CIIAPTER X. 



WoMAIff's WORK IN ASIA. 



Any bricfcst description of the Malaysia 

 Mission woulcl be incomplete if it neglected 

 to describe the work of the Woman's For- 

 ci^n Missionary Society in these lands. In- 

 dced, it may evcrywhere be said that wo- 

 mau's work, as related to that of the Gen- 

 cral Missionary Society, is likc one of the 

 wings of a bird, or one of the oars of a 

 boat, — the other would be comparatively 

 lneffective without tliis addition. A min- 

 istry largely conmied to males can not pene- 

 trate the sacred fastness of the home. 

 Kverywhere woman rocks the cradle, and 

 in spitc of all disabilities, it is truc in Asia 

 as it is in America that "the hand tliat 

 rocks thc cradle rules the world." 



On entering Singapore, Mr. Oldham 

 soon foitnd that while his wife was ab- 

 sorbed in the work that came to both tlieir 

 hands, it would be necessary to find a 

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