Even as it was, the missionary pursued his work without molestation, and was treated with uniform respect by the authorities.
On the plain of Oroomiah, there was more preaching than ever before, and the line of demarkation between an evangelical church and a dead Christianity, was becoming more and more distinct.

Mar Yohannan boldly discarded many customs of his Church, and then seemed disposed to go as fast in the work of reformation as his people could be induced to follow; and there was the same spirit among the helpers of the mission.
The two seminaries were coming under a stricter discipline, and aimed at a higher standard of scholarship.

About half of the forty students under Mr.Stoddard were hopefully pious, and some of them gave high promise of usefulness.

One was appointed to succeed the bishop of the largest diocese in the province.

Several were from different mountain districts, and one was from the valley of the Tigris.
The number in the female seminary had increased from forty to fifty, and it was delightful to witness the intelligent zeal of some teachers in the Sabbath-schools.