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NEGLECTED ARABIA
The literature which we use comes largely from the Nile Mission
Press in Cairo and is well calculated to arouse curiosity and interest.
The “Story Parables” published by this press are little eight-page tracts
giving a simple story and pointing to the need (if a Savior, and to the fact
ilml the la»rd Jehun is the One Savior, Wu Imvc found tlicne niotfl ultruc-
live, fnr'the uticiuiou I* drawn at once by the Mrikitig. picture* on the i-
cover. Another very useful series of tracts is "Christian Sermons on :
Kurunic Texts.” The verse of the Koran usually printed on the cover
often leads the Arab to ask for the tract. Portions of the Gospels are
always in demand, for many like to hear us read them. Often they will
be interested in some Gospel incident having a point of similarity to their
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fj (iwn experience or work. All of these types of literature make vehicles
l\ ihrough which we try to present the fact of the death of Christ and His
?l resurrection, and that it was for us.
jl What have been the results of this method of work? Seed has been
51 >own throughout the whole Hillah district and over 20,000 tracts and ( ;
3 books have gone into circulation. Many have learned what the Lord
I Jesus claimed to be and what He claimed to do. Forceful proof of this ;
1 ib seen in the issue of several bitterly anti-Christian books by the Moslems
3 of Nejaf, attacking the Christianity of the Gospels, not the popular super-
;-j| stitions concerning it.
One Mullah—a teacher and quite well read in things Moslem—heard !
the message in a coffee house in a neighboring town. He followed us to
Hillah, and came often for reading and instruction. Then one day, after
£1 bpending much ot the night in meditation, he told us how God had led him ; •
U to faith in our crucified and risen Savior. He asked for baptism quickly,
saying that he was an old man and wanted to make his profession without • •
delay, that it might not be put off too long. Last November he was bap-
tized, and since then he has been out among the tribes, witnessing for his ! !
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jl Savior and reading with friends and distributing tracts. All this is done r
fj together with his own work, for he receives no remuneration from the
mission. ; .
f Ilm iliciic rtMiIU urc external—wlmt silent pervasive testimony him i
been home only God knows. It is only as llis Spirit works in the hearts
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nf the people'that they will turn to the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation :
from their sins. The chains of custom, the fear of ostracism, the loss of
1 means of livelihood, and the dread of sudden death can only, be overcome
I by the power of God, and men be given courage to come out openly and
1 fearlessly as Christians. It is our request to those who read this that they
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I will continually remember the work in Iraq in their prayers, that the Lord
■ may strengthen our work by His Spirit, and raise up from among this r ;
I (tuple a strong witnessing Church. ^

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