[8] See my autobiography, _A Far Journey_, page 94.
Admittance of an infant into the Church, 37-40.
Agricultural life, in America, 285; in Syria, 286-94.
American and Syrian modes of thought, contrast between, 126, 127.
American farmer, lack of romance in his life, 285.
American mind, attitude toward conception and birth, 22.
American women, highly regarded by men, 314; cultivation and privileges of, 316.
American youth, seem to be indifferent to filial obedience, 52, 53.
Anglo-Saxon, the, and the Oriental, as they appear to each other, 57; the reserve of, 72, 73; uses deeds rather than words in his quarrels, 95; curtness of, 108; has high regard for woman, 313.
Arabic, the language of the Syrians, 175; poetry, 354.
Atheism unknown among the Orientals, 84, 85.
Beard, swearing by the, 172, 173; the sacredness of the, among Orientals, 172.
Bed, letting down the, 270-72; taking up the, 272.
Bible, the, cast in Oriental moulds of thought, 4; reads like a letter from Syria, 5, 6; characteristics of, 5, 6; as a repository of divine revelation, knows no geographical limits, 6; as literature, an imported article in the Western world, 7; misunderstood through misunderstanding of Syrian life, 11; critics of, 41, 119, 128; inaccuracy of statement in, 110-14; metaphors and exaggerations of, 119-25; many passages of, to be judged by what they mean rather than by what they say, 139; the positiveness of speech of, 184, 188; prominent mention of Mary and Martha as Jesus' entertainers in, 207, 335; the words _home_ and _house_ in the translation of, 243; purpose of St. John's Gospel, 343-45.
Acts x, p. 277-79; xvi: 15, p. 210; xvii: 17, p. 264; xviii: 18, p. 17; xxi: 10-13, p. 116; xxi: 23, p. 18; xxvi: 8, p. 21.
Amos iii: 12, p. 308; iv: 5, p. 98; vi: 3-4, p. 229.
1 Cor. vii: 4, 14, p. 326; vii: 26, p. 184; xi: 5, p. 332; xi: 7-8, p. 329; xiv: 34, p. 333.
Deut. xxi: 15-17, p. 100; xxi: 18-21, p. 336; xxiii: 25, p. 291; xxiv: 6, p. 400; xxv: 7, p. 98; xxv: 15, p. 100; xxviii, 15, 42, p. 294; xxviii: 62, p. 32; xxxii: 39, p. 91.
Ephes. v: 22-23, p. 328; v: 25-29, p. 326.
Exod. x: 40, p. 293; xii: 3, 6, p. 233; xii: 11, p. 254; xii: 34, p. 373; xii: 39, p. 374.
Ezek. xvi: 1-4, p. 30; xxxiv: 11-13, 16, p. 304.