INDIAN HOUSES IN HIGH MOUNTAINS OF PERU, 14,000 FEET ABOVE SEA, WHERE MISSIONARIES "STAHL" AND CLUFF WERE CALLED TO PERFORM OPERATION ON SICK BOY.
KALYAN BAPTIST PRIMARY AND SCHOOL, INDIA.
On the Bombay Side of India
By MRS. M. D. WOOD.
A YEAR ago found us seeking a place for a medical dispensary in Kalyan, one hour's ride by train northeast of the great city of Bombay. The year has had its hard places, but, thanks be to God, it has also had its victories. The Great Physician has ever been near for consultation. The workers have labored hard and faithfully. The people have gathered and listened daily to our messages, and have had faith in our constant prayers.
And what have the people received? A woman traveling to her home town found immediate help and a home during her sudden illness on the way. To be taken off a train ill and to be told there was a place of refuge near brought great joy and comfort to this woman. She found friends at the Kalyan dispensary.
A poor man suffering from hiccup for three days, during which he could neither eat nor sleep, was carried to Kalyan on a cot, a distance of six miles, that he might find relief. He returned to his village in a short time, perfectly well and with some knowledge of the true way.
A poor old woman one day at noon while eating her coarse bread, gaped and dislocated her jaw. She was seven miles away, but they quickly got her to Kalyan, and in a few moments her mouth was closed, she was given nourishment, and soon fell asleep. She, in her darkness and heathenism, cried out, “The great God is here.”
A poor old woman with a broken leg was carried to another hospital not far away. She was left to native servants, and after three days her leg was set. The fifth day she cried and begged to have the splint removed. Her son, weary with her cries, brought his mother to the mission dispensary. When the splint was removed, we found she had a compound fracture, and the wound was filled with maggots. Do you wonder she could not sleep? After three weeks she left us for her home, walking with a cane, and thanking the God of the Christians for her life.
Surgical operations have been performed on many eyes, and those who had not seen the light of day for years, cry for joy as they behold the faces of loved ones again. Such treatments to these poor souls are miracles indeed, and speak louder than all our words, be they ever so faithful, kind, and true.
These instances are but a few from among nearly 1,200 for the year 1913. Hundreds have, after receiving medical help, unburdened their aching hearts and troubled minds, and we have had glimpses of the wrongs of womanhood and the cruelties to children which are beyond description. All this makes us cry out, Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly.
