For a year the station had had no missionary; and it was a year of high prices, almost a famine, and great stagnation in business throughout Eastern Turkey.

At the same time, owing to the trouble in Constantinople, the Turkish officials were more averse to Protestants than ever before.

Sickness, too, had prevailed, thirty-three having been buried at Diarbekir from the congregation over which the young pastor was settled.

"Yet," says Mr.Williams, "the city work is in advance of any _one_ thing at Harpoot.

The congregation at the Sabbath-school, three fourths of whom are adults, numbered three hundred and thirty-nine, and I wish those whose contributions have aided in planting this vine, could have looked upon the clusters of faces which were studying the Book of Life, and heard the hum of voices asking and answering questions! They would have felt that there are some places where the missionary work is _not_ a failure.