[Footnote: Rev. Dr. Tidman, secretary of the London Missionary
Society, in "Conference of Missions at Liverpool," 1860, p. 225.]
CHAPTER V.
BEGINNINGS.
MRS. GRANT.--EARLY LIFE AND LABORS.--GREAT INFLUENCE.--HER SCHOOL.--
HER PUPILS.--CHANGED INTO BOARDING SCHOOL.--GETTING PUPILS.--CARE OF
THEM.--DIFFICULTIES FROM POVERTY OF PEOPLE.--PAYING FOR FOOD OF
SCHOLARS.--POSITION OF UNMARRIED MISSIONARY LADIES.--BOOKS.
We have seen that among the Nestorians it was counted a disgrace for
a female to learn to read; and even now, in the districts remote
from missionary influence, a woman who reads, and especially one who
writes, is an object of public odium, if not of persecution. How,
then, could the Nestorians be induced to send their daughters to
schools? What overcame this strong national prejudice? These
questions open a delightful chapter in divine providence, showing
how wonderfully God adapts means to ends, even on opposite sides of
the globe.
A Christian gentleman in the State of New York, on the death of his
wife's sister, adopted into his own family her infant child. She was
trained to the exercise of a practical Christian benevolence, and
her superior mind was improved by an education remarkably thorough.
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