--OF MR. COAN,
1851--OF YONAN, AGAIN, 1861.--SARAH'S LETTERS.
But rich as are the benefits conferred on the females of the plain,
the influence of the Seminary is not confined to Persia. It has
climbed the rugged steeps of Kurdistan, and pours into its wild
glens and secluded hamlets the same spiritual blessings. It is
delightful to trace the way in which God has led to results, as yet
only beginning to appear, among the mountain Nestorians.
As the Seminary could not enter the mountains, Providence brought
the mountains to the Seminary. In 1843, Badir Khan Beg sacked and
burned the villages of Tiary, and the homeless fugitives who escaped
the sword fled to the plains of Assyria and Azerbijan. Towards the
close of that year, a miserable group presented themselves at the
Seminary door for charity, asking for the lady who teaches Nestorian
girls. The quick eye of the teacher detected three in the company
before her, and replied, "Silver and gold we have not, but such as
we have we will give you--a home for these children." This sent them
away sorrowful, for it was not what they wanted. But while the
parents retired to the shade of the tall sycamores to debate the
matter, the little ones, attracted by kindness in a stranger, staid
with their new friend.
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