CHAPTER VIII

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THE SULTAN ABDUL HAMID.

Questions of Policy--Palace Rule--Alarm of the Porte--Shrewd Diplomacy--Playing off the Powers--Balance of Power--Reforms Promised--Never Fulfilled 213

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PROGRESS AND POWER OF CHRISTIAN MISSIONS IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE.

The First Chapter in Turkish Missions--Have Missions been a Failure--Modern Triumphs of the Gospel 250

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