This memoir tells the story of Asahel Grant, a medical missionary who traveled to Persia (modern-day Iran) in the mid-19th century to provide healthcare to the Nestorian Christian community. Written by A. C. Lathrop, who was a close friend of Grant, this book offers a firsthand account of the challenges and triumphs of missionary work in a foreign and often hostile land. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important,...