Being naturally gentle and discreet, he was peculiarly fitted to be a pioneer, and was sent as a helper to Havadorik, a village on the mountains, among Koords, known as the dwelling-place of thieves and robbers.

He there labored for two years, until his death, with much success.

"His mouth," says Mr.Burbank, "was always full of evangelical doctrines.

His prayers were mingled with tears, and his Bible was wet with them." He died of fever, leaving two little orphan boys and an aged mother without any means of support.

The Armenians cheerfully granted him a burial in their own cemetery..