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TURKISH IGNORANCE

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 24, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 37.

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TURKISH IGNORANCE.

A STORY comes from Constantinople which illustrates the degree of intelligence as to Christianity which prevails among those who are not commonly regarded as belonging to the ignorant classes. In the Galata district of the city a colporter was found having in his possession a portion of the Scriptures, namely, the Epistle to the Galatians, whereupon the authorities seized the book with the thought that it was a seditious document especially addressed to the denizens of Galata, and they imprisoned the colporter. The matter was explained to the official, who denounced the book as one calculated to make the people dissatisfied with their lot. In order to make sure that it was not a document of incendiary origin, the officer called for the death certificate of St. Paul, the author.—Missionary Herald.