| Show I NHSS NARY FELDS IS Tie Tcmctsit MIBSIOX EdAhnn I et 1ul In Th lon or Conne Apostle Anthon I Lund rites the Illtelnj Interesting letter to tho Mil kncUl Star from Aleppo Brla under ille or March 31 1S9S o Elm I tot you from 1lla I have ill i Ttry Interesting Ilt with the Mill l Alntab We ueeld In tettcf our Armenian brother who ttiiiltUlth us landed at exandret t Araenlans who ha left there r the-re not permitted to land e npt t lj hav e their pasipo sin good ir I believe he will be obI to do l food work among his frIend at i hm Ie eems 10 b a mn of gral atl and having visited Zion he w I klble to refute the scandalous reo Kti which have been circulated con ttrnlng our people Tou woul1 think thI In thl frof tad our Elders would ha the chnc I prnl the Oop1 n we 1 > < > 1 Hi without having to meet the baseless fabrications which have been the tclle wcapon of our opponnta In northern Europe and America but not d Here our missionaries are met by Hit old tore rehaihed and serv ed up 0 la I Jarman While this Is not plMlant for our brethren still the Lord overrules It for good and many > ho otherwise would havo ben In dJIerent In regard to us have coma to D ti t find out tho truth concerning our ultn and have become deeply Inter MM In the Gospel v W rd at Alntab on the first of jurch ve were made quite welcome wlom k the ealnts They had not been via lim by an Elder for jeara and hence tar had looked anxiouslyforvad to the time when they should have a mis Ionry ia their mld agnln II wns to e their happy toceo and ber thlr heorty Hoh gldlnl < lcom I Thr BOr thirty member of I t t Churh In Int who had a Irle prpde OVe thm No on Ie had bn or alnd to Ih W Prethood tund f < e mmbr who hd been bp b Uld but on ccounl 01 there being no Ed tby bad 11 ben connnned I Ty hM Innged to roehe the bl ot 13lng on 01 hnd and rejolcd Ibt the Orinnce could now be per ued I I n remnrkble fct and 1 fdd t h p tnt g o I h t thl c kt k o r nn lion Ilhlul Ooopl an1 hd nd COrreel thl notwlth concep r I lel I t nn I lrrI I 1 e O e hp k urt ivr rlr ltu T iht 1 e 1 t 3 1 I fnhI r n ultr r Ih Inl ey I on r lgh unde a buhel bllt In I perhap of OUl n somlm lb i oclalmd the prln nr d r Ibft hdo 1 rict r g p o a d I I t ihh r IJ t r h n rt h l t r he b t thout who were guiy of wh t o t oa ltn e u B1 Al omn lor bUl thy Ir te xmplry meD V I to nl b rfer thoe In u rhb e t h Pel r e t o J Lrd apelly for thaI pl i b rch h al aln dh r J r ravrt e I 1 b tu rt n to the Slnt to b faith e o p lh If nr ni no mio ht6 r e tr r U h W a Wre nlIJ I hiI ggl go W C I h o ea k IAbonC fght to ee thm Bit Turklh n F a t 0 e I h hilt u g r 1 v 1 n T IS Ii wiy araS1 W rr l wjj1 llmost sounde is arel w If f COI lng on but that w nol the caoe They would all at once I become quie and listen to a passage of lcrlptur reod to them Some would oml pprovlnllly showing that they were conlucd olher would rale Ih obJcllon and 00 It ould con tlnue for hours A missionary to be uceeul In Turkey must be gifted with good convrsUon1 power Three r four ys after our arrlval I Candida for ha tlsm A friend offered of-fered u Ihe use of 1 courtjard In the middle of which w as a liajln of hewn rocks s ome twclv feet long rilled with lowlng w tr The yard w enclosd by a hhh wall we were entirely ecure Irom dls rbers The who I were to be bapt cd covenanted be fore the Lor to serve Him and wall In nevvn 5 of life After rn > er hd bon otter Hrother Ilntze Btepp Into the water and pcr ormed the blllIIlng I was a Joy rlrl m Ine I 1 with the Lord In the wtitern of bap lm kno Ing thaI thy would cclve a testimony that their sins were forgiven them The venlng was serene se-rene and all passed or peaceably Sunday morning n Ittle after sunrise sun-rise we met In the m ellng house and confirmed twenty two members bled twentyth chidren and or dalned the presiding rlest an Elder Tben we prtook 01 Jh acramenl of I the Lords supper Our adversary was not pleased with tho good work helns done A mob collected on the outside nnd hundreds hun-dreds of people could be seen on the rol 01 hou tr1ng 10 0 lB Ien on the roof of our own hou wr a ncmber of nnd We were I reron oblged to close our meeting President May cock and nider Andrew Italian had come up from Aleppo the day before In leaving the meeting the latter was hit with a couplo of clods or tone but was not hurt The streets were crowded nnd we wee followed to our lodging by the mob Tb mlnlter In the dlrernt hurch hd prnchol aglnsl u evr Ince the h d of our coming and they had succeeded In exciting tho people During tho week following the first of a series of papers written against u vvai sawn broadcast among the people four more followed while we were at Alntab The American Mission Boclety have a college In AIab ond on of the prlrs Wl the author of these articles He wrote a series of articles against us while Brother Hlntze was here on his former for-mer mllon He mnde xlrcto frm the books publlched against us In America and England nnd the charges th lot In plng mae nlhlng through his fertile brSfn UelnVf Iarne mnn tho Arenians aro proud of hIm and hI wrillng hnd a Influence upon them The had the effect to ralso a biter spirit against u In mllny nd In making many In vcstlffate our princIple Every night the brethren were In Mted out to mel with Inquiring friends and opponents hametlmea a hundred people were pnnt at these gathrlngs The subjects treatcrt In the papers referred t would b brought forward but the brethren foward brtr soon disposed dis-posed of them and then had a good opportunity to preach tho Gospel Bore evenings we had to divide up In three parties In order to satisfy the people In different parts of the city The preachers continued to Inflame the people against us and In the papers we were styled wolves In sheeps clothing The third Sunday Umt we were there our meeting woa again disturbed dis-turbed In going through tho streets a large rock hit ma on the leg but It hd petUa loro and Ud nOl hurt hur-t t Ize ft Sunday school I rut tha mob became be-came so threatening and gathered In such large numbs that our peopla I could not meet They hurled large I stones nt the gate of the place w hero I we were and handled eoma of tho Saints roughly The police were called on n sev rat orrestfl were mode The ministers began to realize what T had done and promised that the would leave ua alone The Saints Insisted on our elng the Turklh cmrde of the troops and the city We found him a very affable gentleman and ho pron Ised u that our peotlo should b pn tectOI In our he ooneolon all Tbo Who ho a V t bring unto the wold ha me ben persecuted Our meetlnglhaU woa not largo enough to accommodate our people so pole wo tried to get another but those who had places to rent did not dare to let the Moron havo the A gentleman who had visited ua several times when he herd we wanted n hal said Come and oe my place We found he had an excellent place for the pur peso and closed tho bargain at once We ot a fine hall and seven nice room s fo twelve dollars n mont Our meetings last Sunday pass oft peaceably Our new landlord Is a man of great moral courage and he kept the mobociats In the street We had nearlj a hundred strangers nt each D1WenhtM the first conference In the Turkish Mlislon last Sunday March 7lh le4hI Ham Branch wa represent I id by Eldeis NUhan and Dlkran who I I had mid a sixteen dajB Journey t attend It The Alepin llranch waa I represented by Elders Maycock Larson I son and Dr Hagoplan The report howOt that Ute mllon now numbr 101 members and 84 children under eight years making a total of 185 souls The Church authorities were sustained K V Hlntze was sustained as pastor and Philip M acock a president of the Turkish mission A Sunday school waa organized and the Alntab branch was thoroughly organized with necessary olflcers to look after the Saints We left there Tuesday morning The I Saints fcU well and hopeful Many uvncu Uo out of town I forglo mention that eight more persons all men were baptized while we were In Alntab This addition of new members has strengthened the branch very much |
