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T T T A A O A A T T p u p o s o f t h i s oo e e l to s et o t h t h e o f P e s i t h o ug h i t i c lu d e s s o c i l c h c te i s t ic s o f t h e p o p l e t h e l i g i o b l i f o f t h e s te c h u c h e s w h i ch to y y o u pe h p s b u t i ttl t h e e cc l e s i s t i c l c us to s t h e t i o i g l i t s o b e c t i s to t h e i i o y p i i t to u ic e i d e w t h e fi o f d i i o v t h e h t o f to w h o t h i s b oo c o e to p t h e b d Go p o f Lo d C h i s t to h s te t h e w h e i ll i o t h t s i t d k t h e s h d o o f d e t h t u t h e i f c e s to w d t h e l i g h t I h ope C h i s t i l f i g i s e i o us s p t h et i c tte t i o to e ff o t s s p i g t h e p o g o t y t h e M o h ed s S T h i bo e t i t l e d L d o f t h e L i o i tt A b o D S h b i p o u d g e b ot h h i g h y i te i s t u c t v e to t h e d tho d e s c ip t i o o f d h i p e d u e d by f te o u c i g to t t iv f i e d h i s i te t i o o f d e v ot i g t h e o f l i e t h e s p e d i g o f t h e S vi g Go p o f h i t o g o t y t l y f s c i t i g i g h t v to o g p i l ly tho o g us ho f i th t h e S v i o u b e i g to t by v e s e p t i o su f i g t t iv bo f o u d to h i t po i t s o u t t p i to O i l p pl t f o t h t i t c h i g o f v i o u f i g i o s p e d t h o ug h o u t t iv i E p i c ot f i l i w t b i g t h e Go p i t y w o ul d to t i i o o v t h w h o g h v g oped b o t p i i t d h h t d t h to i g i g ht d t h p y d d by b h f p i g S i h w e d h b t h y i d tt b o d s h e p h i g s h e p h e d T h d to i p t h e h t y p t t h e b o p y t h e e o d o f h t h t d f o t h bo i t M o h ed M o h ed i s F i o s h i pe s e d i s D i o s hi pe s A i ss i s M o h ed i s C h i t i i t y Co p ed t i o c e i g C e to t h e i t h P g e o t i s pi e c e o f P e s i D vi d o s ep h M o h ed i t Co s t u e G b i l i s h op o f C i ty hi s ep h e w w h o M ss c e d b y t h e u d s A b o S b P e s i i g h C l ss Co s t u e g h t h e o u de o f t h e P e s e t D y t y et h ll e Sh h o f P e s i i g M o h ed o M o h ed i l g M o h ed L d y I doo O tdoo Co s t u e o u g P e s Go o o o t t h e Fo d o f t h e i e o s hi pe s R l i g i o A i C h i s t i L d y T v l i g P e s i P g e C P TE R O O R I was bo n th e district of northw e st er n pa t of P e rsia on th e fift ee th day of Ju y in th e littl e vill g e fou r mil e s from City Both City and illag e ar e famou in th e anci e nt and mod e rn histo y of P e rsia as th e hom e of st ng sh e d and l e ar e d scholars to day m e n ar e found th e r e who ar e w e ll fitt e d for th e advanc e m e nt of th e k ingdom of ou r Lord T h e villag e d e riv e s its nam e f om th e blu e hill on e of th e hills r e maining f om th e tim e of th e fi re worship e rs It co tains ab out fa li e s m i y N e stori n and ssy r ians Here is found Sp ing which att r acts visito r s f om many pa r ts of th e country who l e av e in sadn e ss and ofttim e s with t e a r s in th e i r e y e s Here is found th e imag e which th e Babylo ans wors p e d dat e d c e nt b e for e Christ al o e lics of th e Pars ee s or worship e rs which a re a proof of th e i r worship of hand mad e imag e s h e r e a re found th e tombs of m e n who w ere firm in con e ssing th e Christian faith and b e c m e martyrs to th e ir trusting f ith in th e Saviour T h e t err itory of e nclos e d b y th e moun ta i n and th e lake of t he sa m e nam e and c omp ri sing an area of fiv e hu d re d squa re mi e s has no l e ss than thr ee h u d re d haml e ts villag e s T h e cit y n e a r th e c e nt e r of th e plain is bu i lt on g r ound r i ing f ee t abov e th e lak e T h e lake n n e ty e s in l e ngth by t rty in w i dth is f ee t abov e th e l e v e l of the and its wat er s a re so salt that fish cannot liv e in th e m T h e plain has f uitful fi e lds ga r d e ns and vin e yards and is i rr igat e d by consid e rabl e str e ams of pu re wat er T h e landscap e is on e of th e lov e li e st in th e E ast Such is th e pla ce wh ere my hom e is locat e d an e a ly p e riod of my f e M ohamm e da sm had gain e d consid er abl e pow e r ov er th e Ch r istia s and th e J e ws but sti Ch r ist th e mo r ning sta r shon e brightly ov e r th e littl e band of h e lpl e ss Christians E e e s had t r i e d to e xt er minat e all th e follow e rs of Ch ist th e light of th e world but th e hand of th e m ghty prot e ct e d th e lov e rs of his nam e m e rcif lly r e st th e m on e v e rlasting promi e s e v e n in th e tim e of t r oubl e a e all th e Ch r istia s who dw e l in P e rsia o r all who ar e d e sc e dants of Chri tian bapti ze th e ir chil d re n at a v e y e ly ag e M y par e nts th e r e for e had m e bapti ze d whil e an in ant in M ar aya the N church e s and th e o y chu r h in th e vi ag e of at th e tim e lat e r y e ars th e y w ere in th e e ducational work in th e villag e w ch was conduct e d nativ e Ch istian t e ach er Wh e n I was fiv e or y e ars of ag e th e y s e nt m e to school first I was t r at e d with k indn e ss but was soon b e at e n with a sw i tch on hands f ee t t i I bl e d p r o f u e l y an d was unab e to wa k or us e my fingers f o r p er iod of tim e F re qu e ntly was fo r c e d to h old on e o f th e on my back whil e h e was b e ng b e at e n by th e t e ach e r It was a v e r y com on occu rre n ce t h at th e t e ach er wo d th re at e n th e boy if h e da re d cry o r mov e whil e on my b ck with doubl e th e pu shm e nt N e wcom e rs w e r e at first t re at e d k d y but lat e r on pun sh e d unm e rci lly O u r t e ch e r was wont to sa y T h e switch has com e from Para s e for littl e child re n th e r e fo re you must not complain Natu ally w e c om plain e d to our par e nts but th e y said T h e t e ach er k nows b e tt e r than you and h e wi mak e st r ong m e n of you so w e dar e d r e sist but had to b e ar th e p shm e nt T h e following y e ar w e had a n e w t e ach er who not apply th e switch but us e d oth er m e thods of pu h m e nt T h e punishm e ts of wint er w ere T o st nd ba re foot e d in th e s ow for ab out fift ee n or tw e nty nut e s or hold a pi e c e of ic e in th e hand fo r th e s m e l e ngth of tim e T h e pu ishm e nt of su e r w e r e to stand on th e r ight foot hold up w e ight of thr ee or fou pounds th e right ha d for a c er tain l e ngth of t m e or w e w e r e stood agai st th e wa to b e spat at by th e b oys and w ere call e d J e w J e w T h e s e w ere the for b e i g abs e nt f r om shool o r w e di d not giv e satisfaction in our l e sso s o r disob e y e d an y o f th e fol owing u e s of th e t e ach er Ev e ry boy must wash han d s and fa ce e v er y mo r ning and salut e h is pa ents b ef o re e av i n h ou E v er y boy must w sh his f ee t an d legs up to h is kn ee s at l e ast on e a w eek E v er y boy must l e av e his sho e s in th e hall plac e th e m prop e rly b e for e e nt e ring th e schoolroom No on e must sp e ak du r ing th e school hou r s no r call oth e rs n c k nam e s No is al ow e d to d r in k wat er by th e big pitch er N must ba ke nuts o r r aisins on th e stov e or touch it with th e ha d Ev e ry boy must salut e old p e opl e in th e st ree t or e ls e wh e r e wh e th e r h e k ows th e m or not E v e ryon e ob e ying th e e r e s wi r e c e iv e a wa r d th e clos e of th e school er m In th e villag e schools I l e arn e d to re ad and writ e studi e d g e ogr phy rithm e tic T ur k ish mod er n and ci e nt Sy r iac committ e d to m e mory th e Lo r d s Pray er postl e C ree d th e Te n Comma dm e nts and a f e w portion of th e N e w and O ld Te stam e ts th e ag e of tw e lv e th e y ar I e nt ere d th e pr e pa r ato r y school of th e Pr e sbyt er ians at City and re main e d th ere fo r th ree y e ars M y r e ad e r wi re adily und e rstand in this school I too k h gh e r branch e s and had mor e r e ligious instruction than in th e country chools In y e ar I e nt ere d th e Coll e g e th e only high er e ducatio al institution in that district at th e tim e It was conduct e d by th e P re sb y t er ian mis sion b oa r d young man s ee k ing an e ducation m ight att e nd this coll e g e M any young m e n had co m e f r om diff e r e nt pa r ts of th e count r y to obtain an e ducation pr e paring th e ms e lv e s for som e wo rk of th e ir cho i c e Here I had a spl e ndid oppo r tunit Download 24 Kb. 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