Note 48 — Chapter XXI · HISTORY OF THE GAZA MISSION OF THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY (1878-1912)
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Adapted from Handbooks of the C.M.S. Missions, The Palestine Mission, 1910, a typewritten document by Dr. Sterling, 1912, and Mercy and Truth, 1911.
It may not be generally known that General Gordon paid two visits to Gaza in 1883. On the first occasion he spent a fortnight, and afterwards three weeks in the C.M.S. compound. An interesting relic is the iron bedstead on which he slept. It is still associated with his name, and is being carefully preserved.