Our Mountain Mission, Annfield House, Mussoorie, India.
Annfield House, Mussoorie, India.
THE above heading is the address of our "Mountain Mission" in India. Brother J. L. Shaw, the superintendent of our work in India, says, in a recent letter, "I wish that I could have sent you a picture showing the property to a better advantage than the one sent you last, but that seems almost out of the question owing to the way the estate is situated on the spur of a mountain by itself. It is very difficult to get a good picture of the property from points where it shows off to best advantage because of the distance." The picture on this page was taken from a spur of the mountain opposite the mission and about a quarter of a mile distant. The house shows quite small, but the cut will give a better idea of the surroundings than the one previously published, as that was designed to show the house more particularly.
Mussoorie, India.
During the last six weeks three converts have been baptized at the Mountain Home. These are the first-fruits of the work in the mountains, and show that the missionaries can be accomplishing good work for the Lord while they are resting in the cool and bracing climate of the mountains and away from the depressing and health-destroying heat of the lowlands, where they work most of the time.
Brother and Sister Burgess are "resting" at the Mountain Home while they are translating and preparing some literature for the great field of India. This is another good example of how the tried workers there can keep right on with their work and still have a rest and vacation at the same time. Surely the hand of our Father led in the establishing of that home in the mountains of that great, needy mission field.
Brother Shaw says that his health is better than it has been for three or four years. When we consider that he had to return to this country two years ago on account of his health, and remain here for quite a time taking medical treatment before he felt equal to cope with India's climate in the lowlands, this also says to us that we made no mistake in establishing the mission. All who have had a part in it will certainly rejoice.
