Life and light for woman . eled and the meetings she has held, but no human figures can computethe help she has brought to many souls, nor measure the widening circlesof her blessed influence. May her afternoon of life be restful and serene. A recent letter from Dr. J. K. Greene, of Constantinople, sums up clearlyand concisely the recent wonderful bloodless revolution in Turkey. TheThe Changes extent and completeness of the organization of youngIN Turkey. Turks, called The Union of Liberty and Progress, thefriendliness toward non-Mohammedans; the union of the better educatedelement of Turkish
Life and light for woman . eled and the meetings she has held, but no human figures can computethe help she has brought to many souls, nor measure the widening circlesof her blessed influence. May her afternoon of life be restful and serene. A recent letter from Dr. J. K. Greene, of Constantinople, sums up clearlyand concisely the recent wonderful bloodless revolution in Turkey. TheThe Changes extent and completeness of the organization of youngIN Turkey. Turks, called The Union of Liberty and Progress, thefriendliness toward non-Mohammedans; the union of the better educatedelement of Turkish society, military, spiritual and literary ; the utter over-throw of the old corrupt set, everyone of them either in prison or dead orin flight; the liberation of ninety thousand political exiles and of thousandsof prisoners, including Rev. Mr. Heghinian and Rev. Mr. Tsilka ; theoverthrow of the system of espionage and the death of the chief of spies,Fehim Pasha ; the abolition of the censorship, the order that all books be. 484 Life and Light \_Novef?iber admitted through mails and custom houses save those that attack Islam andthe sultan ; the constitution of a new and really responsible ministry—theseare some of the salient points of the momentous revolution. Not only are a great majority of our women studying the Moslem worldin these current months, but the recent thrilling days and changes in theTurkey Turkish Empire have given that country a large place in TO THE Fore. our thought and in all late periodical literature. Very,naturally then, especially as one third of the missionaries of the WomansRoard of Missions are working in the four missions in Turkey, does LifeAND Light give large space this month to recent communications from thatland. Our thanks to all those who have written for us so much that isinteresting are most sincere. Do not fail to read Mrs. Merrills account in this number of Life andLight of the recent conference of women held in Aintab. When one re-Women
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