. Reports of the missionary and benevolent boards and committees to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. invited to enter the chapel. Whenthe local fairs are held, preaching is kept up all day by relays ofpreachers. Services are frequently held in the quarters occupied by the lowcaste population, many of whom are Christians. Moral instructionin Bible knowledge is given at the Mission hospitals and dispensarieswhere hundreds congregate daily. House to house visitation is carried on by the Bible women. Ina number of Zenanas visited regular daily lesson
. Reports of the missionary and benevolent boards and committees to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. invited to enter the chapel. Whenthe local fairs are held, preaching is kept up all day by relays ofpreachers. Services are frequently held in the quarters occupied by the lowcaste population, many of whom are Christians. Moral instructionin Bible knowledge is given at the Mission hospitals and dispensarieswhere hundreds congregate daily. House to house visitation is carried on by the Bible women. Ina number of Zenanas visited regular daily lessons are given. EDUCATIONAL.— The Boys Boarding School is one of the most important of aflour schools. It should be the nursery in which would be grown thosewho should by and by be transplanted into our Training Schools andTheological Seminaries to be trained for lifes work in the Missionstaff as teachers or evangelists or find entry as pastors in our school has been maintained for now nearly 30 years. Many ofour most efficient pastors and teachers have been trained here andthese results give us cause for thanksgiving and PUNJAB—LUDHIANA 193 Zenana Work. We have two women, who regularly visit 32 houses. Most of themare Mohammedans. Each woman has a Gospel from which shelearns verses. Hymns are also taught them. Sometimes women comefrom other houses and thus they hear the good news, too. Threehave definitely said that they believe in Jesus Christ, but for variousreasons they have not made open confession. There is an everincreasing desire on the part of men to have their wives and daughterstaught, especially such men as have been in England, and will gladlypay fees, and allow a Christian woman to teach in their families. Agreat change has come over India. Forty years ago we had to teachfancy work in order to be allowed to teach a woman to read andwrite, or to read the Bible, to her. Now they are begging forinstruction. Girls Work.—We teach up to the Upp
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