A BEDOUIN MISSION

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 10, 1904

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 32.

A BEDOUIN MISSION.

An effort is being made in England to establish a mission with the object of reaching the neglected seed of Ishmael. Only lately has it been found possible to carry the Gospel to them. Mr. Archibald Forder recently penetrated 750 miles into Arabia, and went from tent to tent, and from town to town, in those unknown and mysterious lands, unfolding the story of Jesus and His love, speaking and reading to the people in their own tongue. Tho frequently in danger, and with no apparent way of escape open to him, Mr. Forder’s faith never wavered. The mission now being formed, with Jerusalem as its base and headquarters, will reach the neglected poor of the Holy City and the Bedouin of Northern Arabia, Eastern Palestine, and the Sinai Peninsula, and will also keep in constant touch with the ever-flowing streams of Arabs who visit Jerusalem. The Arabs come immense distances to sell and buy in Jerusalem, and they are obliged to stay there a few days, during which, very often, they get robbed.—The Christian.