History

12 Sep 1838

The American missionary Lorenzo Warriner Pease seemed a bit annoyed with the missionary Mr Wolfe… The Aga says that when Mr Wolfe was here, he wrote a letter to the Governor in Italian to persuade him to become...

 

The American missionary Lorenzo Warriner Pease seemed a bit annoyed with the missionary Mr Wolfe…

The Aga says that when Mr Wolfe was here, he wrote a letter to the Governor in Italian to persuade him to become a Christian. He also wrote to others. All who have spoken of him to me, speak to me as a little cracked in his mind. Querie? Was it his duty to write such a letter when there was no reasonable prospect of success, but rather of exciting the opposite feelings? Querie: would he not have been more successful had he confined himself to one people and place? The people have the idea that the water of the country when very pure operates as a purgative. Querie: if so, may it not arise from a change in their habits? Especially in their food and drink? The Greek language will probably soon become settled: 1. By the translation of the Scriptures and church services. 2. Laws of Greece. 3. Newspapers and other writes. 4. Public speaking in churches and courts. 5. Study of Hellenic. 6. University and schools.