The Setting of the Crescent and the Rising of the Cross is a book written by Henry Harris Jessup in 1898. The book tells the story of Kamil Abdul Messiah, a Syrian convert from Islam to Christianity. Kamil's journey from being a devout Muslim to a Christian is explored in detail, and the book sheds light on the challenges he faced in his conversion. The author, Henry Harris Jessup, was a Christian missionary who lived in Syria for over 50 years. He...