sified

"Sometimes the men and boys will not go away and
let us talk to the women; in such cases I find
silent prayer the best refuge. In other places the
people welcome you, but will listen to anything
but the Doctrine of Jesus Christ; and this is
harder to bear than anything else I know."
_Anna Gordon, China._

"Let the people that are at home not care only to
hear about successes; we must train them that they
take an interest in the struggle."
_Rev. A. Schreiber, Sumatra and India._

"It is a fight making its demands upon physical,
mental, and spiritual powers, and there are many
adversaries. The dead weight of heathenism, the
little appreciation of one's object and purpose,
and the actual, vigorous opposition of the powers
of darkness, make it a real fight, and only men of
grit, of courage, devotion, and infinite patience
and perseverance, will win.

"_Have I painted a discouraging picture? Am I
frightening good men who might have volunteered
and done well? I think not. I think the right sort
of men, those who ought to volunteer, will be
attracted rather than repelled by the
difficulties._"
_Rev. J. Lampard, India._

WE got this photograph that day in December which we spent in the
friendly Brahman street. "There is not another woman in the town who
would stand for you like that!" said the men, as she came forward, and,
without a thought of posing, stood against the wall for a moment, and
looked at the camera straight. Most of the women were afraid even to
glance at it, but she was not afraid. She would not stay to talk to us,
however, but marched off with the same resolute air. For Brahman widows
as a whole are by no means an approachable race. Sometimes we find one
who will open out to us, and let us tell her of the Comfort wherewith we
are comforted; but oftener we find them hard, or hardening rapidly.

[Illustration: There is nothing to say about it except what is said in
the chapter. There is nothing much to look at in a Brahman street. But
that single simple street scene represents forces which control two
hundred and seven million minds.]

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