The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1922-03-31

Hassan Tiny language teacher, so
if he becomes a Christian Mira
Hassan would have the right tc
kill him and seize his property
The others have become Christ
ians without any such things hap
pening. Hajar's father. kurd
came to Hamadan years ago in
tending to kill his brother, wh'
had become a Christian and became
converted himself and is now
spending his time in evangelistie
work and does a good deal Of in.
tinerating both by himself an'
with missionaries. started tell.
ing about going to church with
Hajar and Tuba. Tuba slipped and
fell in one of the muddiest street
and got her "Chuddar" just covel
ed with mud. Hajar and | coulG
scarcely keep from laughing, an,
finally it struck Tuba funny. too
and we laughed the rest of tn
way. Some Armenians in the chn
rch yard gave US some warm waite
and with that and some snow w,
managed to wash most of the mu'
off. Tuba is our only teacher VIII
noes not speak English so | haN
to use Persian with her altogethe
She is not yet Christian and "
all hope she will take a definlt,
stand for Christ. Hajar has bee
offered another school at ten T,
N ans more than she is getting j
our school, but she refused the a,
vance.
This Sunday Jan. Sth) is IT,
Syrian Christmas and in week
two we have the Armenian Chris
mas, ahat is when we have OF
Christmas vacation. We had on
one day i'm December. remarkt
on how nice it was to have Il
holidays .Gfter all the fuss ar
rush Of christmas was over ar
of much n expected to accomphs
in that lime. but | heard that d.
ring that time we are supposed I
make million calls, today, as
have remarked, was the Syria
Christmas. | promised to go t
! their afternoon service as thougl
the school / knew quite few
the Syrian girls. and felt the
would be disappointed if | didn
go, SO. though fht bum | wer
and chaperoned our -four Persia
\ boarders to the church. The 5
Eians hold their services in II
auditorium of the Boys Schoo
I 1t is about the size Of the Seem
Theatre in Kadoka and two goo
sized rooms adjoin with foldin
doors The Syrians turned ou
4 well for the place was packed
il doors and window sills, all stan(
\ ing room taken and manw we
I forced to stand outside. A goo
!, deal of the program was recitiin
\ the Scripture from memory, mos
\ of it was in Syrian while a por
ion was in English. When tn
4 program was half over | was SUI
4 they had recited the first of Gel
SIS to the end of Revelation.
Supposed they particularly wishc
Ato emphasize some portions ar
kwere repeating those. Afterwar'
= heard that they had taken a
4 the Old Testament phophecies r.
Srelating to the coming of the Me
siaj,- One thing the Syrian chile
\ rem can and do; they speak OF
4 loud. There is no one so deaf bl
i | am sure | could have heard ever
!: word. Why, the kids fairly shri
4 ked and the smaller they were II
Y more noise they seemed to mai
and some of the kindergarto
Il youngsters brought dawn. II
Il house when they piped out wit
4 those ear splitting voices.
i p. 5.
I looked up a word in the die
ionary the other day and this
I what | found. | might say Il
: word is not unusual in fact it
{ so usual that | have felt from II
= beginning that using the dictio
= AIRY was rather waste Of time:
q Bara meanings: God, the pr
i sence of God, a curl, g ringlet, ;
: intimate friend. form, mannt
i custom, a time, a turn, walls, fol
ifications, anything which divid
= or separates two objects, ugly q
@ formed, cOvetous, avariciOus, a
v dicted. given to, brlbc, a ludt
Or the curved extremitics of [
q beam of balance, to which t
"a scales are suspended, horse,
$. herd, a flock, an intoxicating Il
1t uor made from barley, beer a
lr regard. respect, good, excellel
N beautiful. true, just, countenan'