. With the Beduins, a narrative of journeys and adventures in unfrequented parts of Syria . SHEIK FARIS, OF KERAK, AND HIS BRETHREN. CHAPTER V. THE ENGLISH MISSIONARIES. The kings wrath is as the roaring of a lion.—Proverbs. Now Mr. Great Heart was a strong man, so he was not afraidof a lion.— Pilgrims Progress. A S our horses scrambled up the steep side of thehill on the summit of which Kerak stands, wesaw a little man in European dress, worn to the. Mr. Lethaby, Missionary at Kerak. HOW THEY CAME TO KERAK. 205 extreme of tenuity and shabbiness, climbing down onfoot, and knew that it must be
. With the Beduins, a narrative of journeys and adventures in unfrequented parts of Syria . SHEIK FARIS, OF KERAK, AND HIS BRETHREN. CHAPTER V. THE ENGLISH MISSIONARIES. The kings wrath is as the roaring of a lion.—Proverbs. Now Mr. Great Heart was a strong man, so he was not afraidof a lion.— Pilgrims Progress. A S our horses scrambled up the steep side of thehill on the summit of which Kerak stands, wesaw a little man in European dress, worn to the. Mr. Lethaby, Missionary at Kerak. HOW THEY CAME TO KERAK. 205 extreme of tenuity and shabbiness, climbing down onfoot, and knew that it must be good Mr. Lethabycome to welcome us. He walked by our side, aswondering we passed through the dark tunnel intothe wretched collection of one-storied hovels whichconstitute the town. As we threaded the dirty lanesfrom which ill-looking faces stared out upon us, itwas a pleasure to see a female figure clothed in a neatclean simple English dress and apron, crowned by anhonest smiling friendly English face. This was , and here in this one poor room lighted onlyby the door, is the residence and schoolroom of themissionaries and the mission. That evening Mr. Lethaby told me his was a compositor, had been apprenticed in London,and afterwards worked in a printing-office in a townin the West of England. On week days he workedat his trade, and on Sundays preached in a littleWesleyan Chapel. In 1872 he had tramped acrossItaly and got
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