Life and light for woman . ling to receive this in-struction increased, village schools were started; and then followedthe inevitable necessity of educated native teachers, both male andfemale. To provide for this need, it was thought best to establishhigh schools for both boys and girls; and one for boys was openedat Amanzimtote, in 1864. The necessity for a similar school for girls was strongly felt atthis time; plans were made for it, and a request sent for a teacherfrom America. Arrangements were not completed, however, till1868, when Mrs. Edwards, the first missionary sent out by theWoman
Life and light for woman . ling to receive this in-struction increased, village schools were started; and then followedthe inevitable necessity of educated native teachers, both male andfemale. To provide for this need, it was thought best to establishhigh schools for both boys and girls; and one for boys was openedat Amanzimtote, in 1864. The necessity for a similar school for girls was strongly felt atthis time; plans were made for it, and a request sent for a teacherfrom America. Arrangements were not completed, however, till1868, when Mrs. Edwards, the first missionary sent out by theWomans Board, arrived to take it in charge. Just after her arri-val Mr. Tyler writes: — I would gratefully mention the near consummation of ourhopes and plans in regard to the establishment of the seminary forZulu girls. The necessary building has been erected, and is largeand commodious: the furniture is nearly completed; and, best ofall, the long looked-for teacher, Mrs. Edwards, is on the ground INANDA FEMALE SEMINARY. 181. INANDA FEMALE SEMINARY. 188 LIFE AND LIGHT. and ready to commence operations. No remarks are required fromme to show that this school is greatly needed. Almost all that canbe said in favor of the one at Amanzimtote, for boys, applies withequal force to this. My heart bounds with joy as I contemplatethe blessing in store for these degraded females. How many timesI have seen them driven by my house, like cattle, by their unnaturalfathers and .brothers, to become the wives of men who have boughtthem; and when I have been instrumental in rescuing some fromcruelty and despotism, I have wished that those who dwell inChristian lands could witness their tears of joy and now a school is opened especially for this sex, so long be-,nigh ted and degraded! May the best of Heavens blessings restupon it. May the hearts of Christians in America be led to remem-ber most earnestly this infant seminary and its teacher; and if weare permitted, in coming years, to
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