o (Sertrube H. ©ttle\>. 
 
 As nearly as I know our family history, we be¬ 
 longed to an ancient Persian family, who came 
 over to India as long as a hundred and fifty 
 years ago. They settled in Bombay and were 
 wealthy landholders. An Englishman married 
 one of the ladies. That Englishman was my 
 great grandfather. I was born in 1874, and 
 lived at home till the age of ten, when the pre¬ 
 mature death of my father broke up our home. 
 When I was fourteen years old, I decided I 
 would study the vernacular of the country 
 and work for myself and my people. I joined 
 a training school. There I studied Persian, 
 Urdu and Hindi for three years, and received 
 a training for missionary work. I have been in 
 the work ever since ; and the more I do of it, 
 the more I feel it is the kind of work I should 
 always wish to do. I have found much real 
 joy in doing it. Working for and teaching the 
 souls for whom Christ died has given me a life 
 full of blessing and comfort. 
 
 Gertrude Amelia Ottley. 
 
 Bina, India. 
 
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