Identifier: spiritofmissions74epis (find matches)
Title: The Spirit of missions
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Episcopal Church. Board of Missions Episcopal Church. Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society
Subjects: Episcopal Church Episcopal Church Missions
Publisher: Burlington, N.J. : J. L. Powell
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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home life andhome influence of such a woman, manyof them mothers, must amount to verylittle: and yet, without a word of com-plaint but with a happy face and a readysmile, she goes to her daily task, andworks from twelve to fourteen hours forthe pittance she needs for her family. Ifit were attempted to put revolutionaryideas into her head, she would say, Itsthe custom and it cant be helped. classes, preaching to those who came tothe doctrine-meetings, conversation inones home, etc., a beginning was madeby the missionaries; but, unless someman saw fit to bring his wife, there wasno chance of reaching any of the womenof the town. Miss Suthon gave up her time princi-pally to Bible-dasses for students, andin this way many were influenced toseek a more intimate acquaintance withChristianity and the Christian life; butstill the only means of reaching any ofthe women was the precarious one sug-gested above. However, with her Bible-woman and a few Christian wives as a 420 The Womans Auxiliary
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TriE BABE IN THE BASKET IS A SON OFONE OF THE EMBROIDERY GIRLSOF ST. ANNES SCHOOL nucleus, a fujinkwai (Ladies Society)was started, but it was a very small one.The Bible-woman did most of the visit-ing and personal work, for in those daysthe visit of a foreign lady to a house waslooked upon with great suspicion, andwas the topic of conversation amongstall the neighbors for weeks afterward.Miss Suthon on one occasion visiting atthe house of a friend and a Christian,was refused admittance by the old ser-vant just from the country, who, fleeingto her mistress, declared it was a horribleforeign devil who would bite her if shereturned to the front door. The servantwas astonished to find that the foreignpersonage was her mistresss friend, butdid not recover her composure untilafter the dreaded guest had left.Throughout the whole visit she sat faceto the corner, and softly clapping herhands in prayer, mumbled, ^NamuAmida Butsu, Namu Amida Butsu.(Eternal Buddha, help me).When the Rev. Mr. Wel

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