Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-16
MSS J[N[|1 N PERSIA
A Marshalltown Missionary Writes
Of Her Experiences Among the
Armenians and Others.
Extracts From a Letter Read Before
the Missionary Society of the
Presbyterian Church.
Union Temperance Meeting Sunday
Night at the M. E. Church, With
ADDRESS by Rev. Jessup.

The following is portion of letter
written by Miss Mary Jewett to friends
of the Presbyterian church of this city
and read at a recent meeting of the |
missionary society of that church. Miss
Jewett was a former resident of this
city, but for twenty eight years past |
has been missionary and teacher in
Persia. The letter relates of a tour
around Lake Urumia, between Aug. 2,
1895, and April II, 1899. Among other
things Miss Jewett says:
II started on this extended tour at
4:S0 a. M. Tuesday, Aug. 9, 1898. The
early ride in the moonlight was very
pleasant. The summer sunrise was
beautiful, but soon the burning heat
from above and the reflected heat from
the sandy desert beat upon me. Hot
winds blew over the plain. The water
in the jug became so heated could not
drink it. Weary, parched and hungry,
I reached the stopping place at lo'clock.
Never did buttermilk and cucumbers
taste SO good; never were rest ana
shelter more welcome. The start the
next morning was earlier by three
quarters of an hour than on the first day
and the ride this second day was a very
| pleasant one. along the lake shore, with
| cool breezes from over the water. Al
| Sheikh Valley rested, talked TO the
women, bathed in the lake and slept on
| the roof As was going down to the
| lake shore to battle, accompanied by
several of the village women, drew my
| veil over my face to protect 1t from the
| rays of the sun. One of the women
cried out: Is your face any better than
ourst hat you have to protect 1T from be-
4 ing burned by the SUM- They were very
rude, and pitied them
"On Thursday at 10 o'clock we
reached a caravansarai, where stopped
Ave hours through the heat of the
day and made the rest of that day S
/ journey in the cool of the evening. AT
4 Lone Tree, where 1 spent that night,
carpet was spread on a low roof, ana
4 there I and the woman who was with
me retired The moon shone brightly
! and the scene in the yard was weird
and never to be forgotten one-men,
women and children, horses, COWS, but-
4 falos, calves, cats, dogs and donkeys,
beds, cradles, boxes. bags and baggage.
/ slept soundly and awakened re-
freshed. On Friday at 10 O'Clock I
reached the house of Pastor johanna in
Salinas received right cordial well
= come from all the good friends. Norma
the same quaint woman as ever, SAID OF
Pastor johanna: He is lovely man, ht
!, Is better than every man | saw In the
world remained in Salinas six weeks
making headquarters in Ula and spend
: ing two weeks in the old city, receiving
: and making calls and holding meetings
Z in those two villages. Going from lila
in company with Pastor johanna ! Wis
tied eight other Villages on the Salinas
plain and held meetings with the WON
en-. There was much sickness and deatf
:! in all the villages. was attacked by
= the epidemic ana SO lost two weeks o
: work while there but TIE Lord lnerci
:. fully spared my life. ] was much i'm
!. pressed by the openness of the work II
Salinas, the great friendliness of thu
: people of. all nationaities and creed
: and the great need of workers.
Sept 20 left Salinas for the Iru
J mia annual meeting was to begin on tn
y 25th and had the good fortune to be ;
: delegate. 1t was TO me the best annua
q meeting have ever attended. 1t wa
e the stn of FEBRUARY, doing a little 0
d Miss Mary NanDuzee's work amon
e Moslems and of Miss Cyrene NanDu
!, ices work among Armenians in III
Z. city, and visiting Arnenians and Ali
d Allhee villages on the plain. During tn
four and half months while there
visited thirty eight villages. making
some of them more than one visit. S
the number of my visits to these VII
lagos was fifty-two. These visits wer
- of various lengths of time. sometime
but few hours, sometimes over nigh
IA sometimes two nights and two days
, a place Everywhere / was kindly an
a cordially received. found the Poop
. teachable and in great need of mission
10 airy labor, the Armenians especially be-
: ling far more humble and tractable tina
l. in Tabriz. There are on the plain {
= Urumia not including Saldus, Dale an
;s the mountains. rhirty-seven village
~ either wholly or partly Armenian.
: these thirty-seven villages and m II
: lefty there are between 1000 and 5,0
Armenians. il is my opinion that the
ought to be stationed in Urumia mis-
sionary gentleman and missionai
lady who could give all their time to II
J. characterization of these Armenians. !
present there is only one native eval
= gelst engaged in this work and he is
weak one. On the Urumia plain the
~ are thirty Eight villages either Who'll
ie or partly Alliances. They are al:
accessible and call for missionary e
i, fort So, instead of the missionai
= force in Urumia being decreased,
er should be increased, not by more worl
ne ers for the HISTORIANS. but by worke
for the Armenians and for the Mo
nj lens.
ar II was fourteen days from Urum
in to Minindaub, as / tarried ten days
gs suldus. My reception in Miandaub
ny beyond description in the hearty we
come 1 received from all my frien
H., there-Armenian. Moslem, old al
rs. young. from the men and the wom
IS, and from the boys and the girls w
is. had been my pupils. There Oere dai
re opportunities OF work for Christ, a.
the JOY of the work drove away ;
lr- WEAKNESS. In addition to my Q
j. friends there 1 gained some new on
in in the persons Of the wife OF the go
.e- ernor and her retainers. The enthu
er asm of her friendship was unbound