Yet the local authorities were generally prompt in putting down riots, and Germanos was arrested, and sent to a distant monastery.

Dr.King's congregation on the Sabbath, gradually increased, and there was never a time when he disposed of more New Testaments, school-books, and tracts.
In 1835, a station was commenced by the Rev.Samuel R.Houston on the island of Scio.

He found the people friendly, and the island slowly recovering from its ruins.

Professor Bambas subsequently expressed the opinion to Dr.King, that Samos was a more desirable place, since the better class of Sciotes would never return to Scio to live under Turkish rule.

The station was not continued.