p. 351 | A Missionary in Morocco

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · Aug 10, 1882

A Missionary in Morocco

Captain Corville tells some curious stories in his book on Morocco. One, for example, is that of “a well-meaning gentleman, with more enthusiasm than brains, who made some attempts to convert the Moslems of Tangiers. His method was simply to go into the market-place, accompanied by an interpreter to translate the sacred words to the crowd. That worthy, having some respect for his own life, explained at each pause that his employer was a madman of a very pronounced type, and must on no account be molested. As the Moors have a great respect for madmen, this explanation probably saved the missionary’s life.”