The Leper Home in Purulia

WE are pleased to fulfill our promise made last year, and to give our young readers letters from the children in the leper home at Purulia.
The letters were written in Bengali by the two boys and the girl. Poor Urban is a leper boy; Mothi has not developed the disease—let us pray that it may be God’s will that he may be spared; Subodhoni is a girl. The letters are just out of their hearts, and the odd request for your photographs, so that Subodhoni may recognize you in heaven, is quite original. We shall all know one another in heaven in the light of the Blessed One, who shall make heaven home to all, whether from Purulia, or India, or Great Britain, or the United States, or Canada. May all truly trust in Jesus, and by His blood and power be cleansed from the leprosy of sin.
It will be very great pleasure to you, dear Christian boys and girls, to feel that you are keeping four leper children, or children of lepers, this year in the Purulia. Home.
Mr. Uffmann, the good missionary, is very much overworked, and you will remember him at times in prayer. He translated these letters into German for us, his daughter copied the translations, and now you have them in English. Mr. Uffmann says of the fourth child (a girl) selected for your care, “She has been only about six months in the school, and is, therefore, unable to write at present, but she shall send you a letter as soon as she can do so.”
The following is a translation of the life-sketches of the children to be supported by the young readers of FAITHFUL WORDS.