Annual reports of the boards to the General Assembly . c-spealsing villages, is fast ripening for the gospel harvest. No report has been received of the issues of the Press, whichhas contniiied under the supervision of Mr. Coan. Several tours were made by the missionaries into different por-tions of the field. These were productive of good results. Tab) •tz. This station was occupied the last of September, by Rev. P. and his wife, and by Miss Jevvett. This city, the grand outlet and inlet of trade, is considered theemporium of Persia, and contains a population of nearly 200,000inhabit
Annual reports of the boards to the General Assembly . c-spealsing villages, is fast ripening for the gospel harvest. No report has been received of the issues of the Press, whichhas contniiied under the supervision of Mr. Coan. Several tours were made by the missionaries into different por-tions of the field. These were productive of good results. Tab) •tz. This station was occupied the last of September, by Rev. P. and his wife, and by Miss Jevvett. This city, the grand outlet and inlet of trade, is considered theemporium of Persia, and contains a population of nearly 200,000inhabitants. Religious services were commenced at once, both for the foreignand the native population. Some came to the latter, from curiosity,others from a desire of gain, a report having been spread abroadthat eveiy one who attended the services was paid something ; athird class was soon kept back by fear of the Archbishop (Armenian),who threatened those who came. The congregation thus gatheredhas been composed of both Mussulmans and Armenians. Much in-. MISSIONS IN PERSIA. 39 terest in divine things was shown by a few. Their steady attend-ance upon the means of grace aroused the suspicion and hostilityof certain ecclesiastics, which resulted in their being watched bysome of the police. Soon some of these were apprehended,thrown into prison and severely beaten. They were, however, re-leased through the active interference of the English consul andMr. Easton. One of those who was thus punished, w^as an oldman, He had reason to believe that if he did not acknowledgeMohammed, death might await him, but he remained steadfast, andif he did not venture to call upon Christ, neither did he invokeMohammed or Ali, but cried, O, Lord of Heaven, in Thee is fiurhfipe. This opposition to evangelistic effort was instigated bythe Armenian priests, who are afraid of losing their followers, asthere is no laAV against an Armenian becoming a Protestant,though the death-penalty exists against any foll
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