This Sarah is daughter of Priest
Abraham, of Geog Tapa, and was one of the earliest pupils of the
Seminary. When Deacon Isaac broke it up, in 1844, she was the only
pupil who remained. She was hopefully converted in 1846, and while
in the Seminary was supported by the Sabbath school in Owego, New
York.
In 1849, it was proposed that her father labor in Ardishai, one of
the darkest and most wicked villages of the plain, as one might
expect the home of the notorious Mar Gabriel would be. Great
opposition was made by the people to his coming among them; and his
own wife--not then converted--did much to hinder his going; but
Sarah did all in her power to encourage him; and a letter of hers on
the subject decided him to go. She rejoiced to give up her friends,
her pleasant home, and even her privileges, that he might labor in
that unpromising field. Nor was she by any means idle. She spent all
her vacations there, laboring with much acceptance and success; and
after she graduated, in 1850, besides her day school through the
week, she had a Bible class on the Sabbath, with the women; and on
Friday, also, she sent out her pupils, in the afternoon, to invite
their mothers and other women to a meeting she held with them in the
evening.
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