If he is so bold here, what will he be
in the mountains?" Well might a missionary write, "What a blessing
are such men! The sight of them is worth ten thousand times the
sacrifices made by us all."
Though this was vacation, fifteen of the pupils remained in the
Seminary for protection during the storm; yet even there they were
not wholly safe. On the 25th of August, a messenger came in haste
for one of them, saying that her dying brother wished to see her
immediately. As the man was her relative, the girl was ready to go
at once; but providentially Miss Fiske learned that the brother was
well, and the messenger had been seen last with Mar Shimon. So he
left, chagrined and enraged at his failure. The patriarch had told
him to be sure and hide his purpose from that Satan, Miss Fiske, and
in case of failure, to take the girl by force. But the teacher had
had some experience in guarding her fold, and both she and her pupil
were thankful for the deliverance. Next day, Mar Shimon forbade
preaching in Geog Tapa; but if the church was closed, the house-tops
remained open. The same day, the school in Vizierawa was repeatedly
dispersed, but each time reassembled by the teacher.
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