The ceaseless troubles in Palestine had not made work any easier for the Bible colporteurs. Jerusalem had been the center of bitter strife, but even so, colporteurs went on quietly, making good use of such opportunities as came their way. One of them relates a pleasing incident.
“Violence and civil strife prevent me from going outside the city. But I met a dear Christian Arab policeman who has liked reading the Bible since his boyhood. He stated that he had friends, both Jewish and Arab, among whom he desired to start a Bible class, and would I bring him Bibles in Arabic and Greek and Latin and Hebrew? This I did, and he said, ‘Ever since I was a boy, I have had a longing for the Bible through the visit of a colporteur to my home in Hebron; and ever since then I have believed in it and wished that all men would read it. And that is why I have bought these eight books from you, for the benefit of others. Pray much for me.”
ML 10/01/1967