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the Girls' School.--Male Seminary.--A Private School.--Death of Priest Eshoo.--New Medical Missionary.--Estimates of Population.--Interesting Armenian Colony.--The Patriarch thwarted in his Hostility.--Favoring Indications.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
THE NESTORIANS.--1867-1870.
Convention of Nestorian Churches.--Ordination of a Nestorian Missionary.--A Satisfactory Tour.--Movement towards Self-supporting Churches.--Progress of the Reformation.--Retirement of Missionaries.--What Dr. Perkins had seen accomplished.--Rekindling of the Ancient Missionary Spirit.--Foreign Missions become a Necessity.--The Reviving Missionary Spirit illustrated.--Death of Priest Abraham.--Failure of the Original Plan of Church Organization.--Mar Yohanan.--Erratic Proceedings of Priest John.--The best People stand firm.--The Past not to be condemned. --Separate Churches become a Necessity.--Signs of Revival.--The Foreign Missionary Field for the Nestorians.--The Missionaries. --Assignments of Fields.--Transfer of the Mission to the Presbyterian Board.--Death and Character of Dr. Perkins.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
SYRIA.--1857-1860.
Death of Dr. Eli Smith.--The Work performed by him.--Dr. Van Dyck succeeds him as Translator.--The Missionaries.--Death of Dr. De Forest.--The Schools.--Progress in Fifteen Years.--Ain Zehalty. --Church at Hasbeiya.--Attitude of the Maronite Clergy.--B'hamd?n. --Kefr Shema.--A High-minded Christian.--Religious Toleration. --Prospect of a Native Ministry.--A New Call for the Gospel.--Church at Alma.--Successful Ministry at Cana.--First completed Protestant Church Building in Syria.--The Missionary's Wife at Cana. --Persecution.--The Women at Alma.--Training of Helpers.--Ain Zehalty again.--Struggles in the Department of Education. --Accessions to the Churches.--New Protestant Community at Deir Mimas.--A Cheering Annual Meeting.--Friendly Aid from United States Ambassador.--Arabic New Testament published.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
SYRIA.--1860-1863.
Another Civil War in Syria.--The Missionaries Safe.--Massacre near Sidon.--Mr. Bird at Deir el-Komr.--Destruction of Zahleh.--Massacre at Hasbeiya.--Massacre at Damascus.--Relief for Suffering Thousands.--Remarkable Escape of Missionaries and Native Protestants.--Foreign Interposition.--Effects of the War.--Arabic New Testament published.--Cooperation of American and English Bible Societies.--Importance of the Version.--Sales of the Scriptures.--A Voweled Arabic New Testament.--The Field Brightening.--A Good Governor.--Further Evidences of Progress.--Persecution.--A Significant Event.--Evidence of Divine Agency.--Changes in the Mission.--Growth of Beir?t.--Demand for Education.--Proposal for a Protestant College.--What hindered a more Rapid Progress in the Mission.
CHAPTER XL.
SYRIA.--1863-1869.
Personal.--Boarding Schools.--Printing.--Completion of the Arabic Translation of the Scriptures.--Multiplication of Copies.--Improved Government of Lebanon.--The Native Ministry.--Druze High School. --Value of Druze Protection.--Death of Tann?s el-Haddad.--Native Pastor at Hums.--Remarkable Awakening at Safeeta.--Remarkable Persecution.--Firmness of the persecuted People.--The Persecution closed.--Decline and Recovery of the Church at Hums.--Native Missions.--Administration of Daoud Pasha.--Accessions to the Mission.--Books published.--The Publishing Department strengthened.
CHAPTER XLI.
SYRIA.--1869-1870.
But few Students in Theology.--Institution of a Theological Seminary.--Female Boarding Schools.--THE SYRIAN PROTESTANT COLLEGE. --Demand for a College.--Its Objects.--Range of its Studies.--Why an Independent Institution.--Its Location and Government.--Its Endowment.--Its Students.--The Religious Influences.--First Graduating Class.--The College Edifices.--Transfer of the Mission to the Presbyterian Board.--Feeling awakened by the Transfer.--RESULTS OF THE PAST.
CHAPTER XLII.
THE ARMENIANS.--1867-1869.
New Missionaries.--Revival at Marash.--Revival at Mardin.--Oosee, a Native Candidate for a Foreign Mission.--Church organized at Mardin.--Wife of Oosee.--Struggle with the People of Zeitoon. --Deadly Assault on a Missionary.--The Rescue.--The Gospel gains a Footing in Zeitoon.--Coast of the Black Sea.--Death of Dr. William Goodell.--His Life and Character.--Prolonged Tour in Eastern Turkey.--Meeting of the Evangelical Union at Diarbekir.--Mardin. --Remarkable Church and Pastor at Sert.--Bitlis.--Extreme Poverty on the Plain of Moosh.--Oppression by the Priesthood.--Death of Mrs. H. S. Barnum.--District of Erzroom.--Diarbekir.--Native Mission to Koordistan.--Native Mission to Moosh.--Seminaries at Harpoot.--Cruel Persecution at Mardin.--Revival at Oorfa.--Apprehended Doctrinal Errors.--Reception of Mr. Wheeler on his Return to Harpoot. --Progress of Civilization at Aleppo.--Death of John Concordance. --Aintab after Twenty Years.
CHAPTER XLIII.
THE ARMENIANS.--1869-1872.
Another Revival at Marash.--Another at Bitlis.--New Church and Pastor at Havadoric.--Great Change in Hadjin.--The Marsovan Seminary.--Angora.--Erzingan.--Crisis in the Koordistan Native Mission.--Mr. Wheeler's Visit to it, and Mr. Pond's Visit to Sert. --Mosul.--Death of Dr. Williams.--His Character.--Women in the Region of Cesarea.--Missionary Visit to Van.--Death of a Native Pastor.--Dr. Clarke's Impressions of Cilicia.
CHAPTER XLIV.
THE ARMENIANS.--EDUCATION.--1872.
Common Schools a Necessity.--The Four Seminaries.--The Female Boarding Schools.--Tabular View of the Higher Schools.--Marsovan Seminary.--Harpoot Seminaries.--Marash Seminary.--Mardin Seminaries.--Training School at Tocat.--High School at Aintab. --Marsovan Female Seminary.--Harpoot Female Seminary.--Female Boarding School at Aintab.--Marash Female High School.--The ROBERT COLLEGE.--Its Origin.--Obstacles to be overcome.--To be a Christian Institution.--The Founder.--Fully established.--How Obstacles were surmounted.--The College Self-supporting.--Gifts by the Founder. --The Demand for Liberal Education.--Proposed College in the Interior.--How the Idea originated.--Interesting Statement from Aintab.--To be located in Aintab.
CHAPTER XLV.
THE ARMENIANS.--PRESENT CONDITION.--1872.
Unreasonable Demands on Foreign Missions.--How the Millennium is made possible.--The Evangelizing Progress.--Changes in the Metropolis of Turkey.--National Progress.--Influence of the Protestant Faith.--Reform in Worship.--The Missionaries Hopeful. --The Degree of Progress.--Illustrations.--The Harpoot Community. --General Statements.--The Result.
CHAPTER XLVI.
THE MOHAMMEDANS.
The Mohammedans to be approached through the Oriental Churches. --Largely of Christian Origin.--Degree of Security for Moslem Converts.--Mohammedan Susceptibility to Christian Influence illustrated.--General Character of the Illustrations.--The Gospel yet in its Incipient Stage of Influence among them.--Why so little Direct Effort hitherto.--Demand for Laborers of the same Race. --Experience favors the Plan hitherto pursued.--The Probable Future.--The Relations of the Missionary to the Moslems.--The Turks not an Unhopeful Race.

MISSIONS
TO THE
ORIENTAL CHURCHES.
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE ARMENIANS.
1846-1855.
Several European governments, and especially England, performed an important part in securing civil and religious freedom to the Protestant Armenians.[1]
[1] This is impressively set forth in the Correspondence respecting the Condition of Protestants in Turkey, published by order of Parliament in 1851, pp. 154 folio.
In March, 1846, Sir Stratford Canning, English Ambassador at Constantinople,