MISS WASHBURN
WRITIS LETTER
Letter from Mis Orilla K. Wash,
bum, Formerly an Alliance
V.lrt, Vil of Interest
The Herald has told before of
Miss Orilla F. Washburn, the former
Alliance girl who la now a mission
ary In the Philippine Islands.
I-
went to Vlgan by boat. Left San
Ferdarido at eleven o'clock at night,
reached Vlgan at five In the morning
The sea was very quiet and I enjoyed
the trip Immensely. The stars were
so bright and just above the horizon
hung the beautiful Southern Cross.
The boat-was so small we all had to
sleep, on deck, which added to our
pleasure. At Vlgan we were enter
tained at the mission house.- The
sessions of conference were very In
teresting. I wish you could have
heard the reports of both the mis
sionaries and the native pastors and
deaconesses. There has beep much
persecution and unrest during the
past year because the spirit of Inde
pendence is so widely spread among
the people, pur native pastors have
held on manfully to keep their peo
ple together and to present a strong
face to sin and unrighteousness. One
j of our deaconess girls told of the
j work In the Junior League and how
ithe padre would give the children
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Orilla P. Washburn
Orilla F. Washburn, daughter of
Rev. A. Mi Washburn and wife, fof
several years pastor at Lakeside and
Alliance Circuit, was bora in Wis
consin. When quite a young girl
she came with her parents to N. W.
Conference. Ambitious for an edu
cation she went to Crete making her
home with a friend of ber family
during the school year, graduating
from the high school. Then follow
ed four years at Nebraska State Uni
versity. While at this institution
she presented herself to the Woniena
Foreign Missionary Society, and was
accepted. The special"1 training re
quired was secured at the Chicago
hit 4 MM ( I 1
HiDie x raining acuuui.
During all this time, except the
three last years, she worked her way
by domestic work. In her Junior
year at Lincoln she was an assistant
In laboratory; the money for her
year at Chicago was provided by a
good man a friend of the cause at
Broken Bow.
In 1912 she, with a party of mis
sionaries, sailed from San Francisco
for tho Philtnnlna whprfl hv an-'
pointment she was placed in charge
of the Bible Women's Training,
WUUUI HI L.lllf.',itjf II.
Miss Washburn is supported by!
g'fts from friends in the northwest
Nebraska Conference. j
The following letter, written to;
her friend, Mrs. Harmony, at Chad
ron, 1b full of Interest:
Women's Bible Training School
Lingayen, I'augaslnan. P. I.
Orilla F. Washburn, Principal
Feb. 14, 1914.
Dear Mrs. Harmony:
Your lovely Christmas letter and
package came some time ago. Thank
you so much for everything; I would
like to send personal letters to each
one of the ladies who so kindly re
membered me, but that Is impossible
for the present at least. Please give
my thanks to each one. Everything
was so lovely and "homey" it gave
me a big warm feeling around my
heart to be remembered that way,
bo far from my own folks and loved
ones. Thank you again for the
things you sent. : ;
School closed In December with
seven girls graduated; Bishop and
Mrs. Eveland came for commence
ment and Bishop made the address.
After that I made a little speech in
llokano, and presented the diplomas.
. How proud I was I will leave you to
gueaa. How much I am hoping
from these girls! They are out at
. Work now, and need prayers to help
them stand against the temptations
they meet. Because of Boc'al stand
ards among the native people it is
1 hard for a Filipino girl to stand
alone and keep pure and true. Pray
' for God's blessing upon them as
they work for him.
We expect many more girls this
year, at least forty have been accept
ed; but we cannot squeeze in more
than thirtv. Some of them will
drop off the list before school begins
so we will probably not have to send
any home after Vhey get here.
My greatest blessing of this year
tame in the form of a new fellow
worker, and a dear old friend.. I
cannot tell you the joy In my heart
as I welcomed Mildred Blakely to
the Philippines and to Lingayen.
God has surely been very good to
: me. I thank Him for the strength
He bus given me to endure past bru
dens and I look forward to the com
ing year with trust and confidence
in Him. Do not forget to pray for
me. because I greatly need strength
for my work among the people.
Conference came during January
at Vigan, the second city of import-
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ance on l.uwu. Ja ii was ou iai
from Manilla the women were. un
able to leave their work, so the worn
I
jtentavos If they Would not attend
the Protestant service. Once she
was walking with a number of child
ren to the service, when other child
ren came up. These are her words:
"The children spit at us, but their
;splt was not strong enough so it
could reach us." "I wish you could
have heard her say it with her pe
culiar, broken English and emotion
al expression,
We had a procession thru the
streets of all the missionaries and
native Christians. On a vaca cart
was placed a huge open- Bible made
from cloth and bamboo; behind this
was a closed Bible with a church on
top of it representing Catholoclsm.
Bishop Eveland rode ahead distrib
uting tracts. As we passed a Cath
olic church a group of children grab
bed the tracts tearing them to piec
es. The padre without doubt was
paying them to do so. "
There is much beautiful scenery
near Vigan. One place where the
Abra river cuts thru the mountains
is called the gap. We visited it in '
tthe afternoon. A short distance a-!
way lay the China Sea bright and I
sparkling a most . exquisite blue, i
The mountains are very rugged, like j
the Rockies, and are covered with a j
deep brown Velvety moss. The Abra j
is deep aad swift where It cuts thru j
the rocks. As the sun sank Its glow
touched up mountain, river, sea and
sky until we seemed very near the
city celestial. One of the things i
which gives me courage for my work
is the glimpse I get into heaven thru j
the beauties God has thrown around ;
Soon the rest of the missionaries
came across with the baggage leav
ing me auto behind. The men
found vaca and carabao carts to
carry the women and the baggage
a raranao cart is a box on two
wheels without springs or seats. The
caracao Is so slow that the men
walked ahead all the time. At nine
o'clock the auto caught up with us;
they had worked It out and It cer
tainly looked like an old friend. We
arrived at San Fernando at half rest
two. The United Brethren mission
anes were looking for us, and In
sisted on our eating, altho'we were
so tired we would gladly have rolled
up in our steamer rugs on the floor
and gone to sleep. However, the
food refreshed us and at four we
were ready to retire. We had to
rise at six to reach the tiain for
home. It took some time to recvoer
from that trip.
Next wnek I start out on an evan
gelistic trip thru the province; will
keep up thai work most of the time
until July, which will afford some
Interesting experience, I a HI sure.
Please send this letter around north-
I west Nebraska, as I cannot find time
to write personal letters to all.
Orilla F. Washburn.
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Our ride home was most unusual.
We came aa far as San Fernando by j
automobile, fourteen of us In one; r : : '
big truck. We arose at three o'clock I i-m4?m?&
In the morning and left Vlgan
I five. That brought us to the Abra
, gup at sunrise. How beautiful it
j was! We crossed the river on a
bamboo rart, which seemed very un
safe for so heavy a load; but the
trip was safely made in half an hour.
The trip from there to Narvican was
beautiful. Tbe mountains are close
to the sea, making the coast very
rocky. We passed many an impos
ing old church, a testimony to the
builders of the past, but also of op
pression and forced labor of the
poor natives.
At Narvican we stopped for a serv
ice and then for a few minutes at
each town we came to while Bishop
Eveland spoke a few words to the
people gathered at each place. At
Candon the Bishop dedicated their
new church here a great crowd had
assembled, both inside of church and
outside crowds were gathered. The
service was most impressive. After
the service we had dinner, and then
left fos San Fernando. The Band
was very deep, and many, many
times it was necessary for all of us
to get 'out, while the men helped
lift the wheels out of the deep rut
they hud bored into. We crossed
five rivers on "balsas" or bamboo
rafts. At five o'clock we reached a
very swift river; it was thought that
the auto with all of us aboard would
be too heavy to pull across, so four
of us girls crosse don a small raft.
In the meantime in trying to run the
auto onto the balsa, they ran it Into
the river, and there it stuck. On the
opposite side we girls waited for
two hours. Crowds of children and
grown people gathered around us.
I talked to them in ilokano (I for
got to tell you that I passed my con
ference examination with a grade of
ninety-eight in Ilokano). It began
to get dark so we sat down and be
gan to sing. Two of us sat in the
crowd: the other two some distance
jaway. We were singing. "Stand up
for Jesus" when one of the girls
jcanie over to us saying. "You had
! better stand up right now." We fol
lowed their suggestiou, going with
j them. They told us that a crowd of
i men had come up, one standing dl-
rectly behind me holding something
in his hand which looked like a bolo
knife, over ray head. IMd not know
' whether be meant to harm or only
! to keep the evil spirits caused by
the presence of Protestants aVay
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