TURNER, Rev. George

[s. 777] : Born January 22, Died May 19, 1891. A prominent mis1818. His heroic labors in the peril of life among who had recently been the murder- TUTUILA: An island of the Samoan group belonging to the United States. Station of the LMS (1836), with (1903) 1 mi ionary and his wife, 2 women mi ionaries, 38 native workers, 2 boarding schools, 42 Sunday schools, 34 day ers of John Williams, form a thrilling chapter in the annals of mi ions. In 1882 he left Samoa. The establishment of the Malua Institution for training native evangelists was mainly due to his influential labor; and from this institution have gone forth many well-equipped preachers of the Gospel of Christ. Dr Turner was not only a devoted mi ionary of the Cro , but from his pen the people of the South Sea Islands received a large supply of Christian literature. After his retirement his literary labors for the benefit of schools, 1 dispensary, and 3,841 profe ed Christians, of 1,525 are communicants. whom TUTURA: A village in Cape Colony, South situated in the Transkei region S. of Butter worth. Station of the UFS (1885), with (1903) 1 mi ionary and his wife, 29 native workers, 12 outstations, 5 places of worship, 10 Sunday schools, 13 day schools, and 500 profe ed Africa, Samoa continued until his last brief illne , when he left a manuscript on the claims of this people, which was printed by the LMS. Christians. TYLER, Born July 9, 1823. Died Josiah: Entered Amherst College in 1841, where he graduated in 1845. While he was taking his theological course at East Windsor Seminary he decided to enter the foreign field. He was ordained in 1849, and soon afterward, with his wife, he sailed from Boston for Cape TURTON, William: A native of Barbados, who, in after serving for a time as a minister in the colonies on the American continent, returned to the West Indies in 1785, and devoted his life to working for the negro slaves, first at St. Bartholomew and afterward at New Providence in the Bahamas. He encountered bitter opposition from planters and from clergy of the established Church because he was a Methodist. Having collected a congregation in St. Bartholomew he induced the WMS rege. Town. He was a ociated with Me rs. Wilder, Lindley, Aldin Grout and Lewis Grout in the Zulu Mi ion. Dr Tyler labored forty years in Natal, and his “Forty Years Among the Zulus” is a standard and most interesting record of mi ionary life and labor. He founded the Esidurnbini station, the fiftieth anniversary of which was celebrated in 1901. WMS to place it on their list of stations. He then, in 1801, began a similar work in New Providence, and, notwithstanding the influence of those who sought to impede his labors, met with great succe until, worn out with exposure and privation, he was obliged to call on the to send men to his aid. Thus this humble worker was the founder of two of the stations of that society in the West Indies. Kwei-chau, communicants. South Seas, amid the daily the people of TUTICORIN: Town on the coast of Madras, India, 35 miles E. lay N. of Tinnevelli. The appearance of the place and its neighborhood is very unattractive, since in parts the subsoil is so shallow that no plants or trees will grow, and elsewhere there is nothing but heavy sand, with palmyra palms and a few bushes. During the southwest monsoon the dust is intolerable. In value of its foreign trade Tuticorin is second in Madras and sixth in all India. Its harbor, tho shallow, is secure. Population, of 25,100, whom 15,000 are Hindus. Station of the SPG (1878), with (1903) 22 native workers, 6 places of worship, 6 day schools, 2 boarding schools, and 1,590 profe ed Christians, of whom 504 are Turkestan, Calcutta, 1878-80; De Courteille, Dictionnaire Turc-Orientale, Paris, 1870; Radloff, Die Alt-Turkische Inschriflen der Mongolei, St. Petersburg, 1879; Wells, Practical Grammar of the Turkish Language, London, 1880 Red house, Lexicon of the Ottoman. Turkish Language, Constantinople, 1884; also English-Turkish Dictionary, LMS. A town China, situated in the extreme S. E. of the province near the borders of Kwang-si. Station of the CIM (1893), with (1903) 1 mi ionary and his wife, 1 place of worship, 1 woman mi ionary, and 10 profe ed Christians. Name also written Tuh-shan. Shaw, Sketch of the Turkish Language as Spoken in Eastern sionary of the Vdayasirl TYRE, or ES SUR: A town in Syria, situated on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, 20 miles N. by E. of Acre. Station of the British Syrian Mi ion Schools (1869), with (1903) 2 women mi ionaries, 9 native workers, 4 outstations, place of worship, 4 day schools, 1 dispensary. 1 u A UDAIPUR: town and capital of the state of the same name in Rajputana, India, situated about 140 miles S. of Ajmere. Population, 38,143. Station of the UFS (1877), with (1903) 2 mi ionaries, one of them with his wife; 30 native workers, 1 outstation, 4 day schools. 1 dispensary, 1 hospital, profe ed Christians. UDAPI. 1 orphanage, and 124 See Udipi. A town in Madras, India, situated in the district of Nellore, about 50 UDAYAGIRI: TTdipi United Brethren ABMU W. of Kavalli. Station of the (1885), with (1903) 1 mi ionary and his wife, 19 native workers, 11 outstations, 1 place of worship, 2 Sunday schools, 1 day school, 1 boarding school, 1 dispensary, and 334 profe ed Christians, of whom 325 are communicants. miles UDIPI: A town in South Kanara, India, situated near the W. coast, about 35 miles N. of Man galore. Station of the Basel Mi ionary Society (1854), with (1903) 6 mi ionaries, four of them with their wives; 44 native workers, 10 outstations, 10 day schools, and 1,857 profe ed Christians, of whom 1,040 are communicants. Some write the name IJdapi. UDUPITTY A settlement in the Jaffna district: of Ceylon, about 12 miles N. of Chav a kacheri. Station of the ABCFM (1847), with (1903) 1 mi ionary and his wife, 43 native workers, 2 outstations, 18 day schools, 1 boarding school, and 165 profe ed Christians. UEN-CHAU. See Yuen-chau-fu. UE-WU. See Yu-wu-hsien. ch143.xhtml d 778