or A Woman's Life Work By EMMA HILLMON HAVILAND ว่า Published for the Author by GOD'S BIBLE SCHOOL AND REVIVALIST Preface "O ye who vainly question, And the fair City of his Desire, Pass on, And leave him with his baffled hopes, By the grace of Allah, Read!" Such is the opening sentence of a little booklet entitled "In the Desert of Waiting," which in the will of God, a few years ago, was placed in my hands, and hungrily absorbed. The scene is an Oriental one of a caravan, loaded with promiscuous wares, setting out for the Royal City; and the principal character is an obscure lad named Shapur, whose camel is loaded with bags of salt. On special occasions, the Golden Gate of the city swings open to admit the Rajah and his retinue. At all other times it opens never, save to a privileged few, these being either king's messengers or vendors of costly and precious. wares. Shapur, with his bags the setting of the sun, But his camel becomes The only ambition of our lad of salt, is to reach the city before and pass in with the Rajah's train. so lame he is unable to go farther, and, with sinking heart and baffled hopes, he unloads the salt and watches the |