Not only were their numbers greatly increased, but the older girls seemed all to be under the influence of deep religious impressions on their return to the school.

Although they had spent the summer among the wild fellaheen and been compelled to listen to blasphemy, impurity and cursing on every side, they had been able by the aid of God's Spirit to discriminate between good and evil, and to contrast the lawless wickedness of the fellaheen with the holy precepts of the Bible.

Finding themselves unable to meet the requirements of God's pure and holy law, they returned under serious distress of mind, asking what they should do to be saved?
Such of them as could do so, had been in the habit of meeting together during the summer for prayer, and of repeating the ten commandments and other portions of Scripture with which they were familiar.

They had been threatened and beaten by their friends on account of their religious views, but they remained unmoved.

The child-like simple faith of some of them was remarkable.