Colporter Work in Turkey
By E. Frauchiger
IN these new times in Turkey, we have thanked God that permission has been granted us by the Sublime Porte to sell our literature even among Moslems, tho forbidden to enter Turkish houses. Nevertheless our colporters have been arrested nearly every week, and the officers of the old régime can not understand that the Sublime Porte has allowed the sale of such publications in the Turkish language. Workers have had the pamphlets thrown back in their faces, and some have been spit upon. Others have been beaten, and were thankful to escape with their life. Yet the work goes on, and our printers are surprised at the editions ordered. They are astonished to see how much literature we are selling, where they formerly could hardly find people to take tracts as a gift. Some of the Moslem leaders have been taking counsel together as to how to interrupt our work. Our trust is in God, who opens doors that no man can shut.