Two Nestorians at the Strangers Home for Asiatics, Limehouse, 1862. Priest Yohanan (John)...had heard of the Turkish Missions Aid Society...the idea struck him that if the...condition of his people [ie extreme poverty] were more widely known in England help would be forthcoming...he set out for England on foot..."without purse or scrip"...attended by Deacon Yiskhak (Isaac)...When we add that Yohanan is sixty-two years of age, and knows only a few words of English, the strong faith or love of adventure which animated the old man, who previous to 1861 had never wandered beyond his native plain, becomes apparent...[They] crossed the Caucasus, wandered over the Steppes of Russia...they arrived [in London] the first Nestorians who ever visited this island...Priest Johns discourse is thoroughly primitive and Oriental, and evinces an intimate acquaintance with the Holy Scriptures...[He has] features of the highest Syrian type...The deacon is...of a sallower complexion...The evangelical section of the British public...will probably desire to become more nearly acquainted with these interesting strangers who appeal to our sympathies both as representatives of a primitive Christian Church and as footsore wanderers from the shores of the Caspian. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.