New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-05-25

,ou,s In all th,, land one wonan in n thousand who
could read pail Of thick dirSnes- ma sS'ru ' ~"
even over the hand where the Bible ITSELF hnl rs
We ha "a laForc thcia now nearly fiv years. we are
erphaticaly then home miss onaric- ah ioNo zig
Home Missionary Society. "" are L'horhS III .o i
of the Bible; We ure abOlns where Aih pse1,e l.
where tle Apostles onn tea Churches WNet' T.,
self preached nave preached deci o' sc's .'r
Ggiee inst viii ina Lcafing IT tie voice ~ me SaV"r'
when he brought FROM Peter thai wohgllul ~
"Thnu art the Christ, the son OF Inc hyht pU "a
haze created churches in the REGIONS oi 'riiicc, .u
az This very moment | hold, ~ tde trustee ahi e
attorney oi the old Amerc N Board, some 10 % ~
Gerd. OF parea OF land which belong 10 yOu-aid
i'm Bcir1f Land In Lebanon, ~ old syria, ~ u.,le''
and one little portion Mount ZION Ih lna' "ge"
which entities US to that piece OF land in Jerusalem ~
descrhcd-in the old Arabic drc' winch i ~ nv uhu
~ ucce land adjacent 10 tAe tomb ~ tue pa,
David on whom II, ace. All these eds, as is INC Gus
tom there mad TO be transferred not simply IN my amt
dead more 30 years. aaVe hved AZ honanyn o.
years and there have loved % I've; and us iS teTe
that would die and il is there II lie shan 10
enough prolonged, that intend 10 die ,,a,.o
The particular d'pirtncs OF itor ID WIFI ~ ,I 90
OF Arha tie estibshnnt IF mission seminary io tne
traninI OF young Ia b. teachers ana naive cIi'
That school has usually contained about 30 pupils llst
now lhere 49, ana from 1t nave gone iortn S'rnSi
portion OF all the native helpers now laborng uloos
ont SYRIA We have sent young men Int EsVp'' 10
labor with other sOcrtles than ours tn DlinaHcF 10
labor with brethren OF the United fr'spy Ieimn
church tb re 10 Terusen to Nlzirth to the iaId al
Moab. beyond the Jordan, to the p'hhs ol the
,gdld; and we have gsh -Ted INTO tn1 scl0p
10 he educated students from all narts oi INC country
from Tyre and 5ldon and even Naz ire'h our oQect
scienccs and 10 give tnem religious instruction on ,r
Sihbstn hut have devoted one hour dly 70 blo.e
instruction. bcsnuin, It, aud going on from D9ok ~
book Until recently We have been without Bluir DIG
tonary IN the Arabic Language, AMI without C1ncou-
ance. and vet many OF these men became tielr own
Bibe dictionary AMI their own concordance AopiauseI
Many Of them refer TO passages oI scripture wan I"
facility that would amaz yOi.
The SPEAKER tnen described the modes OF study ana
the vicssudes OF his experience in the Turkish EMPIRE
and was frequently appaudrd
Dr. Coan who the next speaker said there was no
more foreign nssisonary work, modern Inventions
had brou ut the firihest lands The Church was
great missionary enterprise aud the command was Co.
preach the Gospel" lie had been n missionary Tor
twenty-sey years. He would rather prea IN IN the
syrae Language than in his her tongue He was op
posed to rctreuchuent IN TIE missionary funds Inc
support OF the missionaries obligatory on tie Church
Re;renchment should begin IN the Injuries OF home
fApp,.usol lie Described detail bis missionary work.
and the success be had met with.
The Assembly then adjourned until p. IN.