SILVER CHIMES IN SYRIA
HENRY A. NELSON MEMORIAL
Tripoli Boys' School
SILVER CHIMES IN
SYRIA
GLIMPSES OF A MISSIONARY'S
EXPERIENCES
BY
W. S. NELSON, D.D.,
AUTHOR OF "HABEEB THE BELOVED"
PHILADELPHIA
THE WESTMINSTER PRESS
1914
COPYRIGHT, 1914
BY F. M. BRASELMANN
DEDICATION
July 17, 1888. Cincinnati, Ohio.
This book is affectionately inscribed to her who has been thecompanion of my life for twenty-five years; my helper in all mywork; my cheer and comfort in all circumstances; the maker of myhome; the source of all that is silvery in the chimes that ring to-day.
Homs, Syria, July 17, 1913.
PREFACE
When a tourist is seated on the deck of a steamer, waiting to leave thecountry in which he has enjoyed an outing, his eyes do not seek thelow-lying shore of the sea, for the memories he would retain hereafter.He lifts his eyes to the overhanging mountains. Nor is it the wholemassive range that holds his vision. He looks instinctively to thescattered, lofty summits which stand aloof as it were from the monotonyof the lower range. Especially as the sun sinks below the westernhorizon do his eyes dwell lovingly on those highest peaks which arecolored with the light of the setting sun.
My purpose in sending out this collection of sketches is somewhat thesame. I have not attempted a continuous narrative, with all the monotonyof repeated acts, but have sought to make vivid to the reader some ofthe more conspicuous features of missionary[Pg viii] life, in the hope ofdeepening sympathy with the workers and increasing zeal in the work.That is my excuse for the free use of the personal pronoun, not to makeprominent the person, but to emphasize the reality. May the volume beenjoyed by our fellow workers in America, and blessed by Him whom we all serve.
CONTENTS
| Chapter | Page | |
| I. | Arrival in Syria | 3 |
| II. | Language Study | 14 |
| III. | Travel and Communication | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |