The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1828-01-31

/ sannzh. The 0lhrrS aTe 4 iTnaeSn tarte~s-
TIE index of tlar lat Nola'a~ will diUct the
reader 90 very Interesting ,.. oanls "f sUsu~
| Of thesp persons. Several 0thrTs have ben
mentioned, rs bring 10 q state ut mind uOrr
or less prUmising. and here are named for the
sake Of attracting attention tO any nOtirrs at
them Which may appear in the Missionary
Herald for the year To come; viz. JacOd Aga.
bishop Of the Armenian Church; Calrb
| Shidiak, hrOtller Of Asaad aud Phares; Ma
rad, their uncle; Naami LAtOOf, a young
shekh of TripOli; aud Peter Teen. prOlnis-
| ing yOnng man, all Of the MarOnIte church; ;
| Asaad Jacob, (Of whom accounts have bern
received somewhat more favorable than those
published at p. 373 of the last volume y Tan
nOUs, an active SchOOlnaster; Fsrj Allah. a
prOmislng young man; aid Michael, his
cousin all of the Greek Church.-FOr bio
graphical notices Of several of the indis iduals
memtiWned above. see 18th RepOrt.-lrhe ex-
element on the subject Of religion IN Bry-
root. and its vicinity, 1as for many mOnths
past, been great. More than one hundred
copies of the sacred books were distributed
:ratuitously in the year previous to July 1888,
and S37 we're sold. The reading Of the
Scriptures with the people in ancient and
;nOdern Armenian, ancient and modern Greek,
Turkish, Turkish armenian. Arabic. and J.
| ,riian, is pursued almost daily. TRANSACTIONS
nave been made into Arabic and Armenian.
and press aud types have been procured t.
print them at Maita.-An average attendance
Of about 500 children,( of whom so were girIs.l
was secured To the schools during the 6rst
half Of 1895; in subsequent months the mum
Der was considerably diminished BY persecu-
tom. The termination Of Mr. Kings engage
ment in Syria, in the autumn Of 1895, was
mentioned 10 the last survey. On his way to
this country, h. spent some time at Smyrna,
visited Constantlnople. Algiers,, MinOrca.
Spain, France, and England. He arrived
10 New-York sometime during September
last.
SMYRNA. a.
Rev. Elnathan Gridley. and Rev. Josiah
Brewer. Missionaries. az
Ii was remal ked iu the last survey, that
these missionaries were ON theii way to Sy-
ria. For some reasons, stated in. the last
volume, their destination was changed and
they proceeded to Smyrna. Mr.. Gridley be-
slows special attention on the Greeks. Mr..
Brewer, being supported by the Female Soc
ciety Of Boston aud Vicinity for promoting
christianity among the Jews, directs his prin-
clpal inquiries and labors to the Jews. H.
has spent some months in Constantine
pie. for the sake Of better helps in his prepar-
atory studies. ID.
Rev. Daniel Temple, and Rev. Eli Smith.
Missionaries Heman HallOck, printer.
Mr.. Smith went t. Egypt about a year a.
20, with view to the Arabic language. He
thence proceeded toSyria, where he was at
the latest dates. Mr.. S. is expected to take
charge Of the Arabic press. Mr.. HalIock's
engs gements as printer,are for limited time.
and on fixed stipend. Mrs. Temple died
on the 18th of January, Of last year. Since
her death, Mr.. Temple has been bereavcd.
also, of two of his children. No particular
account of the operations of the press at Nal
Ia, for some time past, has been received
Previous to lsx6, there had been printed n
bout 100000 pages in Modern Greek, and
somewhat more than 100000 in the Italian
language. The station was commenced 10
| 1891. 80
"A considerable difficulty is experienced
in presenting religious tracts To those who
need them, aud would most probably be ben.
Gifted by them. Italy and Spain are care.
fully guarded ag inst the intrusion OF religious
books. In other places round the Mediter-
ranean, agents are needed to travel, to become
acquainted with the best means 0f access to
the people, aud To distribute the Scriptures
and tracts. For the want Of such agenis,pub.
| ilcatiOns had for s.Me time been accommodating
in the Repositories nj Malta. 1t seemed de-
sirahle, tferefore. that special efforts should
be- made for the purpose of enarging the
sphere Of Missionary influence and ssen-
cirs." a.
dessrs. Gridlry and Brewer have found a
great demand for religious works IN Asia MI
| nor.
IA The Heather tritaout a SGviOur.--Fie that
restores sight ~ one that is blind, not only
gives him sight.but does in effect giye him the
luminarirs Of heaven. thu c"lOrs that adOrn
the earth. the brautirs Of nature and Of art. in
Il word, all the benefits which the faculty Of
seeing imparts. s" he who sends The gospel
To the destitute. gives them Christ. gives thrm
i Saviour.and all the blessings whic shat ;>a-
viour has purchased O whatEgEts. what
blessings are these to be dispensed W;h&a
mortal hand. Who viii not spin& forward
with eagerness to share the pa, liegssa Of dis
pensng such treasures WI" ~i'inot thank
God. who thus allows us 10 ,m late himself
l-tO share with him the happiness nj doing in-
finite good! Compared wlth this pri. iirge.
even the miraculous powers nj th'- APOSTLES.
which gave sight to the hbnd, hearins to the
deaf, and life to the dead. shrink into insgni-
fc:nce. We may place Saviour, "a heaven,
within the reach no. uf one Onl, hal "fth"u
sands. II may be- fairly presumed that every