. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. 8(5 UNDER THE CRESCENT 111. spiritual — of Mohammedanism, they seem tohave no desire to rise higher, and sadder still,they are content to see their girls pass alongthe same way. They maintain that what wasgood enough for them is good enough for theirchildren, and often we see bitter jealousy whenthe girl does, seemingly, succeed where themother has failed. The Moslem man stillholds womanhood under his heel, and he hasno intention of relieving the pressure. Two ofthe women want to be baptized, but the desirehas ever bee
. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. 8(5 UNDER THE CRESCENT 111. spiritual — of Mohammedanism, they seem tohave no desire to rise higher, and sadder still,they are content to see their girls pass alongthe same way. They maintain that what wasgood enough for them is good enough for theirchildren, and often we see bitter jealousy whenthe girl does, seemingly, succeed where themother has failed. The Moslem man stillholds womanhood under his heel, and he hasno intention of relieving the pressure. Two ofthe women want to be baptized, but the desirehas ever been quenched by the men of theirfamilies. The women look at us with lifelesseyes and say, I cannot understand why Iam not baptized; but I cant be. Are theydrugged until their will is destroyed? Is itinnate fatalism, or is it the iron heel that holdsthem in bondage? Miss Emily Smith, our first missionary inNorth Africa, writes in much the same strain: The work among Moslem women has gonewell. I wish we could write of baptisms, butthat day is not yet, nor can it come until wehave a work formed among
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