Little Fullness came into the children’s class with her new baby sister in her arms. In China the elder girls have to bring their little charges, or they would not be able to come at all. “What is your little sister’s name?” asked the missionary. “Little Hated,” was the answer. She got that name because she was only a girl and not a boy, for which her mother was wishing. But the missionary called her “Little Love.” Many Chinese girls have very pretty names, as Love, Fragrance, Pearl, or Jewel.
When Little Hated was over two years old, the missionary noticed with joy that her Little Love was opening her lips to join in the chorus of the hymn “Jesus loves me.” This is the favorite hymn of the Chinese children, and Little Hated had heard it over and over again, from the very first days of her young life.
The next day Little Hated was drowned. The Good Shepherd had safely folded His little lamb to His loving heart to be with Him forever. The mother had tried to sell her little girl, but she was not wanted as she was not pretty. But the Lord Jesus wanted her. In the night a sudden flood arose, caused by a tremendous downpour of rain. The family lived in a little house in a narrow gully which rapidly filled with water. While they were leaving the house to go to a safe place, the rushing water took Little Fullness away, together with her little sister, whom she was holding by the hand.
ML 11/22/1953