The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-13

Blple women are employed IN teaching
| other women to read.
These statistics do not take note OF
thousands of Christians who have
passed to'the life beyond and other thou
| sands who have gone to other mission
| stations
| Sixty years ago the people gave moth
| ing for the support of these agencies
while last year five thousand rupees
We're given for church work and -four
thousand rupees towards the schools.
A new interest has been awakened in
many hearts the past year in the Bonn
bay school. 1t has needed these new
friends, and it will be long list if each
one who has helped in any way places
her name upon it. Mrs. Humes letters
bring her work before us as a living pic
ture. We pass direct her greeting to
all: MY heart goes out to one auXilia-
ry after another in gratitude and love
for all the thought, the love, money,
hours of faithful toll, strengthened by
prayers, that you dear sisters, young
and old, have given to our worS-your
Work-here in Bombay"
This work always most absorb
ing, has been greatly increased by
the return of the plague. Hearts were
heavy and school children noticed the
sad look on faces when the plague en-
tered the school, and one of the famine
orphans was taken to the hospital and
the school itself turned by incubation
into two large hospital wards. What
superb courage and capacity We're re-
quired to meet such an emergency, and
what q tpctipo of CtnIc CIV
THE MiddleseX school is broken up
on account of the plague" How little
those words mean to us! But what do
they mean to those children who are
thus cut off from Christian love and
teaching? What does it bring to Bha-
gipthi, one of the oldest and brightest
pupils, whose mother was one of the
teachers and died of the plague? She is
eight years old. was married last May
and is now condemned to step-moth-
er's abuse. Mrs. Hume says it is a sad
case, and she longs to take the little girl
into the boarding school, where she can
be loved and kept.
DR., Karmarl1ar was a delegate to the
All India Y. p. S. C. e. convention at
Allahabad. She spent Sunday at Ma
sick, a sacred city of the Hindus, and
was invited to address a Sunday school
rally Six hundred Hindu children,
among them fifty Brahmin girls, were
gathered under large trees by the road
side. 1t was wonderful sight to see in
that stronghold of Hinduism. The pa
rents are high caste, orthodox Hindus,
bound to heather customs. while the
children are being led to the fountain of
truth in the study of Christ and His
life.
This shows us that many of the better
class of Hindus are willing to have their
children taught Christian truth, al
though they will not accept it them
selves.
The dispensary was opened last July,
and in the first few months was visited
by over a thousand patients of various
nationalities and religions.
The plague has seriously interfered
with DR.. Karmarkar's plans for prac-
tice in the zenanas of Bombay.
The daily supervision of the boarding
school and Widows Home has been a
great relief, and they feel that her pres
ence has been blessed God-send to the
mission.
In the Satara field with over a million
there are now only two
missionaries, Miss Bruce at SAHARA and
Mrs. Sibley at Wal, and for native help
ers, only half the support needed,
For thirteen years Mrs. Sibley has la
bored earnestly for the people of that
district, seeking to win them from idola-
try and every evil way God has blessed
these years of seed-sowins, many diff
culties have been overcome, and now ma
tive Christians are not only treated with
respect, but are welcomed into many
homes. The work among the women is
of great importance, for it is with the
women that caste prejudice is the
strongest. The love of truth is growing
in many hearts and some day will be
stronger than the power of caste which
hedges them about.
Anubai, our Bible reader, needs an as
sociate. So many women watch for her
coming and are disappointed when a
visit is prevented. One said to her, 1T
is many days since you were here; my
little boy has been taken from me and |
have been looking for you to come and
tell me about the God who is your help
ar. Whenever you come into this street
be sure to come here; we want to learn
Of that which gives you joy for sorrow"
The money desired for building for
Bible workers in Wal has been supplied
and Mrs. Sibley's heart will be encour-
aged.
In the Ahmednagar school are two
hundred and fifty girls crowding the
looms and overlooking into four veran-
las, and still they come
Miss Bissel wishes that friends could |,
come and see," and they would realize
he needs of the school.
The new dormitories are still myth. |
several times it has been decided that |
Justice to teachers and pupils required |
he door to be closed, but when a girl |
presents herself. and there are good |
easons for making an exception, the |
girls willingly crowd a little closer to |
make room for her.
Five new matrons are caring for cir |
les of girls and give promise of becom-
ng real mothers to them.
A large class is preparing for church !
membership; fifteen have been admitted |
he past year; the Improvement in the
Urls and their good influence over 9TH
rs has been comforting to the teachers,
Who watch eagerly for such signs of |
;rowth The handful of grain is put |
side every day in each dormitory and |
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