He walked with God, and was not, for God took him.
It will be appropriate, at this stage of the history, to quote some of the views of Dr.Dwight on missionary policy in Turkey, as they were embodied in a circular letter to the brethren of his own mission, and substantially communicated to the Secretaries in their personal intercourse with him just before his lamented death.

Coming from such a man, after so long and varied an experience, they deserve thoughtful attention.

He speaks first of the education of a native ministry.
"I am inclined to think that we have made our education at the Bebek Seminary too comprehensive, considering the actual circumstances and wants of the people.

True, our course of study is nothing compared with that of American colleges; but it is much, compared with the amount of education existing in this country; and it seems to me we are in danger from two sources; namely, first, that our native preachers will be educated too far above their people; and, secondly, that they will require much more for their support, in consequence of their education, than their people can give.

The plan of removing the Bebek Seminary to the interior, strikes me very favorably." Again, as to the support of the native ministry: "I think it very evident, that the past system is fraught with too many evils to be continued.