. Leavening the Levant . ALEXANDER BEZJIAN. SARKIS LEVONIAN Professors Bezjian andLevonian were leadersin Aintab College, andthe latter was martyredwith a group of 20teachers and pastors in1909. F. H. LESLIE IN ARAB DRESSDied under the strain at Ourfa, 1915 HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES FOR GIRLS 183 their mothers mothers had gotten along without education,but now even the Turks have found out that from everypoint of view it does not pay to keep one-half of the popula-tion in ignorance. It was Christ who led the way in payingrespect to woman, and from his day to the present it is theChristian chur
. Leavening the Levant . ALEXANDER BEZJIAN. SARKIS LEVONIAN Professors Bezjian andLevonian were leadersin Aintab College, andthe latter was martyredwith a group of 20teachers and pastors in1909. F. H. LESLIE IN ARAB DRESSDied under the strain at Ourfa, 1915 HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES FOR GIRLS 183 their mothers mothers had gotten along without education,but now even the Turks have found out that from everypoint of view it does not pay to keep one-half of the popula-tion in ignorance. It was Christ who led the way in payingrespect to woman, and from his day to the present it is theChristian church that has led in the elevation of woman. Ithas been a slow and long process, and 500,000,000 womenand girls still wait for education and enlightenment; but,especially in the past century, a wonderful advance has beenmade. When we remember that Mary Lyon started the firstfemale seminary in America in 1837, let us not be too hard onthe Turks. Even their eyes are opening now. It was a greateye-opener to all the people of Turkey when for the
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