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truths of religion. Vohintarv Bible classes are conducted,
at which a good percentage of the students are in attend-
ance. Lessons are explained from the Christian viewpoint,
and five days every week the pupils are under the influence
of earnest Christian teachers.
Connected with most of the day schools are boarding
schools. The inmates of the boys' boarding schools are for
the most part sons of wealthy parents, and
Boarding Schools theise pay for their board. The boarding
schools for girls partake more of the nature
of orphanages, and depend upon scholarships from America.

ANGLO-CHTNKSE BOARDING SCHOOL, SINGAPORE

The seclusion of the Chinese girls in the home after they
reach the age of twelve or thirteen years has compelled the
missionaries to organize what are called home
Home Schools schools. Bible women go from home to home,
stopping for an hour or so at each place, teaching
the older girls and mothers to read and sing.
Every village church is also a school. The native preacher
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