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

CHAPTER XXIV
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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..


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