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dirino of Sheikh Bakar, a string in his hand; he ties the string on the
handies uf the mysterious mulberry tree that is beside the fountain. Then,
,1 |,e is nut married, he washes his body in the water of this holy spring;
hut if married, he is not entitled to wash his body; it is a sin; he washes
niily his face and hands. If he does not find rest, and his fever increases
l.e visits more shrines—Abdul Aziz, and Said. Another has a headache; :
lie goes to the shiine of Sheikh Abrus. Another, with rheumatism, visits
die house of the Pir at Baadri, where he is cured by simply putting some t
jaliva on him. And so on: many other remedies are sought which do not «
lot the patient, but increase his pains more and more. Is it not necessary
io help this miserable people with a doctor who would go and visit them
in their houses, who would give them some medicine free and rest them on
their suffering beds? Nothing would be more touching to a Yezidi, who
has been hated, oppressed, and thought loathesome by his Moslem neigh- I

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GROUP OF WORKERS IN T1IE MOSUL YEZIDI FIELD .
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l«ii>, than to show him love, sympathy, and kindness. Helping this poor l
•topic financially and medically is necessary, and is the second step to bring ■
(Ih'iii near to Christ. "If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute o?
daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed
.i,dlillcd; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are neces­
sary to the body, what doth it profit?” It is quite true that we must help
iIn* Yczidis not by word but by action. ? 1
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The third way is evangelization. As all of us know, the Yczidis have :
Mime rays of the true light, though it is involved in the dark curtains of the -i ;
fulk-lore and fog of their myths and traditions. It can very easily lie made
.liar lo them, if they are prepared for it; so it is most ini|>ortant. after