Reports of the missionary and benevolent boards and committees to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America . theMission Boards records, or to state the ground for my imprisonment. Almost the entire mission force have engaged in Red Crosswork, while the buildings were turned over for the use of the sameorganization. The Press, not able to carry out its specific work,was turned temporarily into a banking institution. The reports ofthe three years testify to the zeal, industry, self-denial, consecratedand successful service of the missionaries in abating the
Reports of the missionary and benevolent boards and committees to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America . theMission Boards records, or to state the ground for my imprisonment. Almost the entire mission force have engaged in Red Crosswork, while the buildings were turned over for the use of the sameorganization. The Press, not able to carry out its specific work,was turned temporarily into a banking institution. The reports ofthe three years testify to the zeal, industry, self-denial, consecratedand successful service of the missionaries in abating the suffering,poverty, distress, sorrow and misery of the people. One of the Beirut missionaries sums it up as follows: It has been a big game during these four years, and many risks andchances had to be taken, many difficult problems worked out alone, and ithas not been easy. . We were pushing ahead in the dark very much of thetime. But now . . words cannot express our thanks to God, the Lord ofHosts, for His great deliverance that He has given to Syria and to us allfrom the tyranny of the Turks and their allies. When the great defeat of. The Syria Mission of the Presbyterian Board ofForeign Missions, withthe Boards permission,has temporarily loanedabout one-third of itsforce and the use of anumber of its buildings tothe relief work which isbeing carried on by theAmerican Committee forRelief in the Near the courtesy olthis committee and in theabsence of any up-to-datepictures direct from Sy-ria, we give a gliinpse ofthe need for this work inone of the centres orJerusalem. A—Syrian refug-pesfrom the villages who have been given shelterin Davids Tower, and areseated on the stepsawaitiing Investigation. B. — The childrensward in the hospital for refugees. Jlost of thenurses were trained inthe Syrian ProtestantCollege at Beirut. (Photos loaned by American Committee for Relief in the Near East.) SYRIA—BEIRUT 369 our enemies occurred in September, 1918, the rout was
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