Life and light for woman . years there has been a steady though slow change in publicopinion in regard to evangelical work. Many of those who in 1873 wereoutspoken enemies of evangelical Christianity under the name of Protestant-ism, may be counted to-day as sympathizers, if not openly avowed is particularly the case among the educated men connected with thehigher institutions of learning. As a field must be cleared of stubble andstones, and life-giving elements be mingled with the impoverished soil, that the seed sown may fruc-tify, so in such a landas Spain the sowing ofthe gosp
Life and light for woman . years there has been a steady though slow change in publicopinion in regard to evangelical work. Many of those who in 1873 wereoutspoken enemies of evangelical Christianity under the name of Protestant-ism, may be counted to-day as sympathizers, if not openly avowed is particularly the case among the educated men connected with thehigher institutions of learning. As a field must be cleared of stubble andstones, and life-giving elements be mingled with the impoverished soil, that the seed sown may fruc-tify, so in such a landas Spain the sowing ofthe gospel seed must bepreceded by toilsome-and lengthy prepara-tion. BIBLE WOMEN. Senora Maria Irache,,of Zaragoza, reports anumber of persons in-terested in the gospelthrough her visits andtalks. In March shebegan to keep a recordof her daily experi-ences, which are veryinteresting. For in-stance, she writes :— Marck 2.—I have . • been talking with a very fanatical lady this MRS. ALICE GORDON GULICK. aftcmoon, who at first. 510 LIFE AND LIGHT. did not wish to listento me. Finally, aftertwo hours discussion,she decided that I wasin the right, and thenlistened with much at-tention. ?March j.—Theowner of a shop wheremilk is sold likes tohave me go there totalk about the gospel,not only with her, butwith the women whocome to buy those who camein this afternoon was awoman who was so in-terested that she askedme to visit her in herhome, and read theBible with yliarc/^^.—Thisaf^ternoon I have been in aCATHARINE H. BARBOUR. tobacco shop (estauco) talking with those who came in to buy. Later I went to a shoe shop, andtalked awhile with the owners. They were so much interested that theyasked me to come again, to talk to the employed there. March g.—I was giving thanks to God to-day in a dry-goods store, be-cause, as the result of many visits, the owner and her daughter came to ourchapel and subscribed to the paper El Crist iano So this influence of a Chris
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