SYRIA .-- 1845-1856.
Good News from the North .-- Mr.Thomson Visits Aleppo .-- The People characterized .-- Greek Catholic Archbishop .-- Visit to Hasbeiya .-- Mr.
Laurie's Return Home .-- Unsuccessful Appeal for Laborers .-- Relation of the Druzes to Mohammedanism .-- Successful Appeal of the Hasbeiyans to the Turkish Government .-- Desperate Resort of the Greek Patriarch .-- Formation of a Purely Native Church .-- Translation of the Scriptures into the Arabic .-- Station of Aleppo .-- Visit to Northern Lebanon .-- Death of Bedros .-- Intelligent Men affected by the Truth.
-- Another Visit to Hasbeiya .-- English Protection .-- Seminary at Abeih .-- Improved Arabic Type .-- The Native Church .-- Outrages at Aleppo .-- Effect of the Proceedings .-- Pupils in the Seminary .-- The Church at Hasbeiya .-- John Wortabet .-- Drs.

Bacon and Robinson.
-- Female Boarding School .-- Native Church at Abeih .-- Experience in Different Localities .-- An Interesting Conversion .-- Hopeful Developments .-- Opposition and its Effect .-- A Church built at Hasbeiya .-- Progress of the Arabic Translation of the Scriptures.
-- The Gospel at Ain Zehalty .-- Northern Syria transferred to the Armenian Mission .-- Accessions and Bereavements .-- General View.
CHAPTER XXII.

THE ARMENIANS .-- 1845-1846.
The Grand Crisis .-- The Persecuting Patriarch .-- Mention of Bishop Southgate .-- The Patriarch's Mode of Proceeding .-- His Treatment of Bedros Vartabed .-- Priest Vertanes .-- The Chief Persecutors.
-- Persecution at Erzroom .-- Its Effect .-- Central Position of Erzroom .-- Progress at Trebizond .-- Persecutions .-- The Patriarch resorts to Excommunication .-- Temporal Penalties enforced .-- The Patriarch and the First Protestant Pastor .-- Appeals of the Persecuted .-- Charitable Aid .-- Good Resulting from Evil.
-- Intervention of the Government .-- The Patriarch's Subterfuge .-- Case of Priest Haritun .-- A Temporary Triumph .-- Cruelties at Adabazar and Trebizond .-- A British Consul interposes .-- Effect of the Persecutions .-- Barbarities at Erzroom.
CHAPTER XXIII.

THE ARMENIANS .-- 1846-1848.
Continued Persecutions .-- Interposition of the English Ambassador.
-- Designation of "Protestants."-- A Vizierial Letter .-- The Patriarch's Hostility to the Seminary .-- Its Effect .-- Seminary for Young Ladies .-- Perpetual Excommunication of the Protestants.
-- Consequent Organization of an Evangelical Church at Constantinople .-- Choice of Officers .-- Ordination of a Pastor.
-- Public Declaration of Faith .-- Other Churches formed .-- Early Death of the Pastor .-- The Pastor's Wife .-- Der Haritun .-- Reformation at Aintab .-- Visit of Mr.Van Lennep .-- Visit of Mr.Johnston .-- Arrival of Dr.Azariah Smith .-- Mr.Schneider's Visit .-- Trying Situation of the Protestants .-- Power of the Patriarch reduced .-- Number of the Protestants .-- The Churches .-- Additional Native Pastors .-- Revivals of Religion..