It is not in the beginning of missionary life that all these things
are understood: they are learned gradually. This is wisely ordered,
that the missionary be not discouraged at the outset. Strength is
given each day to meet new trials as they come, and it would not be
leaving a truthful impression on the reader, if, at the close of
this description of what has been, it should not be recorded, to the
praise of divine grace, that a great change has taken place. There
are many to-day to whom the missionary may say, "Such were some of
you; but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified
in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God." Not
only do some who stole steal no more, but many young husbands now
provide separate apartments for the bride whom they bring home, and
they need all that the word "home" expresses to describe their
mutual joy. The hour of suffering is anticipated by a considerate
affection, and that affection is so reciprocated that many hearts
safely trust in the daughters of the Female Seminary of Oroomiah.
It is not merely education that has wrought this change, but a Bible
education.
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