. A glimpse of India : being a collection of extracts from the letters Dr. Clara A. Swain, first medical missionary to India of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America. iss Tho-burn to educational work in Lucknow and I to med-ical work in Bareilly. It would have been pleasantfor us to be in one station but the needs of the workhad to be considered. My medical work really began the day of my ar-rival. When I came out of my room in the morningI found a company of native Christian women andgirls eagerly awaiting the appearance of the DoctorMiss Sahiba,
. A glimpse of India : being a collection of extracts from the letters Dr. Clara A. Swain, first medical missionary to India of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America. iss Tho-burn to educational work in Lucknow and I to med-ical work in Bareilly. It would have been pleasantfor us to be in one station but the needs of the workhad to be considered. My medical work really began the day of my ar-rival. When I came out of my room in the morningI found a company of native Christian women andgirls eagerly awaiting the appearance of the DoctorMiss Sahiba, and with the aid of a good missionarysister I was able to understand their words of welcomeand find out what I could do to help them. As I hadno medicines with me I procured a few simple reme-dies for their ailments from Mrs. Thomas who hasquite a little dispensary for she has been obliged tocare for the sick in the mission compounds and theChristian village as well as the girls in the had fourteen patients that first day. February $th. My dear M This is my third Sabbath in Bareilly. Thefirst Sabbath Bishop Kingsley, who was here for theconference, ordained six native preachers. The serv- [26]. <3 1 £ Arrival in India ice was very impressive. We were told that some ofthese men were obliged to give up their wives andchildren and all their friends when they becameChristians, as then they break their caste, and it fre-quently happens that a woman will turn against herhusband or son when they change their religion. Last Sabbath we had services in Hindustani; mostof the congregation were natives and they all sat onthe floor in the chapel and listened with great atten-tion. The Sunday-school exercises lasted until noonand there was preaching at four oclock. This is theregular order of exercises through the year. I have just returned from Sunday-school and amglad to say that I have a class. A few of the oldergirls in the Orphanage understand English and has
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