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where formerly it was frequent starvation 

 or something very near to it, followed by a 

 gorge when a reindeer happened to be shot 

 or a bear's den raided. 



The beneficent changes wrought in the 

 beliefs and conduct of the men towards the 

 women, if nothing else had been accom- 

 plished, have been sufficient to repay a 

 thousandfold for all the hardships endured 

 and even for the lives lost in their accom- 

 plishment. 



As in nearly all pagan lands the condition 

 of women was most deplorable. None of 

 the founders of the world's systems of re- 

 ligion, except the Lord Jesus Christ, had 

 anything good to say of woman. Her in- 

 feriority and even that she was soulless was 

 widely taught. 



The great Founder of Christianity taught 

 the great lessons of the equality of the sexes, 

 and by His own loving deeds and words 

 lifted woman to her true position and left 

 His example, as well as His words, to be 

 carried out in all the ages. This duty is 

 one of the missionary's highest joys. And 

 in the acceptance of Christ's teachings by 

 the people to whom the missionary goes, fol- 

 lowed by the speedy uplifting of women, he 



