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NEQLECTED ARABIA

Missionary News and Letters
Published Quarterly

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ARABIAN MISSION
1929-1930

a YKAU of tragic events has onm: hi a close. Looking backward W e
/\ conclude that our Mission lias had a lull share in the worldwide
[_ j^di^iross and calamities that have taken place. 'The death «*l our be­
loved friend and fellow-worker, Mrs. Paul \Y. Ilarri.suu. in the full
l.luuiu of life, has caused imineasurahle shuck and sadness and left a
*4real gap in the ranks. In the death of (ivrritt I). Van I’eurseiu. |r.. lif-
teen-year-old son of our Muscat evangelist, we have come to a fuller
i eali/.alion ot ihe precious place these young memhers of our family
. ccupy in our hearts and thoughts. 'I he lire in Muttra (Post Office, .\lih-
iuij in which more than a hundred homes were destroyed including our
man doctor’s hospital and residence with practically all drills, equipment
,md furnishings, was a decided financial blow as well as a great personal
|n>> to the doctor. Other losses lo the Mission have heeu by relirenienls
,uid one h\ marriage into the Scotch .Arabian Mission, and temporal v
vacancies caused by illness. All of these trials relate to the Mission and
it* personnel. ( hit ol them has grown a deeper bond of oneness and a
sponger trust in Almighty (lod who is out Keluge and Stmiglh
When we survey the work, thanksgiving wells up m our hearts. Ml
along the line we are advancing. Medical work is increasing by leaps
.old bounds. Kducuiional work is growing fast and these two departments
.»ie being hard pressed to hold on because of the rate «• 1 growth, while
*:.uT and money are standing still and even decreasing. The evangelistic
» i ilk is becoming .more and more absorbing and, judging from the oppo­
sition and questionings together with the increasing friendliness and private
..lofessioiis ot lailli, the message is being more and more absorbed In
»\ery station rapid strides are being made in the direction «• I matnial
.dvance. All of these agencies, working together, are making for a l»«i-
hi Arabia and the' three specific branches of effort carried on h\ this
Mission all have one supreme purpose in common, that A. not merely t • i
i.i.ike a brllrr laud but to make a C/irisliiui land by the power ot our Lord
bstis C hrist, “for neither is there any other name midi r heaven, that is
I'iven among men, wherein we must he saved.”
In November, 1930, the members of the Arabian Mission gathered in
Ikniab to review the year that lias passed and to plan for the year ahead.
! It was a beautiful time of spiritual refreshment, business accomplishment
j ,.nd social benefit. In the following pages a little glimpse of the vear and
' .( the review is given to those who are not privileged to work in Arabia.