The congregation was larger than usual, and there was more solemn attention than had ever been witnessed in the chapel.
Much anxiety was felt for Kasim, but he was not molested.

His brother and his brother's wife also made a very importunate request for baptism, and the mission not long after complied with it.
As these converts were not molested after their baptism, the Druzes resorted more and more to the mission for instruction.

Mr.Thomson was invited to visit their villages, and open among them schools and places of worship.

They applied for the admission of their sons to the seminary, and a young sheik was received, his friends paying the expense.

Some of them corresponded with Mr.Thomson by letter, and some came to reside at Beirut.