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Asia Minor.
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AMERICAN MISSION ARIES.
WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN ASIA MINOR.

AMERICAN MISSIONARIES.
WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN ASIA MINOR
Lnndon Ii'nes. !
From time immcmorial Asia Minor has been |
Inhabited by many and various races which have |
existed and stagnated side hy side, each race the
enemy OF the other, and each trying to injure |
aud supplant tue other. Within tile last thirty |
five years few men ol younger and more vig- |
orous race have come to reside amoug these dis
cordant peoples, and the objects they have in
view arc as widely different from the objects OF
the inhabitants Of their adopted country as their
old homes In the West arc distant from their
new homes in the East.
These American missionaries desire to be the
friends Of all, to teach aud educate all, and, If
possible, to raise all alike from the degraded
state and supersttious atmosphere in which
they live to higher, holier, and more honora-
bic condition. The difficulties they have to con-
tend against are great, but their zeal and cour-
age remain unshakcn, and through evil report
und good report and many discourage
mcnts they work steadily on, devotlng
energies and talents that il employed in
their own country would lead to wealth and
honor to the services Of those among whom
they believe it their duty and privilege to labor.
The people to whom these men and women arc
thus devoting their lives, whether Armcnians,
Greeks, Jews, Levantines, or Turks, arc occu-
MED wholly with an anxious, if not greedy, de-
sire to acquire money, or the social and political
influence that brings both wealth aud power.
As one walks through the streets or bazaars
of Turkish town, the words used to designate
the various moneys in use recur necessarily.
Every man. woman, and child is talking OF
money 1etson' ,ot;.,o
readily Calculate tne e'el-euaus'ns 4ea.1' =,
values OF "silVer money" "clean money
q rotten money!, "face money!: In all 2c-
cannrs If thrir GRIEVANCES the people rank the
loss of money OF goods as heavier oppression
than nersona! ill-usage. In thousand ways
tLnv sfou tjat money is the first Object Of their
thnuohts and tile idol that they worship.
pai;l;nn % ogsn in The Fast is not as religion
in thc West. In The latter man may be of any
~ m re}ieion and vet be loyal subject of his
country. In the East religion is nationality, and
wien a man changes his religion he also, in his
nv, avrs and those OF Others, changes his ua-
fional3,v a. completely US does an Engiishman
- ha ienvcs his country and becomes French
man. There is, however, this difference: an En-
rljshman might for certain reasons become q
t;anni;t w;thout losInv his friends but an East
49, 1hd rhanres his reli.don-i,, e., bis nation-
ei;tvMhecon,es an object Of hatred, if not loatt-
mo- to friends. relations, and all persons of bis
nfaifTH mus
;s Considered religious il he is loyal to bis ma
+;onni;tv and frrcliyious il be is lukewarm or,
fnr anv reason hostile to the aspirations OF his
own ncople. 4 greater contrast to these people
than the Anerean # %GaIu s2ar1
| fr,m the Society in America that sends them
forth. they are free from any suspicion Of trying
-, increase their worldly wealth, directly or in
directly. Enthusiastic in what they consider ie1
even their lives to the education and enlightcn-
ment OF the degraded races among whom they
labor Most Of them are highty. educated, some
are profoundly. learned, men. | met gentle TIE
lad been devoted to goud works in the East
who. besides being scholar in the usual accept
o,io1, Of the term, spoke French, Italian, and
German, and has translated, or assisted others
to translate the bole into modem G1;r Greek' nu!
liaguist doubt ii his equal exists, but his mod
esIy exceeds his great knowledge, and it was
not until had lived under the same roof with
him for several days that l became aware o1
! powers SO rare und deep. In some cases en-
thusiasm leads mcu to take IN exaggerated
view Of tie results Of their labors. 1t
would be surprising it it were not 50; but, as q
| rule, found the missionaries n!lea Mltn nhe
plain, common sense LOT "nicn uus III" % Gu, u
gland agriculturists are celebrated. ihey are
all married, live in comfortable, clean houses
! aud are simple and unpTcrcnding III thelf haD
its, following as near as possible the habits ano
customs Of their 1oIelatners. 10 mnfth neY mne
been accustomed before they lett thGlr naLlvs rn
land. They never drink wine nor smoke topac
CO. and, though their loleEatlon allows NE eues les!
within their gates 10 lnoui2e ~ a1s "a. ~
habit, yet theV never RIovaue ssioag ,v,1 ~
them or LOT any ,m1rv on1 evnte3 their energies t.
an attempt to convert the Jews 60 cnl.stlAu!., tn
1t is not too muco 70 say .na. ;ies t m5eauor
ended IN 1aliure' US ,ana ~! aasI rr,,. ;rfa,n,
to Cn5ls.an,4 ~ ct,annr Of religion IN the cyes .