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 YOUNG MOSLEM AND CHRISTIANITY 143

true followers of our Lord might well cause some of us lukewarm Western Christians to blush with shame. In Iran they tell the story of Dr. Saeed Khan, known as the beloved physician of Teheran. He belonged to the fanatical Kurds. When he had made up his mind to become a Christian his Moslem relatives seriously objected. He was watched as closely as a prisoner in his own house. "He was beaten savagely and branded with red-hot irons. Saeed suffered intensely, yet he remained calm and prayerful. He prayed, 'Blessed Jesus, open their eyes to see. Give them wisdom to understand, and faith to believe.' " 1 Today, in spite of the fact that he is a convert from Islam, he has risen as a Christian physican and surgeon until Moslem rulers beg for his aid. Standing before kings, or serving the common people, Dr. Saeed as an ambassador of Christ adds new chapters of glory to the continuing Book of Acts.

Or consider the following inspiring cases of young men who because of the power of the new life that was imparted to them were not afraid or ashamed to be known as Christians. Rather they counted all their former social position and ease and wealth as so much rubbish compared with the great joy and peace that had come to them through the personal knowledge of Jesus Christ.

Mirza Mohammed belonged to a well to do family in L. When a mere youth he joined one of the

1 The Beloved Physician of Teheran, by Isaac M. Yonan, p. 60. Nashville, Cokesbury Press, copyright 1934. Used by permission.