The Missionary Review of the World — مج41 ع10 (أكتوبر 1918) — متوسط · ص33–35

من «The Missionary Review of the World»، مج41 ع10 (أكتوبر 1918). مجلّد من «The Missionary Review of the World» — مادة كويتية/خليجية (3 موضع). متوسط الصفحات محل الاقتباس مقصوصة أدناه. سياقات: «…A DROVE OF CAMELS AT KUWEIT, ARABIA.…» ◆ «…We are not out there to change methods of thought. The way the Oriental thinks is not our way. One night in Kuweit, I was sleeping in the yard of an Arab house, which in those days served as our hos- pital. My own room, inside, was so infested with fleas that it was almost uninhabitable. The door of the courtyard was open as it always was, and somewhere about three o'clock in the morning, I was waked up by someone pulling on my arm. "Wake up, Sahib. Wake up. I want some medicine." Night calls in Arabia usually mean some serious emergency, so I woke up with some speed. "Yes, what is the trouble?" •'Wake up, Sahib," repeated the woman, "I want some medicine." I was getting waked up by now, so I replied with more intelligence, "Yes, this is the place people get medicine. What do you want it for; where are you hurt?" "I have a pain in my shoulder," she said, "and I have come twenty days' journey to get to this hospital. Just as soon as I arrived, I came straight here." "We are very glad to see you," I replied. "How long have you been suffering this way?" "It is six years now," replied the withered old woman. "Six years! Well," I said, "the m تنبيه منهجي: دوريّة تبشيريّة بروتستانتية — تُقرأ نقدياً كشهادة الآخر لا كمرجع محايد. نطاق عام (Internet Archive).