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neqlected arab/a

Missionary News and Letters
Published Quarterly

for private circulation among the friends of
THE ARABIAN MISSION

Strong Through Faith

Alas. G. E. DicJono

'I' is with respect and reverence that 1 approach the privilege of writ­
i ing about Mrs. Storm, for her spirit was so line and her life so
beautiful as to make it impossible to convey to others who have not
known her a sense of her real worth. She was with us so short a
lime, hut lout* enough for us to recognize those qualities of heart and mind
which are so rare these days, yet so intrinsically valuable.
Our ideal of what a Christian should he was found in Mrs. Storm.
IK-rs was a faith that was secure, an unbounded faith in the limitless good­
ness and jxjwer and love of God. She searched “the Scriptures diligently.’’
Her strong devotional life kept her serene in face of the difficulties'of
everyday life. We marveled at her constant cheerfulness in spite of very
real physical handicaps. She never complained. 1 ler living was whole­
hearted and sincere. Hers was the spirit which after two long years of
grinding language study, two long periods of sweltering heat, many anxious
liniments over her first baby, much shifting from one station to another
,viih its consequent packing and unpacking and weariness, many disappoint­
ments and heartaches could say, ‘ I thank God for a very happy first year
iif service.” Hers was a spiritual power far above the average, and un-
ilaiiuted courage, a sweet sterling character. She persevered, she was
0. 11secrated, she never compromised the truth. To her husband she was a
1, vlp-meet, for his high calling,—that of a medical missionary. ller chil-
.Inn she dedicated from the beginning to the Lord.
Then it is as a friend that we think of Mrs. Storm. Her sympathy
with those m tiouble was full and complete. She appreciated others. She
was a good connadu. ller face would light up at a luuny story and she
rtiiukl add her bit to the entertainment. The Arab women enjoyed being
«nli her. I.ast summer as many as ten at a time came to call on her.
Hi"1, t U:/ recognized her goodness was evidenced when one told
hei- that lier heart was as white as her while dress but that the hearts
I’1 ‘I'f Alil.Wcrc as l'l;ick their black cloaks. They enjoyed having her
lll,sl,,t;i1 Payers for her message was vital and they were so pleased
will, the way in which she pronounced the words of their dillicult tongue.
U others have so well said of another, "She was unvarying gentle and eon-
Milalciry in her attentions to the
poor. She approached them with respect
4> living representatives of Christ
Only a profoundly spiritual nature
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