A BLESSING indeed in a dry and thirsty land is a fountain of living water. Just back of our Kolo Mission, in Basutoland, rises a high mountain, on the side of which bubbles up a spring of water. Our South African Sabbath schools made a special donation to develop this spring, and to provide the means for piping the water down to the mission house. The result is a complete success. Such clear, cool, pure water is not found everywhere, and the Basuto women have asked permission to come to the station to get the water for their household use. Every morning one may see a line of native women coming with their water jars upon their heads for this cool, refreshing drink. Having filled their pots, which we presume would hold four or five gallons, they gracefully lift the load to their heads, and off they go, with apparently no fear that the jars may topple off. All the Basutos wear bright-colored blankets, and this morning scene is a pleasant one indeed.
HOMEWARD. FROM THE FOUNTAIN, KOLO STATION.
As we watch this water spring from the pipes, quenching the thirst of man and beast, and watering the thirsty land, it reminds us of the water of life which is flowing so freely for all today, and which every thirsty soul may have for the taking. This little scene at Kolo is but a parable of what we are endeavoring to do with our mission stations in Africa. In our South African Union Conference we have twelve stations and seventy outschools, with, according to the last report, 2,275 pupils under instruction. Thus by the grace of God many are having the opportunity to drink of the water of life. From every portion of our mission field we hear the call for extension and enlargement in order that yet more may be done. The South African field appreciates the help that comes to us from North America and Europe, and we thank the Lord and the givers for it.
W. B. WHITE,
President S. African Union Conf.Cape Town.
