If it is necessary for the mission to assist the churches in this work, I would do it irregularly, and without any pledges as to the amount or frequency of such aid." These views had been already exemplified, substantially, in the Central mission; and they have since had a more full practical development in the Eastern mission; as will appear in the progress of the history.
It was not found easy to determine the number of stations or of missionaries desirable in Eastern or Western Turkey.

The early theories in relation to this matter have been considerably modified by experience.

It was natural to suppose, that many missionaries could labor among the million of people in Constantinople, without interfering with each other, or standing in the way of a native ministry.

And so they might, could they at once have access to a considerable part of the population.

But this was not true in fact, either as to missionaries, or the native ministry.