Land of the Lion and the Sun Personal Experiences
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e w c onv er t ab out in th e e v e ning That is cons i d ere d a v e ry lat e hou r in th e city I ca rr i e d no nt e n on t s o cc asion fo r f e a r I m i ht b e se e n and attac ke d I c r oss e d a vacant lot n e a r th e s e ttl e m e nt o f th e E nglish co sul th e n turn e d to th e right on my to th e e rican s e ttl e m e nt Sudd e nly som e on e cam e r un ing and too k and drag e d m e asid e thr e at e ning to stab m e if I d r e d utt e r a sound wa re of th e dang er I b c e d mys e lf for victory or d e ath I had othing with which to d e f e nd mys e lf Th e str ng er as ke d m e to go b ac k with him through th e vaca t lot but I re fus e d anticipating his e vil int e ntions H e how e v er comp e ll e d m e by forc e to wal k with him a f e w yards I k n e w that a littl e furth er on I would hav e th e poi t of th e cold st ee l th r ust i to my h e art Whil e w e w e r e wal k ing on I push e d him into th e ditch bac k I tu r e d to s ee if h e was followi g m e h e fi e d his pistol at m e woundin m e th e l e ft l e g E v e n to day th e bull e t would b ing bac k to m e th e r e coll e ction of that aw f ul ght gain and again th e y s e cr e tly att e mpt e d to k i m e and th t too in th e v e y h e art of th e gr e at capital M y h e av e nly Fath e r how e v e r ke pt m e saf e H e scat th e e n e mi e s e v e as cha b e fo e th e wind H e mad e th e m tr e mbl e to app e ar b e for e th e p e rs e cuti g His s e rva t without c us e H e turn e d th e i r cou r ag e into cowardic e H e d e stroy e d th e ir hidd e n plans and mad e th e m st bl e in th e night g r a did H e guard H is s e v nt against all ha r m and d g e r H e watch e d ov e r m e by night and gav e m e courag e by day to pr e ach word without f e a r ing th e p e rs e cutions Though I wal k in th e d t of t r oubl e l et gu e s t o f t h e c l e M e h f i e d to ho s o et e s ll d t b oo T hou w i lt r e ve m e Thou shalt st e tch fo r th T h i n e hand against th e w r ath of n e en e mi e s and Thy r ight hand shall sav e m e He r e at Te h e ran I visit e d th e c r own of M ohamm e danism whom th e y call e d s e cond M oham m e d who is of Christianity s fi e c e st fo e s I saw th e boo k which h e has writt e ag inst th e Bibl e He is e nd e avoring to stop all th e Bibl e wo rker s from labo r ing among his p e opl e H e is my uncl e H e how e v er acc e t e d M ohamm e da ism wh e n h e was a c ld and sinc e th e has labor e d in th e i t ere sts of that re ligion W e oft e n spo ke tog e th e r told him that h e was against God and his own b e tt e r k owl e dg e tim e h e as ke d m e wou d Christ fo giv e him if h e tu r n e d to b e a b e li e v e r in his last days I said it might b e too lat e why H is s e lf r ight e ousn e ss wo d not p e r it him to sin k down in r e p e ntanc e b e fo re J e sus I hop e God w l som e day br e a k th e carnal will of this man ma ke him a tru e b e li e v e r Sho d h e b e com e a Christia h e would undoubt e y p r ov e a g re at h e lp to th e caus e of Ch i t T hrough his influ e c e I g in e d th e acquaintanc e of many pri e sts and high H e thought p er haps I wo d chang e my faith and com e to b e li e v e in M oham m e d by associating with th e nobility of th e capital Con to his pinion I t r i e d wh ere v er I w e nt to int ere st my acquaintanc e s in th e Christian wor k and spok e th e Word of God to th e m I also gav e th e m copi e s of th e N e w Te stam e nt hoping that by re ad i ng t he m th e y ght find t he wa y to C hri t M y n c ob i n i k nowl e dg e of my wo rk b e ca m e e n ag e d He inv i t e d m e to hous e chain e d m e hand and foot and t ie d me by th e n e c k to a n il in th e wa and o r d ere d ser vants to ta ke my cloth e s h e th e n b r ought so m e stic k s o r llow wands whi c h h e had kept in wat er to pr e v e nt th e m f r om b re a ing e asi y T h e s e rvant and h e also su r round e d m e e ach a m e d w i th a stic k w i th w ch th e y w pp e d my f ee t and bod y unti th e stic k w e r e bro ke n T h e blood had spott e d th e sto s a r ound m e e v e n his w t e garm e nts w ere sta i n e d by d r ops of blood H e wa t e d to forc e m e to p r o s e th t I wo d i m e at e ly giv e up all missiona r y wo rk in th e city I how e v er not pro s e and l e ft in th e sam e condition unt l th e n e xt mo r ning th e n n e w stic k s w e r e brought and th e savag e p e rfo r manc e of th e day b e fo e was r e p e at e d for an hou r or mor e Merz a hrama how e v e r cam e to my re scu e and re li e v e d m e from furth e r tortu re I am much ind e bt e d to this g e ntl e man for kin e ss good s er vic e Shortly b e o re this incid e nt too k pl c e s e v er al mol lahs or pri e sts I w e r e in th e sam e ca rr iag e going to Shah ab d e l ze m to s ee th e proc e ssion at th e s y of th e Shah s acc e ssio to th e th r on e th e e nd of th e j ou r n e y th e moll h n e a re st to m e show e d sig of ang e r and was v e y unpl e asant I a ke d w h at Sh h i s li tt l e to w b o t f tee s o u t h o f e h e to b s o f t h e P e s i i g f o u d th It l s o p l c e o f f g t h e M oh d J O S E PH E T th e caus e was In re ply h e said b ec aus e my cloth e s touch e d him I b e ing a Christian this wou d p e v e nt an answ e r to his pray e rs N e v e th e l e ss th e y had ta ke m e out that day for th e sa ke of comp e lling m e to b e com e a M ohamm e da of this I b e cam e awar e aft e rw rd But on th e sam e day th e Shah was shot and th e y w e r e unabl e to c r r y out th e i plan F e aring furth e r p e rs e cutio s I l e ft Te h e ra fo r a visit to T h e w e th e r was e xc ee dingly hot w e r e st e d th e op e fi e ld b e sid e s springs of wat e r a d gr ee pastur e s T hi gav e pl e s r e to th e stra g e r h e e was food drin k for th e cattl e and h e r e lif e to th e at v e s M y thoughts w e e lift e d to him who is th e cr e ator and pr e s e rv er of all But also a id th e s e b e utiful surroundi gs my troubl e s coun In th e day tim e w e ari e ss cru e l compau ions night f e r of obb e y murd e r But I trust e d my lif e i to th e car e of my Saviour J e sus and prais e d His am e o d p i s b l h d o l d i t e ss i c li ed to I f t h e t h e e w ill T h e Lord prot e ct e d m e I w e nt ab out my wo rk as b e for e Wh e r e v e r I m e t ativ e s I spo ke to th e m th e ch ee rful words of th e Gosp e l if I m e t a who ould r e ad I gav e copy of th e N e w Te stam e nt u r ing six months of my st y in that district I wor ke d happily and c h eer fully in e ach town and villag e th r oug h w h ich ag e o r an th e n to s e nd som e on e to m y re s c u e e st I shou d perish h ere in th e snow I t ied to ba s h all thought of th e dang er and th e icy cold but it was possible D e th star e d m e in th e fac e Thus I suff ere d fo r s e v er al hou r s and th e r e was no hop e of hu an assistanc e In my st re ss I tu r n e d to God in pray e r Lo r d m e rcifu to m e a sinn e r sav e my lif e that I may labo r in Thy fi e ld not that I wish to liv e for s e lf but that I may b r ing lost M ohamm e dans unto T hy truth Fath er T hy wi b e don e not n e l st I h e a r d foot st e ps m e n tal k g but unabl e to call to th e m T h e y cam e n e a r found m e aliv e in my icy g r av e th e y pu e d m e out ti e d m e on a ho r s e and brought m e to th e i r hom e T h e y f re qu e ntly m e pium to smok e Th e y re co e nd e d it as a c er tain cu e fo r my sic k n e ss and s d if I not smok e I mu t I said I e w what pium and had smo ke d it b e for e would n e v er touch it again e v e n though I Th e r e w e r e no docto s att e nd m e but God re stor e d my f e onc e mor e In a f e w w eek I co d e at d r in k and go about p e rf e ctl y w e ll W e had not h e a r d f r om ou r ssing f r i e nds ou r hors e s and th e goods and not ow wh e th er th e y w e r e d e ad o r aliv e c ou d not h re any ho s e s f r om th e villag e and had to wal k to a larg e to n to loo k for ou r i e nds T h e e xt da y w e trav e l e d afoot r om morn ing ti ght I e arly lost all my str e ngth and my f ee t b e cam e v er y sor e On th e fol owi g day w e s e nt on e of ou r company to s e cu re hors e s fo r us but h e never re r n e d although w e wait e d f o r s e v er a da y We w ere th ere for e comp e ll e d to wal k unti w e could find plac e wh ere w e ght hi e som e ho ses W e w ere not acquaint e d in thos e lly parts of th e count r y too k a path which had b ee n us e d b e fo re Furth er o n th e snow had cov ere d up all footp r ints and w e plough e d way th r ough th e snow W e incr e ased ou r s eed i n ord e r to find a plac e to stay fo r th e night w e had ss e d th e right re ction to th e v i ag e and w ere wand e ring about b e tw ee n th e r oc k s and val l e ys M y f r i e nd b e cam e so w e a r y that h e sat do n and b e gg e d m e not to l e av e him Soon h e co d not sp e ak at all but I could s ee t e ars in his e y e s T h e n his han d f e ll lif e l e ss b y his sid e with a h e av y sigh h e clo e d eyes and br e ath e d his last I loo ke d with sadn e ss at th e who had e d b e fo re my e y e s fo r h e had pas e d into e t er nity without th e k owl e dg e of a Savio I l e ft th e body if possibl e t o save my lif e I s ee m e d to hav e no f ee ling in m Download 24 Kb. 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