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10 NEGLECTED ARABIA
Out-calls ............... 256
Surgical operations 300
Tn-palients .......... 186

The report of the women's medical work as given by Mrs. Calverley, •j
M.D., is also an evidence of untiring labor in the service of the Kuwait
women. Dr. Calverley is happy to report the evident conversion of t
freed slave woman, Black Saida by name, who died in the hospital from
tuberculosis, but who confessed her belief in Jesus Christ before she
died, braving the criticism of the Moslem women fellow-patients.
During the summer while Dr. Calverley was in India on vacation the
work was ably carried by Miss Van Pelt. Previous to that time Misi
Van Pelt spent seven months of untiring devotion in nursing and caring j
for Miss Scardeheld, a task which took up all her time, and a consider*. *
ble amount of her strength, but she was never known to fail and a large
amount of the credit of the recovery of Miss Scardeheld must be given
to her.
The evangelistic work has met with encouragements as well as di*. *
couragements. Bible shop work is as extensive as ever. Sunday after­
noon services attract a remarkably large audience of Moslems, both
men and women. The young man baptized several years ago continues
to testify for his Master. One of the former school boys, now Mi**
Robertson's Arabic teacher may be classed as a secret believer. Another *
young man declares he has become a Christian and has at times con-
fessed the same before Moslems.
On the other hand Rev. E. E. Calverley reports a new form of
opposition in the form of an Arabic book in refutation of Christianity
written and published by the chief religious leader of the Persians of
Kuwait. The book consists of two parts, the first a refutation of
doctrines of Christianity, i.e., Baptism, the Trinity, the Eucharist, Chrug
I lie Son of (loti, and the Confessional. 'Hie second part is a reply tQ
(ioldsack's l>ook on “Christ in Islam.*' It is interesting It) note that ihj
school teacher who is helping Dr. Calverley has undertaken to prepart
a reply.
Educational work has been undertaken by Dr. Calverley with tt*
help of a native Christian school teacher. He reports an education*)
opportunity in Kuwait which would serve as a means of interesting
young men in our religion, and advocates the development of such *
program by the mission with the confidence that it will prove a succesjfJ
undertaking.
Kuwait reports two excellent gifts of land to the mission, one on t^
part of a friend of the mission and a second a gift from the rulix^
Sheikh. The two gifts enlarge the property of the mission 40 per ca*.
Since the original purchase of land in Kuwait by the mission, oui
property has increased 88 per cent., entirely through gifts. What Ku*a
needs now is a chapel. The increasing attendance of Arabs, many <4
them women, at the morning service held in the Calverley’s hou*.
emphasizes the need of the latter. It is the unanimous desire of
missionaries at Kuwait that such a building be forthcoming in the ncu
future.