Life and light for woman . 93 52 H5 833 28 S61 1,006 2 6 95 1,I33 2 3 i 23 29 9 9 57 26 S3 144 34 178 261 1 2 36 34s 10 H 370 176 556 2,774 168 2,943 2,67s 4,696 244 j^JFE AND LIGHT. The Madura Mission was started in 1834 as a Branch of the Ceylon the plan that had been successful in Ceylon, day schools were almostimmediately established for both boys and girls, and at the close of 1836 therewere thirty-five of these schools ; nine in Madura, and twenty-six in the out-tying villages, in which the pupils numbered 1,149 boys and 6$ girls ; a verysmall proportion of girls, as wa
Life and light for woman . 93 52 H5 833 28 S61 1,006 2 6 95 1,I33 2 3 i 23 29 9 9 57 26 S3 144 34 178 261 1 2 36 34s 10 H 370 176 556 2,774 168 2,943 2,67s 4,696 244 j^JFE AND LIGHT. The Madura Mission was started in 1834 as a Branch of the Ceylon the plan that had been successful in Ceylon, day schools were almostimmediately established for both boys and girls, and at the close of 1836 therewere thirty-five of these schools ; nine in Madura, and twenty-six in the out-tying villages, in which the pupils numbered 1,149 boys and 6$ girls ; a verysmall proportion of girls, as was always the case in the early In 1839 two boarding schools were started, one for boys and one for girls,the latter being at Dindigul and having ten pupils supported by Englishladies. This was the beginning of what afterward became the MaduraGirls Boarding School, of which a more detailed account is given on page 247,and might be called, also, the beginning of distinctive Womans Work in themission. During the next three years the number of boarding schools in-creased to five, under the charge of the married ladies in the mission. Theseladies also did their utmost to reach the women in their homes, helping them WOMANS WORK IN THE MADURA MISSION. 245 in their household cares, sympathizing in their trials, thus gaining their confi-dence and affection, and creating a willingness to trust their daughters to theinfluence and care of the missionaries. The results of the patient toil of thesemissionary wives and mothers in laying foundations on which those who cameafter them could build, can never be computed. The story ha
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