He makes the most solemn appeals to the Searcher of Hearts to bear witness to his sincerity; asks neither for protection, employment, or money; but says, that his only object is to secure the salvation of his soul.
He asks for nothing but Christian instruction, which I of course was most happy to afford to the extent of my abilities.

Alas! that long experience with people here, and especially with the Druzes, compels me to receive with hesitation their most solemn protestations.
"_Sept_.

5.

M., the ruling sheik of A., came down from the mountains to request Christian instruction and baptism for himself and family.
He is very earnest and rational, for a Druze, and thinks that nearly all his villages will unite with him.

In a conversation, protracted to more than half a day, I endeavored to place before him, with all possible plainness, our views of what true religion is.