Little did those excellent brethren think, as this young man turned to go away, how soon they would welcome him to their hearts and homes, and how many thousands of Christian people, even across the ocean, would thrill in sympathy with his sufferings as a martyr for Christ.
Providence so ordered it, that Mr.King arrived from Jerusalem just in time to secure the services of Asaad before he went elsewhere.

He was for several weeks Mr.King's instructor in Syriac.

The two were well met, and in their frequent discussions, on the differences between the doctrines of the Gospel and those of the Papacy, Mr.
King found him one of the most intelligent and skillful reasoners in all the mountains.

He was shrewd, sensible, and inquisitive, candid and self-possessed, and was always as ready to hear as to speak.

His age was then twenty-nine.