Identifier: glimpseofindiabe1909swai (find matches)
Title: A glimpse of India : being a collection of extracts from the letters Dr. Clara A. Swain, first medical missionary to India of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Swain, Clara A., 1834-1910
Subjects: Methodist Episcopal Church Personal Narratives Physicians
Publisher: New York : James Pott & Co.
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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cloths, chairs and the organ.
Miss Driver had planned some games for the enter-
tainment, and we had the band outside to play at in-
tervals when we wished. For the two Parsee ladies
and ourselves we had tea and cake. The Parsees
have no caste prejudice so they eat with us.
Panrolled in silver leaf was prepared by a Brahman for
the Rani and the other Hindu ladies. We had a
very pleasant time and the ladies enjoyed it exceed-
ingly. It was such work to receive them and send
them away; all the men servants were banished until
we got them—under a cloth canopy—into their convey-
ances. The last one went away about eleven o'clock.
This morning I distributed sweets among my serv-
ants and a few others who do us little favors and
bring us flowers sometimes. It is customary on such
occasions to give to the servants also but I had not
the time to do it yesterday. A great many hearts
have been made happy. These little acts bring us
nearer to the people and cause them to feel the interest
we have in them.

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Andriyas, the Converted Faqir.

A Pilgrimage

Our Sunday services are well attended and some of
the people manifest considerable interest.
Agra, Wednesday, Dec. 23rd.
Miss Pannell and I left Khetri over a month ago.
Our camp is in Jeypore but we are expecting the
Rani and family here in a few days ; in the meantime
I have been visiting some of my old friends in the
mission at Cawnpore, Lucknow and Bareilly, and I at-
tended the camp-meeting at Chandausi. Now I am
here with my former student, Miss Yerbury.
The Rajah and Rani have started on a pilgrimage
to Benares, Calcutta and Jaganath. I am hoping that
they will be willing for us to remain here while they
make the journey. We have had a most interesting time in Khetri
since I wrote you last. A very clever religious devotee
from Lahore spent some time in the city giving in-
struction in his religion; then good old Andriyas, a
converted devotee, who accepted Christ twenty-six
years ago, came here on my invitation and remained
with us a while. He came fil

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