Hundreds of men and women had heard
him tell them of the love of Jesus. And friends had been made among
Arabs all over those desert tracks, to whom he could go back again in
the days that were to come. The Arabs of the Syrian Desert all think
of Archibald Forder to-day as their friend and listen to him because
he has proved to them that he wishes them well.
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| "SEEING THEN THAT WE ARE COMPASSED ABOUT WITH SO GREAT A |
| CLOUD OF WITNESSES, LET US LAY ASIDE EVERY WEIGHT AND THE |
| SIN WHICH DOTH SO EASILY BESET US, AND LET US RUN WITH PATIENCE |
| THE RACE THAT IS SET BEFORE US, LOOKING UNTO JESUS, THE AUTHOR |
| AND PERFECTER OF OUR FAITH, WHO FOR THE JOY THAT WAS SET BEFORE |
| HIM ENDURED THE CROSS, DESPISING THE SHAME." |
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FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 69: That is _Nasarene_ (or _Christian_).]
[Footnote 70: The Druzes are a separate nation and sect whose religion
is a kind of Islam mixed with relics of old Eastern faiths, _e.g._,
sun-worship.]
[Footnote 71: The Jowf is a large oasis town with about 40,000
inhabitants, about 250 miles from the edge of the desert.
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