Geog Tapa could also boast of its committee
of arrangements, in humble imitation of greater things.
After a recess of an hour and a half, the people reassembled for the
examination of the Sabbath school, in a grove behind the church, as
that building could not contain the multitude which now numbered
more than a thousand. First came a class of men, from twenty to
seventy years of age, headed by Malik Aga Bey, the village chief.
They had been taught orally by Deacon John, and answered questions
in Old Testament history very readily. Then followed a class of
women, fifty or sixty in number, most of them over forty years of
age. These had been taught by Yonan, and were quite familiar with
the Old Testament, from the creation to the reign of David. One old
blind woman wanted to point out the stopping places of Israel in the
desert, on the map which hung on one of the tall trees: she had
learned their names by heart, and was familiar with their location
by touch.
Next came a class of twenty men, who had recently learned to read;
for which they had each received a copy of the New Testament. A
class of women then followed, numbering twenty-three, who had also
been taught to read by the boys and girls in the village schools.
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