Life and light for woman . e ; and I, who hoped tostay another year in Van, must take the doctors advice and go to Americafor a vacation. Not even the urgent call of the close companion of half mylife to come back quickly to Harpoot, and work with her, and be sure ofhealth, can be heeded. Dearer than life seems the work when we must leaveit, even for a season. The poor old vsomen, needing comfort at the close oftheir pilgrimage ; the sick ones, needing only a strong recommendation ofhot or cold bandage, or some ginger tea, to encourage them into health ; thewretched husbands and wives who are
Life and light for woman . e ; and I, who hoped tostay another year in Van, must take the doctors advice and go to Americafor a vacation. Not even the urgent call of the close companion of half mylife to come back quickly to Harpoot, and work with her, and be sure ofhealth, can be heeded. Dearer than life seems the work when we must leaveit, even for a season. The poor old vsomen, needing comfort at the close oftheir pilgrimage ; the sick ones, needing only a strong recommendation ofhot or cold bandage, or some ginger tea, to encourage them into health ; thewretched husbands and wives who are quarreling, and I have striven to setright with each other and with God ; the heartless, superstitious, carelesswomen, the bitter and unbending ones, who have softened,—there have onlybeen nine brief months to work for. Only a beginning made, and so much,left to do. But there is one comfort when we tear ourselves away from theland of our adoption, in the thought that the field is the world. Your friend, Caroline E. ?To give ligbl;..ijo them ; lo^darKr?ess .^^-i-n- AT THE GIRLS COLLEGE IN CONSTANTINOPLE. BY MISS IDA W. PRIME. That Christmas comes but once a year is hardly true of us in theOrient, for we have three, and at the College we celebrate each to some ex-tent. The Greelis and Bulgarians observe January 6th, which is December25th old style ; while the Armenians, who have always celebrated Christmason Epiphany, January 6th old style, making it January iSth new holiday vacation is always arranged to include these Christmas days ofthe Eastern Church, so that the students who are able to go home may enjoytheir Christmas with home friends and home cheer. And for those who areobliged to remain at the College, we try to make these days, which are aptto be homesick ones, as pleasant as possible by Christmas fare, and a pleas-ant social time in the evening. As no one date is probably the correct date of our Saviours birth, thislengthene
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