A COURAGEOUS MINISTER.
The Constantinople correspondent of the “ Philadelphia Telegraph” relates this incident in the life of Mr Parsons, the American missionary, who, with his servant, was first robbed and then murdered recently by nomad Turks while he was carrying succour to the starving people living near the Sea of Marmora “ Some years ago Mr Parsons, riding alone, unarmed and with nothing of value about him save a small package of Riblcs and Testaments, was stopped by three desperadoes, who commanded him to disburse iu their favor. ‘I have} no money about me,’ mildly remarked the missionary. ‘ what are you carrying in your package ?’ roughly asked one of the men. ‘ Only good books ; was the answer ; and taking one Rible out, by dint of exhorting and talking, these hardened, criminals wei’e persuaded to purchase and pay for a Bible apiece, they leaving money with him whom they had intended stripping of all he had. This is but an instance of his courage and gentleness.”
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2384, 6 November 1880, Page 4
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164A COURAGEOUS MINISTER. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2384, 6 November 1880, Page 4
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