JANUARY STUDY OF THE FIELD: PART IV.
(Text-book, January Magazine.) 1. WHAT is the population of Palestine and Syria? How many are Moslems? 2. What religions had their rise in this part of the world? 3. Why is this an international field? Which language is used most extensively? What class of people can especially be reached through this language? 4. Give date of the first organized effort in Palestine. 5. In what line of work did they engage? With what results? 6. What doctrine is taught by many missionaries who go into this field? What striking parallel may be seen between the expectations of many now in Palestine and the disciples in Christ’s time? 7. Among what class has the work been especially fruitful? What had been the result of other missionary efforts among these people? 8. Tell what you can of the first convert. What impetus did this give to our work? 9. From what Bible city did the next convert come? Relate the experience of Brother Shakker. 10. What was accomplished by his imprisonment? What is the universal experience of the Christian convert there? How do these persecutions affect them? 11. What was the result of the close vigilance made of the home of Brother Krum? 12. Tell how his interpreter was next treated. 13. What appeal is made for our brethren in bonds? 14. Can you find Bible incidents in which friends were raised up for the early Christians similar to those who have aided our brethren in Palestine?