Traveling Over Bible Lands

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 24, 1913

Traveling Over Bible Lands

THE following post-card from Elder E. E. Frauchiger, superintendent of the Turkish Mission, will be read with interest. The places named may be picked out on a good atlas. The post-card is written from Konia, the old Iconium:—

“It is nearly five months since I left my home to visit places and churches in Asiatic Turkey. My journey has carried me to Samsun, Amasia, Tikat, Sivas, Malatia, Mesereh, Kharput, Diarbekir, Urfa (Mesopotamia), Aintab, Halep, Beirut, Lebanon, Tarsus, Adana, over to Antitaurus (in ice and snow), to Kaisarieh, and now to Konia (Iconium).

“In most of these places we had large meetings, larger than ever before held among our people. I baptized ten persons on the journey. One sees great depression among the people; nevertheless the outlook for the future is good. It was not at all easy to visit some of these places during the war time. I was the only foreigner on the road, so far as I observed. We met hundreds of soldiers who were being gathered from all parts to go to the front. We live constantly in uncertainty as to what we may expect next. Since I left my home in Constantinople, the terrible war has begun. Events go forward rapidly in fulfilment of the prophecy. May the Lord soon finish the work. The church in Konia send their hearty greetings, in which I join.”