Seven years in Ceylon: stories of mission life . nto Gods houselet there be no difference. But the lower castes would not sit on the benches; theyare not accustomed to it: they have not such a thing as a chair in their small sit on a mat spread on the ground, and if we should insist on their sitting onseats, they would not come to church ; so we have spread nice clean mats on theright and left side of the pulpit, and they are very happy sitting there. Our Christians, who are mostly of high-caste, strive very hard to help the lowerclasses. I hardly know of a Christian woman in Manep
Seven years in Ceylon: stories of mission life . nto Gods houselet there be no difference. But the lower castes would not sit on the benches; theyare not accustomed to it: they have not such a thing as a chair in their small sit on a mat spread on the ground, and if we should insist on their sitting onseats, they would not come to church ; so we have spread nice clean mats on theright and left side of the pulpit, and they are very happy sitting there. Our Christians, who are mostly of high-caste, strive very hard to help the lowerclasses. I hardly know of a Christian woman in Manepy who has not pledged herselfto give a part of one day each week to go out into the villages to teach and helpthose poor people. They do this although some of them have large families, and hardwork to do at home. My letter has grown long, and yet it seems to me that I have scarcely spokenabout our work. I will simply say that we love it; that we feel strong and well, to doit; and that we like the field at Manepy very much. A i;;.\dl: CHAPTER VI.
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