The United Presbyterian Church of Scotland sent out a huge slab of Scottish granite to mark Mary’s grave. When Charles Ovens, Mary’s carpenter friend, heard about the slab of rock, he said with a smile, “It will take more than that to keep the Mary Slessor I knew down!” In many ways he was right. Mary’s example of missionary work and her willingness to sacrifice everything to reach others with the gospel message is a shining example to every Christian who desires to leave his or her homeland to do the same.
Four single Scottish women along with Janie carried on the work Mary had begun in the interior of Calabar. Five of them together found it difficult to match the workload of one petite, red-haired millworker from Dundee.
