. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. o make her misery doubly miserable — it hangs over her head; forever shefears it; forever she will suffer all things at thehands of her husband to avoid it. In the Methodist sphere of Moslem missionsalong the Mediterranean, as throughout theMoslem world, severing the marriage bond isbut a slight operation, done with much facilityand little publicity. It is simply a matter ofrepudiation of the wife by the husband. Pos-sibly he has grown tired of her — of her looks,of her temper. Possibly he simply wishes
. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. o make her misery doubly miserable — it hangs over her head; forever shefears it; forever she will suffer all things at thehands of her husband to avoid it. In the Methodist sphere of Moslem missionsalong the Mediterranean, as throughout theMoslem world, severing the marriage bond isbut a slight operation, done with much facilityand little publicity. It is simply a matter ofrepudiation of the wife by the husband. Pos-sibly he has grown tired of her — of her looks,of her temper. Possibly he simply wishes tofill her place with another, and so he tells herto go, and she goes. If she has children theyare left behind to the doubtful mercies of otherwives who may succeed her. Time after timeshe may be remarried and divorced, falling adegree in the social scale with each succeedingmarriage. No wonder, if despised and abused,that she is likely to die of old age at forty. A WOMANS ESTIMATE No true or adequate estimate can be made ofthe measure of woe which is the portion of. 10S UNDER THE CRESCENT
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