Fifty-three Years in Syria

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A massive undertaking, this widely read memoir of an American missionary in Syria and Lebanon during the nineteenth century has become a standard reference. Providing background and color for his own work, Jessup helps the reader understand some of the tragic incidents he faced, but also the optimistic sense of success that would eventually arise from the work he had done. Encompassing the spirit of travel and adventure characterized by the Gorgias Historic Travels in the Cradle of Civilization, this two-volume recollection will find avid readers from missions-minded laity and historians of Syria and Lebanon alike. Contents Illustrations XIX. Notable Visitors and Converts XX. A Cholera Year XXI. Helps and Hindrances XXII. Mission Schools XXIII. Sketches (1887) XXIV. Three Years of Progress (i888) XXV. Marking Time XXVI. A New Century Dawns (1899-1900) XXVII. The Whitening Fields (1901—1902) XXVIII. My Latest Furlough—Years 1903-1904 XXIX. Jubilee Times (1905-1907) XXX. What Shall the Harvest Be ?—January 1908-May 1909 Appendix I. Missionaries in Syria Mission From 1819 to 1908 Appendix II. The History—Bibliography Appendix III. (a) List of American Medical Missionaries in the Syria Mission, 1833-1909 Appendix IV. 1903. List of Mission Schools of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions in Vilayets of Beirut and Damascus Appendix V. Outline of the History of the Syria Mission of the American Presbyterian Church and Contemporary Events, 1820 to 1900 Appendix VI. Figures," 1908-1909—Statistics of the Syria Mission Appendix VII. Statistics of the Syrian Protestant College from 1866 to 1906 Index