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A TYPICAL ARAB OF YEMEN
Arabia:
The
Cradle
of Islam Studies in the Geography, People and Politics of the Peninsula with an account of Islam and Mission-work
BY
REV.
S.
M.
ZWEMER,
F.R.G.S.
INTRODUCTION BY
REV. JAMES
New York
S.
DENNIS, D.D.
Chicago
Toronto
Fleming H. Revell Company Publishers of Evangelical Literature
36486 Librt*/y of Conoress
AUG 20 1900 Copyright entry
Sta*ND CO^Y. Ufriivtod to
OKOtW
SEP
DIVISION,
21
lyuu
80140 Copyright, 1900
by
FLEMING
H.
REVELL COMPANY
DEDICATED TO
The ^'Student Volunteers'' of America IN
MEMORY OF
THE TWO AMERICAN VOLUNTEERS WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR ARABIA
PETER
J.
ZWEMER
AND
GEORGE
E.
STONE
—
And Jesus said unto him This day is salvation come to this house, forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man is come to Luke xix. 9, 10. seek and to save that which was lost. :
Introductory Note
THE
author of this instructive volume
is
in the direct line
He folof missionary pioneers to the Moslem world. lows Raymond Lull, Henry Martyn, Ion Keith-Falconer, and Bishop French, and, with his friend and comrade the Rev.
James Cantine, now stands in the shining line of succession at the close of a decade of patient and brave service at that Others have lonely outpost on the shores of the Persian Gulf, followed
in
their
footsteps,
until
the Arabian Mission,
the
adopted child of the Reformed Church in America, is at present a compact and resolute group of men and women at the gates of Arabia, waiting on God's will, and intent first of all
upon
fulfilling in
the spirit of obedience to the Master the
duty assigned them.
These ten years of quiet, unflinching service have been full of prayer, observation, study, and wistful survey of the great task, while at the same time every opportunity has been improved to gain a foothold, to plant a standard, to overcome a
sow a seed, and to win a soul. The fruits of this and conscientious effort to grasp the situation and plan the campaign are given to us in this valuable study of
prejudice, to intelligent
"Arabia, the Cradle of Islam." tion to our
It is
knowledge of the world.
a missionary contribu-
The
familiar with the literature of his subject.
author
entirely
is
English, German,
French, and Dutch authorities are at his command.
The
accessible Arabic authors are easily within his reach,
less
and he
brings from those mysterious gardens of spices into his clear, straight