ABMU THARRAWADDY. THAYETMYO

[s. 750] : A See Thahawadi. town on the Irawadi River, Burma, 25 miles from Prome. In the rains the place looks fresh and green, but during the dry season it presents a dreary appearance. Climate healthful, but exce ively hot. Population, 8,379, who are mostly Chins. Station of (1887), with (1903) 1 mi ionary and his wife, 7 native workers, 2 places of worship, 1 Sunday school, 2 day schools, and 170 profe ed Christians. the ABMU THLOTSE HEIGHTS: settlement in Basutoland, South Africa, in the district of Leribe, near the Orange River, and about 15 miles E. of Ficksburg. Station of the SPG (1876), with (1903) 2 mi ionaries, 1 college, and 154 profe ed Christians. A THOBURN, Mi IsabeUa: The first mi ionary appointed by the Woman’s Foreign Mi ionary ME Church after its organization Society of the in March, 1869. and a igned to She was appointed to India Lucknow, where she opened a boarding school for girls, beginning with one pupil. Before she died she saw completed and paid for the commodious building which now houses the great college for girls which has grown out of that humble beginning Altho Mi Thoburn’s work was largely educational, her energies were not limited to that department. She was a born leader, encouraged and aided Zenana work, Sunday school work, and other forms of city mi ions, and made her home a place of recourse to the tired worker and the poor, the weak and the fallen She had a mighty influence among all cla es. Christian and non Christian, and through this influence on her scholars she impre ed upon them her own spirit in a marked manner. ch139.xhtml t 750