Life and light for woman . Miss Day and to const. Mrs. J. W. Clark, L. M.,Mason City.—Aiix.,Mt. Sterling.—Aax.,, 42 54 57 00 Total, 25 005 903 10 $173 74 MINNESOTA BRANCH. i^Irs. J. W. Strong, Northfield, Treas. Austin.—Aux., $15 00 Faribault.—Aux., for ArmeniaCollege, 39 75 Minneapolis.— Ch., Aux.,$; Childrens MissionBand, $; all for Miss Bar-rows, 75 00 Northfield. — Carlton College,Aux., 18 51 Oivatonna.—Aux., of wh. forschool at Monjasoon, $10, 15 00 Rochester.—Aux., 10 00 Total, KANSAS. $173 26 Leavenworth.—Aux.,.Valley Falls.—Anx.,Wyandotte.—Aux., $11 80 1 40 11 90 Total,


Life and light for woman . Miss Day and to const. Mrs. J. W. Clark, L. M.,Mason City.—Aiix.,Mt. Sterling.—Aax.,, 42 54 57 00 Total, 25 005 903 10 $173 74 MINNESOTA BRANCH. i^Irs. J. W. Strong, Northfield, Treas. Austin.—Aux., $15 00 Faribault.—Aux., for ArmeniaCollege, 39 75 Minneapolis.— Ch., Aux.,$; Childrens MissionBand, $; all for Miss Bar-rows, 75 00 Northfield. — Carlton College,Aux., 18 51 Oivatonna.—Aux., of wh. forschool at Monjasoon, $10, 15 00 Rochester.—Aux., 10 00 Total, KANSAS. $173 26 Leavenworth.—Aux.,.Valley Falls.—Anx.,Wyandotte.—Aux., $11 80 1 40 11 90 Total, $25 10 MISCELLANEOUS. Pamphlets, $1 20 Total,Total, $1 20$1,134 59 Contributions for Armenia by rev. c. h. wheeler. OHIO. Cleveland.—Ist Ch., Aux., $52 63 ILLINOIS. Geneseo.—Mxs. A. H. Maning-ton, 100 00 MINNESOTA. Faribault.—Anx., 25 00 Total, $177 63 Total of receipts since Nov. 1,1877, including amount cred-ited by Rev. , $10,840 59 Miss Mary E. Greene, Asst. F©M ^©M&M Q YoL. YIIl. OCTOBER, 1878. No. 10 GIRLS SCHOOLS IN TURKEY. NUMBER FOUR. HARPOOT FEMALE SEMINAEY. On a barren, rocky height, overlooking the broad plain whichis hemmed in by the snow-capped ranges of the Taurus and Anti-Taurus mountains, is the city of Harpoot. It is supposed to besituated in one corner of the land of Eden, where sin began, andnot very far from the spot where God confounded the language ofmen. *0f both these events, writes a missionary, we of Har-poot are daily reminded by the fearful prevalence of sin about us,and by that Babel — that confusion of tongues — which compelsus to use four languages — the Arabic, Armenian, Koordish andTurkish — in the Theological Seminary, in order to prepare men tospeak to the principal nations about us; while to preach the Gospelto every creature in our missionary fields, at least seven languagesmust be used. Harpoot contains about twenty-five thousand inhabitants, and,like other Oriental ci


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