A LITTLE BOHEMIAN GIRL'S GIFT.
The following letter from Rev. J. S. Porter, Missionary of the American Board, will explain itself. Will there not be among those who shall read it some one who would like to purchase the remaining coins given by the poor little orphan girl in Bohemia for the colored people? If so, our Treasurer, H. W. Hubbard, will forward the coins upon application from those who would like to purchase one or more of them. A Christian lady in Detroit, who abounds in good works, has generously sent us $25 for one of the coins:
"Prague, Bohemia, Sept. 14, 1895.
"Enclosed find seven Austrian crowns, the gift of a little orphan girl, Marie Kuchera. She wanted to do something for the colored people, and this is her offering. Her pastor wished me to send the original crowns that she gave. Some two years ago I was called into the country, an hour and a half away, to officiate at the communion service of a poor consumptive mother and widow. It was a joy to see her sweet patient endurance during all the long hours she was waiting for her Lord. She had not long to wait.
"The little girl who sends these seven crowns—which equal $1.40 in our money—was the little one she left an orphan. Their home is a humble one, only one living room, and yet in this humble cottage she is learning to open her heart to the great needs of her Master's kingdom, and rejoices to send these offerings for the poor black children."