Life and light for woman . sgiven to Him. I am filled with solemn questioning, whenever I seeit, whether we long-time Christian givers would not do wisely andwell, to follow her example. OF WORK. BY MISS FANNIE M. MOERIS. The following extracts from letters from Miss Morris, written from In-dundumi, will give our readers an idea of the beginnings of work in a newstation in Africa. Miss Morris encloses a letter from a Zulu girl, who wentwith her as interpreter and companion, adding, that it is the girls own com-position, with a very few corrections. She writes: — Deab Fkiends
Life and light for woman . sgiven to Him. I am filled with solemn questioning, whenever I seeit, whether we long-time Christian givers would not do wisely andwell, to follow her example. OF WORK. BY MISS FANNIE M. MOERIS. The following extracts from letters from Miss Morris, written from In-dundumi, will give our readers an idea of the beginnings of work in a newstation in Africa. Miss Morris encloses a letter from a Zulu girl, who wentwith her as interpreter and companion, adding, that it is the girls own com-position, with a very few corrections. She writes: — Deab Fkiends : Miss Morris and I went to visit a kraal. She 356 LIFE AND LIGHT. says I may write you about it. We went a long way, up a steephill. Miss Morris rode, and I walked. After an hour we came tothe kraal. When Miss Morris rode up, some of the women andchildren came out. Then she said, I see you; they said, Yes,we see you. Then they said, Look, what a kind lady; see herchain. Then they said to me: Is it made of beads? I said,. AFRICAN HUTS. Yes. They said, Who made it? I said, I dont know. Theysaid, Ha! come with her girl and her nice hat. Miss Morris say,I dont know how to talk Zulu very well; and they said, Weare the same, because we dont understand when you talk asked me if it was Miss Morris horse; I said, Yes. Theylooked at the saddle, and said, It is different from the looked at her, and said, She looks very kind; and theystand and talk. BEGINNINGS OF WORK, 357 Miss Morris said, We have come to make meeting; and tliey said*We are glad. Miss Morris said, In which tent shall we go?»Then one went and opened the hut, and swept a place, and spreaddown a mat for Miss Morris and me to sit on. Then Miss Morrissang, and I too. She prayed the Lords prayer in Zulu, and sangagain; then she read in the third chapter of John. She asked ifthey understood, and they said, We dont understand what isHsi honakaliso.^^ She told them, and they talked a good deal. Theysaid
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