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St Francis Magazine Vol 8, No 2 | April 2012 name. They are all Christians – but alas none of them know the truth of Christ’s religion. On my way to the [illegible] I passed Wadi El-‐Azrak, and found there a priest called Sa-‐eed with his family living in that wadi. He is a Greek [Orthodox] priest who for poverty’s sake was obliged to live in that wadi and plant some vegetables upon which he lives. Myself and my party went to live in his hut made of branches of the bushes and wild trees of that wadi. .... after 10 minutes’ ride we came to the source of the water that is gushing in that wadi; it springs out of a large, broad and white solid rock, very remarkable for its whiteness. Fishes were swimming in that water but of a very small size. Badawins never eat fishes because they consider them to be no better than serpents. We continued ascending up the wadi – the rode is very rugged and I was often obliged to dismount and walk: after half an hour’s ride we reached E-‐youn El-‐hommos (a fount) where we found the Fe-‐he-‐se-‐yeh maidens coming to fill their skin bottles with water; and after 5 minutes’ ride we arrived to the encampment of the [illegible] which makes a very large round circle. The tents were 16 in number made of goat’s hair – but very large indeed. They live in their village for 3 months only and the rest of the year they live a badawin-‐life in tents...... there are many encouraging signs for establishing a mission in the East.... (Archive ref: CM/O.36) The second report from the now ordained deacon is dated 1876, and describes a journey to Salt and Ajloun districts, including this arrival at ElHusn, ....they earnestly begged us to spend the day with them: certainly we were obliged to change our plans and accept their invitation of love with thankfulness.... they mean to follow the doctrine of the Gospel, I will not say of our church, because I know that they are the Gospel doctrines. They asked for a missionary, and a school for their children. One of them, even a Mr. Isa ElAzar said with power and earnestness, “The Gospel must be preached and those who are against the teachings of the Gospel must first cut the wings of the angel” (Rev. 14:6). 306
St Francis Magazine Vol 8, No 2 | April 2012 There then follows a report of Chalil Jamal’s departure from Salt. Friday, September 1st. We left for Amman, Mr. ElKarey the priest, his brother Solimon, a horseman, and myself (they meet a bedouin horseman of the Beni Sakhr and have a conversation on the way). In Amman, we found another, one Salwen, a muslim; he lives in one of the caves in Amman. He said that to steal when in need and to kill an enemy when you meet with him, is not sin; but to steal from a friend, or to kill a friend, is sin. I taught him the same prayer that I taught AbdAllah – but we could not convince him that killing an enemy is sin. Left Amman and rode to El Yadoodi. In the night, spoke about the fruits of the Christian religion....our host was a friend of mine but belongs to the Latin Church. The report concludes with an interesting list of the places visited and the scope of the enquiries that Chalil Jamal must have been making. The number of Christians in the villages that I have visited Village name Souls No. who can read Schools Priests Kufrinji 75 6 - - Anjara 90 5 - - Ajloun 350 20 1 1 Ain Janna 25 4 - - 307
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