Illustrated Armenia and the Armenians / by the Rev. Ohan Gaidzakian.

  • Gaidzakian, Ohan, 1837-1914.
Date:
[1908?]
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Illustrated Armenia and the Armenians / by the Rev. Ohan Gaidzakian. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    from my mother, relations and also from Armenian friends, A few years after that I came to Marash and studied in the College and the Theological Seminary under the supervision of the American Board of Foreign Missions. During mv theo- logical season I married a Christian young lady, who is living with me yet. I was graduated from the Theological Seminary in 1869 and have been laboring in the Lord’s fields in Antioch, Kasab, Balin and Adana. For the first two years I preached in those places, and in 1872 I had a call from the Evangelical church of Marash. I was ordained in that church the same year, in October. For about four years I had successful pas- toral work in that church, and in 1876 I had a call from the Evangelical church at Adana. I preached at that place until 1881, and then realizing a great demand for a medical mission at home for that purpose, I came to America about 18 vears ago, and through the help of the Rev. Cyrus Hamlin, D. D., and Rev. Dr. Clark, the secretary of American Board of Eor- eign Missions,—these noble men opened my wav to the medi- cal department of the Vermont University where I was gradu- ated in 1883. Soon after I returned home with better advan- tages in healing the sick and preaching the Gospel to the poor and rich. For this privilege I consider myself indebted to the American Congregational churches in this country. So how much I was glad to get that Xew Testament; and through it I have had a good many blessings in my native land, both I and my family also. I am, as you will see, a refugee. I have with the greatest difficulty escaped from Turkish barbarism, after suffering the greatest outrages, abandoning home, property and friends in Armenia. But I have brought with me a large familv, more than 18 months ago; and have had much trouble and verv hard time always. I am now 61 years old, not able to work out of doors. Unable to practice my profession in this country. I re- sort, therefore, to the only method of earning for my family an honest living that I have at hand, namely, the sale of mv books, and my Lord’s prayer chart in t2 different languages, both of