. Woman and her Saviour in Persia. eLord. This so enraged the patriarch, that, for the sake ofpeace, the governor advised to bury the body in one ofthe villages. The sorrowing parents then locked theirhouse, and leaving their babe alone in its slumbers, went tothe chapel. There they found comfort from a sermon onthe text, Through much tribulation we must enter intothe kingdom of God. About twenty men returned withthem to the house. Then one bearing the little coffin wentbefore; the rest followed, singing the forty-sixth Moslems gazed with wonder, as they passed close bythe door of t
. Woman and her Saviour in Persia. eLord. This so enraged the patriarch, that, for the sake ofpeace, the governor advised to bury the body in one ofthe villages. The sorrowing parents then locked theirhouse, and leaving their babe alone in its slumbers, went tothe chapel. There they found comfort from a sermon onthe text, Through much tribulation we must enter intothe kingdom of God. About twenty men returned withthem to the house. Then one bearing the little coffin wentbefore; the rest followed, singing the forty-sixth Moslems gazed with wonder, as they passed close bythe door of the patriarch, and went out of the city engraving (page 154) gives a very good representationof this gate. On the green hill-side at Seir the little onewas laid to rest, and the father, thanking the company 154 WOMAN AND HER SAVIOUR. for their kindness, hastened them back, to be in time forthe afternoon service. In the mean time, Mar Shimon sent far and near, forbid-ding all intercourse with the missionaries. At Geog Tapa,. SEIR GATE, OKOOMIAH. in the absence of the Malik, he ordered an old man, whoformerly held that office, to summon the people before a few vagrants obeyed, and these he commanded tobreak up the schools, and prevent preaching in the , that evening, when John commenced preaching, theyproceeded to execute their orders; but, afraid to face thedetermined people, they deferred the attack till the hearerspassed out; and then, like stanch old Puritans, hardlynoticing them, the congregation wended their way home-wards, singing psalms as they went. The patriarch now excommunicated Mar Yohanan, andmade common cause with the French Lazarists. He even DARK DAYS. 155 wrote a fraternal epistle to the pope, ready for any thing,if he could only crush the mission. His attendantsmarched about the mission premises with loud threats;pious Nestorians were knocked down in the streets; whilehis brother Isaac went to a distant village, to show that hehad no s
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