The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-14


 courage of our missionaries was reflect ed during the massacre in Harpoot by the calmness of the scholars, who en- couraged and supported others; and in the quiet confidence of school girls at Marsovan, who simply remembered what they had heard from their teach ers."
 A wonderful blessing has been re- ceived in the schools at Harpoot; all the college girls, all the girls in the High school, and all in the two upper classes of the Intermediate de- partment, have found Christ. As a result of this deepening of spiritual life, the older girls visit the lower schools each week for personal Chris tian work, and they always come back with shining faces.'
 China is awakening to her need of western civilization and of Christiani- ty; hundreds are seeking admission to the schools. At Foochow very many have been turned away for lack of room, while eighty-seven girls gladly crowded themselves into rooms de- signed for forty. The pupils, in their earnest appeals for new building, ask it not for themselves alone, but say, We have received the Gospel, and we want other girls to come and learn the same good news" All the graduates have been Christians, and have become teachers or medical students The ac- tive members of the Christian Endeav- or society are permitted to go into the city to read the Bible to women to whom it is strange and glad tidings.
 A A !, eager waiting for a new building and patience in discomfort The school has been transferred recently to tent, which is regarded less liable to the plague.
 From Marsovan we hear that thirty two of the pupils teach in the Sunday schools of the city, and that the older girls have deep interest in their younger companions, some of whom are said to be happy little Christians" Mrs. Leonard, the beloved mother of this school, expected to share this meet ing with us, but has been called to hear the well done" of the Master. Others are reaping harvests from the seed she has sown, but we are sure she will long be remembered by what she has done for womanhood in Turkey. The sharing of responsibility is being developed in the school at Paotingfu. Much relief is given to the over-worked teacher by employing the more ad vanced pupils to teach the younger classes.
 Mrs. Noble tells us it is delightful to see with what dignity, a young fun-lov- ing girl will conduct and interest her classes.
 In the Sunday school the older pupils teach and interest little children who stray in from the streets.
 | In the fall of '95 radical change was contemplated of permitting only girls | with unbound feet to enter the school. l The first term of this experiment, every | girl came back, and the teachers were glad to show Miss Child all their pupils | with natural feet Let us pray that l these girls, who have given up this an- | cient custom and are known as large | footed girls" may become the large | hearted women of the Jesus doctrine" | In the Chihuahua school preparation l for service is made prominent and the | talents of the young women are utilized | while in school, to help in the various lines of church work and to reach those who never come to church. l Prospects were bright indeed at San 1 Sebastian, Spain, when the Christian | Fndeavor banner was carried back last 1 fall by one of it's graduates, and many promising new pupils were admitted. | We cannot believe that these prospects l are wholly clouded, since we remember that fifty girls trained there, are carry l ing the same Christian influence to 1 other communities and are teaching at least 2,500 Spanish children. | It is delightful proof of what the school has wrought, that during these weeks of hostility, school duties were | carried on as though there was nothing 1 to disturb them. Since the declaration of war, teachers and scholars have beer removed to southern France. The Bombay school has called out our tenderest sympathy in the trying experiences of the past year.
 The large additions of small children could be cared for only through the kind and thoughtful assistance of | scholars who had been trained to suci helpfulness.
 The brightest day of the year was | Christmas Sunday, and the old church in the bazar, never witnessed such g | scene as when one hundred and ten famine orphans received on their fore heads in place of the ashes of heather superstition, the symbol of peace ant
 redemption while as if in response to
 the text of the pastor, "Who are these that fly as a cloud and as doves to their l windows?" a white dove flew in and circled above their heads. If we could have heard the children sing and repeat
 responsively the story of Christ's birth
 the 23d Psalm, the 18th of Corinthians
 the Creed and Lords Prayer, we coulj
 hardly have believed that these were the same little faminewaifs of whom we
 heard only few months before.
 The American College for Girls al
 Constantinople, is the only one Whicl
 reports falling off in attendance, but this is on account of political disturb
 ance and we have no fear that the loss
 is anything but temporary, and we
 would rejoice in the formation of an ac- tive Christian association. and point
 with thanksgiving to the noble worl
 being done by the graduates in ten diff ferent languages.
 | VILLAGE AND DAY SCHOOLS. It is considered a privilege by mis-
 sionaries to tour among the villages
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