The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-12-04

grounds were made most beautiful
The report continued as follows:
Nine years from the establishment
OF the Sadza nearly Eve hundred girls
had been rescued from such dark
homes. and from homeless wander
ines. and had tasted the comforts and
privileges OF life under Ramahai's
training In March OF the present
year Isl we're reported as pupils N
the school The devoted teacher says.
You who have made il possible for
ne to gather so many girls in this
hCme. must feel very happy al the
thought that you have helped them
out OF darkness into light. Some OF
them DO not know how 70 express
their gratitude in words. but they all
thank God for bringing them into this
home and giving them good friends
I can bit thank Him every moment as
/ see them at school bending over
their books or doing their work with
a will OF az play in the garden. their
faces beaming with happiness. When
they grow older and become efficient
workers. they viii reach many thou
sands Of women: and their influence
viii be felt all over the land"
When this work OF Ramabai's was
begun. her thought was to carry il or
as a secular one. fearing il she made
il distinctly religious she could not
secure the special class, the high
caste Hindu. that she desired 20
reach. She. therefore, gave a pledge
10 her countrymeu to that effect. But
she had her own cherished Manorama,
her hearts joy, and certain girls, de-
serted wives or destitute orphans.
whom she was maintaining at her own
expense in the school. There she felt
constrained tc lead to the true light
from five TO six each morning she
would have them gather in her room
TO study tho word of God As the
ioor OF the room was always left up
IN. other & Els passing by from inter
st or cur Osity, stopped and entered.
Here. too, the Holy Spirit entered and
hearts wnre touched. One after an
other they came to Christ and asked
to be baptized A storm of bitter OPP
position on the part of the leading
Hindus of the Bombay Presidency beat
upon the school when these facts be-
came known. Every effort was made
to crush the Sadan. But Ramabai
was brave of heart and steadfast in
her trust in God She claimed she
had the same freedom to practice
Christianity that Hindus had TO prac-
tice their religion. The opposition
abated. and more than ever success
crowns the enterprise. In her latest
report she says. Our plan of educa-
ton is carried on. as before. with the
aim of giving the Sharada girls
thorough education up TO the high
school standard. Besides this, they
are taught to do all manner of work
which will help them through their
life They are trained to be good
housekeepers. cooks, matrons, needle
women. weavers. They are kept busy
all day. except for about an hour OF
recreation" A score of her educated
girls have been married to educated
Young men seeking them. Manorama
having had several years of advan-
tages in a choice. school in Western
New York. has returned TO Poona and
as vice principal is helping her mother
in the conduct of the Poona school
The Sharada Sadan is not Ramabai's
only care. This little woman, consmn-
ed with love and pity. endowed with
insight and tact. unfaltering in per-