Life and light for woman . 106 Life and Light \_March skins, covered with branches of trees. Then we had a tiresome journey of aday and a half in the heat, spending the night in the open fields, with thesky for a roof and thick grass for a carpet. It was rather weird to be out inthat lonely place with our two big, armed, Koordish muleteers, our zabdiehand our servant. We could not sleep much because of the strangeness of thesituation, the coming and going of armed Koords from neighboring tents, andtheir shouting now and then to our men. One feels quite out of the world inthis place, which is b
Life and light for woman . 106 Life and Light \_March skins, covered with branches of trees. Then we had a tiresome journey of aday and a half in the heat, spending the night in the open fields, with thesky for a roof and thick grass for a carpet. It was rather weird to be out inthat lonely place with our two big, armed, Koordish muleteers, our zabdiehand our servant. We could not sleep much because of the strangeness of thesituation, the coming and going of armed Koords from neighboring tents, andtheir shouting now and then to our men. One feels quite out of the world inthis place, which is beautifully located in a valley with many trees. OiuHarpoot region is so bare of trees that we appreciate them doubly in a placelike this. As is often the case in a small place like this, cut off from therest of the world, we find here a simple, kind-hearted, earnest people,giving liberally from their limited means. They have a very good churclibuilding, which was not destroyed during the massacres. Their pastor is. KOORDISH WOMEN an earnest, honest, faithful man, who, unfortunately, is going to leave themvery soon for the church in Arabkir. There are schools for boys and girls,and I hope to inclose in this a letter from the girl teacher. This morningI had a meeting in her school. She has about thirty-five scholars. Theywere very quiet and attentive. Since I began this letter I have been in tolisten to the recitations, and was pleased with the general conduct of theschool. The} have a good large schoolroom adjoining the parsonage, andthe pastor is going to try to have a kindergarten here. In Diarbekir theyhave a kindergarten and boys and girls schools with seven or more teachers. igoS^ Evangelistic Work in Turkey 107 I had a large class of women in Sunday school here yesterday afternoon,and was much pleased at their ready answers to questions. As I go aboutto the houses here and in other places I am constantly impressed by the dif-ference between our Protestant women and the Gre
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