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vcnir note of Tan. is before me as T write.
nr. Hosmon worked with the Arabian Mission for about ?5 years, ^e all kno^ he-- very
•ell. Her Surgical capacity is limited, but her general medical work is excellent
m and her spirit in ministering to all and snnd^v very fine. w*r Evangelistic ^eal
3 is ver/ great, but, her tact is unusual, and so far as T know the Arab rulers under
' whom she has worked have esteemed work very highly indeed. T d 0 not believe
that-there has been an exception to this at ary time. She is very much a lady ?
by the Brisish as well as by the American definition of that term.
nr. Hosmon left our organization because she,in her relirious convictions, is of
a ver, conservative type indeed, Most of us are somewhat more liberal, and she felt
that she did not wish to remain associated with a group with whom she diccp re d so
strong! • ^e were sorr to see her go, but she left with our very best wisnes f *or her
independent missionary career, and those rood wishes she has still.
Dr. Hosmon has been trying for some years to get a -roup to come out and join
her in ter work for the villages of Oman. T think that r ou can take without hesitation
her assurance that ary such workers gtetTshe secures will be extremely 1 yal to the
British rule in Arabia. ™hat she says in her letter is perfectly true, 0 ^n con-
victions have always run that way. 'Hie rrouo with whom she is in + ouch andjTr-om which
her recruits will come, feel the same way.
Moreover I think that under her tutelage, and fr~cm their own previous + en-
dencies, her new recruits will do well in the matter of tact, and will commend them
selves to the Arabs with whom they work.
T am not entirely clear as to the character of the Independent Presbyterian Board
which ste expects to send these new missionaries out,. It might be ^ell to assure
ourself that this is a bona ^ide Missionary Board an^ that t ^ salaries and support o-
these new missionaries are reasonably assured, so that they will not he left at some
later date stranded and hungry out in the middle o° the Oman coast. Br. Hosmon*s
•^group of personal friends at home,is sufficient to make her a safe free lance, in any
Vevent, but I do not think that she has a group of friends adeouate **or such a rroup as
she mentions.
of missionaries of the type she proposes to bring, can come out and work there
her. I hope that ary help that ary help that vou ^eel you can properly give, wi*ll
W4th t hit single proviso, I think it will be a very good thinv indeed, if a group
vour