This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...Lepers, organized in 1874, originally in Edinburgh and Dublin, may be regarded as a Medical Mission. It helps, financially, several of the societies which have homes or other agencies for reaching lepers. (f) But of all the later developments of missionary work, the most remarkable is the increased employment of women. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...Lepers, organized in 1874, originally in Edinburgh and Dublin, may be regarded as a Medical Mission. It helps, financially, several of the societies which have homes or other agencies for reaching lepers. (f) But of all the later developments of missionary work, the most remarkable is the increased employment of women. The estimated totals in 1884 and 1900 have been already given, viz., 2,274 and 8,220. But it is certain that the great majority in 1884 were wives; whereas in 1900 the single women were nearly as numerous as the married; and a reasonable estimate would be that the former had multiplied seven-fold in sixteen years. In fact, the systematic employment of single women for general missionary work---other than as schoolmistresses--commenced, in England, scarcely 30 years ago; though in America it had prevailed much earlier. The names of the two English societies specially formed for women's work before 1880 sufficiently indicate that girls' schools were the chief, if not the only, agency contemplated, viz., Society for Female Education in the East, and Indian Female Normal School and Instruction Society. On these two, and the Church of England Zenana Society, organized in 1880, the C.M.S. depended almost entirely for the agency of single women in its Missions, and this mainly in India and China. Its own number in 1884 was (as before mentioned) fifteen, almost all engaged in school work. But in 1887, influenced by (a) special calls from particular fields, (&) unsought offers of service, (c) funds spontaneously provided, it began sending out single women for general work, and in the next twelve years it sent out nearly 400. In 1903 it had 380 at work. The S.P.G. Women's Association dates from 1866. It also has gradually enlarged its operations, a...
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