CHAPTER XXXIX

. SYRIA.--1860-1863.

Another Civil War in Syria.--The Missionaries Safe.--Massacre near Sidon.--Mr. Bird at Deir el-Komr.--Destruction of Zahleh.--Massacre at Hasbeiya.--Massacre at Damascus.--Relief for Suffering Thousands.--Remarkable Escape of Missionaries and Native Protestants.--Foreign Interposition.--Effects of the War.--Arabic New Testament published.--Cooperation of American and English Bible Societies.--Importance of the Version.--Sales of the Scriptures.--A Voweled Arabic New Testament.--The Field Brightening.--A Good Governor.--Further Evidences of Progress.--Persecution.--A Significant Event.--Evidence of Divine Agency.--Changes in the Mission.--Growth of Beirût.--Demand for Education.--Proposal for a Protestant College.--What hindered a more Rapid Progress in the Mission.

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