The Jordan Valley and Petra . rely without a little knot of members. We also saw somethinof of the heroic work of theChurch Missionary Society. It reminds one of theCrusaders efforts, in that it is by far the loneli-est and hardest outpost in all the Syrian years ago a Mr. Leatheby, an independentworker, tried to enter and live in Kerak. In spite ofthe shameful treatment he received, he remainedbravely at his post, and after years of humble effortwon the confidence and respect of many. In 1894the Church Missionary Society came and opened amedical work, which has done much to diminis
The Jordan Valley and Petra . rely without a little knot of members. We also saw somethinof of the heroic work of theChurch Missionary Society. It reminds one of theCrusaders efforts, in that it is by far the loneli-est and hardest outpost in all the Syrian years ago a Mr. Leatheby, an independentworker, tried to enter and live in Kerak. In spite ofthe shameful treatment he received, he remainedbravely at his post, and after years of humble effortwon the confidence and respect of many. In 1894the Church Missionary Society came and opened amedical work, which has done much to diminishprejudice. The native Christians are very poor inthis worlds goods, but rich in bigotry and indiffer-ence. Dr. E. Johnson was in charge at the timeof our visit, and showed us many kindnesses. Hewas assisted by a native pastor, Rev. HannaDimeshky, who has seen n larly forty years servicein Palestine. Dr. Johnson, when we saw him, wason the eve of a journey to England, in order tobring back his wife and two children. He came C. Kerak 353 back in October, six months later, and because thecholera was bad in Jaffa and Jerusalem, he madethe long land journey down from Damascus. Onlysome ten days after his arrival his wife was takensuddenly ill, and was as suddenly claimed bydeath, leaving her husband and motherless childrenin this lonely spot. While in Kerak we received two teleoframs fromour families in Beirut, saying all was well. Thiswas the first and the last word that we had fromthem until we reached Jerusalem, after an intervalof forty-two days. Letters were sent to us at vari-ous points, and also telegrams, but failed to catch us. END OF VOLUME I. #^ar ?!!^ ?? ?.—-r»r7?ppS5T^ r-iO > C=i -P CDJO C 73 rH O2-1 1-3 & oJ a. UNIVERSITY OF TORONTOLIBRARY
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