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Turks which afterwards took place would have been averted.* It 

 is very gratifying to hear from the author of this paper, that the 

 bearing of the Turkish rulers towards their Christian subjects has so 

 much improved, and that, although not open to the reception of the 

 Gospel themselves, they do not offer any opposition to evangelical 

 teaching amongst their Christian fellow countrymen. 



Dr. E. Claude Taylor. — I wish to add testimony to the yalue 

 of the work at Anatolia College by the American Missionaries and 

 their Armenian and Greek colleagues. In the midst of ignorance 

 and superstition it is splendid to see the growth of knowledge and 

 spiritual feeling. It is specially noticeable in the second generation. 

 Further I would like to suggest that if any member of the society 

 felt able to pay a visit to Anatolia College he would be able to help 

 them in many ways by encouragement and support, and he would 

 find the experience, along out-of-the-way paths, most enjoyable. 



Colonel Hendley said that he also had much pleasure in testifying 

 to the great value of the work done by the American Missionaries 

 in Turkey. AVhen he was in Constantinople a few years ago he 

 had not only heard from old residents of the good that they had 

 effected in Asia Minor, but of the special importance of their labours 

 in Bulgaria, where their educational institutions had been the means 

 of so improving the powers of mind of the youth of the country 

 that it was expected that, in a very few years, the population 

 would be in a position to resist all oppression, whether at home or 

 abroad. "\"\Tiat was wanted was the formation of a strong backbone, 

 as it were, and this was being done by the missionaries. 



Canon Girdlestoxe said that the Turkish Empire owed a great 

 debt to the American Mission. With regard to the title of the 



* It may be mentioned in this connection that after the massacre of 

 the Armenians, in 1896, a committee of ladies was formed in London to 

 rescue and assist the unhappy Armenian widows and children, and a 

 large number were taken in British ships to Cyprus. Miss Charlotte 

 Hull, M.D. (now Mrs. Ferguson- Davie), was sent out to take charge of 

 these destitute people, and she fitted up a large house — given over by 

 the governor to her — as a hospital and home, where for several months 

 Miss Hull and her assistants ministered to the wants of their charge, both 

 in food, clothing and medical aid, until they were enabled to return to 

 their country on the restoration of peace. 



