We must have a church building, and a native evangelist or two.

The native evangelist who had accompanied us now entered the room, and after some talk we had prayer together.

At the close of the Sunday-school a gentleman asked some questions in English, and the native evangelist, Melki, translated them into Arabic.

Melki, the native evangelist, translated for me as I went along, and the congregation paid good attention and seemed pleased to have heard me.

One of the most noted among the native evangelists at this time, was deacon Guwergis of Tergawar.

The next morning these gentlemen searched all through the waggon of the native evangelists, and put any objects which they suspected aside.

It is estimated that now there are about 22,000 foreign missionaries in the fields, with many thousands of trained native evangelists and helpers.