p. 10 | In the Villages by Della Burroway

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 4, 1909

In the Villages

By Della Burroway

I WISH to relate an experience I had in treating a sick child, and the blessing of God that attended my work. I am not a trained nurse, but God has seen fit to place me here, and has given me some wonderful experiences in treating the sick. This child was so very ill that I despaired of its life. It was tossing from one side of the bed to the other, apparently unconscious.

1. CALCUTTA MEDICAL TREATMENT-ROOMS
2. KARMATAR MISSION, IN BENGAL — CALCUTTA MEDICAL TREATMENT-ROOMS

KARMATAR MISSION, IN BENGAL

We were four miles from home, with a bath-tub, fomentation cloths, and very little experience for such a case. I ordered hot water, and we put the little one in a full bath. While the child was in the bath, suddenly a storm came up, and the temperature fell perhaps twenty degrees.

We had nothing to wrap the child in when we took it from the bath but a few old rags that would scarcely cover the body. I knew that if the child took cold and died, the entire village would censure us for giving the bath. As I

held that little one in the tub, I realized my utter helplessness, and I prayed as I had never prayed before. I clung to the promise, “Ask, and it shall be given you.” In a few minutes the child fell asleep in the tub. We carefully took it out and covered it with the rags, then sat down to watch. Again it began to toss, but I clung to the promise; and as I left the house, I told the parents that I thought the child would rest that night, and it did. From that very hour it began to mend.

Della Burroway.

Karmatar, West Bengal.