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History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I.

CHAPTER XII
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The aid she rendered her husband in his medical practice, added not a little to her usefulness.

She had great aptness and skill in the sick chamber, and like her divine Master went about doing good; yet without neglecting her household affairs.
Her death occurred on the 14th of January, 1839, at the age of twenty-five.

She was greatly lamented by the Nestorians.

The bishops said to the afflicted husband, "We will bury her in the church, where none but holy men are buried;" and her death produced a subdued and tender spirit throughout the large circle of her acquaintance.

This better state of feeling continued through the year, especially in the seminary.
Priest Dunka, from one of the independent tribes, gave indications of piety.


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