He managed, however, to see the good priest alone, and with great difficulty they contrived to unite in prayer under a tree in the garden.

This was the only evangelical prayer he ever heard till Mr.
Powers visited the place in March, 1851.

We need not say how cordially he was received by the owner of the tracts; nor by him alone, for the missionary could scarcely get a moment to himself day or night.

No wonder Mr.Powers felt that God had good things in store for this people.

When he returned in July, he was disappointed in not being met by his friend, till he learned that six weeks before he had been dragged from his bed at midnight, and sent a prisoner with four others to Amasia, a town twenty-four miles distant.