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riy；htoousnciia. Porhups, too, thu fact of hla bcln^, eumpmativcly
spoukin^, u rich man, prevented mu, as it did ull others, from sup-
posing that he had any ulterior motive in seeking to know the
truth. From the first he wished to learn, and then, whenever and
wherever ho hacl an opportunity, to give to others the bcnofit of his
knowledge ; so lhat I heartily agree with my friend, J. Gordon Lo-
giin of the Egyptian Hand, who saw the man both in the school and
in my house, when he writes from Suez, saying, • Praise be to God !
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：；：：：:•: .；••-: It is worih more ilum ton years* work itself to have been the moans
of bringing such a soul as Sheikh Salem out of the darkness of
Islam into the marvellous light of God's love.’ ••
And from our sister mission on the north at Bagdad we hear
that Yakoob Yuhanna and his wife, who were for some titce wilh
us at Busrah, are standing firm in ihe faith and shining for Christ
in the darkness of their village. This mission, like our own ,is
sadly in need of re-enforccmcnis lest the advantage be lost which
has been gained by years of toil and sacrifice in the past. The
C. M. S. school is flourishing and Doctor Briggstock of Syria will
soon arrive at Bagdad to help in ihe medical work carried Oil for
so many years by Doctor Henry Martyn Sutton.
The wide influence of the Arabic Bible is wonderfully illus­
trated by ihe following extract from a letter of Mr. J. McCarthy,
which was read at the China Inland Mission prayer meeting on
Saturday, December 13th, 1902. Mr. Rhodes is stationed at
Yuinan-(u, in the province of Yuinan.
"There lire u good many Molnunnu:clans living outside the
South Gate, und Mr. Rhodes has been nmking- special t-llorls to
reach some of them during- the quarter. Mr. Rhodes savs :
we have many Mohainmcdans in our district and three mosques, I
have altempicU a little work among tlicm. 1 sent out packets of
Scrjpture in Arabic to all these mosc|ues. Since then I have
had requests lor over sixty portions and four New Testaments
in Arabic. The news spread to more distant mosques. The
teachers in tliose mobqucs also sent requests for Arabic Scrip-
turc. 1 liavc had ;i goad many visils from various teachers ami slu-
dents of Arabic. One d;iy nine came logother, and for l\vu hour^
we hacl a busy and somewhat lively time. Of the successive visit
ors, one young man, who could read no Chinese but only Arabic,
has visited me very frequently. Sc me limes lie brinj-s uno or iwc