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esons'pital."anyway,"services."prosper."but one garage which sends cars here we had to fallinto the custom of the country and bargain and shoutjust like all true Syrians do. In the end we got all ourstuff and ourselves in a seven passenger De Soto,paid them a couple dollars more than the originalprice and I guess everyone was happy. At any ratewe weren't left in doubt that we were back in theNear East.Upon arriving in Latakia about seven p.m. wefound Mrs. Hutcheson waiting at the Girls' Schoolgate, as well as other friends, and it wasn't longthereafter until we were all seated around the Hutchdining room table for a good dinner of friedchicken and all that goes with it.Since then we have been busy getting our housestraightened around and the dust of a year sweptout. Kenneth has been trying to learn something ofwhich Mr. Haysthe details of running the bookroom,has formerly done. Eunice McClurkin and Mr. Hutcheson have been busy with school registrations. Itlooks as though our schools would be full ; however,it is still a little early to predict definitely. A fullstaff of teachers has been hired for both schools.Pray with us that these teachers may be consecratedChristian teachers seeking not only to impart bookknowledge to those under their care but also the loveof the Lord Jesus Christ.Today Miss McElroy and ourselves plan to holdopen house for our Syrian friends. Quite a lot havealready come to call, but more have realized we werebusy unpacking and getting straightened aroundand waited for this "official" time to call. This isquite a customery thing among both Syrians andAmericans to have special calling days for yourfriends.Some will be interested, I am sure, to know whathas happened to the young people whom we mentioned who had come out strongly for their Lordand Master. We haven't seen all of them yet, butthose whom we have, seem to be holding firm totheir beliefs and tell us good news of the others. Yesterday morning we had our first Intermediate Meeting at eleven a.m. following a couple of months or soof summer vacation. A goodly number turned out.The subject was "Our Heavenly Calling" from IITimothy 1:9. Church attendance yesterday had increased considerably over the week before for people are beginning to return from the villages wherethey had been summering: Rev. Awad went up withsome of the missionaries to Gunamea to preach inthe afternoon. A good crowd of attentive listenerswas present.One change we noticed upon our return was thenew Psalm books which are in use in the church.Due to the expense of printing and of paper, a bookof Psalm selections was printed and put into useabout the time of World War n. These copies hadbeen almost used up, so complete Psalm books wereagain ordered printed, in Arabic of course, and areagain used. We pray that this will increase the loveof the people for the Psalms.Kenneth and I wish to express our thanks to allour many friends for their love and kindness to usduring our furlough year and ask for your continuedprayers to the Lord of the harvest for the work herein Syria.November 2, 1955A MissionaryDoctor SpeaksBy William H. Chisholm, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.I.C.S.Independent Board Missionary to KoreaExcerpts from a manuscript, "In and Out of Korea"SIN UKIE -THE RENEWING OF THE MIND"Sin Ukie would like a job working in the hosIt was just one of the innumerable applications we received."We cannot take him," I replied, and thoughtwe had made a final and satisfactory decision in thematter.There seemed to be nothing in this young manto commend him for work in the hospital. He hadvery little education, having perhaps finished thefourth grade in the Japanese curriculum. He camefrom the poorest of the poor; in fact, his home wasoften referred to as the "dog kennel." Furthermore,he gave one the impression of being almost boorish,and his face wore a most stupid expression. My wife,who worked among the women concurred in the decision that we ought not to take this young manon our staff.Some time later we were urgently in need of anadditional worker and did not know whom to hire."Why don't you take Sin Ukie? He is working foryousaid one of our employees."What! Working for us? I haven't hired him,"I replied, remembering that as superintendent I hadthe responsibility of hiring the help."No, you haven't, but he is so anxious to workin a Christian atmosphere that he comes very earlyin the morning and is donating his"How is he doing ?" I inquired further."Splendidly,"replied the fellow worker.Since the lad was that anxious to work for us,we decided to give him a trial. He worked with ustwelve years. During that time he accomplished onefeat which seems almost incredible. He read theBible through one hundred and sixty times! He became our authority on the Bible. The Scriptures werethe very center of his life.But did he do anything else beside read theWord ? He certainly did. He became interested in ourlaboratory. I had sent men away to study laboratorytechnique in order that we might do the best possiblework for our patients. But Sin Ukie took to thiswork like a duck to water. His laboratory work wasmost thorough and dependable. Sin Ukie also becameinterested in our pharmacy. His work, there, too,was accurate and dependable and quick; better, Ifelt, than that of our staff druggist.Everything this lad put his hand to prospered.And after all, was not this to be expected? TheScriptures give a definite prescription for a successful life, and Sin Ukie had fulfilled the conditionslaid down therein. For in the first Psalm we are told,"Blessed is the man that walketh not in the councilof the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners,nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord ; and in his law doth hemeditate day and night. And he shall be like a treeplanted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forthhis fruit in his season ; his leaf also shall not wither ;and whatsoever he doeth shallThe first part of this prescription, verse one,295