The Tennesseean in Persia and Koordistan. Being Scenes and Incidents in the Life of Samuel Audley Rhea. by REV. Dwight W. Marsh, for Ten Years Mission

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1869 Excerpt: ... always fruitful moments. The little prattlers upon his knee were entertained by some Scripture narrative told in his own inimitable style, and Jesus became the presiding genius of his dwelling in the minds and on the lips of those little ones, long before they could distinctly pronounce that 'sweetest name on earth or in heaven.'" The first months of their residence in Persia, before Dr. Perkins' return, was in his house at Seir; but December We can here appropriately introduce an illustration of the Seir mission-premises, with a brief sketch by the Eev. H. N. Cobb. The name of Seir is inseparably associated with the history of the Nestorian mission. Residing for a large part of the year in Oroomiah, their early experience was one of great suffering--almost constant sickness and frequent deaths, especially of children. A retreat was absolutely necessary from the extreme heat of the city and the poisonous exhalations of the plain. A suitable spot for such a retreat was early found at Seir, a small village of perhaps a hundred inhabitants, about six miles west from the city, and at an elevation of one thousand feet above it, on the eastern slope of the mountain of the same name. The mission premises are represented in the cut annexed. A court surrounded by a high wall of mud and with circular towers of the same material at each corner form the enclosure; an arrangement made necessary by the danger of incursions from the thievish Koords. This court is divided in the middle by a continuous row of buildings of sun-dried brick and mud containing permanent residences for three families. The view from the roof is commanding and beautiful, embracing the broad plain dotted with villages; the city, almost hidden in the midst of the dense foliage of its gardens; the l...