Talk:James Cantine

Sources?
Is there a reliable secondary source for this info?
 * One of his earliest responsibilities was to manage a Bible shop. He worked with Turkish authorities, who thought that the books in the bookshop carried secret information that would threaten the country. He went to prison when he would not hand over a book to a soldier, but was freed when he accused the soldier of being drunk. Ultimately, the government stopped intervening on mission activities.
 * This paved way for other missionaries like Philips T. Phelps, and Mary Bruins Allison.
 * In Basrah: Cantine experienced difficulty in establishing a physician for the medical mission. The first doctor recruitee decided to have private practice without the spiritual mission, and the second medical doctor contracted dysentery and returned to the United States.
 * I am not sure that exactly got the same points, but there is content like this in the article now.-- CaroleHenson (talk) 22:42, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Cantine faced difficulties in renting a house for the mission in Basrah because the governor of the town had released an order "not to rent a house to American Missionaries" Cantine and his colleague were able to settle with a catholic christian who helped them build a house.

-- CaroleHenson (talk) 06:43, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Kamil
I have moved this sentence here, because I am reading that Cantine got to know Kamil after he was converted.


 * Cantine is credited for the first Christian conversion of a Syrian Muslim, Kamil.

See "After Kamil's conversion and having done some mission work among the Bedouin tribes in Syria, he joined the work of two missionaries, Rev. James Cantine of..." at, and a similar statement in. After meeting Cantine, he becomes a preacher here.-- CaroleHenson (talk) 21:47, 20 December 2016 (UTC)


 * See this edit that discusses Kamil.-- CaroleHenson (talk) 22:20, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Quotes
By the way, I added two quotes that I think provide insight into the kind of person that he was - which I think gives great insight into the kind of missionary that he was, and applicable for this article. As an FYI, others may not agree that these are helpful / encyclopedic.-- CaroleHenson (talk) 22:41, 20 December 2016 (UTC)