Second Annual Report of the Woman's Missionary Council of The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, for 1911-1912 . added the wonder of finding their ownsouls. For centuries it had been dinned into them that wom-an is so low in the scale of humanity that she has no placein the world of spirit. The gospel of the manly Christ, whohimself honored women—all sorts of women, beginning withhis own mother—that gospel compounded of the very strengthand tenderness of womans soul, came to the women of Korealike a breath from paradise. In return for their newly foundsouls no sacrifice seems to them too great
Second Annual Report of the Woman's Missionary Council of The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, for 1911-1912 . added the wonder of finding their ownsouls. For centuries it had been dinned into them that wom-an is so low in the scale of humanity that she has no placein the world of spirit. The gospel of the manly Christ, whohimself honored women—all sorts of women, beginning withhis own mother—that gospel compounded of the very strengthand tenderness of womans soul, came to the women of Korealike a breath from paradise. In return for their newly foundsouls no sacrifice seems to them too great. They ignore thehunger and the weariness and the discomfort of their bodiesthat they may feed their souls and the souls of their peoplewith this new bread of life. Their sacrifices are heaping upa vast treasure before the throne of the Lamb. Their zeal isputting to shame the women that are at ease in our that labor in the Word are become a great host. Theyare worthy of all that we can do for them, and more. We are sustaining work by women and for women in Seoul,Songdo, Wonsan, and FOREIGN DEPARTMENT. 261 SEOUL. Mrs. J. P. Campbell, 1887, Los Angeles Conference. Miss Lillian Nichols, 1906, Florida Conference. Miss Mattie Ivey, 1905, Texas Conference. Miss Bertha A. Smith, 1910, Southwest Missouri Conference. Miss Ida Hankins, 1911, North Carolina Conference. Miss Bertha Tucker, 1911, North Georgia Conference. Carolina Institute. Miss Lillian Nichols, Principal: How I wish I could personally conduct you through our school andshow you our girls and let you see for yourselves the work we aredoing. I am sure you would each then be ready to join us enthusi-astically in our praises to our Heavenly Father for his goodness ingiving us such a work to do for him. Such a work, such a God!Hitherto, he has helped us, and we move forward henceforth ex-pecting grace and strength and wisdom for all our needs. During the year we have enrolled eighty-six pupils. There
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