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of Scripture from memory, like the Lord's Prayer in Arabic or tlic
order of the day’s work in creation. Most of the girls enjoy the
classes and look forward to lesson time wilh delight. The school
has two daily sessions. Misi Luttou takes it for an hour and a
half in the morning and I in the afiernoon for iwo hours. In the
afternoon, part of the time is s：pcnt in needle-work. The elder
girls are learning to hem and over-sew tuutlyi a thing unheard of
before in this country. The Arab women and jjirls do fancy

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CIKl-S' SCHOOL AT UAllKhliN.
work, gold lace and braid, and silk needle-work fur their dresses,
• but their plain sewing is very bad and careless. Some of our
girls arc making patchwork quilts and one bas made a very nice
white apron.
The picture gives you a glimpse of ihc school, allhough the
faces of the children are not very distinct. Our wall-roll of Scrip­
ture scenes happened to be turned open at Tile Resurrection of
when the photograph was taken. We believe that