The Penn's Grove record., 1891-04-17

with his legs twisted under him smok
ing the Ralion or water pipe. These
are the stores of Persia, simply the
street encloged and the enclosure Oh
each side of the street divided into STALL
or stores. 1t is estimated that there
are twenty five miles of such stores OF
bazaars in Tabriz.
Well, We will leave this bazaar before
we are trodden under foot by these
caravans OF little d0nkeys which are
passing through. You wonder at SC
many lean ugly dogs. There you see Il
nest of puppies lying in a hollow in the
mud wall. 1 have seen at the outskirts
of the city many nests of puppies lying
in holes made in the side of the walls.
Though you see 70 many dogs, yet the
natives themselves do not keep them.
These are all wild ones. The natives,
however, consider it merit to feed them
and hence they manage to live. TabriZ
is literally full Of these INBRED dogs,
n0r are they entirely safe as several Eu-
ropeans have been bitten and they Oft
Ell join In groups and fly after our hors-
es when we are riding.
That low mud building you see
through that gate is Il church. We
hope o 10 have a new one, as so0n
rs the Government gives us per-
mission TO build. MI. Covington, of
New York, has given us the money.
This two.story building we are ap-
preaching is the Turkish Consnl's.
There are four Cousels here, the Tur-
kisb, the French, the Russian and the
English. We are especially indebted
to the English consul, Colonel Stew
art, who is Il sincere Christian aud a
warm friend Of our mission. We all
are very fond of him and his wife. In
the absence of American protection,
England always is the fortress to which
we fly and know of no instance where
England las opposed or hindered Mis-
sion work. The presence Of English
officials is always welcomed by US. :.
We have ut last arrived at the pa
TENTS house. will knock with the
iron knocker. From the outside you
would not know there was anything be-
hind the high mud wall. But here is
the wooden gate and soon you will hear
the man servant coming to unbolt the
the gate. Here lie is. Now we will
enter. The servant says "Khuda
Haliz," this is their salutation and
means, God Is your keeper" We are
now within the wall and standing in.
the court yard. You perceive the small
court yard in surrounded Oh all sides by
low single story building. This is the
home Of u well TO do Armenian. We
will cross the coult yard to the entrance
to the house. Here it is and here we
will leave our o%vershOes. We can not
leave our shoes as the natives do as
ours are tied on while theirs are only
slippers.
The servant is now usl,ering us into
the sick mans room. There you see
the patient in the far corner lying with
his cotton mattress upon the floor. He
salutes US with "SaIaam Alakoom,"
which means "Peace be unto YOU"
We will sit upon these two chairs which
are especially placed here for US. While
Hakob is eDquiring after the patients
condition, we will notice the room. 1t
is u large room all one side of tie room
is a window made up Of small window
paues. No furniture Of any kind is to
be seen. The floor is covered with Per-
sian rugs. The ceiling and walls are
whitened with gypsum with no pictures
or ornaments Of any kind. This fam
lily being well to do have a small sheet
iron stove. Those men and women you
now see pushing in through the door
are anxious to see what the Doctor is
going to do. Were it q Mussulman
family, women would not be seen but
Arneniaus are not so strict.
Now that Hakob has gotten a history
from the patient, l will examine him.
You perceive he is not at all afraid of
me but is rs tractable as all American
patient. l find he has asthma, which
Is very common here. The attacks as
in this man often being so severe as al
most to prevent talking. l will give
him some medicine hypodermically.
He says he is perfectly willing to re-
ceive it thus. See how eagerly the men
and women are watching. They are
surprised to see medicine given under
the skin. We will wait a little while
and see how it acts.
Hare comes the tea which is a usual
occurrence in a well to do home. You
are expected to drink one, two or even
three cups, which you will soon learn to
do easily. As the patient is becoming
better and as the tea is about finished
we will bid onr patient farewell and
have him send around to our dispen-
ssry in an hour or so for more medi.
cine. The patient, you perceive, seems
very grateful saying, "Hosh Galdes"
"Your coming was blessed" With
"Khuda Hafz" to all, and a shake of.
hands with the patient we depart.
There is n quality of the Persians
which impresses itself upon MS the more
we see them and that is the tendency
which they have to deceive. 1t seems
to he born in them. They are always
polite, alwayJ saying sweet words but
at the same time they may be your bit.
-terest enemy. Add to this the ten
dency which they have to fabricate and
you have a nation among whom it is
especially hard to advance Christ's
kingdom. In a way. well educated,
denying Christ's Divinity, substituting
Mohammed for Christ, with a religion
embracing things that are immoral,
this is the condition of the Persian
people. The people greatly need
the Divine Spirit to quicken them. To
this end we look. Very Truly.
DIR. WIN. S. VANNEMAN.
NS.rts WIus