Smyrna: Myrrh, an ancient city of Ionia, on the western coast of Asia Minor,
about 40 miles to the north of Ephesus. It is now the chief city
of Anatolia, having a mixed population of about 200 of whom about
one-third are professed Christians. The church founded here was one
of the seven addressed by our Lord
(Revelation 2:8-11) The celebrated
Polycarp, a pupil of the apostle John, was in the second century a
prominent leader in the church of Smyrna. Here he suffered martyrdom,
A.D. 155
