. Woman and her Saviour in Persia. On Cal-vary. Can I forget Calvary? as though grieved that heshould think she could forget. Yonan gave her a ker-chief for the head, saying, Take this, and remember meby it. Shall I remember you by this ? was the will remember you in my prayers. Do you pray,Heleneh? — She was the last one converted, and leftOroomiah soon after her conversion; so he wanted toknow whether she still held on her Christian way. — Al-ways, was the answer. They sought a place to praytogether; and though they might not go away alone, yetthere, in sight, but not in hearing of t
. Woman and her Saviour in Persia. On Cal-vary. Can I forget Calvary? as though grieved that heshould think she could forget. Yonan gave her a ker-chief for the head, saying, Take this, and remember meby it. Shall I remember you by this ? was the will remember you in my prayers. Do you pray,Heleneh? — She was the last one converted, and leftOroomiah soon after her conversion; so he wanted toknow whether she still held on her Christian way. — Al-ways, was the answer. They sought a place to praytogether; and though they might not go away alone, yetthere, in sight, but not in hearing of the crowd, theyapproached the mercy seat, the spectators little dreamingof the nature of their intercourse. It was delightful tofind that she had not forgotten the language or the spiritof devotion. FORERUNNERS. 199 The accompanying sketch of a Tiary girl will show howthe kerchief is worn. It also exhibits the mode of usingthe Oriental spindle, which is probably a fac-simile of thearticle mentioned by Solomon. (Prov. xxxi. 19.). A TIARY GIRL. The other two were not at the feast; so, next day, theyleft to seek them at their homes. Nazee was absent, butcame home in the morning— a widow with two was delighted, and even her children seemed to recog-nize in the strangers their mothers friends. She was poor;her house had been burned, and almost all it contained; buta stone was on her Testament, and that was saved. Theytalked long with her, and gave her a copy of the Rays ofLight (the monthly periodical issued by the mission), anda pencil to write to her friends. She gave them letters 200 WOMAN AND HER SAVIOUR. written ten years before, which she had penned in secret,and carried about with her ever since, waiting an oppor-tunity to send them. The next day, another long journey brought them to thehome of Sarah; she saw them coming and hastened to meetthem; but that very night she had to leave for a distantvillage: yet not till in answer to prayer they had an op-portu
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