CHAPTER XLI

. SYRIA.--1869-1870.

But few Students in Theology.--Institution of a Theological Seminary.--Female Boarding Schools.--THE SYRIAN PROTESTANT COLLEGE. --Demand for a College.--Its Objects.--Range of its Studies.--Why an Independent Institution.--Its Location and Government.--Its Endowment.--Its Students.--The Religious Influences.--First Graduating Class.--The College Edifices.--Transfer of the Mission to the Presbyterian Board.--Feeling awakened by the Transfer.--RESULTS OF THE PAST.

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