The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-12

One was very beautiful, with eyes as blue
as the sky, and las large" as the Per-
SLAMS say, "as a bowl and as sweet as a
rose" No one who has not lived here,
can know how hard it is for an American
or European lady to live alone as this
heroic woman has been doing, denying
herself even ordinary comfort, in order
to show these loveless people Christs
love and beauty. No human being can live
on such a plan, unless inspired by love
for the Master. AS soon as Miss Jewett
heard of my arrival, she came and offer
ed to share her room with me. She was
delighted to have some one to talk to in
the English language.
The woman in whose house my servant
stayed was a converted Moslem. That
poor woman suffered for Christs sake.
Her friends and relatives have ostracized
her; she is thought to be defiled unfit
and unworthy even to be greeted on the
street with the usual "salam aleikum."
One day in Minadab, l was watching a
patient, and ss he was putting away his
medicine, l noticed that he took out of
his side pocket the four gospels In the
Turkish language.
"Agha Sayid Abas, where did you get
that book" 1 asked.
"Sayid . give 1t to me- he said. And
as soon as my eyes permit me, I will
read it. My home is in Sain Kala- In the
mountains. My father was the head of
Ally-Allahs and after his death, /, as his
eldest son, took his place. Once a year
we visit our people, instruct them, and
gather whatever is due to US"
This young man is twenty-eight years
old and his people number many thou
| sands and are scattered over many miles.
| Winter and summer he visits, instructs.
| and comforts them. What an evangelist
| he would make! We went to the village
| of the converted Sayid, who had given
| the Gospels to Abas.
Before sunrise next morning the yard
was filled with sick people from round
| about the villages Poor things! Many
| of them may never get another chance
| of seeing a doctor in their lifetime. Dur
| ing the next forty hours I saw three
| hundred and fifty patients mostly suffer-
| ers from eye disease Among them were
| Sayid Abas, and his brother. He gave
me, as fee beautiful pair of handmade
| socks Sonnet ines patients bring me hens,
| domestic birds, nuts, grapes, eggs, hand
| kerchiefs, and even lambs. These broth
ers-who are something like bishops and
| priests for the Ally-Allahs-were saying
| good-by before going to their mountain
home. All the people went out and each
kissed the hands of the departing ones,
| and they in turn were saying something
| which suppose was blessing. 1t seems
| tnat the Ally AlldnS, many Centuries dSN
were Christians After many of them
being slaughtered, the rest externally
| adopted the Moslem faith, but did not
| mix in marriage with Mohammedans.
| They generally live in villages by them
selves. 1t is said they walk upon live
| Goals and do other wonderful things to
| increase their "sanctity." Little by little
| they lost the mother-tongue in which
| their religious books were written. The
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verified Sayid is teaching the boys of the
| village. A year ago, a woman patient
| from the village came to Maragha, where
I live, and said to me: There is Sayid
| in our village who has become one OF
| YOU "a Christian. Mas he been a
worse man for it," l asked. NO" she
said, "he has become very good man.
| He does not beat his wife, nor revile, nor
swear nor quarrel nor fight as he used
to do formerly, and ne teaches our boys"
This converted Sayid's wife said to me
| rather sadly: "Hakim, hanim Qady doc
tori, you are blessed that you are no:
married My husband used to beat me
until l became unconscious and my body
was black and blue. He used to give
me such black days (hard times). But
| since he has become a masihy (Christian)
| he never beats me nor abuses me. l
used to work in the fields from the time
the snow left the earth to the time when
the ground was covered with snow, my
child tied up on my back. my loads tied
on my neck. / used to work as hard as
| an ass and I'm ali this / could not please
| my owner husband. Since he has be-
come a Christian l never take any loads,
neither go 10 work in the fields"
My next visit was to kurda Bazaar.
| After a great Kurdish raid twenty-one
years ago, the Kurds did not dare 20
come and trade in the Persian markets.
so they agreed to go outside of Miandab,
about two miles from the city, to this
! bazaar and do their trading there. Many
nationalties gather there. / had been
told that Kurds brought their girls here
to be admired and to be sold. I want
ed to see II for myself. AS we came
near the multitude looked like a hill of
! ants. kurdish horsemen cantered upon