It was no empty compliment, when the
venerable Mar Elias said, "We will bury her in our church, where
none but very holy men are laid. As she has done so much for us, we
want the privilege of digging her grave with our own hands."
Miss Fiske writes, shortly after her arrival, "The first Syriac word
I learned was 'daughter;' and as I can now use the verb 'to give,' I
often ask parents to give me their daughters. Some think that I
cannot secure boarding scholars, but Mrs. Grant got day scholars;
and when I hear men, women, and children say, 'How she loved us!' I
want to love them too. I mean to devote at least five years to the
work of trying to gather girls into a boarding school, as Mrs. Grant
desired to do. She has gone to her rest. I wonder that I am allowed
to take her place." And again: "I am usually in school till three
P.M., and then I go out among the poor mothers till tea time. They
often say to me, 'Mrs. Grant did just as you do.' Her short life was
a precious offering. I feel each day more and more that I have
entered into the labors of a faithful servant of Christ."
Among the pupils of Mrs.
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