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The Silent Working of The Holy Spirit
Mrs. William J. Mokkdyk

E HAVE been shown just recently through the coming of
W Ali, our new convert in Bahrein, Arabia, that Christ, through
His Holy Spirit, reveals Himself to man. This young man,
Ali, of whom you have heard before, was brought up as
the other Mohammedans around us in superstition and ignorance.
One day, while he was still young, he chanced to hear one of our lady
missionaries speak in the vicinity of his home. The only impression,
at that early age, which this experience left with him was the fact that
the speaker was a missionary. This was his first contact with the
mission.
Later, when Ali grew up, and studied the Koran and Mohammedan­
ism, he realized the corruptness of its beliefs and teachings, and the

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evil existing all about him. He studied the Koran as few do, with an
open heart and mind and an unprejudiced attitude. lie was an
exception to the rule out here, for he was well educated and was able
to read and write. His attitude was also different in the fact that he
read his Koran, not saying it from memory and repeating it word for
word without a thought as to its significance and meaning, Inn aitaly*.
ing each sentence with reference to its application to his own life aial
peace of soul. His heart was not satisfied with the beliefs and
religion that Mohammedanism presented in its book, the Koran, and
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