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 Arabia; Teheran, Iran; Srinagar, Kashmir; Delhi, India; or Bannu on the borders of Afghanistan.

In the hospital at Bannu, Dr. Theodore Leighton Pennell, an Englishman, literally gave his life for those wild Moslem tribes of the frontier. A very sick man, a Moslem, was rushed into the hospital one day, and had to be operated on at once. The operation was exceedingly dangerous because of the serious nature of the infection. Dr. Pennell knew that in performing the operation he took his life in his hands, for if he should get infected himself he would be almost sure to die. Still he took the chance to try to save the man's life. He operated. Through a small scratch on his finger, at first unnoticed, he got the dreaded infection. He died. The other man lived. "Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friend." So impressed were the wild Afghans of those mountains that they vied with each other for the privilege of carrying the body of Dr. Pennell to its last resting place, for they said, "He was one of us. He loved us, and did more for us than one of our own people would do."

But the best testimony of all concerning the appreciation of Christianity by Moslems is to be found in the lives of those rare souls among Moslems themselves who from time to time have braved all sorts of dangers and perils to become followers of Jesus Christ. The sacrifice and devotion of many of these