And all this wonderful security is, under God, owing entirely to the Hatti Humaioun." He adds, "It is said that the Turkish government is sometimes guilty of violating some of the great principles of that document.

And who that knows anything of human nature, or of the history of our race, ever supposed they would not be guilty of it?
To suppose the contrary would be to suppose the Turk advanced very much farther towards perfection than any other nation on the face of the earth." A correspondence arose, about this time, in the old Armenian Church, between those who inclined towards the Papal Church and those who were opposed, and it was gratifying to see that the principal Armenian newspaper, published under the sanction of the Patriarch, drew its arguments almost wholly from the Scriptures, scarcely anything being said of the Councils, or of the Fathers.
The out-stations of Nicomedia, Adabazar, Rodosto, Baghchejuk, and Broosa were prosperous.

A Protestant Greek community at Demirdesh stood firm under persecution, though without a spiritual guide.

The Pasha did little for their protection, but divine Providence had other instruments for their deliverance.

The French Vice Consul, having to feed immense herds of cattle for the French army, selected the principal Greek Protestant of the place as the most competent overseer, and empowered him to employ the needful agents.