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the play period comes, the baby is howling and she must depart. Others j
also have little ones in tow. but they have not proved so unmanageable, i
The aims that I have kept uppermost in this work are three-lold: first, to
bring to the children a knowledge and love of Christ, to portray Him so •
faithfully that they will feel and respond to liis personality and friend­
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ship: second, to give them training in practical ways that will lead to im­
provement m standards of health and ways of living; and. third, to utilize
the children’s love for and need of play in ways that will foster higher
ideals and Christian character. The work is greatly handicapped by lack
of a proper place of meeting and of a playground. I believe that where
these are available and especially where this work can be carried on in !
co-operation with school or hospital, we have a field of great and wonder­
ful opportunity for Christian service. Surely in the lifting up of these
neglected street children we shall have the blessing of our Master who said,
‘Suffer the little children to come unto me.’ ”
All the stations have Bible shops and colporteurs; Bahrein. Basrah, and
Autara have Bible women; Sunday services are maintained in all the
stations, and Sunday schools in most of them. Tn Kuweit. Basrah, and
Amaru the modification of girls’ dub work, similar to daily vacation Bible
schools, has been an interesting development and suggests great possibili­
ties for children's work in future. Muscat. Bahrein and Kuweit stress the
importance of medical work to give them their best evangelistic opportuni- j
ties. In Basrah the inter-relation of school and evangelistic work is close.
Muscat's "alms-giving” and Basrah’s bread distribution are both practical j
demonstrations of Christian charity.

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