A slight Mistake.
According to an English exchange, a copy of Moody and Sankey's volume of, hymns lately reached one of the Turkish Post Offices m Armenia to the address of an American missionary. Of late the Imperial restrictions on the importation of foreign literature, as well as on tne printing preßS, have become more stringent than ever, so as a matter of course, Moody and .Siinky must pass tinder the ey^le eye of Bukhsheesh Effendi, the Governor -General's factotum, he knows a few words of English. " Dogs," he exclaimed, as he turned over the Jeaves, " Hold the Fort 1 What fort ! Treachery, as I live I May Satan seize them I" They were patri* otic songs for the use of the Armenians; those hymns, and the musical notation proved m ; and that particular song. " Hold the Fort," must have reference to an intended insurrection. So " Hold the Fort" was cut out by order of Bukhsheesh, and the expurgated volume sent to its destination. ,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 154, 8 June 1883, Page 3
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164A slight Mistake. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 154, 8 June 1883, Page 3
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