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 [From Missionary Tidings, April, 1898.] 
 
 Ella Marie Maddock came as a Christmas 
 present to her parents, December 25, 1865, at 
 Elyria, O. She, together with her parents, 
 went to New Jersey in 1866, returning to Elyria 
 a year later, where she has since resided. At 
 the age of nine her father died, leaving her and 
 two younger children to a loving Christian 
 mother’s care, who, being unable to work for a 
 year, trusted the dear Lord for everything. 
 When able, she was obliged to go out nursing 
 to keejj her family together, leaving the young¬ 
 er brother and sister in the care of Ella, who 
 was but a child at the time. Trusting the Lord 
 to keep them safely, her mother would be gone 
 for several days at a time, relying on the prom¬ 
 ise “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” 
 Ella kept house and attended school, thus early 
 in life beginning her work for others. Being 
 always a great reader, she spent all her spare 
 time in improving her mind. 
 
 In 1884, while T. D. Garvin was holding re¬ 
 vival meetings, Ella gave her heart to the Lord, 
 and entered at once into active service in the 
 church, learning valuable lessons of discipline 
 both in the Endeavor Society and the Sunday- 
 school. 
 
 Two years later she made application to the 
 Lakeside Hospital, Cleveland, O., to study the 
 profession of nursing. She was received and 
 
took the full course. At the close, a diploma 
 was granted to her for her efficient service. 
 
 After serving for several years in her profes¬ 
 sion, she became convinced that she was not 
 giving that complete service that was most ac¬ 
 ceptable to her Lord, so, in January, 1896, she 
 entered the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, 
 to prepare for practical missionary work. 
 
 After a year of Bible study and methods of 
 missionary work in this excellent training 
 school, Ella came forth with the call of her 
 Master ringing in her ears —“Go ye, and tell 
 the story to those who sit in darkness.” 
 
 Joyfully her heart responded with a glad ’‘I 
 will!” and from that time she could listen only 
 to the pleading moans of India’s perishing 
 millions, and prayed that the door might soon 
 be opened for her to enter with the Bread of 
 Life. 
 
 In the spring of 189 /, she was accepted by 
 the Christian Woman’s Board of Missions, to go 
 to India as a trained nurse and zenana worker. 
 
 It was her privilege to attend the great Na¬ 
 tional Convention at Indianapolis, in October, 
 before she left the dear home, the loving friends 
 and the fair land of her birth. 
 
 November 16,1897, with heart throbbing with 
 mingled joy and pain, she bade a tender fare¬ 
 well to her loved ones, and turned her face to¬ 
 ward the land of the Orient, sustained and 
 cheered by the thought that, since she was 
 now obeying the command of her Lord, to 
 “CrO,” she could also claim His tender promise, 
 “And lo, I am with you alway, even unto the 
 end of the world.” Mary J. Maddock. 
 
 Elyria, Ohio. 
 
 Published by the Christian Woman’s Board of Mis¬ 
 sions, 152 E. Market St., Indianapolis, Ind., March, 1900. 
 One cent each ; five cents per dozen.