. The Millions 1914 . s consent, sheentered the school, but got very homesick and longed to come hack; ere long she did return, andagain began to come to us regularly. Later, when anopening occurred, she overcame all. scruples as tofood, and entered as a boarder in a Christian schoolsome distance from her home. The Chinese Revolu-tion, however, cut short her time there, and when weleft our mission station, she was at home again. Shehas definitely refused to take part in the Mohamme-dan ceremonies at the mosque, and professes to be-lieve in Jesus Christ, but the decisive step of bap-tism has no
. The Millions 1914 . s consent, sheentered the school, but got very homesick and longed to come hack; ere long she did return, andagain began to come to us regularly. Later, when anopening occurred, she overcame all. scruples as tofood, and entered as a boarder in a Christian schoolsome distance from her home. The Chinese Revolu-tion, however, cut short her time there, and when weleft our mission station, she was at home again. Shehas definitely refused to take part in the Mohamme-dan ceremonies at the mosque, and professes to be-lieve in Jesus Christ, but the decisive step of bap-tism has not yet been taken. There are many like her, intelligent, indepen-dent, and with the courage to form their own opin-ions. Now that education is becoming the order ofthe day in China—even for girls—the Mohammedanwill be among the first to have his daughters taught,and we shall have a class of educated and influentialwomen growing up. Should good schools be providedfor them, where the Bible will lie studied and Chris-. THE ENTRANCE TO AN OLD PALACE IN Photograph by Mr. J. Graham tian principles inculcated, there will be great possi-bilities of influencing them for the Lord. Even whereit is not possible to open a special school, a good dealmight be done for this class by making arrangementsfor them to enter the ordinary school; the provisionof a separate room, and a separate kitchen, would gofar toward settling the difficulty of diet, etc. Thegirl to whom I have referred was, however, willingto eat with the other girls in the school she attended,but abstained from dishes in which pork or lard wereused. She is only one of a large number whom welong to have gathered together by workers speciallyinterested in the Mohammedans, and for whom wewould ask constant prayer. OPEN DOOR AMONG MOSLEM WOMEN IN YUNNAN. Mrs. F. H. Rhodes writes: In the city of Yun-nanfu, there is quite a large population of Moham-medans. They are found as a rule within certain dis-tricts of the city an
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