THE MOHAMMEDANS.
The necessity for republishing the Gospel among the Oriental
Churches, in order to approach the Mohammedans successfully, was
stated in the Introduction to this History.[1] It seems proper now
to give some illustrations of the effect this republication is
likely to have upon that people.
[1] See Volume i. pp. 1-6.
A large portion of the Mohammedan population of Turkey is
undoubtedly of Christian origin, and therefore less firmly wedded to
the Moslem faith and ritual, than are the Osmanly Turks. Three
fourths of the four millions in European Turkey, are believed to be
of this class. The Kuzzelbashes in Eastern Turkey have a tradition
that their Christian ancestors were compelled to become Mohammedans,
and they are now regarded by the Turks as little better than
infidels; nor are the Koords in much higher repute. Of the Druzes
enough was said in the first volume.[1]
[1] See Chapter xv.
Though the penalty of death for embracing the Christian religion has
been abrogated in Turkey,[1] yet the convert from Mohammedanism does
not feel himself free from danger of secret assassination. Far
greater security of life and property is enjoyed by Protestant
Armenians and Bulgarians, than by Protestant Turks. Indeed, it is
not long since Protestant Turks had no security whatever; and in
Persia, they have none now. When Koord, Kuzzelbash, and Turk shall
feel as free to inquire, and to act on conviction, as the members of
the nominally Christian sects, there are facts encouraging the
belief, that large numbers of Moslems may be expected to embrace the
Christian faith.
[1] See Chapters ix. and xxv.
There is no more satisfactory way of illustrating this than by a
simple statement of some of the more important facts. Indeed, it is
requisite to the completeness of this history, that these be now
stated, since they were designedly omitted in the preceding pages,
in their various connections, in order to be recorded here.
I begin with the year 1854, when the Imperial Firman of 1850 became
known in the provinces.[1] Mr. Dunmore, on his way from Arabkir to
Diarbekir, with Priest Kevork, spent the first night at a Moslem
village. They had travelled in the rain, and were scarcely dry, says
Mr. Dunmore, "when a company of Turks asked us to read to them from
the New Testament, and tell them something of our belief. Kevork
read to them from the Gospels, explaining, as he passed along, the
precious teachings of our Lord, and closed with prayer. All listened
attentively, and pronounced it, 'Good,' 'True,' 'Just.'"
[1] See Chapters xxiv. and xxv.
At another place, Mr. Dunmore found Turks desirous to hear the
Gospel. "More than once," he says, "in passing through the streets,
rich Moslem merchants called us into their shops, expressed their
sympathy with us, and an earnest desire that we would remain. They
called the Armenians to discuss questions with us, but the latter
did so only when constrained by fear, or shame. We were frequently
followed by a number of respectable Moslems, as we went from shop to
shop to converse with the Armenians; and one day so many gathered
about us that we could scarcely proceed on our way; all exclaiming,
'Right,' 'True,' 'Good,' to all that we said."
The Hutti Humaïoun was promulgated in 1855. In that year the Turkish
Scriptures were sold openly on the bridge between Galata and
Constantinople, no man forbidding.
In September, 1857, Dr. Hamlin described the official examination,
at his house, of a family converted from Mohammedanism. It was made
at the instigation of the mother of the wife, who was almost frantic
at the baptism of her daughter and grandchild. "Our dear friends,"
wrote Dr. Hamlin, "stood firm as a rock, and at length the officers
arose and said to me, as nearly as I can state; 'We are fully
convinced that no compulsion has been used in this case, and, so far
as we can see, the accusations of the mother are false. It is the
will of his Majesty, our Sovereign, and it has become the law of the
empire, that every subject, without exception, should enjoy entire
religious freedom. The Mussulman is now as free to become a
Christian, as a Christian is free to become a Mussulman. The
government will know no difference in the two cases. It will only
undertake, whenever an accusation of restraint or compulsion is
brought, to ascertain the true state of the case; and then only in
order to secure the most unexceptionable freedom of choice.'"
In May of the following year, Dr. Hamlin wrote, that Selim Effendi,
a converted Mussulman employed as an evangelist among his
countrymen, had many inquirers. "I think he conversed with eleven
last week; among whom a woman expressed a very decided desire to
embrace Christianity, but she was afraid of her son. Her son had
sometimes expressed the same wish, but he was afraid of his mother!
Selim introduced them to each other."
"Let the following statements be appreciated," said Dr. Schauffler,
in September, 1858, "and the difference between the present and the
former state of things will be better understood. (1.) The Imans and
Ulemas are obliged to resort to moral suasion and entreaty. No
threats of persecution are employed; the government takes no
responsibility in these matters; the police has nothing to do with
them. (2.) Although there are fewer purchasers of the New Testament,
yet men buy it publicly, fearing no civil penalty. 'Why do you buy
this infidel book?' says a bigot to a Mohammedan purchaser of the
Gospel. He replies: 'I chose to buy it, and with my own money; you
are welcome to mind your own business;' and so the matter ends. (3.)
We hear of no search being made for the books in circulation among
Mussulmans, No New Testaments have been burned yet, that we know of,
by the Turks, as many copies have been by the Greek or Catholic
priests and bishops."
Mr. Dunmore wrote, in the same year, after visiting thirty villages,
mostly Kuzzelbash and Turkish: "I really felt ashamed, that in
touring I had ever passed by a Turkish village, without stopping to
point them to the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sins of the
world? And I testify what I have seen, when I say, that the Turks
are approachable; and many of them ready to listen to the Gospel;
while others are anxious to search the Scriptures, and are
restrained only by the pressure of fears, which, as yet, the
Hatti-humaioun has scarcely begun to remove in this region."
I quote again from the same missionary: "At a Koordish village of
twenty houses we spent two hours in preaching the Word to a company
of thirty. One of them, who seemed to have received a few rays of
light from enlightened men, boldly declared, that he believed the
time was near, when the sword would no more be used to keep men in
Moslem bonds, but that they all would soon be free to embrace the
Gospel, if they wished. We spent a night at a Kuzzelbash village of
forty houses. Immediately on our arrival, we had an audience of
thirty or forty; and during the long evening, fifty or more listened
to the great truths of the Gospel. We preached 'Christ crucified;
the way, the truth, and the life;' and they received the word with
eagerness. When the evening was far spent, we bowed together before
the mercy-seat, after which our audience reluctantly retired. These
are but samples of our visits among Kuzzelbashes and Turks on this
tour."
Dr. Hamlin, speaking of Turks near the close of 1858, says: "There
have been, here and there, some burnings of the New Testament; not
publicly, but in private, or in small social circles. Among
Mussulmans themselves a spirited debate has repeatedly arisen as to
the moral character of the act. Some have approved, others have most
decidedly condemned it, affirming that the New Testament is the Word
of God. What impressed us most strongly is the bold manner in which
orthodox Turks have declared it to be the Word of God, and that to
burn it is a sin."[1]
[1] See _Missionary Herald_ for 1858, p. 380.
Dr. Dwight wrote in May, 1859: "The work among the Turks is looming
up; and if not hindered by some untoward event, or by our neglect,
it will by and by assume very large proportions. That Turkish
officials through the country have been instructed not to persecute
Mohammedans who embrace Christianity, is very evident. The governors
of Sivas, Cesarea, and Diarbekir have, to our knowledge, within a
short time, and with actual cases before them, publicly declared,
that a Mohammedan who became a Christian could not be molested."
Mr. White visited a place on the north of the Taurus Mountains in
May, 1860, and had many calls from Mussulmans. "Every day they
came," he says, "with an apparently sincere desire to learn the
truth; and held long conversations on man's sinfulness, and how it
was possible for God to forgive sin. 'We have lost God;' 'We have
lost the road;' 'We cannot find God;' were expressions they used
very often. At almost every meeting, from three to five Mussulmans
were present. One is known all over the city as a Protestant; and a
second is a member of the Governor's Council."
Mr. Herrick, speaking of the Turkish department in the Bebek
Seminary, wrote thus, in the same year: "Quite a number of
Mohammedans have renounced Islam, and become true Christians; many
more are soberly inquiring after the truth; and many others are
turning, unsatisfied, from a religion which cannot save, or wavering
in a merely nominal devotion to Islamism. That which is most
striking is the clear evidence, often, of the work of God's Spirit
in individual cases, and in general movements."
Dr. Schneider gives this testimony concerning the Mussulmans at an
out-station of Aintab: "There is a willingness among the Moslems
here to listen to arguments in favor of Christianity, that is
uncommon. By intercourse with Protestants, and the reading of the
Scriptures, many of them have obtained glimpses of the truth, and a
few are more or less convinced that Christianity is true. While I
was there, fifteen Mussulmans and several women attended a service.
Apparently there is no place in this region where there is so much
prospect of a speedy work to be done among the Mussulmans."
The inducement to labor among the Moslems, was much increased in the
year 1860. At one large town in the heart of Asia Minor, a Moslem
said to a Protestant, "Since you came here, you have caused us to
fall into doubt and fear." At another, a Turk and his wife appeared
to be true Christians. Though the man was zealous in making known
the Gospel, the Moslems agreed to ignore his being a Protestant. At
Diarbekir, a Turk declared himself a Christian, and a captain of the
army at Harpoot did the same. Many Turks in the latter region
purchased the New Testament, and some the whole Bible. The military
Pasha of this district bought a Bible publicly, and so did the civil
Pasha; thus showing the effect of the thorough evangelization of
that community. At Constantinople, Dr. Dwight reported his having
read the Scriptures and bowed in prayer with a high officer of the
army in the palace of a Pasha, in the Mussulman quarter of the city,
and in the presence of servants; the officer appearing to be
strongly under the influence of evangelical ideas and feelings. Six
Moslem converts were baptized that year at the capital. One of these
was an Iman, seventy years of age. There had then been fifteen
baptisms of adult converts from Mohammedanism in Constantinople.[1]
The Grand Vizier subsequently required the Serasker to call Abdi
Effendi, the baptized Iman above mentioned, and examine him. This
was done, and the old man made the following confession and
statement: "We are no ghiaours (_i. e_. we worship neither pictures,
nor crosses, nor saints); we assemble and read out of this book
(drawing out of his bosom the New Testament); we sing out of this
one (producing a Turkish Hymn Book); and we listen to preaching from
the Gospel, and engage in prayer for all men. If there is anything
wrong in this book, please point it out to me." He supposed (on
inquiry) that there might be some forty men who were like him, and
mentioned some of their names.
[1] In part, by English missionaries.
It would be easy to multiply illustrations like the foregoing of the
susceptibility of Mohammedans to Christian influence; and the reader
will notice that they are of the same general nature with the early
manifestations of interest among the Armenians. There have been,
also, Turkish converts, who braved death in their Christian
profession, and remained steadfast unto the end.
No churches have been formed by our missionaries exclusively of
Turkish Christians; and it can hardly be said, that the Board has
yet had an organized mission to this people. Of the four
missionaries sent especially to the Turks, Dr. Schauffler has
devoted himself chiefly to translating the Scriptures into the
Osmanli-Turkish; Mr. Herrick, besides doing service by his
commentaries and other literary labors in that language, has been
mainly employed in the Turkish department of the Theological
Seminary, first at Bebek, and then at Marsovan; the younger Mr.
Schauffler was born on the ground, as we may say, and began his
labors amid the strifes of the Armenians in Constantinople with the
missionaries, which was a great hindrance to his work, and the
health of his family not allowing him to remain in Turkey, he is now
a pioneer in the new mission to Austria; and Mr. Hutchison had
scarcely entered the Turkish department of the Bebek Seminary, when
the failure of his wife's health required a return to the United
States. The mission of the Rev. James L. Merrick to the Persian
Mohammedans, in 1834, was little more than a tentative exploration
of the field, and was not continued.[1]
[1] It should be stated that the English Church Missionary Society
has had a missionary to the Mohammedans in Constantinople since
1862, and reports five converts who are communicants. For the
reactionary movement among the Turks at Constantinople, in
consequence of the distribution of Dr. Pfander's _Defense of
Christianity against Mohammedanism_, see page 234 of this volume.
With a field so inviting as the Armenian along side of the
Mohammedan, it was not easy to obtain missionaries to the Moslems.
Then again, missionaries to the Armenians soon became engrossed by
their labors. "The Mohammedans," wrote Dr. Schauffler in 1859,
"never will be cared for by missionaries to the Armenians or the
Bulgarians. We can all render each other important services, but no
missionary can take charge of two nationalities. Each one, soon
after coming, finds his hands so full of business for which he feels
responsible, that he cannot do much besides. Moreover, every man
gets his sympathies enlisted for the people of his charge. This is
probably necessary to enable us to labor with energy, and suffer
with patience; but this needful concentration of feeling precludes
the idea of universality in missionary labor."
Experience has also developed the great law here, as well as
elsewhere, that the main work of winning races to Christianity must
be performed by men of the same race. A Moslem will listen more
patiently to a Christian Turk ("renegade" though he be), than he
will to an Armenian; nor has it been found easy to enlist the
Protestant Armenians effectively in labors for the Turks. It may be
otherwise when the work is more advanced, and the Armenians are
elevated to a higher social level. But a ministry raised from among
themselves, is indispensable to the most efficient evangelization of
the Turks.
It would seem, therefore, that, up to the present time, the original
plan of the mission to Turkey has been more promising of good, than
any other; namely, that of operating upon the Mohammedans through
regenerated churches planted in the communities where they dwell;
and the greatest usefulness of these churches, for obvious reasons,
must be expected in the interior, rather than in the capital. Thus
far, there has been no material or very obvious change in the
missionary policy; and the risk of such a change, and its probable
advantages on the whole, should be carefully estimated. The
Protestant nations of Europe are substantially with us in our
evangelical labors among the Oriental Churches; and the churches we
gather are "our epistle," "known and read" by the Mohammedans.
Gradually, it may be, some of the missionaries now in the field, who
are familiar with the Turkish language, and have their Armenian
churches supplied with pastors, will turn their attention mainly to
the Moslems, in the exercise of a sound discretion, both as regards
the Turks and the Christians. It may be found that both classes may
be happily inclosed in the same fold. The missionary now occupies a
higher and more influential position with both, than he did years
ago. The Turk, too, is better appreciated as he becomes known. He
has more of manliness, self-respect, and religious feeling, than
some races for whose salvation our labors have been blest. The
masses are by no means hopeless, and the middle class is full of
promise.
The future is in the hands of the great Head of the Church; who has
so crowned with success the past labors of his servants in Turkey,
as to warrant the expectation, that whatever is needful to the
effectual republication of the Gospel in those Bible lands, may be
attempted with the glad assurance of success.
MISSIONARIES
MISSIONARIES.
When no date occurs in the right hand column, it is because the
missionary is still in the field.
In several instances, the date of the wife's arrival in the field
precedes the arrival of the husband. The explanation is that the
wife, previous to marriage, had been connected with the mission as a
teacher.
Dr. Eli Smith's Exploring Tour is included in his thirty years'
missionary service. So in the case of Dr. H. G. O. Dwight, and some
others.
Cyprus is included in the Mission to Greece and the Greeks; the
population consisting largely of that element.
The asterisk (*) placed before a name, denotes that the person is
deceased. When it is placed before a _date_, in the right hand
column, it denotes that the person died _at the time there
indicated_, and in the field.
The Assyria Mission terminated in November, 1860, when it was merged
in the Mission to the Armenians. The persons composing that mission
remained at their stations.
It should be specially noted, that this table is not destined to
state the time of a missionary's connection either with the Mission,
or with the Board, but only of his residence in the field.
MISSION TO PALESTINE.
ORDAINED WIVES OF TIME OF TIME OF
MISSIONARIES. MISSIONARIES. ENTERING. LEAVING.
*Pliny Fisk Jan. 15, 1820. *Oct. 23, 1825.
*Levi Parsons Jan. 15, 1820. *Feb. 10, 1822.
*Jonas King, D.D. [See Mission
to Greece] Nov. 2, 1822. Aug. 26, 1825.
*George B. Whiting [See Mission
to Syria] Oct., 1834. Autumn, 1843.
Mrs. Matilda S.
Whiting Oct., 1834. Autumn, 1843.
Wm. M. Thomson, D.D. [See Mission
to Syria] April, 1834.
*Mrs. Eliza N.
Thomson April, 1834. *July 22, 1834.
*John F. Lanneau [See Mission
to Syria] May 1, 1836. June 11, 1846.
Charles S. Sherman Sept., 1838. July 1, 1842.
Mrs. Martha E.
Sherman Sept., 1839. July 1, 1842.
MISSIONARY PHYSICIAN.
*Asa Dodge, M.D. Sept., 1834. *Jan. 28, 1835.
Mrs. Martha
Dodge Sept., 1834. 1838.
ASSISTANT MISSIONARY.
Miss Betsey
Tilden June 16, 1836. March 1, 1843.
Messrs. Beadle and Keyes were at Jerusalem from July 17, 1840, to
January, 1841.
THE PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT AT MALTA.
ORDAINED WIVES OF TIME OF TIME OF
MISSIONARIES. MISSIONARIES. ENTERING. LEAVING.
*Daniel Temple [See Mission
to Armenians] Feb. 22, 1822. Dec., 1833.
*Mrs. Rachel B.
Temple Feb. 22, 1822. *Jan. 15, 1827.
*Mrs. Martha E.
Temple Feb. 25, 1830. Dec., 1833.
ASSISTANT MISSIONARY.
Homan Hallock [See Mission
to Armenians] Dec. 10, 1826.
Mrs. Elizabeth
Hallock Mar. 26, 1828.
MISSION TO SYRIA.
ORDAINED WIVES OF TIME OF TIME OF
MISSIONARIES. MISSIONARIES. ENTERING. LEAVING.
*William
Goodell, D.D. [See Mission
to Armenians] Oct. 16, 1823. May 2, 1828.
*Mrs. Abigail P.
Goodell Oct. 16, 1323. May 2, 1828.
Isaac Bird Oct. 16, 1823. Aug., 1835.
Mrs. Ann P.
Bird Oct. 16, 1823. Aug., 1835.
*Eli Smith, D.D. Feb. 18, 1827. *Jan. 11, 1857.
*Mrs. Sarah L. H.
Smith Jan. 28, 1834. *Sept. 30, 1836.
*Mrs. Maria W. C.
Smith June 17, 1841. *May 27, 1842.
Mrs. Henrietta S.
Smith Jan. 12, 1847. May, 1857.
Wm. M. Thomson, D.D. [See Mission
to Palestine] Sept., 1834.
Mrs. Maria
Thomson Aug. 3, 1835.
*Story Hebard Mar. 14, 1836. *June 30, 1841.
*Mrs. Rebecca W. Hebard
[formerly Miss
Williams] Nov. 13, 1835. *Feb. 18, 1840.
Elias R. Beadle Oct. 15, 1838. Sept. 27, 1842.
*Mrs. Hannah
Beadle Oct. 15, 1838. Sept. 27, 1842.
Samuel Wolcott, D.D. April 1, 1840. Jan. 2, 1843.
*Mrs. Catharine E.
Wolcott April 1, 1840. *Oct. 26, 1841.
*Nathaniel A. Keyes April 2, 1840. April 5, 1844.
*Mrs. Mary
Keyes April 2, 1840. April 5, 1844.
Leander Thompson April 1, 1840. March 1, 1843.
Mrs. Anne E.
Thompson April 1, 1840. March 1, 1843.
C. V. A. Van Dyck, D.D. April 1, 1840.
Mrs. Julia A.
Van Dyck Dec. 22, 1842.
*George B. Whiting [See Mission
to Palestine] Autumn, 1843. *Nov. 8, 1855.
*Mrs. Matilda S.
Whiting Autumn, 1843. Mar. 14, 1856.
*John F. Lanneau [See Mission
to Palestine] Feb., 1844. Feb. 17, 1846.
Mrs. Julia H.
Lanneau Feb., 1844. Feb. 17, 1846.
Simeon H. Calhoun July 28, 1844.
Mrs. Emily P.
Calhoun March 6, 1849.
Thomas Laurie, D.D. [See Mission to
Nestorians] Dec. 11, 1844. May 9, 1846.
William A. Benton Oct. 20, 1847, Con. terminated
June, 1861
Mrs. Loanza G.
Benton Oct. 20, 1847, "
*J. Edwards Ford March 8, 1848. June, 1865.
Mrs. Mary
Ford March 8, 1848. 1865.
David M. Wilson March 8, 1848. May 4, 1861.
Mrs. Emeline
Wilson March 8, 1848. May 4, 1861.
Horace Foote Aug. 24, 1848. Autumn, 1854.
*Mrs. Roxana
Foote Aug. 24, 1848. Autumn, 1854.
*Wm. F. Williams, D.D. [See Assyria
Mission] March 6, 1849.
*Mrs. Sarah P.
Williams March 6, 1849. *July 1, 1854.
William W. Eddy Jan. 31, 1852.
Mrs. Hannah M.
Eddy Jan. 31, 1852.
William Bird April, 1853.
Mrs. Sarah F.
Bird April, 1853.
J. Lorenzo Lyons Feb. 25, 1855. June, 1863.
Mrs. Catharine N.
Lyons Feb. 25, 1855. June, 1863.
Edward Aiken April, 1856. May 1, 1858.
*Mrs. Susan D.
Aiken April, 1856. *June 20, 1856.
Mrs. Sarah C. Aiken
[formerly Miss
Cheney] May 1, 1858.
Daniel Bliss, D.D. April, 1856.
Mrs. Abby M.
Bliss April, 1856.
Henry H. Jessup, D.D. Feb. 7, 1856.
*Mrs. Caroline
Jessup April, 1858. *July 2, 1864.
Mrs. Harriet E.
Jessup Nov. 22, 1868.
Samuel Jessup Jan. 24, 1863.
Mrs. Ann E.
Jessup Jan. 24, 1863.
Philip Berry Oct. 7, 1863. Oct, 1865.
Mrs. Magdalene
Berry Oct. 7, 1863. Oct, 1865.
Geo Edwd Post, M.D. Dec., 1863.
Mrs. Sarah P.
Post Dec., 1863.
Samuel S. Mitchell June 12, 1867. 1868.
Mrs. Lucy M.
Mitchell June 12, 1867. 1868.
Isaac N. Lowry Nov. 22, 1867. 1869.
Mrs. Mary E.
Lowry Nov. 22, 1867. 1869.
James S. Dennis Feb. 10, 1869.
MISSIONARY PHYSICIANS.
*H. A. DeForest, M.D. Mar. 23, 1842. May 8, 1854.
Mrs. Catharine S.
DeForest Mar. 23, 1842. May 8, 1854.
ASSISTANT MISSIONARIES.
George C. Hurter April 15, 1841. Spring, 1864.
Mrs. Elizabeth
Hurter April 15, 1841. June 7, 1861.
*Mrs. Rebecca W. Williams
[afterwards Mrs.
Hebard] Nov. 13, 1835. *Feb. 8, 1840.
*Mrs. Anna L.
Whittlesey May 2, 1851. *May 1, 1852.
Miss Sarah Cheney
[now Mrs. Edwd
Aiken] April, 1853. May 1, 1858.
Miss Jane E.
Johnson Aug. 31, 1858. May 15, 1859.
Miss Amelia C. Temple
[now Mrs. Geo.
Gould] Aug. 31, 1858. Spring, 1862.
Miss Adelaide L.
Mason April 11, 1860. June, 1865.
Miss Eliza D.
Everett Nov. 22, 1868.
Miss Nellie A.
Carruth Nov. 22, 1868. 1869.
MISSION TO GREECE AND THE GREEKS.
ORDAINED WIVES OF TIME OF TIME OF
MISSIONARIES. MISSIONARIES. ENTERING. LEAVING.
Josiah Brewer Dec. 27, 1826. Spring, 1828.
*Elnathan Gridley Dec. 27, 1826. *Sept. 27, 1827.
*Jonas King, D.D. [See Mission to
Palestine] April, 1831. *May 22, 1869.
Mrs. Anna A.
King April, 1831. 1869.
Elias Riggs, D.D. [See Mission to
Armenians] Jan., 1833.
Mrs. Martha Jane
Riggs Jan., 1833.
Samuel R. Houston Nov., 1834. 1840.
*Mrs. Mary R.
Houston Nov., 1834. *Nov. 24, 1839.
Lorenzo W. Pease Nov., 1834. *Aug. 28, 1839.
Mrs. Lucinda
Pease Nov., 1834. Spring, 1841.
James L. Thompson May, 1836. Autumn, 1841.
Daniel Ladd [See Mission to
Armenians] Oct., 1836.
Mrs. Charlotte H.
Ladd Oct., 1836.
*Nathan Benjamin [See Mission to
Armenians] Nov., 1836.
*Mrs. Mary G.
Benjamin Nov., 1836.
George W. Leyburn June, 1837. 1842.
Mrs. Elizabeth W.
Leyburn June, 1837. 1842.
MISSION TO THE ARMENIANS.
ORDAINED WIVES OF TIME OF TIME OF
MISSIONARIES. MISSIONARIES. ENTERING. LEAVING.
*William Goodell, D.D. [See Mission to
Syria] June 9, 1831. Summer, 1865.
*Mrs. Abigail P.
Goodell June 9, 1831. Summer, 1865.
*H. G. O. Dwight, D.D. Feb. 27, 1830.[1] Jan. 25, 1862.
*Mrs. Elizabeth
Dwight June 5, 1832. *July 8, 1837.
*Mrs. Mary
Dwight Sept. 4, 1839. *Nov. 16, 1860.
*Daniel Temple [See Print. Estab.
at Malta] Dec. 23, 1833. Summer, 1844.
*Mrs. Martha E.
Temple Dec. 23, 1833. Summer, 1844.
Thomas P. Johnston Jan. 19, 1834. 1853.
Mrs. Marianne C.
Johnston Jan. 19, 1834. 1853.
Benj. Schneider, D.D. Jan. 19, 1834.
*Mrs. Eliza C.
Schneider Jan. 19, 1834. *Sept. 29, 1856.
Mrs. Susan M.
Schneider Oct. 1, 1858.
John B. Adger, D.D. Oct. 25, 1834. 1846.
Mrs. Elizabeth K.
Adger Oct. 25, 1834. 1846.
Philander O. Powers Jan. 12, 1835. Summer, 1861.
*Mrs. Harriet G.
Powers Jan. 12, 1835. April, 1841.
*Mrs. Sarah L.
Powers Jan. 11, 1843. June, 1861.
Philander O. Powers [Reappointed] June 25, 1866.
Henry A. Homes Dec. 26, 1835. Dec. 10, 1850.
Mrs. Anna W.
Homes June 17, 1841. 1849.
William C. Jackson Feb. 1, 1836. 1845.
Mrs. Mary A.
Jackson Feb. 1, 1836. 1845.
Cyrus Hamlin, D.D. Feb. 4, 1839.
*Mrs. H. A. L.
Hamlin Feb. 4, 1839. *Nov. 14, 1850.
*Mrs. Harriet M. Hamlin
[formerly Miss H. M.
Lovell] April 18, 1845. *Nov. 6, 1857.
Mrs. Mary E. Hamlin
[formerly Miss M. E.
Tenney] Jan. 22, 1856.
H. J. Van Lennep, D.D. April 13, 1840. Summer, 1869.
*Mrs. Emma L.
Van Lennep April 13, 1840. *Sept. 12, 1840.
*Mrs. Mary E.
Van Lennep Nov. 24, 1843. *Sept. 27, 1844.
Mrs. Emily A.
Van Lennep June 16, 1850. Summer, 1869.
Josiah Peabody July, 1841. July, 1860.
Mrs. Mary L.
Peabody July, 1841. July, 1860.
George W. Wood, D.D. April 28, 1842. Sept. 4, 1850.
*Mrs. Martha B.
Wood April 28, 1842. Sept. 4, 1850.
George W. Wood, D.D. [Reappointed] 1871.
Mrs. Sarah A. H.
Wood 1871.
Daniel Ladd [See Mission to
Greece] Sept. 3, 1842. Aug., 1867.
Mrs. Charlotte H.
Ladd Sept. 3, 1842. Aug., 1867.
*Azariah Smith, M.D. Jan. 11, 1843. *June 3, 1851.
Mrs. Corinth I.
Smith Sept. 20, 1848. 1853.
Edwin E. Bliss, D.D. April 16, 1843.
Mrs. Isabella H.
Bliss April 16, 1843.
E. Riggs, D.D., LL.D. [See Mission to Greece and the
Bulgarians] 1844.
Mrs. Martha J.
Riggs 1844.
*Nathan Benjamin [See Mission to
Greece] August 1844. *Jan. 27, 1855.
*Mrs. Mary G.
Benjamin August 1844. 1855.
*Joel S. Everett April 18, 1845. *March 5, 1856.
*Mrs. Seraphina
Everett April 18, 1845. *Dec. 27, 1854.
Isaac G. Bliss, D.D. Aug. 24, 1847.
Mrs. Eunice B.
Bliss Aug. 24, 1847.
Oliver Crane March, 1849. 1854.
Mrs. Marion D.
Crane March, 1849. 1854.
Oliver Crane [Reappointed] 1860. 1863.
Mrs. Marion D.
Crane 1860. 1863.
*Joseph W. Sutphen Jan. 16, 1852. *Oct. 9, 1852.
*Mrs. Susan H.
Sutphen
[afterwards Mrs.
Morgan] Jan. 16, 1852. 1865.
Wilson A. Farnsworth Jan. 22, 1853.
Mrs. Caroline E.
Farnsworth Jan. 22, 1853.
William Clark Jan. 22, 1853. Aug., 1859.
Mrs. Elizabeth W.
Clark Jan. 22, 1853. Aug., 1859.
Andrew T. Pratt, M.D. Jan. 22, 1853.
Mrs. Sarah F.
Pratt Jan. 22, 1853.
George B. Nutting Feb. 9, 1853. Summer, 1868.
*Mrs. Sarah E.
Nutting Feb. 9, 1853. *July 9, 1854.
Mrs. Susan A.
Nutting Autumn, 1856. Summer, 1868.
*Fayette Jewett, M.D. April 20, 1853. *June 18, 1862.
*Mrs. Mary A. A.
Jewett April 20, 1853. Summer, 1862.
*Jasper N. Ball Sept. 21, 1853. Aug., 1861.
*Mrs. Caroline W.
Ball Sept. 21, 1853. Aug., 1861.
*Jasper N. Ball [Reappointed] Jan., 1865. 1869.
Mrs. Martha Ann
Ball Jan., 1865. 1869.
*George W. Dunmore May, 1851. 1861.
Mrs. Susan
Dunmore May, 1851. 1856.
Albert G. Beebee Sept. 1854. March, 1860.
*Mrs. Sarah J.
Beebee Sept., 1854. *Oct. 28, 1858.
George A. Perkins Sept., 1854. Spring, 1861.
Mrs. Sarah E.
Perkins Sept., 1854. Spring, 1861.
Sanford Richardson Sept. 25, 1854.
Mrs. Rhoda A.
Richardson Sept. 25, 1854.
*Edwin Goodell Sept. 25, 1854. 1855.
Mrs. Catharine J.
Goodell Sept. 25, 1854. 1855.
Benjamin Parsons Sept. 25, 1854. 1860.
Mrs. Sarah W.
Parsons Sept. 25, 1854. 1860.
Alexander R. Plumer Feb. 8, 1855. 1859.
Mrs. Elizabeth P.
Plummer Feb. 8, 1855. 1859.
Ira Fayette Pettibone Aug. 4, 1855. 1868.
Ira Fayette Pettibone [Reappointed] May, 1866.
Justin W. Parsons [See Mission to
the Jews] Sept., 1855.
Mrs. Catharine
Parsons Sept., 1855.
*Edward M. Dodd [See Mission to
the Jews] Sept. 28, 1855. *Aug. 19, 1865.
Mrs. Lydia H.
Dodd Sept. 28, 1855. June, 1866.
Orson P. Allen Dec. 9, 1855.
Mrs. Caroline R.
Allen Dec. 9, 1855.
*Homer B. Morgan [See Mission to
the Jews] Jan., 1856. *Aug. 25, 1865.
Mrs. Susan H.
Morgan Jan. 16, 1852. 1865.
Tillman C. Trowbridge [See Mission to
the Jews] Jan. 22, 1856.
Mrs. Margaret
Trowbridge 1861.
George A. Pollard Jan. 22, 1856. 1868.
Mrs. Mary H.
Pollard Jan. 22, 1856. 1868.
Crosby H. Wheeler March 2, 1857.
Mrs. Susan A.
Wheeler March 2, 1857.
Charles F. Morse [See Mission to
Bulgarians] March 2, 1857.
Mrs. Eliza D.
Morse March 2, 1857.
Oliver W. Winchester March 2, 1857. June, 1865.
Mrs. Jeannette S.
Winchester March 2, 1857. June, 1865.
*Jackson G. Coffing March 2, 1857. *Mar. 26, 1862.
Mrs. Josephine L.
Coffing March 2, 1857.
George H. White March 2, 1857. Autumn, 1863.
Mrs. Joanna
White March 2, 1857. Autumn, 1863.
Julius Y. Leonard Sept. 4, 1857.
Mrs. Amelia A.
Leonard Sept. 4, 1857.
George Washburn August, 1858.
Mrs. Henrietta L.
Washburn April 15, 1859.
Joseph K. Greene Feb. 22, 1859.
Mrs. Elizabeth A.
Greene Feb. 22, 1859.
Herman N. Barnum Autumn, 1858.
Mrs. Mary E.
Barnum July, 1860.
William F. Arms 1860. 1864.
*Mrs. Emily F.
Arms 1860. *March, 1861.
Alvin B. Goodale, M.D. Mar. 25, 1860. 1864.
Mrs. Mary E.
Goodale Mar. 25, 1860. 1864.
*Zenas Goss Mar. 25, 1860. *Aug. 28, 1864.
William W. Livingston Sept. 3, 1860. 1871.
Mrs. Martha E.
Livingston Sept. 3, 1860. 1871.
*Wm. F. Williams, D.D. [See Mission to
Assyria] Nov., 1860. *Feb. 14, 1871.
*Mrs. Caroline P.
Williams Oct. 4, 1861. *Jan. 15, 1865.
[for. Miss C. P.
Barbour] Dec. 25, 1857.
Mrs. Clarissa C.
Williams
[formerly Miss C. C.
Pond] Oct. 15, 1864. 1871.
*Augustus Walker [See Assyria
Mission] Nov., 1860. *Sept. 13, 1866.
Mrs. Eliza M.
Walker Nov., 1860. July, 1867.
George C. Knapp [See Assyria
Mission] Nov., 1860.
Mrs. Alzina M.
Knapp Nov., 1860.
Lysander T. Burbank Oct. 13, 1860. 1871.
Mrs. Sarah S.
Burbank Oct. 13, 1860. 1871.
John Francis Smith July 8, 1863.
Mrs. Laura E.
Smith July 8, 1863.
Moses P. Parmelee, M.D. Aug. 14, 1863.
*Mrs. Nellie A.
Parmelee Aug. 14, 1863. *Feb. 17, 1870.
Mrs. Julia
Parmelee Sept., 1871.
Giles F. Montgomery Dec., 1863.
Mrs. Emily R.
Montgomery Dec., 1863.
*Walter H. Giles Nov. 17, 1864. *May 21, 1867.
Mrs. Elizabeth F.
Giles Nov. 17, 1864.
Lucien H. Adams June 9, 1865.
*Mrs. Augusta S.
Adams June 9, 1865. *Nov. 18, 1866.
Mrs. Nancy D.
Adams
[formerly Miss N. D.
Francis] June 25, 1866.
Albert Bryant Oct. 28, 1865. June, 1868.
Mrs. Mary E. I.
Bryant Oct. 28, 1865. June, 1868.
Henry T. Perry Jan. 11, 1867.
Mrs. Jennie H.
Perry Jan. 11, 1867.
Theodore A. Baldwin Aug. 9, 1867.
Mrs. Matilda J.
Baldwin Aug. 9, 1867.
Henry S. Barnum Aug. 10, 1867.
*Mrs. Lucretia L.
Barnum Aug. 10, 1867. *Dec. 31, 1867.
Mrs. Helen P.
Barnum 1869.
Charles C. Tracy October, 1867.
Mrs. Lemyra A.
Tracy October, 1867.
Lyman Bartlett Nov. 8, 1867.
Mrs. Cornelia C.
Bartlett Nov. 8, 1867.
Alpheus N. Andrus May 30, 1868.
Mrs. Louisa M.
Andrus May 30, 1868.
Carmi C. Thayer July, 1868.
Mrs. Mary F.
Thayer July, 1868.
John Eldwin Pierce Sept., 1868.
Mrs. Lizzie A.
Pierce Sept., 1868.
Royal M. Cole Sept., 1868.
Mrs. Lizzie C.
Cole Sept., 1868.
Theodore S. Pond Dec. 13, 1868.
Mrs. Julia J.
Pond Dec. 13, 1868.
Milan H. Hitchcock June 5, 1869.
Mrs. Lucy A.
Hitchcock June 5, 1869.
Edward Riggs July, 1869.
Mrs. Sarah H.
Riggs July, 1869.
Henry Marden Oct. 15, 1869.
Mrs. Mary L.
Marden Oct. 15, 1869.
John Otis Barrows Dec. 23, 1869.
Mrs. Clara S.
Barrows Dec. 23, 1869.
MISSIONARY PHYSICIANS.
Henry S. West, M.D. Feb., 1859.
Mrs. Lottie M.
West Feb., 1859.
D. H. Nutting, M.D. [See Assyria
Mission] Nov., 1860.
Mrs. Mary E.
Nutting Nov., 1860.
*H. B. Haskell, M.D. [See Assyria
Mission] Nov., 1860. Summer, 1861.
Mrs. Sarah J.
Haskell Nov., 1860. Summer, 1861.
James A. Milne, M.D. Aug., 1867. 1868.
Mrs. Arabella
Milne Aug., 1867. 1868.
Geo. C. Reynolds, M.D. Nov. 26, 1869.
Mrs. Martha W.
Reynolds Nov. 26, 1869.
Mary L. Wadsworth, M.D. June, 1871.
ASSISTANT MISSIONARIES.
Homan Hallock [See Print. Estab.
at Malta] Dec., 1833. 1841.
Mrs. Elizabeth
Hallock Dec., 1833. 1841.
*Miss Harriet M.
Lovell
[afterwards Mrs.
Hamlin] April 18, 1845. *Nov. 6, 1857.
*Mrs. Sarah C.
Hinsdale
[widow of Rev. A. K.
Hinsdale] 1845. 1855.
Miss Melvina
Haynes Jan. 22, 1853. July 1856.
Miss Maria A.
West Jan. 22, 1853.
Miss Isabella H.
Goodell 1855.
Mrs. Mary E.
Goodell
[afterwards Mrs. H. N.
Barnum] 1855.
Mrs. Mary E.
Tenney
[afterwards Mrs.
Hamlin] Jan. 22, 1856.
Miss Sarah Elizabeth
West Jan. 22, 1856. Sept., 1862.
Miss Myra A.
Proctor July 28, 1859.
Miss Arabella L.
Babcock Sept., 1862. May, 1864.
Miss Ann Eliza
Fritcher July 8, 1863.
Miss Clarissa C.
Pond
[afterwards Mrs. W. F.
Williams] Oct. 15, 1864. 1871.
Mrs. Nancy D.
Francis
[afterwards Mrs. L. H.
Adams] June 25, 1866.
*Miss Mary E.
Warfield April 27, 1867. *Feb. 12, 1870.
Miss Harriet
Seymour April 27, 1867.
Miss Sarah Ann
Closson Nov. 8, 1867.
Miss Mary G.
Hollister Dec., 1867.
Henry O. Dwight Dec., 1867.
Mrs. Mary A.
Dwight Dec., 1867.
Miss Rebecca D.
Tracy Sept., 1868. 1870.
Miss Charlotte Elizab.
Ely Sept., 1868.
Miss Mary A. C.
Ely Sept., 1868.
Miss Harriet G.
Powers Sept., 1868.
Miss Cyrene O.
Van Duzee Sept., 1868.
Miss Olive L.
Parmelee Oct., 1868.
Miss Isabella C.
Baker Oct., 1868.
Miss Flavia S.
Bliss Nov., 1868.
Miss Ursula C.
Clarke Nov. 18, 1868.
Miss Ardelle M.
Griswold Oct. 15, 1869.
Miss Caroline E.
Bush Aug. 27, 1870.
Miss Julia A.
Rappleye Nov. 11, 1870.
Miss Sarah L.
Wood Nov. 11, 1870.
Miss Julia A.
Shearman Jan., 1871. 1872.
Miss Cornelia P.
Dwight
Miss Mary S.
Williams May, 1871.
Miss Mary M.
Patrick Sept. 21, 1871.
[1] Dr. Dwight arrived at Malta at the date here indicated, but did
not settle at Constantinople till June 5, 1832. The intervening time
was employed partly in an exploring tour, and partly at Malta, in
labors tributary to the mission.
ASSYRIA MISSION.
ORDAINED WIVES OF TIME OF TIME OF
MISSIONARIES. MISSIONARIES. ENTERING. LEAVING.
Dwight W. Marsh Mar. 29, 1850. Summer, 1860.
*Mrs. Julia W.
Marsh May 9, 1853. *Aug. 12, 1859.
*Wm. F. Williams, D.D. [See Mission to
Armenians] May, 1851.
*Mrs. Sarah P.
Williams May, 1851. *July 1, 1854.
*Mrs. Harriet B.
Williams Nov., 1857. *Dec. 25, 1857.
*Henry Lobdell, M.D. May 8, 1852. *Mar. 25, 1855.
Mrs. Lucy C.
Lobdell May 8, 1852. Summer, 1860.
*Augustus Walker [See Mission to
Armenians] April 27, 1853.
Mrs. Eliza M.
Walker April, 1853.
George C. Knapp [See Mission to
Armenians] April 5, 1856.
Mrs. Alzina M.
Knapp April 5, 1856.
MISSIONARY PHYSICIANS.
D. H. Nutting, M.D. [See Mission to
Armenians] Sept., 1854.
Mrs. Mary E.
Nutting Sept., 1854.
*Henri B. Haskell, M.D. [See Mission to
Armenians] April 19, 1856.
Mrs. Sarah J.
Haskell April 19, 1856.
MISSION TO THE JEWS.
ORDAINED WIVES OF TIME OF TIME OF
MISSIONARIES. MISSIONARIES. ENTERING. LEAVING.
Wm. G. Schauffler, D.D. [See Mission to
Mohammedans] July 31, 1832.
Mrs. Mary R.
Schauffler Feb. 26, 1834.
*Eliphal Maynard April 2, 1849. *Sept. 14, 1849.
Mrs. Celestia A.
Maynard April 2, 1849. 1850.
*Edward M. Dodd [See Mission to
Armenians] April 2, 1849.
Mrs. Lydia H.
Dodd April 2, 1849.
Justin W. Parsons [See Mission to
Armenians] June 24, 1850.
Mrs. Catharine
Parsons June 24, 1850.
*Homer B. Morgan [See Mission to
Armenians] Feb. 16, 1852.
Mrs. Harriet G.
Morgan Feb. 16, 1852. *Sept. 10, 1852.
Mrs. Susan H.
Morgan
[formerly Mrs.
Sutphen] Nov. 7, 1853.
MISSION TO THE MOHAMMEDANS.
ORDAINED WIVES OF TIME OF TIME OF
MISSIONARIES. MISSIONARIES. ENTERING. LEAVING.
James Lyman Merrick [See Mission to
Nestorians] Oct. 25, 1835. Dec. 1842.
Mrs. Emma
Merrick Mar. 11, 1839. Dec. 1841.
Wm. G. Schauffler, D.D. [See Mission to
Jews] May, 1858.
Mrs. Mary R.
Schauffler May, 1858.
William Hutchison Nov. 14, 1858. April, 1859.
Mrs. Foresta G.
Hutchison Nov. 14, 1858. April, 1859.
George F. Herrick Dec. 2, 1859.
Mrs. Helen M.
Herrick Aug., 1861.
Henry A. Schauffler [See Mission to
Bulgarians] June 3, 1865.
Mrs. Clara E.
Schauffler June 3, 1865.
MISSION TO THE NESTORIANS.
ORDAINED WIVES OF TIME OF TIME OF
MISSIONARIES. MISSIONARIES. ENTERING. LEAVING.
*Justin Perkins, D.D. Nov., 1835. May 28, 1869.
Mrs. Charlotte
Perkins Nov., 1835. 1857.
*Albert L. Holladay June 7, 1837. Spring, 1846.
Mrs. Anne Y.
Holladay June 7, 1837. Spring, 1846.
*William R. Stocking June 7, 1837. June, 1853.
Mrs. Jerusha R.
Stocking June 7, 1837. June, 1853.
*Willard Jones Nov. 17, 1839. 1844.
Mrs. Miriam
Jones Nov. 17, 1839. Winter, 1844.
*A. H. Wright, M.D. July 25, 1840. *Jan. 4, 1865.
Mrs. Catharine A.
Wright June 14, 1843. August, 1859.
*Abel K. Hinsdale June, 1841. *Dec. 26, 1842.
*Mrs. Sarah C.
Hinsdale
[see Mission to
Armenians] June, 1841. Oct. 21, 1844.
*Colby C. Mitchell June, 1841. *June 27, 1841.
*Mrs. Eliza A.
Mitchell June, 1841. *July 12, 1841.
*James Lyman Merrick [See Mission to
Mohammedans] Dec. 1842. Summer, 1845.
*Mrs. Emma
Merrick Dec. 1842. Summer, 1845.
Thomas Laurie, D.D. [See Mission to
Syria] Nov. 11, 1842. Nov. 10, 1844.
*Mrs. Martha F.
Laurie Nov. 11, 1842. *Dec. 16, 1843.
*David T. Stoddard June 14, 1843. *Jan. 26, 1857.
*Mrs. Harriet
Stoddard June 14, 1843. *Aug. 2, 1848.
Mrs. Sophia D.
Stoddard June 26, 1851. July, 1858.
*Joseph G. Cochran Sept. 27, 1847. *Nov. 2, 1871.
*Mrs. Deborah W.
Cochran Sept. 27, 1848.
George W. Coan Oct. 13, 1849.
Mrs. Sarah P.
Coan Oct. 13, 1849.
*Samuel A. Rhea June 26, 1851. *Sept. 2, 1865.
*Mrs. Martha Ann
Rhea July 1, 1852. *Sept. 16, 1857.
Mrs. Sarah Jane
Rhea Oct. 25, 1860. May, 1869.
*Edwin H. Crane Oct. 20, 1852. *Aug. 27, 1854.
*Mrs. Ann E.
Crane
[afterwards Mrs. P. O.
Powers] Oct. 20, 1852. Nov. 1857.
*Thomas L. Ambrose Nov. 27, 1858. August, 1861.
John H. Shedd Nov. 11, 1859.
Mrs. Sarah Jane
Shedd Nov. 11, 1859.
*Amherst L. Thompson July 2, 1860. *Aug. 25, 1860.
*Mrs. Esther E.
Thompson July 2, 1860. Summer, 1861.
Benjamin Labaree Oct. 25, 1860.
Mrs. Elizabeth E.
Labaree Oct. 25, 1860.
Henry N. Cobb Oct. 25, 1860. Autumn, 1862.
Mrs. Matilda E.
Cobb Oct. 25, 1860. Autumn, 1862.
MISSIONARY PHYSICIANS.
*Asahel Grant, M.D. Oct. 15, 1835. *April 24, 1844.
*Mrs. Judith S.
Grant Oct. 15, 1835. *Jan. 14, 1839.
*F. N. H. Young, M.D. Oct. 25, 1860. Summer, 1863.
T. L. Van Norden, M.D. Oct. 6, 1866.
Mrs. Mary M.
Van Norden Oct. 6, 1866.
ASSISTANT MISSIONARIES.
*Edwin Breath Nov. 7, 1840. *Nov. 18, 1861.
Mrs. Sarah Ann
Breath Oct. 13, 1849. Summer, 1862.
*Miss Fidelia
Fiske June 14, 1843. July 15, 1858.
Miss Catharine A.
Myers
[afterwards Mrs.
Wright] June 14, 1843. August, 1859.
Miss Mary Susan
Rice Nov. 20, 1847.
*Miss Martha Ann
Harris
[afterwards Mrs.
Rhea] July 1, 1852. *Sept. 16, 1857.
Miss Aura Jeannette
Beach July 2, 1860. Sept., 1862.
*Miss Harriet N.
Crawford July 2, 1860. May, 1865.
Miss Nancy Jane
Dean Oct. 19, 1868.
MISSION TO THE BULGARIANS.
ORDAINED WIVES OF TIME OF TIME OF
MISSIONARIES. MISSIONARIES. ENTERING. LEAVING.
Charles F. Morse [See Mission to
Armenians] Mar. 26, 1858. 1870.
Mrs. Eliza D.
Morse Mar. 26, 1858. 1870.
Theodore L. Byington Sept. 4, 1858. 1867.
Mrs. Margaret E.
Byington Sept. 4, 1858. 1867.
*William W. Meriam April 22, 1859. *July 3, 1862.
*Mrs. Susan
Meriam April 22, 1859. *July 25, 1862.
James F. Clarke Oct., 1859.
Mrs. Isabella G.
Clarke Oct., 1859.
William F. Arms July, 1860. June, 1862.
*Mrs. Emily
Arms July, 1860. *Mar. 31, 1861.
Oliver Crane [See Mission to
Armenians] Sept. 19, 1860. Aug., 1863.
Mrs. Marion D.
Crane Sept. 19, 1860. Aug., 1863.
Henry C. Haskell Dec. 13, 1862.
Mrs. Margaret H.
Haskell Dec. 13, 1862.
*Jasper N. Ball [See Mission to
Armenians] Jan., 1865. 1869.
Mrs. Martha A.
Ball Jan., 1865. 1869.
Lewis Bond May 29, 1868.
Mrs. Fannie G.
Bond May 29, 1868.
Wm. Edwin Locke June, 1868.
Mrs. Zoe A. M.
Locke June, 1868.
Henry Pitt Page Nov. 26, 1868.
Mrs. Mary A.
Page Nov. 26, 1868.
Elias Riggs, D.D., LL.D. [See Mission to
Armenians] 1871.
Mrs. Martha J.
Riggs 1871.
Henry A. Schauffler [See Mission to
Mohammedans] 1871.
Mrs. Clara E.
Schauffler 1871.
ASSISTANT MISSIONARIES.
*Miss Mary E.
Reynolds Jul. 8, 1863. 1869.
*Miss Roseltha N.
Norcross April 27, 1867. *Nov. 4, 1870.
Miss Minnie C.
Beach Oct. 15, 1869.
Miss Esther T.
Maltbie Nov. 11, 1870.
Mrs. Anna V.
Mumford 1871.
ADDENDA.
The foregoing Tabular View of the Missionaries was made partly for
the author's convenience on commencing the second volume, by the
very accurate gentleman who prepared the List of Publications that
follows. Such a statement is very difficult to make; and it may be,
after all the subsequent corrections, that there are omissions and
errors. Should they be seasonably pointed out, the corrections will
be made in a subsequent edition.
The following should have had a place, under the head of the
_Mission to the Armenians_, namely:--
Rev. William A. Spaulding, who sailed in November, 1871.
Mrs. Georgia D. Spaulding.
Rev. Joseph E. Scott, who sailed in February, 1872.
Mrs. Annie E. Scott.
_Assistant Missionaries_.
Miss Laura Farnham, who sailed November, 1871.
Miss Phebe L. Cull, who sailed November, 1871.
PUBLICATIONS
CATALOGUE OF PUBLICATIONS
ISSUED FROM THE MISSION PRESSES CONNECTED
WITH THE MISSIONS OF THE BOARD TO THE
SEVERAL ORIENTAL CHURCHES.
_Compiled by Rev. John A. Vinton, Winchester, Mass_.
The sources of information were the "Missionary Herald" from 1821,
and the Annual Reports of the Board from the beginning of these
missions to the year 1871.
IN ITALIAN.
The Sabbath.
Dr. Payson's Address to Mariners.
Prayers for the Seven Days of the Week.
Dr. Ashbel Green's Questions and Counsel.
The Dairyman's Daughter, 78 pages, 1,000 copies.
William Kelley, 32 pages, 500 copies.
The Progress of Sin, 16 pages, 500 copies.
Dialogue between a Traveller and Yourself, 12 pages, 500 copies.
The Novelty of Popery.
An Address to the Children of Israel, 25 pages, 1,000 copies.
Christ's Sermon on the Mount, 16 pages, 1,000 copies.
The Negro Servant, 28 pages, 1,000 copies.
The Young Cottager, 72 pages, 1,000 copies.
The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain, 12 pages, 1,000 copies.
Serious Thoughts on Eternity, 12 pages, 1,000 copies.
Dialogue between Two Sailors, 18 pages, 1,000 copies.
Previous to November, 1827, the number of books and tracts printed
at the Mission Press in Italian, was 43; number of consecutive
pages, 1,430; of copies, 55,500; whole number of pages, 1,700,000.
IN MODERN GREEK.
The Dairyman's Daughter, 119 pp.
The Negro Servant, 32 pp.
Payson's Address to Mariners, 22 pp.
Short Prayers for Every Day in the Week, 70 pp.
Tract on Redemption, by Dr. Naudi, 72 pp.
Sixteen Short Sermons, 48 pp.
Progress of Sin, 20 pp.
Dialogue between a Traveller and Yourself, 14 pp.
Life and Martyrdom of John the Baptist, 28 pp.
Serious Thoughts on Eternity, 16 pp.
The Young Cottager, 87 pp.
The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain, 73 pp.
William Kelley, 45 pp.
Watts's Catechism for Children, 16 pp.
Address to the Children of Israel, 34 pp.
Chrysostom on Reading the Scriptures, 26 pp.
Content and Discontent, by Mrs. Sherwood, 24 pp.
Serious Address to Young and Old, 27 pp.
Life of James Covey, a converted Sailor, 16 pp.
Life of the Virgin Mary, from the Bible only, 20 pp.
An Appeal to the Heart, 34 pp.
Exhortation to Seamen, 20 pp.
Christ's Sermon on the Mount, 16 pp.
The following were printed from 1830 to 1833:--
Historical Selections from the Old Testament, 81 pp.
Life of Abraham, 36 pp.
Life of Joseph, 60 pp.
Life of Moses, 36 pp.
Life of Samuel, 24 pp.
Life of David, 64 pp.
Life of Elijah.
Life of Elisha.
Life of Daniel, 36 pp.
Life of Esther, 20 pp.
Abridgment of the Old Testament, 140 pp.
Abridgment of the Gospels, 48 pp.
Abridgment of the Acts, 60 pp.
Lessons for Children.
Bickersteth's Scripture Help, abridged.
Lyttelton on the Conversion of St. Paul.
The Ten Commandments.
Ecclesiastical History.
Dialogues on Grammar.
The Alphabetarion, 120 pp.
The Greek Reader, 156 pp.
The Little Philosopher, 72 pp.
The Child's Assistant, 60 pp.
The Child's Arithmetic, 48 pp.
Adams's Arithmetic.
History of Greece.
History of Rome.
History of England.
History of France.
History of the Middle Ages.
History of the Sandwich Islands.
The Priest and Catechumen, a Dialogue, 12 pp.
Peter Parley's Geography, with lithographed maps, 108 pp.
Pinnock's Catechism of Greek History, with remarks, 150 pp.
The amount printed in Modern Greek, while the press remained at
Malta, was about 350,000 copies, mostly 12mo, comprising 21,000,000
pages. Many of the editions were of 4,000 copies each. In the year
ending October 1831, 4,760,000 pages were printed.
After the removal of the press to Smyrna, in December, 1833, there
were printed in Modern Greek,--
Woodbridge's Geography, 296 pp.
Scriptural Teacher, 116 pp.
Questions on the Pentateuch, 88 pp.
Several Hymns for the Mission Schools.
Child's Book on the Soul.
Tract on Self-Examination.
Difficulties of Infidelity.
The Magazine of Useful Knowledge--a monthly publication commenced in
1836 or 1837, and continued till 1843, when it was transferred to
Mr. Nicholas Petrokokino. It had, in 1839, 1,200 subscribers.
About thirty million pages in Modern Greek had been printed by the
mission between July 1822 and 1837.
At Smyrna, in 1847 and 1848, were printed, Barth's Church History,
354 pages, 3,000 copies; 1,062,000 pages.
At Constantinople, after the removal of the press, in 1853; Hymn
Book, 112 pages, 2,000 copies; 224,000 pages.
In 1854, a tract of 20 pages, 2,000 copies; 40,000 pages.
In 1860, tracts, 5,000 copies, 40,000 pages.
In 1863, tracts, . . . . 6,000 pages.
Printing in Modern Greek, at Athens, under the supervision of Dr.
King:--
Up to 1844, 32 books and tracts, 3,717 consecutive pages,
128,-215 pages in the whole.
In 1845, 2,000 copies, 664,000 pages.
In 1846, 3,000 copies, 190,500 pages.
In 1853 to 1856, a collection of the publications of the American
Tract Society, vol. I.--V., making 2,500 consecutive pages of the
five volumes.
In 1855, Chrysostom on Reading the Scriptures, 180 pages.
Two volumes of Sermons, 48 in number, by Dr. King.
A volume of Miscellanies, including his Farewell Letter to his
Friends in Palestine and Syria.
IN GRECO-TURKISH (THE TURKISH LANGUAGE IN GREEK LETTERS).
Christ's Sermon on the Mount, 16 pages, 450 copies.
History of Moses, of Samuel, of Elijah, of Elisha, of Daniel, of
Esther; each a volume by itself; total, 524,000 pages.
From 1840 to 1853, were printed 55,000 copies of the Scriptures.
In 1854 and 1855, the Bible in 8vo, 7,000 copies, 2,456,000 pages.
In 1864, 72 pages, 3,000 copies; in all, 216,000 pages.
In 1867, the Tract Primer, 5,000 copies, 340,000 pages.
In 1869, a Hymn Book, 264 pages, 2,000 copies; 528,000 pages.
IN ANCIENT ARMENIAN.
The New Testament, 836 pages, 2,000 copies. At Smyrna, 1838.
The Four Gospels, printed separately, 1,000 copies.
The Acts and Epistles, of the same edition, 1,500 copies, in 1843.
The Psalter, 274 pages, total 548,000 pages; 3,000 copies printed in
1841; 2,000 copies in 1846.
The New Testament, 2,000 copies, 1,464,000 pages; in 1853.
The Christian Teacher, 136 pages, 500 copies; in 1838.
Daily Food for Christians, 62 pages, 1,000 copies; in 1838.
In 1869, printed 268 consecutive pages and 4,250 copies.
IN MODERN ARMENIAN.
Abercrombie on Mental Culture, 84 pages, 1,500 copies; 126,000
pages. Printed in 1844, at the expense of the author.
Against Infidelity, 16 pages, 3,000 copies.
Almanac for 1837, 3,000 copies.
Almanac for 1839, 1,000 copies.
An Arithmetic, 1866.
An occasional paper, 4to, 20 pages, 500 copies.
Answer of Evangelical Armenians to the Patriarch's Manifesto, 104
pages, 1,000 copies.
Anxious Inquirer.
Assembly's Shorter Catechism, with references, 104 pages, 2,000
copies.
Astronomy, 104 pages, 3,000 copies.
Avedaper (The), or Messenger, a religious periodical in Modern
Armenian, and in Armeno-Turkish. Published since January, 1855;
once in two weeks, with a circulation, in each language, of 1,000
copies.
Balbaith's Confession, in the form of a letter from a converted Jew,
giving reasons for his profession of Christianity, 62 pages,
4,000 copies.
Baptism and the New Birth, 112 pages, 1,000 copies.
Baxter's Saints' Rest. 1854.
Bible Dictionary. 1854.
Bible Hand-book, 240 pages, 300 copies.
British Martyrology. 1850.
Child's Entertainer, 296 pages, 1,000 copies, containing Watts's
Divine and Moral Songs in Armenian verse, evangelical anecdotes,
some natural history, etc, 1838.
Child's Instructor, 74 pages.
Concordance to the Bible, 8vo, 504 pages, 2,000 copies.
Dairyman's Daughter, 48 pages, 3,000 copies.
Evidences of Christianity.
False Claims of the Pope, 77 pages. It has been published in English
by the American Tract Society.
Five Wounds (The) of Conscience, by Flavel, 1,500 copies.
Forever! 4 pages, 4,000 copies.
Friendly Letters to Sufferers by the late Fire, 16 pages, 500
copies.
Good Works; a Tract on Justification, 48 pages, 4,000 copies.
Grammar, English and Armenian; 112 pages, 500 copies. Another
edition of 272 pages, 1,000 copies.
Guide to Parents, 61 pages, 1,000 copies.
Guide to Repentance, 288 pages, 1,000 copies.
Handbills, (four) each one page, containing, The Decalogue: A
Contrast between the Deaths of Haliburton and Voltaire; The
Christian Sabbath; The Death-bed of a Modern Free-thinker; 4,000
copies.
History of the Church of God.
History of Joseph, 326 pages, 3,000 copies.
History of the Reformation, by Merle d'Aubigne. In 2 vols. 8vo, with
an Appendix of 50 pages, 1,000 copies, 1846. An enlarged edition
was printed in 1866.
Holy Spirit, a Work on the, 1850.
Hymns, 25 pages, 500 copies.
Jones's (Rev. C. C.) Catechism, 203 pages, 4,000 copies.
Joy in Heaven, 24 pages, 3,000 copies.
Key to Reading, 8 pages, 1,500 copies.
Lancasterian Cards, 80 to the set. 100 sets.
Light of the Soul, 46 pages, 3,000 copies.
Lives of the Patriarchs and Prophets, 300 pages, 1,000 copies.
Lord's Supper, Treatise on the, 84 pages, 1,000 copies.
Mary Lothrop, 96 pages, 3,000 copies.
Messenger, The. See _Avedaper_.
Mother at Home, 288 pages, 300 copies.
Monthly Evangelical Preacher, commenced January, 1845, and suspended
at the close of the year, 284 pages, 1,000 copies.
Monthly Magazine, four vols., for 1839-1842. The first year, 1,100
copies, each following year, 1,500. Relinquished for want of
funds. Resumed 1844, continued till 1846.
New Testament, 646 pages, 5,000 copies in 1842 and 1843. A new
translation, carefully executed by four of the best scholars in
the Armenian nation, and compared by Dr. Adger, word by word,
with the original Greek.
New Testament, with marginal references, and parallel passages.
Prepared by Dr. Adger and Dr. Riggs. 948 pages. 1848 and 1849.
New Testament, in the Ararat or Eastern Dialect of the Modern
Armenian, with Scripture references, 8,000 copies.
New Testament, in the Ararat or Eastern Dialect of the Modern
Armenian, with the Ancient Armenian, in parallel columns.
Old Testament, in four volumes, 500 copies.
Old Testament, imperial edition, 5,000 copies.
Payson's Thoughts, 180 pages, 2,000 copies.
Pentateuch, 684 pages, 1,500 copies.
Progress of Sin, 24 pages, 2,000 copies.
Pilgrim's Progress, with notes, 814 pages, 1,000 copies.
Protestant Confessions, 265 pages, 1,000 copies.
Psalter, in the Western Dialect of the Modern Armenian, 275 pages,
3,000 copies.
Psalter, in the Ararat or Eastern Dialect of the Modern Armenian,
275 pages, 5,000 copies.
Reply to Archbishop Matteos.
Scripture Rule of Faith, 364 pages, 1,000 copies.
Scripture Texts, 56 pages, 500 copies.
Scripture Text Book, 622 pages, 1,000 copies.
Sermon for the Whole World, 16 pages, 2,000 copies. It is the Sermon
on the Mount.
Sin no Trifle, 16 pages, 2,000 copies.
Spelling Book, 60 pages. At least four editions.
Sunday-school Hymn Book, 8vo, 134 pages, 8,000 copies.
Sunday-school Hymn and Tune Book, 8vo, 128 pages, 5,000 copies.
The Two Lambs, 48 pages, 2,000 copies.
Tract on Self-Examination, 52 pages, 1,000 copies.
Upham's Intellectual Philosophy.
Vivian's Three Dialogues, between a Minister and his Parishioner,
2,000 copies.
What must I do? 20 pages, 2,000 copies.
What is it to believe? 12 pages, 5,000 copies.
Whateley's Evidences of Christianity, 192 pages, 2,000 copies.
There were also many common school books.
The sum total of printing in the Modern Armenian, in the year 1869,
was 1,865 consecutive pages, and 25,920 copies.
IN ARMENO-TURKISH.
Printing in this language was commenced at Malta in 1828. In August,
1829, the number of publications was nineteen. The printing of the
Armeno-Turkish New Testament was begun January 8, 1830, and the last
sheet was corrected before the close of January, 1831. A second
edition of the same was printed at Smyrna in 1843, consisting of
4,000 copies. The Old Testament was printed at Smyrna in 1841, 3,000
copies. The Pentateuch was printed in a separate form, 2,000 copies.
The Book of Psalms, in a separate form, was printed in 1844, 2,000
copies.
The following publications have also been issued:--
Abbot's Young Christian, 350 pages, 2,000 copies.
Arithmetic, 66 pages, 3,000 copies.
Avedaper (Messenger), a monthly magazine. See _Avedaper_ in the
preceding list.
Barth's Church History, 408 pages, 1,000 copies.
Bogue's Essay, 444 pages, 1,000 copies.
Capadose, Dr., Memoir of, 52 pages, 1,000 copies.
Catechism on Christ, 82 pages, 1,000 copies.
Chrysostom on Reading the Scriptures, 106 pages, 2,000 copies.
Commentary on Matthew, 1,000 copies.
Essay on Fasts, etc., 220 pages, 1,000 copies.
False Claims of the Pope, 112 pages, 2,000 copies.
Forever! 11 pages, 1,000 copies.
Gallaudet's Child's Book on the Soul, 156 pages, 1,000 copies.
Gallaudet's Natural Theology, 233 pages, 2,000 copies.
Good Works, A tract on, 44 pages, 2,000 copies.
Grammar, 213 pages, 3,000 copies.
Guide to the Use of the Fathers, 318 pages, 2,000 copies.
History of a Bible, 34 pages, 2,000 copies.
Hymn Book.
Intemperance, Tract on, 46 pages, 2,000 copies.
Jones's (Rev. C. C.) Catechism, 305 pages, 1,000 copies.
Light of the Soul, 48 pages, 2,000 copies.
Mary Lothrop, 172 pages, 2,000 copies.
Narrative Tracts, in one vol., 152 pages, 1,000 copies.
Neff's (Felix) Dialogues on Sin and Salvation, 140 pages, 1,000
copies.
New Testament, with marginal references.
Old Testament, with marginal references, royal 8vo.
From 1840 to 1863, 6,500 copies of the Scriptures were printed,--
Physiology, Treatise on, 272 pages, 3,000 copies.
Pike's Persuasives to Early Piety, 70 pages, 2,000 copies.
Reader, No. 1, 63 pages, sixth edit., 5,000 copies. 1867.
Reader, No. 2, 72 pages, 5,000 copies. 1869.
Reader, No. 3, 84 pages, 5,000 copies. 1869.
Sabbath, A work on the, 116 pages, 2,000 copies.
Scripture Titles of Christ, 104 pages, 1,000 copies.
Serious Inquiry, 20 pages, 2,000 copies.
Sermon for the Whole World, 28 pages, 2,000 copies. It is the Sermon
on the Mount.
Sermons, fourteen in one vol., 316 pages, 1,000 copies.
Spelling Book, 64 pages, 1,000 copies.
Theological Class Book.
The Ten Commandments, a handbill, 2,000 copies.
Without Holiness no Man shall see the Lord, 11 pages, 1,000 copies.
In Armeno-Turkish there were printed in 1869, 398 consecutive pages
and 16,000 copies.
IN ARABO-TURKISH (SOMETIMES CALLED THE OSMANLI-TURKISH. TURKISH IN
THE ARABIC CHARACTER).
Under the direction of Dr. Schauffler, an edition of the New
Testament, of very beautiful typography, was issued in 1862.
Also, Matt. v. in separate form.
A Commentary on Matthew and Mark, 400 pages, 1,000 copies. 1864.
The Decalogue, one page, 1,000 copies. 1867.
The Beatitudes, one page, 1,000 copies. 1867.
Selected Texts, one page, 1,000 copies. 1867.
Selected Texts, one page, 1,000 copies. 1867.
On Belief and Worship: an Explanation of the Christian Religion as
understood and professed by Protestants, 128 pages, 3,000 copies.
The Primer, 64 pages, 5,000 copies. 1869.
Notes on the Decalogue, 80 pages, 3,000 copies.
Teachings of the New Testament, concerning the Judgment, 16 pages,
5,000 copies.
Firman of the Porte in relation to the Protestant community, 300
copies.
In this dialect, in 1869, were printed 161 consecutive pages, 13,300
copies--total, 531,300 pages.
In the Koordish Dialect, previous to 1863, 13,000 copies of the
Scriptures had issued from the mission press.
IN BULGARIAN.
In the year 1844, a small volume in this language was issued at
Smyrna. It was Part I. of Gallaudet's Child's Book on the Soul,
61 pages, 2,000 copies.
In 1851 and 1852, several Tracts were printed, in all 8,000 copies.
In 1853, the Book of Psalms.
In 1860, 59,000 copies, in part of the New Testament, and in part of
other books and tracts, making 3,332,000 pages.
In 1861, the New Testament, Biblical Catechism, Child's Book on the
Soul, etc., 1,195 consecutive pages, and 60,000 copies.
In 1863, 1,896,000 pages. Up to this time, 4,000 copies of the New
Testament.
In 1864, 303 copies of tracts, etc., 39,000 consecutive pages.
The issue of the Old Testament, following the New, commenced 1866.
The Zornitza, or Day Star, a small monthly sheet, was commenced
about 1866, having 750 subscribers.
After this time, the printing was as follows:--
TOTAL
PAGES. COPIES. COPIES.
The Bible, commenced, imperial, 8vo 624 5,000 3,120,000
The Pentateuch 352 1,000 352,000
Book of Genesis 167 1,000 167,000
Book of Proverbs 91 2,000 182,000
Hymn and Tune Book, finished 44 3,000 132,000
Dr. Goodell's Sermons 522 3,000 1,566,000
Sermon on the Sabbath 12 2,000 24,000
Commentary on Matthew 240 3,000 720,000
Spiritual Worship 156 2,000 312,000
The Bible and Tradition 35 3,000 105,000
Protestants the Ancient Orthodox 43 3,000 129,000
Baptism 28 3,000 84,000
The Lord's Supper 34 3,000 102,000
The Pope and the Roman Catholic Church 74 3,000 220,000
Answer to Infidel Objections 36 3,000 108,000
Bruch on Prayer 48 3,000 144,000
The Way of Salvation 8 3,000 24,000
Poor Joseph 8 3,000 24,000
The Two Lambs 18 3,000 54,000
On Fasting, third edition 16 3,000 48,000
The One Thing Needful, second edition 7 3,000 21,000
The Enlightened Priest, second edition 22 3,000 66,000
Index to Sermons 4 3,000 12,000
The Heavenly Voice, and What it is to
believe in Christ 16 3,000 48,000
Confession of Faith 8 1,000 8,000
Zornitza, "The Day Star," 12 Nos. 4to 96 2,000 192,000
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2,709 70,000 7,964,000
In the Bulgarian, in 1869, were printed 519 consecutive pages, and
19,000 copies.
IN HEBREW AND HEBREW-SPANISH.
The Psalms, 3,000 copies, 1836. An edition in 1853, 5,000 copies.
The Pentateuch, 500 copies. Second edition of 2,000 copies.
The Old Testament, printed at Vienna, 3,000 copies.
The same, second edition, 5,000 copies, printed at Smyrna.
Oppenheim's Hebrew Grammar, at Smyrna, 2,000 copies. It was designed
to lead the Jews from a fanciful to a grammatical construction of
the Hebrew Oracles.
A Hebrew Vocabulary.
A Hebrew-Spanish Primer, of 20 pages.
A Hebrew-Spanish Lexicon, in part; extending to 187 consecutive
pages; number of copies 8,000. So far in 1851. It appears to have
been since completed.
In 1855, just before the close of the Jewish mission, 319 pages of
Hebrew-Spanish literature were printed in Constantinople, 5,000
copies.
Between 1840 and 1860, 23,000 copies of the Hebrew-Spanish
Scriptures, under the supervision of missionaries of the American
Board.
IN ARABIC.
Previous to the arrival of the Mission Press at Beirût, the
following tracts had been issued from it at Malta:--
Farewell Letter of Rev. Jonas King to his friends in Syria, in 1825.
Asaad Shidiak's Statement of his Conversion, and of his
Persecutions.
Mr. Bird's Reply to the Maronite Bishop of Beirût, 535 pages.
In 1836, amounting to 380,800 pages, as follows:--
Spelling Cards, 8 pages, 500 copies.
Watts's Catechism for small children, 16 pages, 1,000 copies.
A Lithographic Copy-book, 200 copies.
Elements of Arabic Grammar, 168 pages, 1,000 copies.
Hymn Book, 24 pages, 200 copies.
Alphabet, lithographed, 200 copies.
The Dairyman's Daughter, 96 pages, 2,000 copies.
Since 1836, the issues of the press were as follows:--
Extracts from Chrysostom, 166 pages, 2,000 copies.
Extracts from Thomas à Kempis, 60 pages, 2,000 copies.
Smith's Arithmetic, 84 pages, 1,200 copies.
Proverbs of Solomon, 4,000 copies.
On Self-Examination, 40 pages, 4,000 copies.
Sermon on the Mount, 12 pages, 6,000 copies.
Tract on the Cholera, 12 pages, 4,000 copies.
Child's Book on the Soul. Part I., 104 pages, 2,000 copies.
Epistle to the Ephesians, 24 pages, 3,000 copies.
The Psalms of David, 276 pages, 5,000 copies.
Confession of Faith, 60 pages, 400 copies,
On Temperance, by Mrs. Whiting, 96 pages, 2,000 copies.
Child's Book on the Soul. Part II., 116 pages, 2,000 copies.
Little Henry and his Bearer, 84 pages, 2,000 copies.
The Acts of the Apostles, 150 pages, 2,000 copies.
Arabic Syntax, 74 pages, 2,000 copies.
The Passion of Christ, as in Matt. xxvii., 16 pages, 6,000 copies.
Thomas à Kempis, revised, 343 pages, 2,000 copies.
The First Sixteen Psalms, for Schools, 23 pages, 1,000 copies.
The Office and Work of the Holy Spirit, 256 pages, 2,000 copies.
Spelling Book, 63 pages, 2,000 copies.
The Westminster's Assembly's Catechism, 43 pages, 2,000 copies.
Good Works, their place, 87 pages, 2,000 copies.
Nevins's Thoughts on Popery, 156 pages, 2,000 copies.
Watts's Catechism for Children, 2,000 copies.
The Assembly's Shorter Catechism, with proofs, 1,500 copies.
In 1842, the Arabic printing at Beirût amounted to 1,708,000 pages.
In 1843, to 13,000 copies, and 1,282,000 pages. Number of pages from
the beginning, 6,077,000.
After the year 1845, the printing proceeded from year to year, and
the number of copies and pages was reported as formerly; but the
titles do not occur in the printed Reports, except as follows:--
The Spelling Book, from Bible; 59 pages, 1,500 copies.
Letter to the Syrian Clergy, 20 pages, 1,200 copies.
The Book of Genesis, 136 pages, 1,200 copies.
Union Question Book, Vol. I., 1,500 copies.
An Arithmetic, by Butrus el Bistâny.
Mrs. Whiting on Temperance, second edition.
Mr. Johnston's tract on Good Works, their Place, second edition.
Mr. Bird's Reply to the Maronite Bishop, second edition.
Mr. Calhoun's Companion to the Bible.
Dr. Van Dyck's Geography.
Dr. Alexander's Evidences of Christianity.
Dr. Van Dyck's Algebra.
Dr. Van Dyck's Sermon on the Second Commandment.
A small Arabic Grammar.
Dr. Meshakah on Skepticism.
Dr. Schneider on Rites and Ceremonies.
A new edition of the Psalms of David.
The New Testament, in the version made by Dr. Eli Smith, assisted by
Butrus el Bistâny, and revised by Dr. Van Dyck, with references, and
also a Pocket Edition of the same, without references, of 5,000
copies, was issued from the press in March 1860.
The printing of the WHOLE BIBLE IN ARABIC was finished in March
1865. Upon this great work Drs. Smith and Van Dyck had labored with
zeal and energy sixteen years, from 1838. Of this translation, ten
different editions, of the whole, or of parts, had been printed in
1865, comprising over 40,000 copies.
Two hundred copies of the first three chapters of the Gospel by John
were printed in raised letters, for the use of the blind.
Printed in 1866: volumes of all kinds, 28,434. Copies of Tracts,
23,000. Copies of Scripture, 14,554. Pages of Tracts, 888,000. Pages
of Scripture, 2,872,000.
Printed in 1867:--
Edwards's History of Redemption.
Bickersteth's Scripture Hand-book.
A large Psalm and Hymn Book.
A Psalter, versified.
A Children's Hymn Book.
A Monthly Missionary Arabic Journal.
Mr. Bistâny's Elements of Grammar.
Two editions of his Arabic Lexicon.
In 1867, were printed 16,800 volumes of all kinds, and 20,700
Tracts.
In 1868, 726,000 pages of Scripture, and 1,300,000 of other works.
In 1869, 5,147,000 pages of all kinds.
The reports for subsequent years are defective.
MODERN SYRIAC. (THE LANGUAGE OF THE NESTORIAN PEOPLE.)
The printing, in the year 1843, was 860 volumes, 6,940 tracts, and
611,580 pages.
In 1844, the Four Gospels, and the Dairyman's Daughter, were
printed. Whole amount, 437,800 pages.
The New Testament, with the ancient and modern Syriac in parallel
columns, was printed in 1846. In that year, 2,500 books and
tracts, and 1,114,000 pages, were printed; of which about
1,000,000 pages were quarto. Among the books was a new and
enlarged edition of the Nestorian Hymn Book, a Spelling Book, and
a Question Book.
The Pilgrim's Progress was commenced in 1847.
A monthly paper, entitled "The Rays of Light," was begun in 1848,
and has continued till the present time.
In 1853 and 1854, an edition of the New Testament entire, was
printed; also a Hymn Book, and a volume entitled Scripture Facts.
In 1855, Green Pastures for the Lord's Flocks, 392 pages.
In 1856, Barth's Church History, and a Scripture Geography.
Whole number of volumes printed this year, 3,000; 880,000 pages.
In 1857, 934,000 pages, of which 768,000 were of Scripture, in large
quarto.
During the eighteen years following the arrival of the press, from
1840 to 1858, 68,000 volumes were printed, comprising 13,493,020
pages.
In 1860, the New Testament, with references, had been printed.
The Old Testament is spoken of as having been previously printed in
that form.
A Christian Almanac was issued in 1862.
The Word of God was largely printed from year to year.
In 1866, Rays of Light, a monthly paper, 8vo, 384 pages, 400 copies.
Wayland's Moral Science.
Volumes printed in 1866, 1,250. Tracts, including the monthly paper,
5,500. Pages of Scripture, and other works, 381,300.
Whole number of volumes from the beginning, 91,350. Number of pages,
18,052,050.
In 1867, Dr. Perkins's Commentary on Genesis; also a Christian
Almanac.
In 1869, Rays of Light, monthly, 104 pages, 400 copies.
Night of Toil, 221 pages, 500 copies.
Signet Ring, 65 pages, 200 copies.
Revival Hymns, 32 pages, 200 copies.
Dialogue on the Papacy, 12 pages, 200 copies.
Almanac, 44 pages, 200 copies.
Dr. Perkins's Commentary on Daniel, 154 pages, 500 copies.
Printed in 1869, 632 consecutive pages, 2,200 copies.
Total pages from the beginning, November 1840, to the close of 1869,
19,529,150.
INDEX. [not included]
END OF VOLUME II.