Life and light for woman . kly toescape, where I donot know. I toldthe girls to hold theirpeace and ride andgo quickly, but Leahwas screaming notknowing what to do,I told the katerjy(muleteer) to giveher Then I gave attention to the plunderers and spoke withthem, whom I did not fear at all, and no wonder, because I askedhelp of him who said, Call upon me in the day of trouble andI will deliver thee. I knew only some words from tlieir language whichwas Kurdish, but enough to show themthat I was not afraid of them, after agreat struggle they took what was near at hand and went. We drove a
Life and light for woman . kly toescape, where I donot know. I toldthe girls to hold theirpeace and ride andgo quickly, but Leahwas screaming notknowing what to do,I told the katerjy(muleteer) to giveher Then I gave attention to the plunderers and spoke withthem, whom I did not fear at all, and no wonder, because I askedhelp of him who said, Call upon me in the day of trouble andI will deliver thee. I knew only some words from tlieir language whichwas Kurdish, but enough to show themthat I was not afraid of them, after agreat struggle they took what was near at hand and went. We drove asfast as we could and got to a Christian village where we slept a night,because we did not dare to go forther. In the morning we reached we were hunting for a caravan, Hadia went to her uncle and thereshe had a fever. Her aunt wishing her to get well quickly gave her quininemixed with strong wine and that made her as dead. When I went and sawher I was more afraid than I was on the road. Because on the road the. STUDENTS AT MARDIN 162 Life and Light lApnl plunderers said, We decided not to touch the girls. But then I thoughtI was going to lose one. I spent all that night in prayer asking God to letme take her safe to Mardin and He did. In tlie morning I rode and tookher in xwy lap until we got to Mardin in two days. And I am so glad thatI put the responsibility upon Miss Fenenga, and more glad because we donot need to be afraid of some body here. In short, I am assured beyondall doubt that all those experiences were for our good. CHANGING CHINA (From a letter from a German missionary, Rev. Martin Maier, in EvangelisckesMi$sio7is-Magazin.) To-day the Chinese celebrate their,New Year day. All around onehears tiie explosion of fireworks, the thunder of salutes, and the heavy musicof the lion or the dragon dance—all is as in former years—and yet they aredifferent men who to-day through this wide kingdom greet the new year—men with new hopes, new problems, new meth
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