His character was many sided, and every side glowed with consecrated ardor.

He made the most of himself as a man, a scholar, a Christian, and a Christian missionary.

Like the Apostle Paul, "forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before," he pressed "toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." He had a strong desire to go as a missionary to China, but the author, in his official correspondence, though seldom venturing to oppose such predilections, was so impressed with the difficulties to be overcome at Mosul, and with Dr.Lobdell's adaptation to that field, that he called his attention to it, and soon received the reply that he would go, as soon as he could get ready; and from that time the new field grew in his affections.

That he could or would have done more for the kingdom of Christ, in any other sphere of labor, no one who attentively considers his remarkable life will venture to affirm.
Dr.Henri B.Haskell succeeded Dr.Lobdell at Mosul, and reached Diarbekir, with the Rev.George C.Knapp and wife, appointed to that station, in April, 1856.

The Christian worship at Diarbekir had now assumed a regular form.