here. But the wide gulf that separated the two classes was clearly
seen, when on her Sabbath the missionary could speak to the
Nestorian of her Saviour out of her Bible, while the Moslem knows
nothing beyond her kohl and her henna,[1] her dresses and her
follies, and other topics at once belittling, debasing, and
corrupting.
[Footnote 1: Kohl is a black powder used to paint the eyebrows and
eyelashes. Henna is a plant employed to stain the nails, and
sometimes the entire hand and part of the foot, of a dark orange
hue.]




CHAPTER III.


THE SCENE OF THE NARRATIVE.

NESTORIANS.--THEIR COUNTRY.--FRONTISPIECE.--LAKE.--PLAIN.--FORDING
THE SHAHER.--MISSION PREMISES IN OROOMIAH.

We will now glance at the scene of the events to be narrated, as it
may not be familiar to every reader. To write of woman in Persia
would embrace the whole empire as the field of inquiry; for the
existence of woman is coextensive with the population. But "Woman
and her Saviour in Persia" confines our attention to those who have
been taught the truth as it is in Jesus; for when Christ sent forth
Paul to preach his gospel to the Gentiles, it was that they might
receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them who are