This brought to his feet some who had beaten him and even threatened him with death.

He freely employed them and paid them honestly, thus returning good for evil.
The training-school at Tocat was composed of pious young men who made considerable progress in their studies.

A footing was gained at Tarsus and Bitias, south of the Taurus range, and a native pastor was ordained at Kessab.

Here was a Protestant community of more than four hundred.
At Aintab and in its neighboring villages, after only nine years of labor, there were twelve stated religious services, nearly half of them conducted by native preachers, two thousand Protestants, old and young, two hundred and sixty-eight church-members, a large congregation on the Sabbath, three promising young men in the pastoral office, and two more prepared for that office.

The year 1856 was one of unbroken prosperity in all temporal concerns at Aintab.