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Lorsque le document est trop grand pour Atre reproduit en un seul clichi, il est film* i partir de Tangle supirieur gauche, de gauche A droite. et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images nicessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 MICROCOrv RtSOlUTION TfST CHAIT (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No 2) IJO '^^ Ik 1^ ■ 2.2 ■h 2.0 1.8 ^ /APPLIED INA^GE 165 J EosI Ma,n Street Rochester, Ne» Ycrk U609 USA (716) 482 -0300 -Phone (716) 288 - 5989 -Fax t CHINESE DIAMONDS rOR THE KING OF KINGS Chinese Diamonds for the King of Kings BY ROSALIND GOFORTH (MRS. JONATHAN GOPORTH) " God hath made of me Blood all Mfn under Htami." ' Western m the art of ' • needle prfS^' 2 r'*""^' ^"* ^*» *" «P«r "ot infre„ueutly u.ed'^iith ffui r^X"" ^"^"'"^ "•*'"^'"«"' '>'.1'-:«T;,«'Ji;r ^i',^ t'dVJ"-'''^^*^^^ •" ^'^ ^^-tanoe. street fro... where hia ^ fe wa« 8^"";^ S*'"'**'^' ««'««» ^he related what had juat paLL Th"*^n ?"'."« *'''° *•> b«r -he "othing; paying no attenStn[hP'^'°5 '***«"^*^' »>ut said m.«.io..arieH with which srendj^^.t?^^ through many year, of bitter ^Tn!^' "^ huaband had learnt •ut act. When%rt° low^'^XSth'^'S ^^^'^ '"^ '"'^ ''"IJe hi8 intention of taking the yoZer 7n to' t?"'/"'' *""°"°««J to have a growth on hia foot removpyj ^? ^^^ »"''•''«" C)octor Kan to storm and rage buUo , " m.rr;. '*'"""• *^"- '^^-n be- ot interest to her neighbors trmihiTf' T""^*^ *« ^'^'^ matter ;««:«« to herself. HefTs of ten %'' *'*''* '''^"'^hol.l. an.l sick- ta.ned that it is little wonder X^^n. '""''" ,? ^'°'^»t and sus- a general collapse, when the n.l.?r«T "f "*^'^' '***^ *'*'' ^ay by for days as helpl^ Z cfaUd ' ^^' '"'^''^ **onmn would lie "e t^oo^^;:elft:ra;rt"t hi;;„t]""-' «-pitai. it wouu, o|; doubt, but his intense curiosTtvt'""' ''"u ^' ^"^ ^'^'" ^^ar about whom he had heard sucrconfltr ^^' ^^'^'^'^ ^^^'o'* sire, If possible, to see wmethh./^??*'*'"*^ '"^P^'"*''' and a de- overcame every'othe?thTghflwa?;^r''°^' '^ ''"'''^^^^' Mission Hospital they found T>.r„. , :• ^° reaching the crowd of sick and suiring onL pZ '\''^'^'' ^^ « admission they joined themfelve« to ^h^lT"^ ^^^'^ ^'^^^^^^ of ti.e Dispensary door Thrmoment fe^n "' '^^'''"^ ^^^a^ds and his child, with a dozenrmor.^^i. ''■''" Z''""^' bin^elf A« SiLv» u RMwwm 13 hud ffiven it Dr HI...1, .1. • V""*- *"« momoiit he rorw.rd with .ueh VfrL„dir,S ''f J"" r"'""/'"' ™""- thi. man', imoranw .nd f,?.ri ^■""•""'Jf «>»™b«mi that «• h. hi,u*!lf h.d'nj'iyed ' '"''' °' ■ •■""•««" """h ope^trS'ltlitirTtt'. "i "!' '?'■'» '°°' "»• « --P'« nervouaiiesB, but a few unipt «r^l „ ^ J^*^ showed decided wonder and admiratio'rXry detaU of^*h ^ '^ '''*''"-« Dr. Blank saw thp m-n ' 1, ^^^ operation, nected with the nosuhaTanH "*" '""^^^^^ '» everything con- so that the father ^Sd be ;l^'h?°^'**.i°'' '^' "^'^ ^^ his lH>y afternoon clinfe! a'.d Ird vbUa^^^l^ wV^'!:f '"«^ '•^•"- *»>« day was over the miZ^l^ visitation. When the work of the his atudyTn LI house rt^r^^r?^ '"^^*«^ ^' D^"' to such times the^Sionart d-T- ^'"Pound- It was at brother the way^rsKon °^'°'^ *° *•'' '^** ^^^o''^*^ to riLruntiilt ^^tttn^'r .^ "-" — <^ when Dr. Dwan spoke out sn^fni ^! **"''°« '" ^^e study his mind : ^ * suddenly as if to get something off before hl^t t «^Sr °' ""^"^ P"^^* ^^^"^^ — "What can I do for you f' strange1,^";7n ySTomt ^'^ould'v "^^^ ^^ ^^ ^-e place?" J^ »rnome. would you allow me to see the »/n^t^^co^J'X^„'•,'^,f«^^^^ « relieved «,„i,e Th™,»b the bouae tbey w™Te.4"r^r,S^''SL^';«„': 14 Chikbse Diamonds a. well .. boyJ!;"r:' tt.J'leZS'Tr hf if""-?* deeper impression on hifi m,«^ ir^ I* • .**® "^ °»«de a he himself auietSe^eaS ^''^ 'n^ionary or even Some days later when in eonversatinn «,i*i, , . about you allT" ^°'' '""'"' "'"' f^P'" •« MJ-ing you .™ doLnS,' r/SS' • "" ^°'' "^ -^^ -'» «» "'•' heart/ ■ It i, like this, JesK^ktkft I? I?'""**? °' » '"" suffer and die for S—S^-^T 4 , '""h"™ m heaven to that He has ^v^ tT^:7J',i.J'"'lZ'" """ "»*« Him do that make, uf d^^TtS^ Sy^Se"' ' " " *- ^''^^ ChriJ^-i^^^iS-aX^Lrd,^?" following in Jesu, follow ^m?,;^?.."'' '^" l-^Uy. "just that. WiU you a JlJz^^s" ii^"-:,i'! -■ »-•» '- - yes, I will, I will folW the Lord Jesus. •• path would be t..'Tdr^M?^.!:r.?re?it^TAi^d' Part II. From Gleam to Globt. The Son of God goes forth to war XT- f,"^*i^ ^'^^ to gain ; mo^^n"^ ^^^^x^r «*^«"°« afar: Who foUows m His train T Who best can drink his cup of woe Triumphant over pain, ' H.^fnfh* ^^ ^« ''"'^ below- ile follows m His train. " i « r I As Silver is Rkpined jg senues and stood bcftiw. thT^^ somewhat recovered her pasted, p«p^ riht ''"'" °^'' '^•^^^^ '^' «^ was they were mde ofpa^rT J? ?i 5*^!!*^''' '" **^ *^d«' (^o^ the eourt; heiSf for S 'an hour th^h'™^^ "''^"^ ^^^^ with intense ea^estn^^J th» i« ^^u'^X"^ ""^ preached giving His Sonfo^e^ H?t Jn t''^,*^' ?^" '^™« «od i« them before the crowd wh^whrJ'n''^^ ^'^^ «°^ *^j'l?e" "" ''"' ^^P^"^' ^"* andtethTl^^^^^^ -n. his neighboi. wrui^^tsjsS^ ° n that the t^eThldh^ltSt {T^^ T T" ^ outsiders- certainly wreS their ve^re^^cf unl*".^- ^^'''i^' «^ ^^"W paj^otrjart^Jr^r^^D^wir^^^^^ ^^ ^orel^ers, had come out as a Christian onVnf?i; P""! "^y* "^^ a^ter he ^ughing a piece ottC]aLd^tl ?! I?"*? ' ^'^^ ^«« wa« When crossiig the rai^ and S^nV/f ^ ""^.^^^^ (o'* °»«le8). was blowing, the mln did nl ^^"^ ^/ * dust-storm which and killed tth aSTak thol^ l'" ?' ^™'" ^^^^^^ struck mained uninjured ^^ ^^^ *'^***»«« h'^ed man re- nexr?o[alt£Tijrndr.^TDVrhaT^^^^ ^ ^^-' a fine healthy child, he was thp nr m! ^^^-^^^ '"<''» treasure; parents. Soon after thr^w! ^1® ''"I ^^^ ^^ ^oth grand- -w Christian's faS.,*'thi:':hSdToit^^^^ *^ *^ '^^ ehaS^^^a^L^Va^^^^^^^^^^ son pur- other animals it was dis«)vered to hi "^ ^.° P"* ^^h the 16 Chinese Dumonds that through it all Dr. Dwan 's fa 1 /n V^""^""^ ^" «fiven When feeling the need of hi« i ^"^ "^^e'* flinched, to hi8 friend the foreSS dS^tJr ^ ^""^ «?couragement. a visit courage. But darkerXg^^"^' T^' ^«"ed to give frZ needed all the helph^YeuZchr-':^^ ^'' ^^'°' a^dTsurdy One day a deDnf«t!«t. ^ Christian could give deavored to show th^m Lt! • ^ *?®"^ courteously and I?, to such an objecT no?that he^wr^' ' ''7'' fo^Wm t ^^'j True God. When S^Jwth'ZX?^'^ ***" ^"« Only and not move him, thev left in ! ^^P^^ation saw that thev eouW chose to go againXtlu/JhToeinr !,'"^°^^ that'^t sequences. The price he haS to pay'^jh J!! "t^^'J^^^ the con! ,ln J^ ^'"^ i^y^ ^^ter the above twk niLl .k**?^ ^« «h»" «ee. dogs were both found poiwued Thi rt'***^ ^"^^''^'^ ^^tch- much upon these dogs for nSnt ; J ^^'""^^ depend very everywhere in this if^d CL tWs oT/^ *^'Er' ^'h<> ^^e on a system of petty thieving «/fu I^ *^^ neighbors carried continued till w^thX a hortVi*^of l?-*^ ^^^ people, as is general in China workL It ^-^^l^- '^^^ ^^'a^e operative plan, at least to ?h; extif ^u ^^"^ o° the^- Property many neeessaiy farminJ i^nf '^^T^ «" «o™°»o» pwan came to require th^e ^ i„ '^P^ements. When Dr. fused. Patients ceased to?om? a^d o^^ T^*' *^«^ ^^^^^ be- came a thing of the past In a hundr^i °V ^^«**°«« be- to petty persecution.*^ When theTy^lffi 7T,. ^« ^«« subject senses, 'more serious actfon w^p/^tV' '"°^ '^°^ *° ^^« reac^hS ^S ttrhL^t l^^d'^^^^^^^^ ^ome, the news and burned. A few momhslafe? W? ^'^ ^^^ ««* «« A^: vest his wheat field was set on fire^ Lh °/L' ^''\^''««* ^ar- stood alone with his God --never IVint? ^^^''''^^ '^ «" he . Then, as if God ^w he needle k?^L°^' °'^"^ ^°"bting. ignant cancer of theXoa? brS^^J"* ^^^ ^"^ refining, mal- that the tide of PubVcX' Ssf eme^to^t'^ ''"x,-^* -«« ^^- began to show signs of rXhanee V>. V"™' , ^'' "^'^^ ^^en her husband, but it was not tm much IterTh^T"'" '^^"^'^ be really converted. The eldestTm tl u^^^ ^^e seemed to ^ Silver ls Kefined j^ '^'-^n:ZTj^^^^^ ^r U" verdict that D. ing in every poJb,e tf to make^ for' ?h" '"'*'^'- *^"^««^«'- heathen neighbors begaf. to ^tthem JvL' '^H ' ^"''" '^^ this man wrong?" ««ein8ei\e8, Have we done dyi'g'isr;r'revT^^^^ -its to the cussed by all th^ villa^rs < JJe^wS 5 ^J""* ^"^^« ^^^ ^is- and) there is little dKit th?t ^ "" °°i ^^'"'^ '^ ^^''^ by the foreigners on the.- visit- »,«h """^ ^""^ '"^•^''^^t «hown that htrwo'^^r s^:i:^it^' t ^^^ °^" ^--« neighbors had b^me Chi-i^rans " ""'" ^' '"^^'•"' ^^ ^is drawrw^raliLJSVea^ff^^^^^^ ?« '^^ breath was the Saviour's voice m He sLiS 'TJ/^** "^^^^^*^ fa'°»' a°^' fu, servant-enter thou hu^l^joy'':^^^^^^' *"' '«**'^- nessS'Ji: dXS o1 tt ^.r V'^^^'^' ^he writer wit- PUBLIC CONSENT that tt '''"t*^- ?"»P'«.-wan had rise, the woman next to her%he stowi «St i-^"* ^ **»« '^n* ot speaking in a low but clear voiS^tt^' ,?*** ?]"«' ^^ity and The first day. of thew meetin«l r^l?^ f ^*" P^^*'- mg I longed to help some ontSJ ^I^n'^''^ * «««' We«- many duties with my littircWld^n SS'' ^^^' ^"^ ^ ^-d so go out so I just keptp^^f^'^^^i^y^^^^^ ^ r '«* °°t make the people iro to thp pI.,- u , ^* ■°®"* ™y '^ork, 'Lord hasn't He heLdCp«ye«r'\2r ?.^ T' *«*^- No^.' she waved her hand fi%S 7n tL J^"* V^. * ^^o^^ o^ triumph men's, saying as she d?d ^ 'r!^??i.' "^* *"^ **»««» *<> the building waa packed if«l!S'"~-^^ ^^'^' *"<* «»«w!" The were blce?^fth gc«"^an'iS^?Z'^^*^*" **>« ^^i,i^de would he Wievebu h.'^ Jiched wTna'J?'' '^T^'^A ^^^'^ *^ '"* »*>« kitchen W.1 »o ♦ir! "' "^ang-ee exclaimed, "why that is wHrJ I wanted to see most of all. " Down they w*.nt ThL i,« kL a vigorous search, the book box^ theJ iTcoa^^'i 'iide^^of ti^zii:^o^r^:^:''' ^^'^^ «pp-"tir«ts:5!hi ha hoY®"' ^^ ^'**°^ "'■^ '•*"• A neighbor of mine told me SLJ ^l^dowiT """^ ^** "-^« «"«^ wirhThi^dren": f-iJi'l/'^V®*"'?^'' *° th« 8t"dy' when a long and earnest ^ conducting through the house. On reachi^ the TeHar Wang-ee became much excited. "Now look eve^piere" ' he yoTtold me o?° wm '^ '^''' r '^"y ^^ *»>«« ^^ ^'hiidren LXl T It^r. w ""^^ »f «ed very humble and not at all re- sentful. Later Wang-ee took them all into the city and treat- ed them to a good dinner before returning home Nor was this all. A few days passed when again Wan«r-ee muCanI SideH "''' ?,>« -Reeled cartTAwn^Sy^Jx mules and loaded down with women, all the women he could coax to come. These he led through the same procew of en hghtenment as the men. This time Wangf^^'s S^rwas a Z^'^'^'''^ '"'l^ ""^ ^''^ ^«««>»t ^ he «w the wZen's mT mthnnZ., *«t*»"«\?««t «?°« a" of these women became Christians. Withm a very short time a llourishine little ^rr tifwh '^ r I*"^-^«:« ^^"«««- Y«»' ^y year theVurch fiZ i i *"'/ °"1^""* °^J^- ^^' i' "Ot «" the Chris- wLo^r*^ '''.*^'i* *^^'^^^ *^™« °^ per8ecution,-Wang-ee „? K fr ^~*°'°'!H*"^ ^^" were stolen, his life threaten- od. but he remained faithful. The storm passed. The missionaries returned work was reorganized. The Chinese Government ordered Indemnity to Chakaotibs From Ome Village 23 be given to the Chrwtiaiis for their loMett. Theu like mai.v others, Wang-ee, though brave and faithful iu peril and S- cuuon, fell under proaperity. He gave in false eatimaf^ of hui Ip-e. and received in proportion. God knewlhouVh t^^ U-.end and sent the son home to bring his ^fa^L^ When Wang-ee arrived he met Mr. G with "Whv ijh v« for me T I.am too old and, anyway, l^'^'no^^ to co^nTesT' ' ' Hn. L *f * ^T ^*"«-^ «««°^«d "hal^en as by a "eZest "new n^' wha'tVdJir- J"""^ '"^ *^« ««'"*' '^^ ^^^^ Knew not what to do— tor Wang-ee wou d say nothinir When moniing came Wang-ee sent a message to Mr. O—^saTin ' Oh Pastor give me a chance to confess before the mS nf ' I can't bear this, I will burst." The missionary met ^T^t a imie later near the church door. WiS heir arms ar^S gich other and tears flowing freely they entered fhTbuS Reaching the phitfonn Wang-ee cLt hinwelf down on hb LhTar^dZtThi''"''!^- Jo'^^-ral moments noTwng^couW Ue heard but the man's sobs and sympathetic weeninff thronah Sot th A^H^'Tk /* ^'"^ ^« "^^ ^^^^ conSr HeTld how the church had gone down, down, and how when the mis -TKr^i^ jueation him as to th^ cause he would reX Ihe time for bleasing has not come " ^^' nnt?1,I°j''i*'^ "^^""^^ ^^""^^ "P°« hi°»««lf- He said it was not fourth generation """^ «»"-ounded by his family to the Part II. Wano-ee's Neiohbobs It was while visiting in one of these villages, Ta-kwan- 24 CuiNESE Diamonds on their flretvSi; r.hl ° "'"'^"'•"^ lb« women '■ Mrty astonished the writeJ^ X? ""^^ self-command which often "■""a*"" "';!,• '?"■ •"»« -^Se n^r4hT.r' ■ *' Cha«act»8 From One Villaok 25 oephew who wav comoietelv i-p«»«r-,i m ■ reality and power of OnHmL!?''- ^'"* »*'^f of flu- of yoJng ChSi ' * '^"^P »mpre«iion on the band tempt to d«S'heranne^^^^^^ ^n'**'- ' ''^•" "«» at- in winter garb, he/cljfhl S^^' ""^r*"!^ " "^e looked when bed quilt, but m^doubtedhr Shi *^ quite aa heavily wadded a« a old lidy «id Sien S h.r nK '? ^^"*»>^"">' "-y aa another cerUiniy the mit uSftiff,li^^° ^'"' ^**" ^"^ *'««• "!'"» From the Uml ^°^"*''"^««t ^oman under heaven." tried again and amin tn nlo f ***''??* ^er. Miaa M tried h!r, but in^S q^ ^""m" * ^.^'''^ ^o'"*"- Then I five minutes iSdJS of afrour"rh"°J- *'"''* *° ""'^'^''^^ ^o*" moat earnest. ShrLlddnnZ^rfT^'^'l.'''''^!'' ^'^^ ^^'^ the free, being motherleT^ .h T i ^"*'^ "°*^ «'«« entirely yea^ did wStt she^uWin hp/** ° ''*"''" *'°'"''' ''"^^ ^^^ 8he came to our ifdy d^tor «nH T^if^.""- '^'^^^ ^ne day a place to spreJd her bS^ tb^ ff^'^-^t'* "*»« '"^^bt have Ihe doctor hesitated k... — - . ♦».- "'"««• ance caused, but dec^tTtr; heV That'wr^' ^7u "PP^*"- years ago, and Mrs. Sung is stiU work^t f«Sl?r *•"*" ^^^^ patients. She found her '"ook '^ Sh^tJ t^""^/™<'°K *he happy as the day i« long iSTeachifa ♦ J ^^ ^^"^^^' *°^ " " learn the simple GosidfeSlIf^S* *5^ '^°™^" *° P™^ and and^co^tentm^ent^S^^^^^^^^^^ jhines^th ^oy beiifv^r'^J^^^jj^^t^^^^^^ iTr ^T^ '''^ -r'-t otherwise, never having r^d a ^ord^^h "f-V '°"'^ ^'^^ b« to the hardest toil in the fidds J^^n 1? ^^ '»^«; acc^tomed hands showing only too pSvth-f ^- *'°°'^' '^^^ ^««« and she had come through and tSn I^il P^^ation and hardship master the Christfan Cat^£sm It t T" °!,'*^ i!^^"^ *° sigh and say, "I shall nmrTarn to read ^Z^r.^^' ^'^^^ characteristic way look up and^v "Bnt'n/ *^^5 '? ^^'' pray anyway!" She alwavp Jo^^' i, • "r* "®^^^ ™^"^' ^ can and would tJke one 's ha^d and tha* "'^^' '™"^ '^ ^^'^•«'°«- coming. *°** *"* " "" «ga»n and again for Then the Boxer uprising came. Both Mr. and Mrs. 26 Cbinkuc Dumonds J*»^,o' W- emptor., but fiiully^de hS^SSSe For thrl! raontha he wu driven fMm «i-*^ » • '■"■P*- 'or three death butohLtllJ^iLS^'^^®* to pi«ce, until nigh unto ed Md'lSrt «^. "^ "•^ "P '"•°'^- '^l^*" -no-t nL- .oldlI«":.L7S,SS'S!A?;' "'^.ii- J^i'« -"ff^red too. The official. X^fteXaiSi ti?M^';iJ!f *•;' ^S..^ *»»« Chanre thua. -t knowin1Tu^tha'^evJr'd«'^:i:^^^^^^ happy she eould not kMn f h««, -; • "waiiea her, ihe felt so hundred bloWto iSa£?*r ♦«n ^'^^i ?*** ""^ ^^^ ^^^ her finger w^t^Sd but. h!i''*'-"J^^ ^"^^^ ^'^ Then it all. On o" ISWin 19!^\rL""**^ *™ *"** *™« through many ye^nhaZ^cTv^fhr-^''' ?""°* .'°'^*' t**^"**' wipe away all tears from their ey^" *^ ^'^ ■*•■" I SKETCH III The Man Who Proved God 'Bim thai honoreth Mt I will honor." The Man Who Proved God "Bim thai homnlh Me I will honor. >> more towards the mr of ?h?lr— *°'' ^"^^^ ^« ^ace once hi- beloved ga;iv^Lle L^roTr^ir^r^'^^^^^ '^y spent in fighting disease^d^lJith "**'^" "^*"^ * ^^^^ not m^?e^rJ,1y''^r^*;^^, *^' ^"^^'^ «''*«' something, shall we and he r'^^lTli.^^^Tt'T'^'^ '' "^^^^ him turn J^ut! dispensa. door ht^e^n^„t fcLtt^,^ ^^^ --^' eamI?C"rC£rthtrd","T "'^^^ ^"^ » -^ --' premises. They were ei?den«v Jn?^"'fu ?*"* ^^^ Mission a« they mopped S sViS™ n ° k '° ^H ^* '^^ ^""^o^ 'or caped them Suddenhr rtS. ifii^""'' ^'^^^"t oaths es- dropped their bS ^S tl^T^^^ "^"^ '«"«hed. they hpth bearers haJ^X^siirhtT thJ'? "^° **•" ^^'^^d' ^o^ the gate. This was bv f«r ♦ • *^® foreigner coming up to both^en SQuattTdotn oU^S t^i^t^ ? "*^* *° ^^ «^ watched with keenest iSerK^ ?! ^^ *° '^^ ^•^"e they WM to all kinds of "Mi« " fjff J"" '"*■ Hardened u he hta, fjjhe gavel ^i^^ltl^^""''' "■«^«' nderrng as we came up whetW t^Il i^ T® ''®'« J"«t con- CD 2 29 30 Chinese Dumonds "'h'Xtetr^T'.?s!v^ii^,« tt"^ °';,'i? ^^^^ ^« ^^<* -^ save him. If he dies h?wir>.i ""*• ^^ ^^ *^ ^ «^«<1' I'» suiting together f^' « fY ^*''* P^P^'' ^''"»^" After con- docto/aMS .'rou%'aThre"r ''^^^^^^^^ *° *^« ned into the hospital ®° *^® °^^ '''" ca^"- f or Lu Yum Kwan th«.i„i,», t *'»™Mt prayer roue «»e «em Te ml« topel^ X'h^.lL'"" ''"?'y.°««i« h" gler (about anTi, i„ fi. , ' °"' '"*" ' profMsiona jug- the U.JU.S «lv"C SrSS :S3 b^y''B"l''SeT'" "" Mi»io,, frfeud," tao^rd^^^'J,';!* tTS? f^ '" on him, and he tobp «<> ♦ k^ * * "*** ^^ *»*d mt-cy in ChS^t J^^ "^ ^ ^^^ ^"*"^« proved' *'« ^t^w cr.a<,«H'' shop^whlA Iny P^ S a^^ft^ * ?r " ^^^''y '^'^d food *rom the first opening of his business he determinpH t« i The Man Who Proved God 31 answered, ''My nlme i« fhtS °1 *^^ '*'««*' ^" °ame. He Tt iB««* ♦ ^ * *°® Gospel accordine to Luke 1 " famine conSuions prtvalfed Th^^^^^^ ^^^-^^^ ^^^ «'°»~t when the missiona?? S a JSt^t^ \'u T^.* ?^*°'« ^^«^ou, tiaas which had gaKd a?oZ fJ?. f'Jw 'f ^^""^ °^ <^*'"«- Truth. KBinerea around this faithful witnesser to the Not?cl^Va"LffieldVwUu^^^^ ^-^ ^or a walk, dead fields of Jahi suTrn^n^? ??'^? *'°°*''*«* ^<> ^^e almost whomitbelongfS VZ^etS\L?>^ ««^«d *« homt mVT^ '<:5le7utV'h^ writer^"^:i3iting near his hiB life. One mnf^7^id''':j'!?f^'^'^ h- the story of aUowed me to fall twice T »« ♦ i^'^ """^ "^^^ ^he Lord le.™ that Christ m^^be aVrTn^J^^'' '•^*- ' '^' "^ ^^^^e67,:'f:^TSs't^'' came tfm,,, his Master, full assurance of Eternal I-Se S. wl\*i!? ^l^ ^' ^'^ ^^ children comfortab y pJovidS ffr «.?' k""^.^". ^^°^ *«^ to testify to God's faithftJi»« r ' """^ * ^*°<^ ^^ Christians "windows of Weiw- fo^X "^'''f » ** ^« ^''^ P^^i^ Him. ""^ ^^"^ **^« °^a° who dared to ''prove" cident wSchSrrXte^^^^^^ "^'^^' i*« *° '^^^ ^ «'- which Mrs Lu p^oJ^d ZZ ITri^iS' her hnsband 's death in To be understood the stor^ „,«?>? *^1P^ *<> t^e writer. BctumingTo our sSon ZSf ^^^ «o°»e^hat in detail, autumn's toSringlnUnZ « an unusually strenuous December to the !hild?en WwS„"^** 1° f ^" ^'^^ ^o°th of for a Woman's Bible Trai^^if* 'll*? ^'*^" '^*"'^«^ ^^e« down and strive a^ I could ZS~' *'''V "^^ ^«*Jt*» broke with Ihirty-fivrorforty wr^^l,?^? 1'''^''^^ ^" °^ade the time the children iihi?i^?*!t.'^.^'*'\h*^ to be made by the 38th of Dwember^S^f ^ **'^\'' ^^'^^ ^ Chefoo. By and word was wnt to aU th^^'^'^ ""^T ^"^ *<> ^e canceUed r^Vt^^r.^^r^'^^^n^s"'/ i^-t untouched for a way out of th^ d^.l^J/oTDSe^^^Cht IS? 32 ChINBSE DulfONDS ing the Chinese Woman's Prayer meeting. I noticed Mm I ,. Snfhome^r* *"^ "t ^'^^^ '^^^ «*« Kme frot heTdt fo? th«^L T T^^ «»o"«tain roada with her little child tired. Let me run the machine for you. ' ' I looked at h*.r Z -^ement^^and said, ''You run the LchineV^y yttn" villail^di^;^ ?* ^«P"^^/'I Joi»»ed a band of women in our it Tus?'^^!*.^^*^'"^ ^'•°"**'* *°^ ^« '^^ »««^"^ to %u« thintf L^""® **!"* ^"* ®**y *°^ t^«n more and more difficult ^^Sl? ^° *"** f;r *»°^ «h« did them perfectlH fel awed at the plainneas of Ood's ]PAHin» *«» ♦u "-"/» * ^eu awea Chines wftm«« ... * heading, for there was only one other whT^d Z ii." ^"'^ ^ ^^^' ^ °^^ ^J»ol« Changte field ^j^^^^^duJI ,bu.d«tly mt.r ft. m«no,y of Thy pMt SKETCH IV Opening a New Station Part I-The AfissioNARv s Homb. Part 2~As Raw „bom the Clbak Sky. Part 3— Sowing Before the Stobm. Opening a New Station Part I. The Missionary's Horn. «-j^®? ^®4? ®^^ ^"^ <''«*«<* at last, and the Ured mother r«mg from the child's bedside crossed the cem^irflc^r to the adjoming room, where a boy of six was busUy en«3 draw My boy,'' said his mother, "baby has just gone to sleen Il^rf^mnro^"'*^- ^beae coitantCwTof Im:^ {k7biS? cXS and'piay. ^ '''' ""' ^^"' ""'« ^^^^^ ^'^ As the children disappeared, the mother Drenarpd to out ?n h'^T T' (^%^^^^Xt ackrcely hS shrtekeT^scrss^^ m hand when suddenly she laid them down agak and sZd 1 S*5f «iH "^^ f^"^'' ^^^ »»« ^'^"•'l theToSy shoute^f S!IS * ®"' '^ ^^^y '^^^^ ^ heard sweeping through the dotht.n»S;f fi'^T'*'^''. ^ I ever get the children'! ^^SinTtlde. '' '"'^ ' '^"^ '*^ "^^^'^ ~-« ' -«»>* ««t ♦i.o'lf*?®T' P^h'S'*'*'" h^"* husband's voice came through the study door. "These crowds will not last inde&iite^? S do your best to reach them while you mayT Before he C "Please sit down here in the shade and rest do sit down ''Tww * *^T **" ?f '^' *'"*^ * '^^'^ ^oic«» at once. I know you have, ' ' she replied, tryinff to sneak «; «« n«f ''{l^W l'' ^'r f"*' ^?* beWd^el'^i'^o^v^ic^* c^^^j'^i/^rJ^r^-;,' ThenasWstillhesiS^he leTvSi in«\?: is r "' ^^^'^ *"^ "***"' I ^^ promise to he d^JS? Pffifi?*""" ^?" everything. " This promise had a few^^d on^ W?T ^^7f^^ ''^ '^^' *>»« o^ benches.- a lew timid ones kept close to the gate so as to be ready to flee as 36 Chinese Diamonds many stranire storiMi At Uo* k iT ^t » *°®^ °**^ ^«**'d «> ing the CV^Z lusty^ri^ Iv? L^'"^'"'^' ?°^ '°«'^- tunity they desired ^ ' *^*''* ^''^ '^°'"^° *»>« OPPO'" opened, f^tLgZi^!Z:^J''''''^^'^ ^^^t. drawee they appeared satiflpd^' *"u*^ ^'^'^ P'^yed before Iv L thTh?d^2e%nT^3rno\hTr ^?^^ ^ '^"•<''^- Half an ht r TaS ^ h"Xn7r^t"ut^^^^^^^^ preaching to find his wife in tears "'^"^ ^'^*"" ^''^ "»«» s ;;Why, what's wrong?" he asked. terrible things they ar^ JS^I n ^^^ ^^^^ "« «»^ ^l'** my work I fmmS f>.! \ J "*• • ?®*^^^ ^^«» I came back to r/d part of rmI?eriaW^wT"'i?^ °^y.^"* P^^^ o^ ^^^ all. Th"cw»khaftrK ^*! "'*'''"«* <^^««<>^- That is not missing '' ^""^ ''*'" '" *° «*y ^^^' ««^«ral teaspoons are in.7w%;'Srt^^^^^^^^^ "That's noth- strain' LtrL^'^r'^fe:; tirVioSr^'/'^'''^ SSto^L^'rlTn^aZtM''^^ '' count, wood ^d ?j:'tC e;:S^^^^^ t"?crs?hrp^rS?h^ an Rlnml^^^^^''9' i"* '•«*'^c'»*. oh. Aou- explT^;*Kt it've^inXr **;:? .^^'^^'-^o*. ^deed. aa they thr^usi be left JSrl^^t^;^^^^^^^^ *'°"'^»^*- ^^^-^ory o^ Part II. As Rain from a Cleab Sky. and iL^"Z?gIri?;t'"'' °' *'^"''^ "''^ ' ^'' ^«''ver thee. only^aThin "r:^irb:^;;^^^^^^^ * ^^^^ - »>-^ bed with cold bricks. His li"d color whht*.'""'"'*."*^ ^°"° »°d the the moderate opium ierhi^'*^*^^ P^t'^J?' ^"k shade of breathing, all betXnTthe man^'JJi^, «"^, '"'^'^^^ only a miracle could save him bL1^?1- ®^**^^***«« ^^en ary, who was saying earaest^'^- k f^J'!?' "***<»<* » °»"»ion. the man's shoulderf ^*™^"y «« ^e laid h,s hand kindly on ;;Wang Fu Lin, I tell you God can save you " what is the use of beUeTing when th^ nn? *"j°? P"*^''' ^"t iron chains? Even Pastor Hli^«iif ^^Pl'^bu'ds me as with no. don't waste your Ime on l^T ^^'^^ *° ^^^« '"«• No the man turned 4ain to his opTv^ ' " "^^^"^ ^°P^" ^^^ on the Mission court enTute fo??h! * i? ^""^^ ^^^ missionary ^ For ten awful days wt/FuLin^^^ hung in the balance. Th^ISionLr^^;n^^'• °^°.^ ^*^ «>"i was possible to relieve the m^ v^tfiT*^ "» <*oi"«r a" that night the crisis came. IWUmSpTw '""^ *?« t^^th how that night he went ourwheTS W«J ^*"^ • ^" ^^" to^d ness. To his distorted brJn?K "®'* ^^^^^^ ^^^^o the dark- rible being ur^g Wm ^^^^Z tSSf*"? ^ ^^"> «» ^o^- «»ore in opiuZ L hT stoci^UriJ " ''•^ ^^ "'^^^^ <>^«^ "'ooa wavering a voice seemed to call •" Chinbw Dumonos to him, "Wang Fu Lin, Wang Fu Lin, beware! Yield now •ndyouareloit." Aa he heard this vaice he made one rather than yield." Staggering back to his brick bed he threw himself upon It and slept till morning. He wakened, as the luture proved, a new and Tictorious man. Three years passed. The missionary at the new station is facing the crisis described in our last sketch. Help must come in the shape of an evangelist, or he would break down. The spiritual wireless is set in motion. The cry for aid is heard And help is sent truly as rav^ from a clear sky w7«""i!.*^ *?• ^^^^ l^"^ "''*'« ^"^ deliverance from the opium. Wang Fu Lin and his family had had a bitter struggle foi^ existence As a Christian he could no longe- make a living by street story telling and the keeping of !ow opium dives and every effort to get honest employment hau fail^. At Iwt i«nh I""^t? ^ T^ a position in the city of Changte, to reach which he miMt needs pass by the Mission where the mis- sionary was then facing his crisis. nuT'}^^ ^" ^^ caUed on the missionary as he was passing. But no one could have looked less like an answer totheir prayers. Still fearfully emaciated, racked with aTugh wS ere long would end his life, dressed in almost Sarraw the poor fellow presented a pitUble spectacle. But "the li?d seeth not as man seeth. " ^ue i^ra After consulting together the missionary and his wife de- ternuned to try him for a few day*-for hr«>uW I leas testify to the power of God to change and k«^p the lowS opium slave. Witlun an hour or tw^f his entSSig theX^ S 5n h' J^P""?.?^ * ^^' ^*^ F" ^^ wa? cleansed and clothed m a Chinese outfit of the missionary's, and was * rom that very first day of his ministry, there was nn doubt of hw being a messenger sent by G^d. He hTin a wonderful degree the power and unction oHke Holy SpWt veloped during the many years of street story telling Now aU was consecrated to the one object^the wiping of souE to Chris . He seemed to be conscious that his timf waT^ort very first men were won to Christ; the firet being a native doctor of some note, the second a weilthy land o^er Opening a Niw Station 39 For three yean during thoM early days of stress and Ph!IIl:» VT" 'T*'^v*® ^%^^ "» '*y'°« **>« foundations of the S^nf?l™';f*'- Then God took him. Though more than twenty years have paned since his death, he is still remem- bered and spoken of as the Spirit-filled preacher. Part III. Sowing Before the Storm. The five years between 1895 and 1900 were years fraught with much danger and many difficulties to the missionaries at Iffi Jf7 "^IT ** ^hangte. The anti-foreign, anti-missionary attitude of the pwple was hard to live down. It became quite a common thing for the missionary to be called hastily to the front to quiet a thi ning crowd. On one occasion t,. rission premises were practically sur- rounded by an unruly >ob and for many hours the mission- aries were m imminent p -ril. One thing helped greatly in liv- ing this danger period down safely. The missionaries of whom I have alreauy written had moved from the poor, unhealthy the fi^f inif T- ^*?' rr'^f ^^^ '°*° * 8emi-foreign house, w^ ».?• uK^^u^ ^ ^^ ^".'•* ^° **»** '•««f^o°- As this hous^ fT^n,-! ^ built they feared it might prove a barrier between themselves and the Chinese, and perhaps hinder the progress «; I^'?!. ^T?.^ ^*? ***«^ ^ ^ ^e'y encouraging, so they prayed that God would make their new home a blw^ing and a means of rwiching the people still more, and like so many of our prayers they came to see the answer lay largely with them- selves-so they determined to allow aU who wished, to see through their home. Many thousands took advantage of this permission The high water mark in numbers was reached when eighteen hundred and thirty-five men passed through the missionary 8 home in one day. Many hundreds of women were received that same day by the wife an.l her colleague in the work. On ordinary occasions the missionary had his wife play the organ for the bands of men he led through, but on this particular occasion she was too much engaged with the women to do so. The missionary therefore was forced to be his own organist Though he did not know one note from an- other, he could at least pull out all the stops, lay his hands on 08 many notes as possible, and pump the bellows vigorously. The rMuJt caUed forth from admiring crowds the gratifying remark, "Why he plays better than his wife!" The oipel was faithfully proclaimed to all who came. The missionaries 40 Chinisb Dumonm J».n jb.g.n to «H. good fruit from thi. pUn of r«ichmg th. U*.Tlt *P®.»«^ ewimiiuUoM came round, three vun later, the miMionary waa waII n«»«.-Jj # lu '°™*. '••" they came aa beforTfull of Iif^?^^^ '°r t^*™- At flnt were quite "perior i^pi^n'Si^eltflhr^^^^^ '^'* '^'^ Curiosity alone led the^iTS tt SrJ^t^o^'T."''• 8ooncr would they catch liirhf nf ik^u V °°™*-. ^"^ "o on the misaionaS^'g VtndJ W.11 J^^ IV^ wtronomical charts changed. T^7«bX^^:Vw^' 1 theTm'JL*^"^ ^""^'^'^ step on into the w^e« of cr«tbn o^^^^^^ IT'"?^ '^^P ''^^ iDfiT-often would come the c^ - TpI^J; ♦ ""*{ knew noth- teacher, I could not icceD7?nv ir^"? replied-" Honorable v!J?io-.r stSr '~ CAM the win of the study ij VJT^ '?'''°* *'^"'* ^^^^^^^ on field, and over naiS of tL^ * "*^^ "^P °^ *^« ^hangte child was co^tLg^hoL J^dlnl?'^ 1"^ ^'\ P« '^^^' nine when his father e^er^ ^^ *"^ '^"^ ^''^^^ *« '0^7- fifty r^elj-pfa^cf •' '"^ '''' ^^' "'''"«* ^o^^^' t^ere are almost SrhrnrreS??.-'^- *^« "^'^ ^^ thXeJtLt^L'"- redr^LdTs'ii^^i^^l^^^^^^^^^^^^^ *^« -^ole map is about her father's neS ^"^^ ^ ^^^ *^^ew her arm* Opbnino a New Station 41 Oh kind Heavenly Father, who withheld from Thy chil- dren's human aight what Thou knewest waa so aoon to come upon them I A few short weeks after the above scene the apirit of the little fair-haired child had returned to the Ood who gave it, the miaaionariea even fleeing before their would-be murderera — the Chinese Christians scattered. Many throughout China, both missionaries and Chinese Christians were witnessing a good confession even to cruel death for Chriat'a aake. So the blood of the martyrs became in China, aa in the early timea, the seed of the Christian Church in China. SKETCH V Testing God A True Incident. Testing God A True Incidbnt. «JS.(»T ""' "" '*' '"""■"'' •"»■" '■"' ""-" '*« .™ . foliomng sketch which U true in every detoS "I simply cannot, dare not, go," the wife was saving an «^ li. v w ^®"®'* ?****■ P**^Jy «»at an epidemic of 8mal^ ?t Lrt!'nn7^''' TJ'^t**^* ^f^^ P^«« '^^ placed tS ^0 STlf LIS latplSw^ ^ '^P'^^ «^*^*y 8°' ^'^t suppSng he should later take the smallpox and diet" and her voice ended Z^fJ^^'^^^^^'^J'^: "^"*'" '«P««J her husband "? am perfectly sure that if we definitely trust Him for the eh?H God will not let him come to harm/ The ChriSaw a^ all el pecting us, and would it be right to show thewS father at' ^\^n'JST:r,:i^^' Howcanwetelllh^thtesl ^^r^^XtZn^rtV^^^^ cTSl r "fn i^pe^^^ sense of duty towards her heathen sisters. At last she de srS?et*?he^Xt' '^" ""' ^'^'"^"^^ '«"*^-^^ The fallowing evening after bumping (the only word to ei- mt^! Z,T^ X'^' •"'""■ i" • •PringL ^rt^o^er mils ana stony roads, the missionaries reached the viUairP of S^SInfZi.^:?**?^, """"f^' '^' ^"-^ « few ci!:^trarwe^^ to Sp T«^. T""*^ and escorted them through the darkn^ IJiA ^°5-«*«h .«»« ai^ww to help in getSg their Juests settled One carried the roll of bedding-two othew thffSd box, still another sought to get posseSl,f the ba^^ b«tlj^ 45 46 Chinese Duvonds mother feared to part with him. Evervthinff wiu. nJi-^ ; SSKSToM^f °" ''^ i*'*^ brickX^ XS't^rup aooui naif of tiie room which thev were told w«. ♦« u2^*u ■ there w« JLttirw1S5'w*^'S^k™ti'tr. ^TS? their beS ™., Z fn^h.^'i"** '"»"* «» •P""' .heS«*d°4''Z^"|S±«e:!l' r-- »d children trom the room wa> fS to .fe.S ^"^ ^^ ■""« »''=l«k «de t^g to ^nn** !^ t^'C^jS'g to':^'a^5r7/.,T i:«rS£Sl r - - - -To light and ™. the w.S& hr^SpTwtS"'Bu."^'j''*/'- mormug found him in md feveS l^, ""'Saturday mother's anm Th. m«ti,.. "^™''' lyuw IwUcm in his vice .t . dirt«.rv3Lt LTlmt""* ' ""™""°-' "'• "on^X'^"'™ ««'r r„d r.r/-'^""'''',: •» "■' ■»"- J pnriy was astir, and as the dawn was brealting they Testino God 47 SfcoSit'rllolC^ through the quiet deserted streets into ine country, foUowing a winding mountain oath Whpn «V i^ii^ite' "ij '"^ ""* '«'"'3' 0' «»t hour. It wL i f»erto^^d%ytSi.t5^^^^^^^^^ tt^diiS To^th^^Lrk^i^^^^^ S S-^ KuT«r^ t^ii^tirns^^&f whSsThSS^M !:^ ^f'^P*,?" ^^« ^PPi^K of the ^nJkg sun s^reTh^^it ^fS-T.^'* "P l^^ ^"*«^" ^'^y '^^d plain S It «^™^ Jj °" **"!!!' **J*' " t^e «ye could reach. t«,i f!^?!,^,-?*^"^ °° ^^** ^'"^-toP alone with God so easy to trust for the htUe one who was still feverish and ill Sff-n wreTeiiia^tr^j^xn^^^^^^ "^ early they once mor? tSThef/facl'LmerrS'anT^^^^ mother saw the bright, happy smile onTr TSd wfcf Sj This cruel self, oh how it strives And works within my breast, How many subtle forms it takes • • • • As if it were not safe to rest And venture a// on Thae. " n :^^ r*" P*«e<* the mother's faith did grow but it wm on Ood^J<^Ukfulness until she learnt it u,« Sf ^to ventu " SS Dear fellow-mother in the homehmd, as you realize from steTo^fromT^l^^ °' ^•^^^ '' ^*« ^ "mother in ihinlS S''?onM^ 5''"i',T^^° «^« h«' Chinese sisters, ask you^ mL £ri *?° ?*^ ^^' ^y «^t«"' criticize les^ and pray more for the missionary mothers of China. SKETCH VI A^Christian General Hope for China's Soldiers. A Christian General Hope for China's Soloikrs. • ^"^^^ ^o"o^in« letter was written on board river steamer immediately at the clone of the viait to General Feng's camp.) On Board Yangtze Steamer, r» XT « . . September 2, 1919. Dear Home Friends : About the beginning of July, a very urgent messaffe reached Doctor Goforth from General Feng^ Ch^^f ™w' f ^? ^?^* "mission" among his troops. The only possible time he had to give was the last week of August, and the meetings were arranged for this time. Later the General telegraphed for me to come for meetings among the 70 or 80 officers' wives. * When the time drew near that we should have to leave Chi iiung Shan for Chang-teh, word came that cholera was raging at places along the railway. Then the heat became so intense 1 was tempted to listen to some who urged me not to go. But as I hMitated, I was led to Ecclesiaates 11 :4— "He that ob- serveth the wind shall not sow, and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap." How could I refuse to go, in face of such a text f If I had not gone, what I would have missed ! The journey of one day by train and three by steamer was extremely hot It was as if we were in a Turkish bath day and night We slept at night on the deck of the steamer. On Sunday afternoon, Aug. 24th, we reached the house of Mr. CaaweU of the Holiness Mission.. It was amusing to read the General s letter written in English by his Chinese English Teacher, m which he said to Mr. Caswell, "I beg you to pre- pare the treatment for their coming. ' ' General Feng called within an hour of our arrival He is over SIX feet tall, and every inch a General, yet without a gace of the bombast so often seen in the higher-class Chinese His manner is a curious and striking mixture of humility! dignity, and quiet power; he has a handsome, good face. He 51 52 ChINE.se DUIIOXDS The Story or His Cosvmtsios. too ion'gtZvl'i^lt^rTS ^"?«.* int^r^iing, but it is young fellow of 8i:Se?'\i'? ^"!f' '! « «• follows :Lwhen a the Boxer VprLSfZkelTmt' ™^- Shortl^JfTe " put down the Boxers ajpao tinirft! k*! T"*"' thow\,ent to cer was really in league wUhfh"/,^ ^ h«» commanding offi- mjMion courtyard when tTe Bo^!^' ^°* -^'^ *»« stood in a miMionary came out to mlt th-™ '"TV"'- ^ "°»'e Jady life and the lives of the oTh^« w?t^' if"^ ^^^^ ^or her ow^ recounted «hatsheand othe«ha?b^'''r^ "i'^ 'f^* P°^«r What she said touched th^ v«„„!. T?? ^°'"» '<>r their people were spared then, bul helT/t^t\Z ^""^ *"^ ^^« ^the.^ later. °« "«ara that they were all beheaded hosSin'peti^. Tnl^rnJV"' ^'^^ «* the mission the doctor said. ' 'if vou tJT^* ?* '""ted to give monS' but done for you. then ailT^ of vo^iir^^"' ^^' ^''"t wThave '8 our God in heaven wSrio^" u ''° t'T™^' *^«* «»«" obliged to go to hosDital fnJ f!!^/ "• ^ter, he was affain from the fiSt on?.°^Herl tt,^« "^e«t ** « P'««« far dXt most exactly the samlZ^Jt^.'^^l;';^" leaving, ^^^ al! heaven Who loves you " Remember there is a God in road ; and, though otherSriS ™ ^^'^"^tely started on the right to take an o„trdl^VilTe*Z?dT'E^ ^ '«*^"^°» Christian life from Dr. Mott 'i vfsit ^^^ning of his The General's Work deauf;Lri^;;^e£TeL^^^^^^ "«^*<^ heard a great he has been her^but w^aT wA/^ accomplished in the year heard. General Feng haS^*h^welf^r.'tiP.'^'^'^ ^''"t'^we hody and soul, at heart. ThS lJZ\.l'\^^^'^^' both put down vice of all kinds AH h!^ ^^ 1^^ ^■<'* that he has are removed far from the" c^mp ^ nT*" *S? '^'''' ^^'"^tes ambling, or opium is „„,.^%,,>^^-k,»^^^^^^^^ A Christian General 53 binding iR RlCed. ^"** P'*'" ~"°°- '"^^ '«»»■ officii «?d"m:i "^h'e^ b^r'fi;" "':;* °' *^*^'^^'^ «p°'-»'' *- are taught to^d tII • ^f^f^"'* 'oom; the illiterate hvVfK.;- ^j u ^'^'^ " »» ■c'^ool ^or officers' wives taueht .re'onhTpjjiiL'Siit^^ ^s^f %r ^^^^ °««.^" -^" ^-'"■ for womln fi^.J'A.'^}- ^*>"'' '« «" industrial school ing The m l?m7t o? if"^^''"^ ""^"^^ ^"'' »""' ^^^^ "e near- several™ rtyards of S ^ ^ '^'^ "^"""'"^ ^° P'^ ^^Wh time. Tw^^ZdilonlT'''^^^^^^^ just at breakfwt inir before tL!J^.*-*' Tu ""*' ^^'^ '"^" '° groups stand- ^ving And we^rHS^H '^^' "'•^''^^^^ ^yiL of thanks- camp that eve^ev^iSi'^thL*''' "^r'""^^ "^'"« "^^^ th- their%veninglj;2^"Tmet?me^^ is'*l"of "'''!" ''°^°« Lord Jesus- therTi. »^m T I ' 9*^' *'°'°« *« ™y heart me notT^ntle SaviZ '' A^ti?"*"',/^ Thee"-or "Pass street, they rin» cEL h^ ^^ ^^^'''? "**'*^^ «^o«K the ma. iug ^^S;;-^^^^^^^^ - of^the favorites for riedToSIE-?^^^^ neighbor. AU k^tThe t.,n T* '^^^"^ ^°^ *^« ^^^^ ^^ i^is placed or s^ng ^"^ loudly^s th^^v JoX L'^^'^l ^''^^^ '^"^ ''^ The general effect WMdLflj«5 J^-? *^^' *<^*' <^^ s^out. for there werTSln OoS ™i *' "J'*^ *° """ *'"»<«* appalling, engaged men tSe CrTHater S,*^«"*y if^trumenS twenty men to sing hVthe^Z ^^^i^^'t^'^'^' '' accompaniment it wm r».iKr J i- ulV^,^ " *"® ''**'y organ TheyLgve^'wrfli^dJ^"'^ ^'^'*^*^^^ *° ""^^ *<> ^hm. The Mission and Its Result M Chinbii Diamonm ence of about 1,000 men, chiefly officen. At three of these meetingi the wiveg were permitted to be preMnt; but aU the reet of the women '■ meetings were eepante, when God gave me much help in ipeddnff to them. At oar last meeting, prac- ticaUy all the officers' wives present said they wished to fol- low the Lord Jesus. At one of the last meetings for the men, General Peng broke down as he tried to pray. What seemed to affect him was the thought of his country. As soon as he oould recover from his sobs, he stood up and, facing his officers, pleaded for his country— pleaded with them to join him in putting aside aU mean motives, and think and work and pray for their coun- try. One of his staff officers followed, praying earnestly, then one after the other of the officers, with sobs and tears cried to God on behalf of themselves and their country. An old missionary who was present, and who described the scene to me, said he did not think there had ever been such a scene before when a general wept before his own officers, with all that followed. But the discipline was not } --^ken by It; fo. when the General rose to leave, the audience rose as one man. oo ^m' ^^^o*"*^ *«»<* General Peng went yesterday to a camp 2d miles away, where there are about 4,000 troops. Pive hun- dred of these have already been baptized, and hundreds more are enquiring. A Christian Chinese gentleman, who has won a fine name, is to come to act as the General's chaplain and organize the work among the troops. Thx Coming Man or China. Many feel that General Peng is the coming man of China His troops belong rightly to the north, but were sent down here to fight the Southern Army. General Peng, however, has made it clear to the Peking Government that he is willing and eager to fight the enemies of his country; but, unless forced to do so, he will not fight his own countrymen of the south. When the war was on, he telegraphed more than once to be Mnt to Prance; and when the situation looked very serious in Shantung a few months ago. General Peng was spoken of as the man to cope with the Japanese. Surely it is a cause for most eameet praise to God that such a man is being raised up. The very fact that such won- derful possibilitiM lie before him, and that after all he is but human, should call forth definite prayer for him. China A CflRb«TI\N Ubnbral 55 need*— ob, m> terribly ! — just tuch men. May God grant that Ocneral Feog be kept and iiaed to save his country at this time of eriaia. July 24th, 1919. — Almost a year has passed since the above letter waa written. Several thousands of General Feng's sol- diers are now baptized and the splendid work continues. But aa I write, civil war, which has been simmering for years, has now broken out in dead eamei^t. General Feng and his men are in the midst of the conflict and all are looking to him and bis friend Wu-pei-fu to save the situation in this crisis. SKETCH VII A Chinese Nobleman A Chinese Nobleman As I reriew the life of the man of whom I am to write, two incidents of over thirty years ago come to mind. On our way to China one of our fellow-passengers was a man who had been in business twenty odd years in China. He declared there were no real Christians in China, that they were all "rice" Christians— followers of the foreigner for what they could get and so on. Practically all the passengers, except the missionaries heartily agreed with these statements. Later we heard the same thing repeated on the coast steamer. Shortly after reaching our destination a well-known resident of China, who had occupied for twenty-five years a responsible position in the "Customs" m&de such positive statements along the same line that the writer bef^n to wonder if these things could be true. Six weeks later this accuser, and as I know now to be, cruel slanderer of the Christians had gone to meet his Judge— dying suddo/ily in his chair as the result of a vicious debauch ! It is now the writer's privilege to give testimonies after thirty years standing, to the genuineness of the Chinese Christian — here is one of them. Twenty miles northeast of the Mission Station of Changteho lived a well- to-do banker and landowner named Chen-Lao-Jnng. He was a man of most masterful personality. His old mother, to whom he was greatly devoted, had long been afflicted l^ attacks of what the Chinese called demon possession— which from all accounts exactly resembled those recorded in the Bible. Every heathen means had been used for her relief. v7itch doctors, necromancers, Buddhist priests, and others had used their arts upon her (some of these being very cruel), but the poor woman was "nothing better, but rather grew worse. " One day a Christian called when the woman was in a seri- ous and violent condition. Mr. Chen asked Mr. Hsu, the Christian, to pray to his God for his mother, but the Christian replied, "I would gladly do so, but it is useless for me to pray to my God, who is the only true God, when you recognize so many other gods that are false. These household gods must 59 60 Chinese Dumokds first be destroyed: then I can pray." (Oh, that our home Chrwtiana would realize this too, then would Ihey know the power of prayer). ' After some demur Mr. Chen decided that he had tried these gods and they had failed him, now he would burn them by thi SSsto'^r"'""^*^ '' ''^^^"^ *^" "^^^'^^^ ""^'^ In face of the bitterest opposition from his family and neighbors he publicly burnt aU the household gods. Then he and Mr. Hsu followed by all the family and a crowd of curious neighbors went into the mother's room where she lay foaminir on the bed. Mr. Hsu first sang the hymn "Jesus loves me"— then prayed, then sang again. Gradually the woman quieted down and befor. long was completely restored. Thus the Lord as of old answered prayer and delivered the woman from the terrible power which iMd had such a hold upon her. Her deliverance was so wonderful that all the family .md some neighbors immediately accepted the Gospel. Mr. Chen left his home and business for several weeks and came to the out-station where the writer and her husband were. Here he took the place of a little child. His humiUty eai-nestnoss, and sincerity impressed us all. When he felt he had grasped the main truths of the Gospel he returned home realizing as few Christians seem to do, that he had been saved to save othen. He at once started family worship, and pre- pared a buJding as a chapel and preaching hall-l jre he pthered and taught all who wished to learn. His whole lT^'SfT^°'?.f ^ *""* ^°'" ^^* *"^ «»° neighbors were won. The first of these was a notable opium slave. The story - fi*fl„**' ^^\ ^"1^ °^ Christianity in Mr. Chen's region would fill a volume, but space permits only the brief record of open outstanding facts. About two years after Mr. Chen became a Christian the locusts came over the country in great numbere, eating all be- fore them. Mr. Chen told his family that since they would ail be busy fighting the locusts, family worship would for the time be given up. A few days later a fine boy in the family, about seven years of age, became paralyzed in one side and was un- able to get off the kang (or brick bed). The foUowing is Mr Chen's own account of what followed. T ' J9°*, <'*y I ^ o«t in the fields fighting the locusts when I suddenly seemed to waken out of sleep "Hsing Wu kuo Ui" I cried aloua— 'Why! ike connection is cut! The connection A ChINISE NOBLKICAN 61 is cuti" I hastened home and called all the family together. I told them to get down on their knees and confess with me our sin of putting God aside, that by doing so we had cut the ec'Unection with God, for God had said, 'Your iniquities have separated between you and your Ood and your sins have hid His face from you.' Oh, Lord now that the connection ia mended, won't you heal the little boy!' And as we prayed we heard the child get off the kang. and before we rose from our knees he was running around quite well." Mr. Chen became a tower of strength to the missionary, who when obliged to be absent sometimes from that part of his field would commit the affairs of the Church into his bands. Did he get money for this, you ask. No — all his service was for love of his Lord. Not many months ago this man stood bravely, grandly, one of the severest tests any Christian oould be put to. lie ha«l a very dear little daughter, a pretty, gentle, timid child of about nine years of age. This child was away from home when she was attacked by a young woman of violent temper, the daughter of another Christian. The child was struck several times with a heavy stick, and as she fled terri- fied was followed and struck again, it is believed, on the head, a few days later the child returned home, but could say little else than, "I'm afraid" over and over again. She sank rapidly and died ; but before her death she told her father of the attack upon her. A few dajrs later the writer received a most touching letter from Mr. Chen in which he reviewed the past — ^what he had been saved ftrom — what Christ had been to him — then wrote as foUows— "Shepherd Mother — My heart is crushed, my little daughter is dead. I do not want the one who killed her to be punished. I only ask that you warn her so that other chil- dren shall not suffer as mine has done." Those of ua who know how exceedingly revengeful the Chinese are by nature will agree that one could scarcely find a more beautiful example of the power and fruit of the Gospel of Jesus Christ than this. CDS SKETCH VIII Mr. Doong Mr. Doong My hniband and I with our ehildren had settled down for a few weeks' stay at one of our out stations, when I noticed one morning at breakfast a strange man sweeping the yard. He looked such a queer bundle of incongruous clothes I could not make out if he were a teacher, a poor farmer, or a coolie. The man's face was so wrinkled and his shoulders so stooped he looked a much older man than his years, which could not have been more than fifty. "Who is that queer old manf " I asked my huabind. "His name is Doong Lin Huo," he replied, "he has come to study the Gospel and is so grateful for what he is getting he has begged me let him do something to shew his gratitude. ' ' Some days later one of the Evangelists came to me for some medicine for Mr. Doong, saying he was very ill with that foe of native and foreigner aUke— dysentery. I had only one small bottle of expensive medicine which I kept for our- selves in case of emergency. It was unopened and when once opened I knew it would lose its strength. So I said : "I have only medicine for ourselves." "I fear if something is not done for Mr. Doong he will die," the Evangelist said as he turned away disappointed. This dedded me and I hastily gave him out several doses. Later he came for more and a few days passed when Mr. Doong himself appeared d re ss e d up in &ie borrowed garments, and his face shining with the extra rubbing he had given it. Before we could prevent him he had prostrated himself before me knocking his head several times on the floor, saying, "Oh, lady, you have saved my life I" The story of this man's conversion is of interest in that it is typical of thousands in China. His people were farming mountain villagers. Some years ago when visiting his vil- lage I was impressed with the pieturesqueness of the situation, built as it is on the side of a steep mountain cliff above a rapidly running stream. As we went through this village street we walked up steps as if going up stairs. Mr. Doong's family was laige even for this land, it con- sisted of several of the old passing generation, also his five 66 66 CRINC8C DUMO.V08 lona and their wiv« and eLUdren and loine of their wna' wive* and their children. AU lired within one enclorore. Th! n!nwi2r?'#"*?v .^^ ^* ■" ^« »°«">" increaaed it waa notaufflcientfortheiraaadaanJ some sought employment eapecially during the winter moiitfaa. Mr. D?ong wSS?^ among thew, he joined a low travelling theatrical company, aa oook and lived aa low a life while with them aa any hSnan being could weU live. When the mianonary flrst came aeroa aim he waa nafaig hia animala during the alack winter montha to eaoort travellera over the mountains west of hia home. One day the mianonary arrived in the village with hia **!?^.^'?"^*? •*" **'•*' '^y to a famoua goddeae' temple aituated two hundred Chineie milea further weat among the mountaina. Mr. Doong and hia animala were hired for th^ journey Day by day aa the party etopped at noon and for the night pre -huig waa carried on in the open. During thoae daya Mr. Doong caught Uttle el«? of the preaching than that they were speaking againat the goda. He became aUrmed and » Bure waa he that the great goddeaa would cauae some ternble calamity to overtake them on their arrival at their doatination he determined to leave the partv aa epeedily as possible, and it waa with a senae of real relief that he saw. as he thought, the laat of them. Some weeta later he had occasion to go to the distant city of liin-llaien far off among the mountains. Here he found the same missionary with his preachers stiU preaching aa be- fore-and no calamity had befallen them ! He began to have doubts aa to whether th«qr might not be right after all Every opportunity was taken advantage of to hear what they had to say with the reau.r that when the time came for him to leave, ne turned hia face towarda home a changed man. Hia firat atep waa to deatroy the houaehold gods, much to the horror and anger of his family and neighbors, who aU believed him to have become bewitched by the foreigner and waited to 8et< some dread judgment faU upon him. Surely facing such odds aa bravely aa this man did and with quiet steady calmness raiaea him to the place of a real hero. out Vh*; ^fn If^R."^ ^ ^"^^^ ^ **P^"™- Th" he did with- out the ud of other druga. He aimply sought God 'a help and got it. Hia la one of the rare caaea we have known of. where the terrible opium habit haa been broken without humkn aid ««aT ^^^ ^.J7*"' ^ ^^ out^tation to learn to read and teaeW .^K- •*' ^' K^i ^' ^« «<> «»V task for either pupiUr teacher at his age, but so earnest waa he and diligent that in a Mft. DooNO •7 few week* he could reMl the ChineM New TesUment «nffiei. entiy weU to get the meaning and in • few months had prae- ticaUy maaterwl ita • • charaeten. ' ' ♦K "^t"^ ^•*" ^.'"^ *^*"^ ^*"«*> ^™« ^' !>«>«« h^ won u»e higheat opinions from missionanes and his fellow Lhnstians. His name was suggested as a probationary evan- gelist, and although his Uek of edueation was against him. his beauUful epint, so gentle, snd so full of love to all with whom lie came m contact, seemed to more than make up for this lack and he was unanimoualy called to the preaching of the OospeL As time passed, results from Mr. Doong's m ristry amply justified this step, for wherever Mr. Doong was placed the work flourished and converts were added. On one occasion the writer visited one of these places with her husband. It was a busy pottery centre, known far and Tm ,?'!o'^. unspeakable immorality. Yet even in this most difficult field Mr. Doong had gathered out a little company of I shall not soon forget the welcome we received on our arrival after a long trying dusty journey, at the door of the humble place where he lived and where we were to stay He was so hearty and kind and yet had a certain dignity and courtei^r which made me say inwardly, " Can this be the same man who was cook in a low theatrical company t " Yes he was the same, yet not the same, for his whole Hfe, his looks, his wonderful power of holding heathen audiences for over an hour at a time ail testified to the power of Christ to save and transform men. At the close of our visit I told my cook to settle as was the custom with Mr. Doong for the coal we bad used during the ten days we had been there. The cook returned to say Mr Doong refused to take anything for it I called the dear old man and protested that this would not do. He looked at me with tears in his eyes and said, "Mother, Shepherd, will you not allow me the privilege and pleasure of doing even this much for you, when you and your husband have done so much M "^^'/i^'-.T^^iJ? ^ *"^« *^° ^'^ yo" not come with this blessed Gospel t" With full heart and dim eyes I could only put my hands together and bow low my thanks. When home on furlough I sent to a missionary for a photo of Mr. Doong for a lantern slide. In due course the photo amved with a note from Mr. Doong himself, which ran as follows : Dear Shepherd Mother, I thank you for the compli- ment you have paid me in asking for my photo. I would 68 CaiNnB OuMONos «eiproc«t« and Mk for youn but there ie no need /or your After an abeenoe from oar old Held for come fire years it WM a great joy to both my huaband and myaelf to hive Mr Uoong onoe more our oo-worker, but it was only for a brief penod. Our hard pre«ed doetor needed the beat man we couW give him aa Hospital BvangeUst and Mr. Doo^wia viS^^JS;*'"''*^**?"- There he remained tm adv^eing years with its inoreaaing physieal Weakness forced his retire- ment and he returned home, but not to the home of the early L*^nv n?*? •^i.!" had been won to Christianity, as well as many of his neighbors. fl^k ^°1 ***'**'**••/• *»*'^ ****»•* n»*ny wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are caUed. But Gou ♦« .h.^^'T ^\!^^^ tW"«» o^ the world that he m^t pS to shame them that are wise. ' * ^ SKETCH IX Heathenism As I Have Known It Part 1— Hbathkn Vusus CnsisruM yfoaeatp. Part 2— Facts. Heathenism As I Have Known It *'// ikou forbear to doUver them thai are drawn unto death, and thoee that are ready to he slain; if thou tayeet, Be- hold we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart coimder itf And he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know ttt And shall not he render to every man accordina to his works f" {Prov. 24 : 11, 12.) ''If you can get our ehureh people to really believe the heathen NEED the Ooq^l, you will have gone a long way to bring about the dedred attitude towards Foreign Mianona." So said a prominent Foreign Mi«ion Seeretary to the writer. Another Foreign Miaion Secretary, who had spent many years on the Foreign Field as a missionary, suggested the sub- jeet for this Sketeh, saying, "Draw it plain, for they need to know.". The subject is not a pleasant one; draw the picture of heathenism as you will, it can be only dark and repelling; neither dare one write all one knows. . . . 1. — ^Hkatbkk Vkbsus Christian Wobship. Missionaries and converts were gathered in full force for their annual evangelistic campaign at one of the largest, most important centers of heathen worship in China— the Hsun- Hsieu Fair or Festival. Inclement weather had somewhat delayed the influx of pilgrims. It was suggested that my hus- baad and I take advanfa|e of this fact to make a k>ng planned visit to the temple of the goddess Lao Nai Nai, (Old Grand- mother) who drew to her shrine every year vast crowds of men and Tfomen of every class. (It is estimated that during the ten days of the winter festival alone, over a million pil- grims kneel before this image.) We started quite early one morning hoping thereby to escape any possibility of great crowds. As we ascended the hill on which the temple stood, the road was Uned on ei^r n 72 Chinibe Dumonos side with booths and mat stalla where commodities such as oil- gnms required, were sold. There were paper babies, jnade of briJiant colored paper on oomstolk frames. (The goddess was believed to have power to bestow living children in return for the naper offerings.) There were paper horses, and women and young girls, made to look very life-like. aU of which were supposed to turn into the real kind for the use of the spirits beyond. Dice and gambling cards were much in mitSSiei^kiSr "''*"'' "*'^' "'^ ^''"^ "^'^ ^«- '' '•»* .on,?r *^® *™® '"* t*? !:®*®***^ '*»« ""i° entrance to the emple my courage had begun to fail, and gladly would I have backed out, but my husband felt we mu!t go on Pms- ;?i nf"*"?- J**^ ^'* «"]** r *"*«'*^ * »*^ co'rt, on either side of which were crowds of men and women, some at tables some seated on the ground, all feasting or gambling. In and out among these, peddlers passed calling loudly their wares. Utter confusion prevailed, but we had no difficulty in getting through to the court beyond; here, however, we foimd the crowd mcreasingly great. A large iron caldron resting on a pedestal 8tTo