Such a crowd of Nestorians was present, that it was necessary in the afternoon, to meet in a grove.
The first class examined in the Sabbath-school consisted of men from twenty to seventy years of age, headed by the chief man of the village.

Then followed a class of women, fifty or sixty in number, from forty to fifty years of age.

These classes, not being able to read, had been taught orally.

Next came a class of men, about twenty in number, and a class of twenty-three women, who had recently learned to read.

These had been taught individually by boys connected with the village schools, each of whom received a copy of the Old Testament as a reward.