Grant was Selby, of Oroomiah, who was
hopefully converted while teaching some day scholars connected with
the Seminary, in 1845. Raheel, (Rachel,) the wife of Siyad, the
tailor mentioned in the Memoir of Mr. Stoddard, was another. So were
Sanum, the wife of Joseph; Meressa, the wife of Yakob; and Sarah,
the daughter of Priest Abraham, and wife of Oshana, of whom we shall
hear more hereafter.
After the death of Mrs. Grant, January 14, 1839, the school was
continued under the charge of Mr. Holladay, who employed native
teachers to assist him, the ladies of the mission cooperating as
they could. It then passed into the hands of Dr. Wright, who had the
care of it when Miss Fiske arrived in Oroomiah, June 14, 1843.
During all this time it was only a day school, and contact with vice
in the homes of the pupils greatly hindered its usefulness. It was
for this reason that Miss Fiske was exceedingly anxious to make it a
boarding school, so as to retain the pupils continuously under good
influences. But would they be allowed to spend the night on the
mission premises? This was doubted by many, and all had their fears;
yet in August an appropriation was made for the support of six
boarding pupils, who were to be entirely under the control of the
mission for three years.
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