Matters went on very well for two Sabbaths, but on the third, women
and children had vanished. What was the matter? It had been reported
that all this labor was only a preparation to transport them to
America, and the simple-minded mothers staid away with their
children in great trepidation; but visits from house to house,
during the week, dispelled their fears, and next Sabbath all were
again in their places, and this pleasant labor in Gavalan continued
till September.
CHAPTER VIII.
EARLY LABORS FOR WOMEN.
FIRST MEETINGS WITH THEM.--FIRST CONVEKT.--FIRST LESSONS.--WILD
WOMEN OF ARDISHAI.
The teachers of the Seminary did not confine their labors to its
inmates; they expended both time and toil for adult women as well as
for their daughters, and never felt that they gave them too large a
proportion of their labors. At first there was a strong feeling
among most of the women that they might not worship God along with
deacons and readers; and so they could not be persuaded to attend
public preaching. But Miss Fiske found that a few would come to her
room at the same hour; so, encouraged by her missionary sisters
whose hearts were in the work, but whose family cares prevented
their doing it themselves, she visited the women at their houses, to
urge them to come in.
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