The truth
was, the Moslems were angry that their rayahs were being elevated,
and they were specially indignant at the education of women.
So the opposition went on. Messrs Stoddard and Wright proceeded to
Tabreez, and secured orders for redress which, as usual, were
counteracted by secret orders to the contrary. The native helpers
were now beaten because they were in the employ of the mission: some
were thrown into prison, and threatened with being sent to Teheran
in irons. But when the Lord saw that the wrath of man had proceeded
far enough, he restrained the remainder thereof. For one of the
leading spirits in this onset on the mission fell under the daggers
of the Koords, and his death at once called off attention from
missionary operations to other things.
Again, in January, 1858, two pious residents at Khosrowa, in the
province of Salmas, were shamefully oppressed; and when application
was made for redress, Asker Khan not only refused to adjudicate the
matter, but beat one of the complainants so severely that he was
confined to his bed for weeks. Still later, after urgent importunity
from Nestorians and nominal Papists, two very able and excellent
men, Deacons Joseph and Siyad, were sent to labor in that distant
province.
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