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4 NEGLECTED ARABIA
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our footsteps were followed by others more devoted, more eager, more
steadfast than our own.
i I shall never forget Arabia and I shall always remember Cairo, for I
believe that God has led us to the third milestone as He did to the first and
i the second. “They shall abundantly utter the memory of Thy goodness . . .
they shall speak of the glory of Thy Kingdom and talk of Thy power.”
When we read the title of our Arabian Missionary Quarterly, which
has now carried its plea for these past forty years, we are reminded that
although East Arabia is occupied and the Nejd has been visited by our
medical missionaries, Dr. Harrison, Dr. Dame and Dr, Mylrea, the whole
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PILGRIMS AT MECCA AROUND THE KAABA

west coast and except for Aden the entire south coast is still unoccupied, .
Neglected Arabia is nut neglected by the forces of western civilUmlun*
The best und the worst of Europe is knocking at the doors of Arabian life
and gaining entrance. According to recent wireless despatches from Jiddah
to the New York Times (Jan. 13th): “The surrender of the rebel sheik '
Feisal ed Dowish will enable the Wahabi King, Ibn Saud, to continue the
constructive policy he has begun in the lledjaz, including the provision of
electric street cars for Mecca. All parts of the country are now linked by
radio and automobile transport is being rapidly developed. In four years
1,200 automobiles and trucks have been brought to Jeddah for the transport
of pilgrims to Mecca and Medina.
“The Hedjaz Government is now studying two important schemes. The *
first is for the installation of an electric plant midway between Jeddah and '
Mecca to supply both cities with electricity and later run electric tramways. '