hills, some from forty miles away. The boys are instructed in Bible knowledge as well as in things secular. Great interest is manifested in the study of the Word of God, and from outward manifestations we are convinced that the good seed is finding its way into good soil. During one of our meetings held on the last Sabbath of the school year, Dec. 13, 1913, an opportunity was given to the students to express themselves in regard to the benefits they had derived during the past year. The boys were quick in responding; many an encouraging word was heard, and the last student added: “And another thing, we are steadily learning the way to God.” We are confident that by the grace of God we shall be enabled to bring some of these Hindu boys to the cross of Christ. The dissemination of the third angel’s message throughout this great hilly district must inevitably, to a great degree, devolve upon the boys who attend our school. Therefore we are endeavoring to give them the best possible training,11so that when any of them take their stand for the truth, they will be able to give it to their own people.