, 1880-12-05

F-' e@A% e1ol 1A lAlo uL1iEEL.
Aestorls was Bishop of our Church. and
we are called HISTORIANS by people outside
the Church.'
church, spoke the language that was spoken
ny Jesus Christ,-then it must be that you do
not conduct the service In the Persian lam
guage?'
NO, We do not. The language Of the
Church is the old Assyrian, which in its mod
ern form Is still spoken in different parts Of
Persia. It is the language of Oroomiah. At
the line OF our Savior the Syrio-Chaldaic lam
guage was spoken in Judea, and Jesus
preached In that language, but His utter
ances to God were In the language which He
learned from His Assyrian mother, and
day." ~ -
T., Are n there n many a., Sun or Fire Worshipers
IA. few. There are great many In Az
ghanistan, and some still left in Oroomiah."
worship;x' nshn you tell me anything about their
II know little about their religion except
what have seen with my own eyes. They
worship the sun as their supreme God, and
hre IN any form bears some relation to their
God. Diamonds are holy with them. Four
Spondent Of the New York Sun calls Mo
hamn.edan' miracle. He did not know
what he was writing about, This Of which
speak took place III Or0omiah. Five men,-
bers Of society Of Flre;;Worshipers went
into blazing big fire, aud remained several
minutes without being burned or scorched.
\ great many persons assembled to SIZE the
sight. The Sheik, who Is a priest among the
Fire W orshlpers, sat or kneeied. upon a
small piece Of carpet and munlbled prayer
or Incarnation in language which no per-
SON but himself could understand. AS soon
as he began the five men, naked except a
sirstle about the waist, walked into the fire
aud stood there swaying their bodies to and
wood and was VERY hot, 4 large sheet of
copper, which had been heated red like
blood, was III the fire, and this they took up
and put upon their heads. They remained
in the fire until the Shclk stopped praying,
When they came quickly out"
'Do you not think the five men applied
some chemical to the skin which prevented
the fire from burning them ~
~ do not see how that could be. Noteven
the!r tair Or 1e9rds were scorched "ewers
'' Did the Fire Worsl,ipers make many con-
vertS !. s q cut I Of Of this 'miracle'%'
Have you many newspapers in Persia ~
"Oh! yes, some. Oroomiah has G00O0 il-
hahitants, and there are two weekly papers
published there. They sell for a pannabat
and 10 cents"
Has Oroolniatl a Mayor or Governor who
is under the Pastla p
Yes, and Ills word is law. II he say,
Take Oft that mans head. it comes oil" J"
"How do you punish crimes in Persia p'
"Well. if you steal something the first
time they strip your feet bare and tie them
to stick. Then you are whipped on the
naked feet until you swoon away: Tie sec:
ond une,-one Of your hands will be cut of
and you are fined lot Of money. The third
time another hand comes off, and the fourth
time your head. For some crimes they lay a
man in hole III the earth, and pressing open
| which Kills him quick"
| Mr. Eshoo is a very Interesting and earnest
gentleman, whose mission here is to secure
help for the furnishing people Of Persia. liz
is about Is years Of age, and acquired his ed
| ucation at St. Aus,lstin's College. He has
| visited Jerusalem, Bethlehem, the River Jor-
| dan, Cyprus, Greece, and Italy, and is famil.
| iar with the Seven Churches Of Asia Minor.