Medical Mission Opportunities in Baghdad
Dr. P. W. BRIGSTOCKE, of the English Church Medical Mission at Baghdad, Turkish Arabia, while taking greatly-needed rest out of the city, writes: “I am now camping on the banks of the Tigris, some distance south of Baghdad, but even here hardly a day passes without some one applying for treatment, and I have had several unfortunate deputations from Baghdad, begging me to see a case in consultation, or perform some operation, which I must refuse, as to give in would mean an end of all rest. [But that is just what it meant to Jesus when the crowd followed Him to the “desert place,” where He and His disciples went to “rest a while.” See Mark 6: 30-56.] All this has greatly impressed me with the responsibility which lies upon us, and of the magnificent openings before us for extending the good influence of the Medical Mission. It seems to me that there are unmistakable signs of the yielding of the hitherto fast-barred gates of the ‘cradle of Islam,’ if they are not even now ready to open if admission were sought for.”—Selected.