IRAN.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume 27, Issue 6, 1 June 1937, Page 3

IRAN.

Opportunity m Herman. N.Z C.M.S. Supports the T.B, Surgical Ward m Herman Hospital. A recent letter runs as follows:— "On looking back over the past year, one feels that the door of opportunity has indeed swung wide open m Iran." The abolition of the veil has already made a vast difference m the outlook of the women of Iran. Several of the younger educated men have brought their women folk to the missionaries with the request that they should be taught, and have made a beginning by borrowing Christian books. Their houses are open to missionaries, whose visits are welcomed. "Patients m the hospital are very ready to listen to Bible teaching, and the out-patients often ask for a second reading after the regular opening prayers on dispensing days. This willingness is usual m the wards, too, where the patients and their friends are keen to learn hymns and Bible texts. There is a great demand for books by those who can read, and the illiterate also like to take a book to their village when they leave hospital."