Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-11-01
CHER w GAZETTE E.

ander ~. rOWefS lHlSSl0nQi leS, ana tHeir
! wives.
TREBIzoND-Thomas P. Johnston and
William C.. Jackson Missionaries, ind their
wives.
"a stations; 8 missionaries, printer, 9
female assistant missionaries, aud 4 native
he pers; Total, ~
No report has been received Of the prin-
ting at Smyrna since June ofIast year. The
issues from the depository during the year
1886, amounted to 27 ,565 books, u 1896.
1l2 pages The SCHOOLS have been sus-
pen ed on accouAt of me Greeks. MIR.
Adg'r's usatuly en- dyed in revising a
VERSION of The N W T s alnent in modern
Ar'nInan. lnade some time since by an Ar.
menIan. Mr.. Adgcr regards the anci nj
Armenian version as scarcely inferior to
our own excellent English version, some
f.w interpretations ex:eped. 1t W IS madf
aboIt me fitin cent 'ry. A Greek perlod-
cal, c,tIied me REPOSITORY Of Us'.fiil knowl
egc, ISSUED by tae Nilsson, is received with
favor by Greek subscribers.
the a,Ion at SEQ received the accession
of Mr.. aud Mrs. Lcyburn the past year,
and that at Treblzond of Mr.. and nj rs.
Jackson. Ii is doubled whether Scio is the
place ira Greek seminary. and whether
il sem nary Oil a large scale Is exped ent
any where at present for educating native
Greek helpers. The schools at Brossa
coIecced with the mission have been sup.
pr, ed, and d considerable number OF
books, including tine Scriptures, which had
been dis rlbuted by the MISSIONARIES, were
burned by the Greeks. Tue flames made
Known the existence OF the books to the
whole people and awakened curiosi y con
cernng tncm. No, d few books were pre-.
served and valued The moro on account OF
the risk encountered by the preservaron,
and atl lces' Il few of the people We're led to
eXaunsle teen the more carefully by the
order for their dcsruclIol.
In OctoDer, Messrs. Schneider and Pow.
rrs made our to Ku oeh,a CITY of consld.
eraOIe note III ne country ancieuily called
Pnrygla. Mr.. johns on also m .de tour
from Trebizond, accompanied by Mr.. Sen.
nekerlm, The Armenian already mentioned.
Tney visited Samsoon. Tcharchambash,
Ooneieb, Anassia, Tokat, ,ovas. Erzcngan.
and Erzeroo.n. At Tokat they found an
Arncn an bislop, whose mind had been
So mucn enIi gntened, aud who had attemp.
led some salu,ary reforms. Mr.. Johnston
recommends Erzeroom as proper site for
a missionary ailon. -..
MISSION TO SYRIA AND THE HOLY LAND.
BEYRooT.-EI smith; William NJ. Thorn.
son, and Story Hebard, Missionaries; Mrs.
Thomson, Mrs. Hebard. d.-One native bel.
per.
JERUsALEM.-George B. Whiting, and
John F. Lanneau, Missionaries: Mrs. Wnl,
ing, and NJ ss T.ldcn.
LARNlKA, on tle island Of Cyrus, con.
lccted with this missIon.--Lorenzo w.
Pelse. Jimrs l.. Thompson, and Daniel
La I'd. Missionaries; Mrs. Ptase, Mrs. Ladd
| One native "elper.
On 1torc J>,rGtro5 crQtGS.--ISddC
Bird, Missionary, and wife.
6 STA ons; 9 missionaries, 8 female as.
SIS AM M slonal les, and Z native hepcrs;-
total, 49,
Miss Williams was united in marriage to
Mr.. Hebard on thu 9th Of October. Mrs.
Smith, after sutf ring much in consequence
OF Shrpwrrck on the coast Of oaran ana,
wnile on he way with her husband to Smvr.
ll tor tn: benefit OF her heath, slepi, Je.
sus at the latter place, September 3lst.--
Sne possessed uncommon excellence of
character. In the snlpwreck Mr.. Smith
lost tine valuable manuscript OF a journal
kept by him during his tour through the
Hooran and the counrry north OF Damascus
inthe year lS34, Which he had not found time
PREF are tor the press.
While on visit 20 Constan;iaople, Mr..
Smith procured about 200 models of Arab.
III letters for the cutting ola new fount of
!ypc in thai language. He succeeded in
SO shaping these that punches formed from
them, will make not far from thousand
ma,rlces and letters, and fount embracing
nearly every variety. These models he
left IN the hands OF Mr.. Hallock at Smyrna,
who will probably succeed in cutting the
punches. The Arabic founts now in use
by the mission are very imperfect. The
pruning during the year 1886, all in Arabic,
amounted to 4.200 copies, and 3sl,oOO
pages. A printer is much needed.
Four Of the regular attendants on the
Arabic preaching Bcyroot are thought to
be- .ruiy pIous and the brethren see cause
10 hope mat work has CO umenced Ia
many hear S, which VIII receive its comple.
tlon III heaven.
Tue excitement among the Greeks for a
time had much effect on the schools. 1t led
to tine establishment Of a large school byt ,e
Greek bishop as substitute for the mission
schools, to which OF course the mission could