The Old Testament with references formed a part of this literary treasure; and the New Testament was about being issued in that form.
Among the novelties to be recorded was the marriage of Mar Yohanan, in violation of the canons of the Nestorian Church.

The bishop had been connected with the labors of the mission from the beginning.

He pleaded the example of Luther and the Apostles.

The step was one of his own choosing, and taken in the face of many threats, as well as the imputation of unworthy motives; but the "evangelicals" almost universally approved his course.

The excitement was much less than had been apprehended; and another of the bishops, after some time, followed his example.
In 1860 the observance of the Lord's Supper, instead of being confined to the missionary stations; was held, once in four months, in the various villages where the converts resided, and about a score of virtually reformed churches were thus planted and watered in as many different places.