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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: ...of Beirut; occupied 1843; missionaries--Rev. William Bird and Mrs. Bird, Rev. O. J. Hardin and Mrs. Hardin, Rev. Geo. C. Doolittle and Mrs. Doolittle, Miss Emily G. Bird. Tripoli: on the sea coast, 50 miles north of Beirut; occupied 1848; missionaries--Rev. F. W. March and Mrs. March, Rev. William S. Nelson and Mrs. Nelson, Ira Harris, M.D., and Mrs. Harris, Miss Harriet La Grange and Miss Dei-nice Hunting. Sidon: on the seacoast, 30 miles south of Beirut; occupied 1851; missionaries--Rev. William K. Eddy and Mrs. Eddy, Rev. George A. Ford, D.D., Rev. Samuel Jessup, D.D., Miss Fanny M. Jessup, Miss Charlotte U. Brown, Miss M. Louise Law. Zahleh: on the eastern slope of Mt. Lebanon, 35 miles from Beirut; occupied 1872; missionaries--Rev. Franklin E. Hoskins and Mrs. Hoskins, Rev. William Jessup and Mrs. Jessup. In This Country: Rev. James S. Dennis, D.D., and Mrs. Dennis, Rev. W. S. Nelson and Mrs. Nelson. Faculty And Instructors Of The Syrian Protestant College.--Rev. D. Bliss, D.D., President. Rev. G. E. Post, M.D., D.D.S., Rev. Harvey Porter, Ph.D., Robert H. West, M.A., Harris Graham, B.A..M.D., Alfred E. Day, M.A., Walter B. Adams, M.A., M.D., Rev. C A. Webster, B.A., M.D., J. W. Nicely, B.A., Jabr M. Dhumit, B.A., A. Chamorel, B.A., Paul Erdman, B.A., J. Swan, D.A., C. W. Wisner, Jr., B.A., W. H. Hall, Ph.B., Shukri K. Maluf, B.A., Khalil D. Tabit, B.A., Daud F. A'ftimus, P. G., Nasib Y. Badr, B.A., Iskandar M. ul-Khuri, B.A., Sa'id A. Abu-Jamrah, BA., Miss E. A. Mcintosh. The shadows of the year in Syria have been illness and death in missionary families, and the increasingly unscrupulous competition of Kussian and French priests in the school-work. The former especially are lavish in the use of money, erecting buildings in the immediate neighborhood ...
