SEMINARY BROKEN UP IN 1844.--DEACON ISAAC.--PERSECUTION BY MAR SHIMON.--FUNERAL OF DAUGHTER OF PRIEST ESHOO.--DEACON GUWERGIS.--ATTEMPT AT ABDUCTION OF PUPIL.--PERIL OF SCHOOL.--MRS. HARRIET STODDARD.--YAHYA KHAN.--ANARCHY.--LETTER FROM BARILO. CHAPTER XV. TRIALS. EVIL INFLUENCE OF HOMES.--OPPOSITION IN DEGALA.--ASKER KHAN.--POISONING OF SANUM'S CHILDREN.--REDRESS REFUSED.--INQUISITOR IN SCHOOL.--TROUBLES AT KHOSRAWA.--LETTERS FROM HOIMAR. CHAPTER XVI. PRAYERFULNESS. LANGUAGE OP PRAYER.--PRAYER ON HORSEBACK.--OLD MAN IN SUPERGAN.--MAR OGEN.--EARNESTNESS.--FAREWELL PRAYER MEETING IN 1858.--LETTER FROM PUPIL.--SPIRIT OF PRAYER IN 1846.--WOMAN WHO COULD NOT PRAY,--"CHRIST BECOME BEAUTIFUL."--CLOSET IN THE MANGER.--MONTHLY CONCERTS.--PRAYERFULNESS IN 1849 AND 1850.--SABBATH, JANUARY 20TH.--INTEREST CONTINUED TILL CLOSE OF TERM.--FAMILY MEETINGS.--AUDIBLE PRAYER.-ANSWER TO MOTHERS' PRAYERS.--CONNECTION OF REVIVALS WITH PRAYER AT HOME. CHAPTER XVII. FORERUNNERS. MOUNTAIN GIRLS IN SEMINARY.--PRAYING SARAH.--RETURN TO THE MOUNTAINS.--VISIT OF YONAN AND KHAMIS, IN 1850.--OF MR. COAN, 1851.--OF YONAN, AGAIN, 1861.--SARAH'S LETTERS. CHAPTER XVIII. LABORERS IN THE MOUNTAINS. LETTER OF BADAL.--ACCOUNT OP HANNAH.--THE PIT.--LETTER OF GULY AND YOHANAN.--ACCOUNT OF SARAH.--LETTERS OF OSHANA.--LETTERS AND JOURNAL OF SARAH,--LETTERS FROM AMADIA,--CONFERENCE OF NATIVE HELPERS. CHAPTER XIX. EBENEZERS. EXAMINATION IN 1850.--COLLATION AND ADDRESS.--VALEDICTORY BY SANUM.--SABBATH SCHOOL IN GEOG TAPA.--EXAMINATION THERE IN 1854.--PRAYER MEETING AND COMMUNION AT OROGMIAH, MAY, 1858.--SELBY, OF GAVALAN, AND LETTER.--LETTER FROM HATOON, OF GEOG TAPA. CHAPTER XX. COMPOSITIONS. THE FIELD OF CLOVER.--THE LOST SOUL.--THE SAVED SOUL.--HANNAH. CHAPTER XXI. KIND OFFICES. HOSPITALITY OF NESTORIANS.--KINDNESS OF PUPILS.--BATHING FEET.--LETTERS OF GOZEL, HANEE, SANUM OF GAWAR, MUNNY, RAHEEL, AND MARTA.--HOSHEBO.--RAHEEL TO MRS. FISKE.--MOURNING FOR THE DEAD.--NAZLOO.--HOSHEBO'S BEREAVEMENT.--DEATH OF MISSIONARY CHILDREN.--LETTER FROM SARAH, DAUGHTER OF JOSEPH. CHAPTER XXII. PROGRESS AND PROMISE. BENEVOLENCE, EARLY MANIFESTATION OF.--PROGRESS.--REVIVAL OF BENEVOLENCE IN APRIL, 1861.--INTEREST OF PARENTS FOR THE CONVERSION OF THEIR CHILDEREN.--PEACE IN FAMILIES.--REFORMED MARRIAGES.--ORDINATIONS.--COMMUNION SEASONS.--MISS RICE AND MISS BEACH.--CONCLUSION. * * * * * _List of Illustrations._ I. PLAIN AND LAKE OF OROOMIAH, AS SEEN FROM ROOF OF SEMINARY AT SEIR II. MAP OF THE NESTORIAN COUNTRY. III. FEMALE SEMINARY. IV. TENTS. V. MISSIONARY SCENE IN TURGAWER. VI. COURT YARD OF SEMINARY. VII. SEIR GATE, OROOMIAH. VIII. TIARY GIRL. WOMAN AND HER SAVIOUR. CHAPTER I. WOMAN WITHOUT THE GOSPEL.