Life and light for woman . gives a third lesson. The daily Bible lessonI give is now from the Old Testament, and Is a study of the types and prophe-cies referring to Christ. The second lesson is a training class, in which wediscuss methods of work. We are now taking up methods of Bible first topic we took up quite thoroughly was methods of personal work,and the next one will be prayer-iT|eeting methods. igo82 Missionary Letters 69 I have never had any pupils who were so interested in their work as thesewomen are. About half of them are Gregorian Christian workers to whomstudies in th
Life and light for woman . gives a third lesson. The daily Bible lessonI give is now from the Old Testament, and Is a study of the types and prophe-cies referring to Christ. The second lesson is a training class, in which wediscuss methods of work. We are now taking up methods of Bible first topic we took up quite thoroughly was methods of personal work,and the next one will be prayer-iT|eeting methods. igo82 Missionary Letters 69 I have never had any pupils who were so interested in their work as thesewomen are. About half of them are Gregorian Christian workers to whomstudies in these lines are an entirely new thing. My assistant teaches a lessonin catechism and one in Bible geography. We all sit on the floor, almostas close as we can in order to crowd into this little room. Each womanhas her notebook and pencil and, of course, her Bible, and they work awaythere as though they were never going to have another chance to study theBible in this way and were determined to get in all they can. We have a. MEMBERS OF THE AINTAB BIBLE WOMAN : weekly lecture on some outside topic, and to this other women are allowedto come. The following are some of the topics : Womans Work in theChina Inland Mission, Prevention of Disease, Mistakes in the Train-ing of Children, The Story of Bible Translation, The Story of Well-known Hymns and Hymn Writers, The Evangelization of the World inThis Generation, The Work of Hotchkiss in Africa, Work for thePoor in American Cities. The women have been intensely interested inthese talks, and in some cases have copied out the entire lecture into theirnotebooks to take to their villaofes and share with others. 70 Life and Light \_February On Sundays we hold a meeting for the poor women of the districtwhohave not the opportunity to attend church, and who are glad to have theWord brought to their own door in this simple way. All in all, the workis most encouraging and presents large possibilities. I hope the ladies willhave it in mind, and
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