The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions [A.B.C.F.M.] sent missionaries across the world to spread the gospel. While spreading gospel was one of the core missions, the A.B.C.F.M. missionaries also frequently engaged in soft-infrastructure development, which included setting up hospitals and schools. Cyrus Hamlin (1811-1900) was one such missionary who worked in Turkey from 1839 to 1876.
Hamlin, ordained in 1838, worked under the American Board from 1839 until 1859 to train the youth in Turkey in theology, especially grooming the youth for work in the ministry. After leaving the A.B.C.F.M., Hamlin helped Christopher Robert found Robert College. Hamlin was president of the college until 1876, when he returned to the United States. He was later a professor at Bangor Theological Seminary, his alma mater, and president of Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont.
For more information on the missionaries in Turkey or the American Board in Turkey, search the online catalog for "Missionaries – Turkey", "Missions – Turkey", or "American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions - Turkey".
--Abraham
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