[History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. by Rufus Anderson]@TWC D-Link bookHistory Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. CHAPTER XXXI 17/26
Our road from Varna to Rustchuk was bordered by the posts and wires of the telegraph.
Every town had its telegraphic station and corps of operators--French, English, and Polish gentlemen.
More than once, through their unsolicited kindness, our approach to a stopping place was announced by the wire, and we found lodgings made ready against our coming.
This, to me, was quite a strange feature of missionary travelling, very unlike my experience in Asia Minor." The Rev.Charles F.Morse, who joined the Armenian mission in 1857, was appointed to commence the mission.
Leaving his family at Constantinople until he had completed his arrangements, he proceeded to Adrianople in March, 1858, with Hagopos, a graduate of the Bebek Seminary, as an assistant.
<<Back Index Next>> D-Link book Top TWC mobile books
|