Arabia in Brief by George E. Stone

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 22, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 12.

Arabia in Brief

By George E. Stone

Arabia in Brief.—Arabia is a land of possibilities. (a) A country much more fertile and populous than generally supposed. (b) The people are largely town people, not ignorant Bedouin. (2) Arabia is a land of opportunity. (a) Politically, only partially under Turks. The interior is independent. The eastern and southern coasts, under British influence. (b) People not as bigoted as in Turkey. Preaching in streets and bazaars at Bahrein. (c) Opportunity because everything is yet to be done. Only three missionaries at present on east coast, and one on the southern coast, with the reenforcements going out this year only nine or ten missionaries for ten million people.—Rev. G. E. Stone.