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HOW A SHIAH YOUNG MAN FOUND CHRIST.
Last year a young man came to Bahrein from Bushire, directed
to us by a former pupil in our English school. He wrote two
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letters in English shortly after his arrival, which I reproduce in
;*• their quaint form: Letter Xo. r. “Dear Sir. This is all about
my state. My name is G— and my father A. X. My age is twenty-
six years. At first I have been Mohammedan religious, but now I
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rj when I have been ten years old. I have taken the religion on my
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& search for truth, leaving home and property. His father is well-
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A to-do.) I hope to be a certain Christian. Believe me, Sir, yours
:5 faithfully and humble. G.—”
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Letter Xo. 2. This came a few days later.
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“ Dear Sir. Received your honest letter and I understood the
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contents. You me inform about the Bible. I never saw it but
a only hear about it. As I have wrote you, please guide me in the
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Holy Religion. I am very happy to want to be a Christian. Since
my childhood dream I kept the love on Him. . . . Send me any
• book of guidance and a Bible please.
Yours faithfully, G—”

Six months have passed since these letters were written. Fie
£ often came to see us at night. His friends burned his books more
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! short letters from a C. M. S. missionary at FI—, India, tell the -
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“Dear Mr. Zwemer.—G— arrived here from Bombay on January !
3rd. We like him and believe he is a sincere inquirer. Yesterday
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the city. But Abdul Messia seems firmly determined not to go L
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