Life and light for woman . e and metliodsof Christian work, so that as they go out to be teachers or wives of preachersthey can lead the women of tlie native communities easily and well. Thinkof it you housekeepers, you who find it a grievous trial to train one immigrantto do tolerable service in your household, think what it means to the teacliersin South Africa to take a hundred girls right out of heathenism, some ofwhom had never worn any clothes but a blanket, into the home, and trainthem to decency and civilized ways. The kindergartens and day schools are doing a work of incalculable infl
Life and light for woman . e and metliodsof Christian work, so that as they go out to be teachers or wives of preachersthey can lead the women of tlie native communities easily and well. Thinkof it you housekeepers, you who find it a grievous trial to train one immigrantto do tolerable service in your household, think what it means to the teacliersin South Africa to take a hundred girls right out of heathenism, some ofwhom had never worn any clothes but a blanket, into the home, and trainthem to decency and civilized ways. The kindergartens and day schools are doing a work of incalculable influ-ence. The teachers aie usually those who have studied in the boardingschool, and have come into direct contact with the missionary, and shesuperintends the work, encouraging, directing and helping. The childrencarry liome the Bible stories, and the hymns which they learn, and many ahome has been quite changed by the light sent out from a humble littleschool. We have more than two hundred such dav schools on our list, and. NEW ARRIVALS AT SCHOOL, DIONG-LOH igo8] Experiences in Mardin 157 many more are due, more or less directly to our work. We have classes,too, to train kindergartners, who will go out into the villages to be centers ofliglit, and we cannot supply the demand for such workers. A part of our work is the training of native nurses, so necessary to thesuccess of the physician. When well trained the native women, knowingthe language and customs of the sick, can minister to them most effectively. We also have schools for the training of Biblewomen, those messengers of the King, wh<;are as one has said, tlie hands and feet of themissionary. Filled with the joy of their newfaith they are eager to share the blessing withtheir sisters, and the tales they bring of soulswon for the Master may well put us to shame. Most important of all we train those who aremothers, and the mothers meetings and bridesmeetings held in most of our missions do awork and carry an influence b
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