His appearance was peculiarly devout, and when the missionary brethren called upon him, some days afterwards, in one of the cloisters of the patriarchate, he was deeply impressed by what they said to him as to the responsibilities of office-bearing in the Church of Christ.

This was Der Kevork,1 whose subsequent influence in promoting the reformation was by no means unimportant.
1 _Der_ means Priest.
The removal of the press from Malta to Smyrna, at the close of 1833, was eminently seasonable.

The importance of the measure was well understood by the enemy, and a combination of Roman and Armenian influences induced the Pasha to order Mr.Temple's departure from Smyrna, with only ten days' notice.

The Romanists opposed, because of their settled hostility to Protestantism, and a free Protestant press.

The Armenians were specially scandalized by the presence of Bishop Dionysius as a Protestant, after he had broken the rules of the Church by taking a wife.