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Updated: May 15, 2025

They asserted that Asaad had died two years before, pointed out his grave, and offered to open it. The convent was thoroughly searched, but he was not found, and Mr. Tod was convinced that he was really dead.1 1 Missionary Herald for 1833, pp. 51-57. When it is considered how severely and in how many ways Asaad was tried, his faith and constancy appear admirable.

Rufus Anderson - History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I.