. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. Dahbtia AND AMONG THE KRAALS 91 happy women, free to go here and there andenjoy life! THE TOLL OF DEATH Wasting diseases and the terrible ravages oftuberculosis do their deadly work among theseMoslem women. The inalienable right of everycreature of Gods hand to physical exercise andfresh, life-giving air has been denied , in consequence, death levies a heavytoll, and thousands of them needlessly sinkinto early graves, leaving to their children awoeful heritage. No better or sadder proof of this do Method-i
. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. Dahbtia AND AMONG THE KRAALS 91 happy women, free to go here and there andenjoy life! THE TOLL OF DEATH Wasting diseases and the terrible ravages oftuberculosis do their deadly work among theseMoslem women. The inalienable right of everycreature of Gods hand to physical exercise andfresh, life-giving air has been denied , in consequence, death levies a heavytoll, and thousands of them needlessly sinkinto early graves, leaving to their children awoeful heritage. No better or sadder proof of this do Method-ist women need than that of the death fromtuberculosis of Dahbyia, the first baptizedconvert in the work of the Womans ForeignMissionary Society in North Africa. Herblood was tainted by that of the frail, plague-scourged generations of women before her, andat eighteen this brilliant, beautiful life, rich inpromise of service among her own people,ceased upon earth to bear its fruitage in hearts of our workers were wrung withgrief. For her own sake they had loved
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