ERZERUM

[s. 245] : Capital of the province of the of the ME, with (1903) 18 native workers, 1 preaching place, 24 Sundav schools and 1,340 profe ing Christians. Station also of the (1900), with (1903) 3 mi ionaries and their wives, 35 native workers, 4 common schools, fe ing 1 Christians. Hindus and nearly 2,000 Mohammedans. Station name as Irod. same name in Asiatic Turl^ey and an important situated 110 miles S. E. of Trebizond and a little south of the western branch of the Euphrates River. It is an important station of caravan trade between the Blaclc Sea and Persia. Population about Its altitude is 6,600 feet. 39,000, of whom 26,500 are Mohammedans and fortre , Stathe remainder Christians of different sects. tion of the (1839), with (1902) 1 mi ionary and his wife (the wife being a physician), 2 mi ionary women, 35 native workers, men and women; 22 outstations, 16 preaching places, 28 common schools, 2 high schools and 350 evangel Many of the memical Christian communicants. bers of this church are emigrating in order to find security for life and property. 245