mission-house

Christians in Leh assembled in the gay garden plot of the lowly mission-house to shake hands and wish me a good journey, and not a few who were not Christians, some of them walking for the first hour beside our horses.

Among the Tibetans Isabella Lucy 2004

One was a convent mission-house of the Sisters of Mercy in Fifteenth Street — a row of red brick family dwellings, before the door of which hung a plain wooden contribution box, on which was painted the statement that every noon a meal was given free to all those who might apply and ask for aid.

Sister Carrie 2004

The mission-house at Bukit-tima was surrounded by several of these wood-topped hills, which were much frequented by woodcutters and sawyers, and offered me an excellent collecting ground for insects.

The Malay Archipelago 2004

Space and a lack of culinary room in the mission-house, compelled an arrangement which permitted of only twenty-five or thirty eating at one time, so that

Sister Carrie 2004

At this point the High Priest of Mumbo-Jumbo came in an undignified hurry out of the door of the mission-house, not looking very like a lord of the earth, but rather like a bundle of black second-hand clothes buttoned round a short bolster in the semblance of a guy.

The Complete Father Brown 2003

At this point the High Priest of Mumbo-Jumbo came in an undignified hurry out of the door of the mission-house, not looking very like a lord of the earth, but rather like a bundle of black second-hand clothes buttoned round a short bolster in the semblance of a guy.

The Complete Father Brown 2003

The soil appears poor, and yet around the mission-house there are some fine wild figs, one a huge tree, although not a score of years old; the bamboo clump is magnificent, and the cocoas, oranges, and mangoes are surrounded by thick, fragrant, and luxuriant quickset hedges of well-trimmed lime.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

It is of the utmost importance that the front verandah of a mission-house should be freely accessible to whoever likes to step into it.

India and the Indians Edward Fenton Elwin

It was a scene that interested the angels, I am sure, when in our rude little mission-house, in the presence of a goodly company both of

The American Missionary — Volume 50, No. 3, March, 1896 Various

It was early on the following morning when our horses were led around to the door of the mission-house, but notwithstanding the early hour a dozen or more of the natives were standing in line to receive medical attention from the missionary.

My Three Days in Gilead Elmer Ulysses Hoenshel