In proof of his sincerity, he brought one of the secret books of his religion, and gave it to the missionaries.

Mr.Smith, moreover, when on the mountains, was invited to attend one of their stated meetings, and, at its close, was requested to read and expound a portion of the word of God.
The prospects became more favorable in 1835.

Mr.Bird and others spent the hot months of summer at Aaleih, a Druze village on Lebanon.

Mrs.Dodge gathered a school of girls there, and Mr.Bird had ten or fifteen Druzes present at his Arabic preaching every Sabbath, and among them the young sheiks of the village, with their servants.

Many of the people listened with attention, and received and read the New Testament and other religious books, with apparent eagerness.