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Chinese heroes; being a record of persecutions endured by native Christians

in the Boxer uprising, by Isaac Taylor Headland with illustrations from

photographs.

Headland, Isaac Taylor, 1859-1942.

New York, Eaton & Mains; [1902]

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e n .

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A R R O W M A N 35

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i ne w i th m e s a id

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imthataf ore lorner

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hapersona linterestin

redI f the w erenotin-

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am? "

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ons spendingmucho his

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rp s a id M r s. W a n g t o

orninga terhisreturn.

n d he g a th e re d h is f a m il

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A R R O W M A N 37

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care. Hewentf rom

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mucho hisinstruction.

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mhisconstantcom-

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n ce h e h ad n o d i f i c ul t i n

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n ce t h em I c o ul d h a e l i tt l e

ers.

u n li k e hi s f a t he r w a s no t a

ollowedtheplow

w andwiththelatter

adistanceo f ourhun-

onl a f ew w eek s

d o theScriptures

loado bookshere-

tnotuntilhehadf irst

meo themission-

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tw omenwhosehistor w il l

t h th e h is t or o t h e No r th

a th er ? " t he i n u ir ed o

ecalledatthe inn.

ndbook-sellingtour

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romtheplow he

w assoontracingthe

hef ie ldsf romv illageto

isfather.

to goingtoallthe

o tw ent m ilestotell

a t io n a n d as h e w as s e e n

meitw assomehoursbe-

Hewasdelightedtosee

lik ea llC hinesea terha -

ore igners hew asnot

emethodo sa lutation

amannerascordial

rda inTeacherWang s

edandthetwow ere

mbershipinthechurch

s w i e d a ug h te r n e ph e w an d

donprobation. I nthe

ungpreached andthesac-

Supperwasadministered

b e li e e r s al l o w ho m we r e

artinasmallw a inthe

hurchinC hina . Well

rite :

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o edthaninwhatit

allseew hofo llow thehis-

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A R R O W M A N 41

gatthev il lageo Y ang

enoughtoper ormthe

o r t ha t f u n c t i on a r , a t e r

themonthe j ourne .

hatisthemostimportant

sablishmento C hris-

dI shouldsa theestab-

omes. God w henhe

rld diditb theestab-

a in w henheundertook

t h e f l o o d h e di d i t b s a -

w henhewantedto

semindsandhearts

tpreciousre e lation he

od- earingmanandw i e;

antan elementasAbra-

echaractero the J ew -

retoknowthe

amanw ithaC hristianw i e

i e inaheathenland

o A b ra h am a nd L o t b o th

df a ith ul. B utw hilethe

esplendentw ithhonorthat

bew ritten. I tw asnotun-

o r T ea c he r W a n g to s p en d h is

curingahomef o llowing.

tf orgettoask themission-

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d he s a id y o u m ig h t go .

o "

r e ad .

o u u nt i l y o u a r e st r on g er "

mere erencehadbeen

shea lth.

ninde licatehea lth and

ongtripsinthecountr ,

homesandeatinga ll

rapidl te ll ingonhishealth.

andweaker buthe

peadingso hisf amil and

missionariesthatheshould

asgoodcareo

a n d hi s r ep l a l wa s w a s " I

a r s l on g er a n d I m u st s p en d

e o m M a st e r " a n d wi t h

ruponanotherterm

enthemissionaries

the f oundthethreado

. Th e b a pt i e d t he r e -

f amil andsomeo his

meso othersonprobation

e haddepartedTeacher

c e o t h e Ma s te r o n ea r th f o r

nhea en committing

^ a n g Ch e n g- p e i a n d hi s

e b ot h o w ho m h o we e r w e re

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A R R O W M A N 43

r s. W a n g a t e r th e r em a in s

beencarriedtothe irlast

umustbegoodto-da w hile

ng m o th e r . " p i pe d u p

ooksandpreachasy our

-b tothechildren

oksshehadwrappedup

anddeparteduponherer-

i c e. S h e f i r s t v i s i t ed t h e

ndf riends thenthehomes

rw hichshew enttose llher

o redeeminggrace in

. Shemetwithno little

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sandf riendsca lledher

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ndascholar} " sheasked.

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sdoctrine .-^ I shenotin

o thisdoctrine? Washe

f r ie nd s I a m no t in sa ne . I a m

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w henthemissionariesre-

teritw asthusthe f ound

k o herhusband.

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uldreadshe could

edesigned; where-

t e r th e h a d de p ar t ed s h e to o k

aughtersandstarted

tal.

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parto thecourt andshe

spelo Matthew .

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dthegatek eeperw itha

n o ma t te r h ow d i f i c ul t

Mrs. Wancr.

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u r ow n na me " a nd s he

e r ed h o w ig n or a nt 1 w a s a n d

lpandsettow ork w ith

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kedtoreturn homeand

t e s e r i c e o s o ul - sa i n g.

studies oncemore;

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A R R O W M A N 45

incesandhertesti-

o r s he s t il l l i e s :

- o u r y e a rs s i nc e I a c -

duringw hichtimeithas

tomeasurethe grace

se e nt - i e y e a rs o ld a nd

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ate er membero

e l w it hi n th e f o l d.

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ohismotherthef irstt ime

ortoShan-tunor.

mPekinginaChinese

aruponthe irw a the

rs. Wangw asthrownout

i n g v e r s e ri o us i n u r ie s .

? " i n u i re d h is m o th e r.

t w ew i ll d o b u t y o u c a n-

k e , " s h e su g ge s te d .

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canmake.

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a n d he s a id t o h im s el ,

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hatthedistance isf our

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i ng w h s h ou l d I n o t wh e el

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hesentence. Hesoon

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ashadanotherseriousaccident probabl mak ing

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H EE L B A R R O W MA N 4 9

m u ch b u t mo r e as i t h e

, a n d th e s a ng

homallblessingsf low .

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laughed andsangandsa id

a n d we r e v e r h a pp ; t h at i s

arehapp .

thegrandchildreno old

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nChina.The members

ewcreatures.Others

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a l s wh i ch s p re a d th r ou g ho u t

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cutionswhichweresoon

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esouth-westcornero the

i sa id

w i ll t a ke i t .

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ommittee. " O f icia lear-

espect.

hemessage.

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ei g n an d n at i e t h at a l l wa s l os t

ningthemsel esupthus

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ulo peoplew ithinsu f i-

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t o a o i d th e b ri c ks o t h e

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A R R O W M A N 51

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n g Ch e n g- p e i " w e mu s t up

ost.

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e.

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kwiththesideo his

c om e q u ic kl ; t he re i s no t im e

c l ai m ed t h e an i o us f a t he r .

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o f o re ig n in l ue nc e a nd m as sa -

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ns w er h e r q u e st i on . " G r an d -

n m a g o wi t h th e m. I w i ll

withK an-enandthebab ,

t he s o ut h -w e st o t h e ci t .

b r ot h er . ^ a s ke d K a n - en

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hisdaughter.

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r e f r u i t n o t f l o w er s .

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achildpassthisdirec-

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ho m e ? " C hu n g as k ed t h in k -

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months madesuch

ess lone l child. That

dwhichhewill prob-

hetook thebo and

an-si.F ormonths

placetoplace l i ingininns

n-enw ask eptathisstudies

andgi ene er thing

rtaina lonel child

inhisa f ectionf oranew

nths orderscamef orthe

g.

ew illseeK ao-enthere7"

t r a e l ed o e r t he l o ng

nsw eredtheteacher.

e r Ch u ng a n d hi s f a m il

tm issionthe saw ter-

dthatdidnotw it-

e re m na n t o s o me f a mi l .

drenandchildren

andsw ithoutw i esand

s someha ingw itnessed

o edones othersw holl

Mr. Wangw ithhisson

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se itonl meanttherisk

e s u f e r in g s o t h e f o l l ow -

siege inPek ingha e

butnonebutthosewho

hatthe were.

d andthebesieged

t h ei r f i r st q u e st w as f o r

isf atherhadbeen

eB o erstocease

ndea oringtoprotect

r o m af a t e to o a w u l f o r d e-

h o we e r h e c ou l d le a rn

h a d be e n se e n b u t no o n e

rea li eordead.

humanbreast.

ne er direction.

places untile en

w a S h an - tu n g h e ar d t ha t h e

g f o r h i s b o s a n d he a t

gletter

h sa e i n C hi - na n - u . T he

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msel .Hewasthe

rcame.

eegramarri ed.

therapidtransitf acil-

g d o m.

odeli eredhischil-

ound ga ehimw ritten

r i en d sh i p a n d w i th t h e e -

t h e a r e on c e mo r e a

mil . Meanwhilethebo es

a n d se n t to f r i en d s f o r s a e

igilanceo theB o ers

t e h an d s o t h e Al l ie s w ho

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i di n g el d er o t h e Sh a n Ha i

hise periencesduringthe

o llows:

oo n ( J u n e 3 1 9 0 0 ,

enceo theMethodist

inPeking.The

oro ani edatanearlier

asspreadthroughoutthe

ectw astoe terminatea ll

a ti eC hrist ians.

sinsessionamessenger

Pek ingte ll ingusthat

adbeendestro edand

nsk il led. We w ereshock ed

butsupposedthe insurrec-

w nandthere oregi e

rpriseitgained

u n t i l e e r t o w n an d v i l l a ge

rs .

sedwehiredcarts in-

ations butthePeking

sa lread partl de-

dtostopininnscloseto

asrepaired.Toour

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A T V E 7 7

themissioncompound.

erweheardthepeople

f oreignersand

ereuponI concludedthat

e p l ac e i t h e B o e r s

nganentrance andI con-

ngShanb cartand

nb ra il.

m oo n ( J u n e 12 I

n g Sh a n ( f o u r an d a h al

b u t f o u nd t h e in n s so f i l le d wi t h

w asf orcedtoturnaside

eseclusiono gra e-

e d e e r v i l la g e th r ou g h wh i ch

nnotbutf ee lthatitw asbe-

rotectionthatI reached

e t , — t o W h o m b e al l

beingnewl appointedand

edb hispredecessortopro-

u ir ed f o r m w el a re . Te n

a l t h eB o e rs h ea de d b a

aroseandw ere j o inedb

nchusoldiers.The

apelandputustodeath

f icia landconsultedasto

n andhesuggested

otectthechapelw asto

tion w hichhedid.

s l a te r t he B o e r s

e ll ing " B urnthechapel



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I openedthegatef orthem

er asourmenoutnum-

rdtotheo f icia lbutun-

bs e nt . A f e w o t h e y a m en

er toguardthepremises

o r t wo . Th e o f i c ia l

crthestartlincrnewsthat

eenmassacred and

uptheplaceandlea eas

ak ingthati thePowers

hechapelw ouldbeours

s ulw eC hrist iansw ould

h.

gnesstohirecartsf or

a terhe le tw epacked

o lea ingincaseo

n ed a f e w da s h o we e r

m oo n ( J u l 2 t he

n g P u o n e o o u r C hr i s-

redthatthe w ouldburn

ew aitedf orthem

didnotcome. We

dbeanuprisinginthe

htittheparto w isdom

homeo achurchmem-

ll.

edthechapelo erto

he f o l lo w in g d a t h e B o e r s

w ootherC hrist iansnamed

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A T V E 7 9

molished atwhichtime

u Y a n g K o u s e e n te e n

uan lodgingw ithaC hris-

S h an H a i K u a n kn e w

ndw antedtocaptureme.

dwithMr. Taibuttw oda s

e i edw ordthatthe

g f o r m e. I w en t f a r th e r

aledYungA nT ien tak ing

aMr. Hsu. A sitw as

il lageto lodgestrangers

oLiMuC hang w here

satthehomeo oneShang

HaiK uanthatare-

n ce s o s i l e r wa s o f e r ed

re e a le d t o th e m th a t I w a s

de l eg a ti o n o B o e r s

rchf orme. Thewa

dark andonthe iithI

uchre luctance toseparate

t h i n ki n g a s w e a ll d i d t h a t t hi s

o r s a e t e i th e r f o r m e o r

pa i n u l o a l l m e -

a llthoseda so hunger

essm e esturnedw ith

tothe placewhereI

t o o k w it h m e Ts e ng K u o -

h e Pe k in g U n i e r si t a n d

uanchurch. We



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ouY angoutsidethe

g t hi r t - i e m i le s t he f i r st

riendorac ua intance. I n

course l esw epur-

garmentsandlarge

ewornb coo lies and sub-

twehadon w eburied

wescoopedoutbeside

whichw epassedw as

w hotalk edo arrestingthose

edo " po lson-

a n d we a t e r-

rnedthatthousands

p e op l e we r e pu t

Onthew a w ew ere

edthattherew ereso

obbersoutsidetheWall

w peoplepossessedthe

etotra elthere.F i e

^ ^ ^^ ^ ^ . ' ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^^^^

Y i n g K ' o u w h en c e we

w hereourli esw ould

hungHouSoand

wi t h B o e r s wh o g ot o f a t

hea y ra inbeganto

utaplaceto lodge asa ll

hB o ersandsoldiers we

HalK uan butf eared

houldmeetac ua intances.



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f atastationthirteen

intendingf irsttogotothe

henorth.

stbe orew eentered

mergingf romacorn ie ld

a ni o n M r . Ts e ng a n d as

dressedus inan

ng . " h e I n u i re d .

. Pa l i n t he n e t t o wn .

chingf ory ouare l ing

Mr. Pa l.

df orhismessage

urthernorthandspent

ew antedtogotothe

notk now thewa ,

totak eus andasthe

eenherewe thoughtit

the searchusoutand

e r s.

o r s om e s a e r d w e ll i ng p l ac e

gtoeatf ortw oda s

emadeane f orttogo

omehole inw hichtohide

as w edidnotk now w hichroad

ardC hinMenK uan

uste ll ingusnottogo

husoldierswereguarding

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irregular; wehad

w e s u f e r ed b o th f r o m hu n -

edarednotapproacha

donthechargeo " po is-

ardw heretherewere

ingaround butw ew ere

nebutaf ew hundred

k edb a strangeri w e

m en f r o m Sh a n Ha i K u a n

C hrist ians. We replied

outthem butasw e

incedthathere erred

ustnoticed andw e

ection.

edatChinK uan

knewnotwhereto

n o ld m a n i t h er e w as a n

dthattherewasone

dtheda be ore lest

re w hichi B o ers

ldburnthebuilding. We

orthenightand

todoso tak ingustohis

eusagoodsupper. The

uang andtheo ldman

w astheproprietoro the

edusthattheB o ers

t ShihMenChaiand

hadkil ledaC hrist ian



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ingheardthiswe

angC hun intendingto

w hetherourC hristianshad

h e w er e s ti l l th e re . W e m e t

w e c ou l d bu n o f o o d i n t he

eetw eresoblisteredthat

er. Happil tw ocamel

c ar r u s t o t he v i l la g e f o r

rsttook ustothe irhome

andoncemorew ethank ed

u a re m ea l . W e t h e n co n -

ardthef ooto theNorth

nnamedLi Chii.

houghhew assuchapoor

ef a ithhepro essedthatthe

ghtitw orthwhiletoarrest

s r e ad f o r a f i g h t . He

terta inedusf orse -

ngsonearShanHal

uldnotbesa etoremain

ernorth w herew eli ed

outho whichthegrassand

oshieldI tf romv iew .

mallpoo lf romw hichw e

ghtusricecak eseach

a amangathering

b ou t u s an d I p r a e d a s

hemightnotdisco erour

ngcloserandcloser

ustsoontak eaw a our

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h i s bu n dl e s o f u e l an d w en t

wemightbe dis-

edthere andsow ew ashed

aterthatw asle t the

watertouseforto ile t

a s a n d re t ur n ed t o L i

sleptI nhishouseat

ie ldsb da . Here

ldanger f oritw asw ith

w ek epthimf romusinga

s wh e ne e r t he c a me t o

pre a il ingargu-

dependeduponhis

anargumentwewere

r n i gh t I n o r de r t o se c ur e

ionbetweenhere

nordidw eha ean

eningatthelatter

nsa etoremainlonger

to o ur se l e s " W h a te e r

C hou. B utw e

sw emeetac ua intances

y ra inbegantof a ll

abadcondition; and

illageswerecrowded

o u r wa w i th m u ch d i f i -

ewetook thetra in

h er e a s w es t ep p ed u p on

t M r. W a n g M ao - i n w h o



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A T V E 8 6

dseenourw i esandchil-

ng-hoattheMining

Youcanimagineourj o

hamessage. We w ent

ea , w herew ef ound

wehadalmostgi enuphope

asithadbeentwomonths

Li MuChang.Godhad

moreandwe thanked

a s ke d m w i e h o w sh e

ld methef ollowing

t Li M u C h a n g a le t te r

u a n t o th e e f e c t th a t

ndestro edandthree

nwe heardthiswe

k nowingnotw hattodo.

is passweconcluded

leetoadistance; butas

o o t I f o u nd i t d i f i c ul t t o

snoplacetogo andno

hadtopossessourse l es

m oo n ( J u l 1 2 s e -

andB o ers w ellarmed

andtook usprisoners

ndthewi eo Tseng

tok il lthem sa ingatthe

bandmustbeproduced

ro era llourmone .



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etobeheadmebut f inall

ughI beggedthem

notre leaseus butw ith

e compelledustowalk to

n we h a d ar r i e d w it h in a

llagew epleadtobere-

m tw en t - i e d o ll a rs i

hs o f e r t he r e u s ed

ehadthe to ldusto

rothersw ouldcomeand

edtodo butitw as

ghterw asbutse enteen

Mr . T se n g s y o u ng w i e h a d

hildo threemonths in

dinaca e inthemoun-

s adangerousplace

u g ee w o me n w ou l d re s or t t o

sidestherewasnoplace

dw ealmostperishedw ith

il lage( NanTs ung

black smithw itha large

dseeingourcondit ionhe

ehurriedonbuthe

nceo atleasttw omiles. We

nta ingorge w here it

d e e r b ee n b e o r e a n d

him. Thef o llowingmorn-

nttoanotherv il lageand

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oW angChia

lt inthemounta insf i e

o f o r f o o d.

Ho toaC hris-

rdi f icult iesanddangers

ibletobringre lie He

totakeusto his

edaweekormore.

butw ef ledduring

edunderco ero

esurroundedb a crowd

thk ni esandclubsto

ug h te r ; b u t a ma n n am e d Su n

nesso the irconductand

bouthimacompan o

rotectedusf romthis

ustoaplacew herew ehid

cursingandpersecution

whichwereheapedupon

ithertonguenorpen

eemedclosedagainstusa

w asinnow a connected

ore igners outo pure

ourdestitutionriskedhis

k toShanHaiK uan

sw ouldbesa e. We

wof ires. Wecouldnot

gaboutthecountr su f er-

, a n d pe r ha p s f i n a ll b e -



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ath i indeedw edid

w ardorf orw ardseemed

terlongconsultationwede-

andreturntothecit ,

twouldbe a llus. To

edonthew a w e

eremainedonenight

utw eresoe haustedthat

d n o in u r . T h e f o l l ow i ng

g S h an w he r e we h a e

ginthehospital and

tandpeaceuntilthe

f i n i s he d h er s t or I c o ul d

adsu f eredw asnotw orth

withthener ous

e l Mrs. Tsengandm

asmuchtoher.

e re p li e d ; " t h er e w il l b e al l

u f eringduringthese

a n ot h er o o u r y o u n g

eroom ha ingheard

d m w i e a s ke d h er t o t el l u s

" s h e s a id t o m e " i s m uc h

ow n.

s he r n am e a t e r so me

metearsonher own

asf o llows:



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Y

ublesbeganm husband

Hsien aboutf ort

k ing. Wehadf i echil-

w homwasbuttw ent

k new notw hatw asbestto

residingelderasking

do.

y o u c a n c om e t o Pe k in g I

pl e as u re b u t i y o u c an n ot

leeatonce.

ionw ele ta llw ehad

ecouldeasil carr , and

k new notw hereandw e

ntada andanightin

ungr andthirst , and

edf orf oodbutnoonew ould

sa id w ew ere" rubbers

m e di c in e " * a n d th e o r -

e llberung w ishingat

ndsendus backto

ishment. Webegged

so ando f eredthem

w ou l d gi e u s wa t er t o

kedto beallowedto

restaw hile butthe

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dri ertotak eusout-

roadsw erebad he

e e d f o r t h ei r d on k e s a n d

tar e andheaddedthatno

w eo f eredthemthe

dus andespecia ll the

r ed t o t ak e u s ba c k to M Y u n

consentedtogo. When

il e s f r o m t he c i t , w ea r

ahomethatthe w ould

e. A t f i r st t h e r e u s ed b u t

one the re lentedand

ada .

m e o a r e la t i e o o n e

m o u nt a in q - v c t a n d as k ed

shew asagoodmanhere-

andtreatedusk indl ,

w epa idthemf orthe ir

edwiththemthreeda s.

abblecametoarrestus

re" rubberso red

e.

butdeathdoesnotcome

arrestedusandwere

e th e o f i c ia l ; n o r wo u ld

hadgi enthemthirt -

a t e r wh i ch t h e d r o e u s

orgesI nthemounta ins

ltthepangso hunger

eda llda andthis

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homeo aC hrist ian

, w h er e w el i e d t wo d a s .

o takeusandthe

wnurgedthatw ereturn

e s a i n g th a t i w e r e-

o ul d n ot b e s ur e t f o r o ur

ightstartedonour

e d a t Ch i C ho u t he B o e r s

hatwew eredece i ersand

oen andnotourow n

o r e th e h ea d ma n f o r e a m-

oursideandw edid

aminationthe obta inedno

th e s a ww e we r e no t a r a id

werenot badpeopleand

wenttoWuMen. The

muchf rightenedatC hi

sedtopofartherw ehired

uedonourw a .

n g An C h e n g w h er e

dthechurchandwhere

mthatwholeregionwere

henwesawthedis-

cit w ethoughtitnot

butrestedonthestreet

w hilew eate-abite f romthe

estaurant. Thencew ewent

h o me o a r e la t i e w ho a l -

ghtbutdro eusout

ehidinthemounta ins.



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ong kni eswenttosearch

ok il lus andasw ecould

ce I took thef i echil-

ountainside lea ing

e. I hidinthev il lage

meso a lltheC hris-

ditw astrul pit i ul.

sgatheredinf orceinthe

w oo theC hrist ians w hom

P i n g An C h en g t o ki l l an d

obadI took the

andw henitw asnight

e I returnedtothev il-

I w ouldbek il ledand

a n d in c o e r o t h e da r k-

thMounta ins. The w ere

w asintense andasI w as

w i th f i e c h il d re n t h e el d -

enyearsandtheyoungest

the a llw eptbitterl

hev il lage. I y ie lded

w henthev il lagerssaw

l ea e s a i n g th a t th e

llnew comers andasthe

edthe urgedme

drenw eretiredandsleep ,

. Whenthe saw how im-

goan w herew iththese

n t he p i ti e d me a n d hi d u s in



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partiall burned. A ll

s so u gh t f o r n e w co m er s w ho m

andallnightthe passed

here I w ashid. I

ps butI w asinthe

t he f a i le d t o f i n d m e ;

ghtandk il ledoneo the

eadtothewallo the

ghttosee.

themounta insw hile it

echildrenwere il lw iththe

reseemednotthef a int-

ng. A terrepeatede f orts

oundthatI mustabandon

m al l s o I l e t i t b t he

rstocaref orit andhid

da sinthemounta ins.

ak amessengercameto

rsintendedtosearchf or

rdw ew enttoasmallv il-

w ereconcea ledtw oda s

o ersanddro eus

sw ew ere inthesun-scorched

stperished.The

theC hristians( LiuPe i-

toassistthemintheir

emhepurposel

s andw henthe hadpassed

ie ldsada andanight.

husbandw asconcea led



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dtheproprietorto

i m ; b u t wh e n I a r ri e d

dthev il lagerstoarrest

withdone. M husbandw as

othetemplea terw hich

henI saw themI

askedthemwherethe had

ow hichthe onl answered

a f a irsanddonotmeddle

rs u r ge d t ha t i t h e B o -

I shouldgow iththem

ledthe w ouldtakesome

f oundthatthepeople

gh t en e d an d I d e ci d ed t o f o l -

n I a r r i e d I f o u nd

tak ehimtoP ingA n

ptandbeggedthemtosethim

ee d " I f y o u w e r e ou r

otlistentoy ourappea l.

mtoP ingA nC h eng

k i ll h i m.

o r t an d q u i e t me s a id

th e md o a s th e w i sh . T h e

herplace andtheeld-

dm husbandaw a tok il l

enhew ask illedhe

w ithj o hisspiritascended

en.

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saw meinwantthe

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I w i ll d i e be o r e I w i l l

hearingo ourdestitute

thDr.W angHsiang-ho

htmehere toT ang

s o e r t h e l os s o m h u s-

ndthebabeI w ascom-

h a e l i e d f o r t h e s ak e o

main.

angShanbutthree

hPek ingandT ientsin

ited

k e a

l

ew ere

c angPai-iin

romthedead. We

ora in. I w asto ldthat

occup ShanHaiK uan

uldsoonbepossible f or

broughtm f am-

eweallk ne ltandthank ed

ithusintimeo danger.



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C on erencethe

tbegun butw henhere-

essthantw ow eek slater

grasshoppersw hichthe

est-

and

i n g

ur

ra l

hid-

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cametochurchincrow ds

et.We toldthem

b u t th e w o ul d n ot b e -

crow dscontinuedtocome

stheo f icia lsenttoask

seehim ad isinghim

o n th e f o l l o wi n g da , a r ri -

nthee ening.

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hef ore ignerstoT ientsin

atthev esse lhadde-

ure es. Wek new

todo asw ew ere

c a me t o f l e e wi t h th e f o r -

e t . E e r d o or b e hi n d

w asnowa togof or-

nw eresmallandI w as

it i on t o t ra e l . W e w er e I n a

totheLordtoopena

ncerta incondit ionremained

nese inn. Whileherew e

houandA nKeC huang

eirhomesI ncarts but

measuresforourow n

remainedtw oda slonger

eC hrist iansf romA n

artso f eringtotak eus

todw ellI nthechurch.

tterf oramomentw e

st b e ca u se w e f e a r e d I f w e

secutedtothee tent

rLord; second because

huangwereChris-

re t h e Lo r d s w i ll t h at w e

w ouldha eaboutus

eourfa ith andw ould

e u p l i e w i th a c r o

sew how erew ithouthope

thef o llowingda .



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betterthanelse-

hou hadalread

atatA nK eC huanga

dthepeoplead isedtheChris-

nw hichcasethe

ectthem.Thingshad

eheardthatitwas all

a n d Mr . C h e n w e n t to s e e i

oundDr. WangHsiang-

m o st f a i th u l C hr i st i an s w h o

nceandhew ouldprepare

on.

o o n h ea r in g t hi : . H e

w hichMr. C hangMao-

putinorder butcer-

w himgoinginandouto

mentar remarksand

icia lthatw ew ere" de ils

andthati w ew ereallow ed

amit w ouldbe a llthe

o erb: " Hew hoharborsa

W e t h e re o r e se e me d t o

edourse l esinthe

e h ea r d th a t a bo a t wa s

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ther inthenorthroom

soldierscould protectus.

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d o e r co me t h e B o e r s f o r t h e

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erssoonbegantoquarre l

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r atthesuggestiono

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pa n o B o e rs . W or d

w hoatonce

a landsecuredas uad

the irre lie . I nthe

Dr. andMrs. Hsiihad

emountains w herethe

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orcedtowi ew iththe

a lo theso ldiers.

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meetanew B o er

tobesopow er uland

theorderastobeableto

to anew recruit inthe

d a s . T he f o l lo wi n g da

nuproar andw ecould

o thef ore ignersandburn

andridthecountr o

n

takers threewomen

issioncompound. As

emetthreeo theschoo l

" a s ke d t he , w i th t e ar s

es. " Wherearey ou

w ego? "

e ei n g I k n ow n o t wh e re t o

no o n e to h e lp u s ; c a n

me w a t o s a e u s 1 "

esandthe started

deringaboutuntilnight a ll.

homeo themission

a llremainedthatnight a ter

inthreeheathen

erekilledandtheother

terthetroublew aspast.



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o u " s ai d th e ch ie o

o llowingda .

o r m s el , " a ns we re d Pa st or

die fortheLordhere .

e li e longbrothers andI

e p ro p os e d.

c ti o ns " a n sw e re d t he p a st o r

an i o us a b ou t t hr e e o t h e

se l .

t o o " h e a n s we r ed .

erwhichPastorLiu

ek new thecharactero

stionableto j usti y him

theircare.He

plansf orthegirls.

ea ll le tthecom-

ed lootedandburned

e n t he r e tu r ne d t o th e c it

chapelthepastorf led

e ci t f o l lo w ed b a c r ow d

e o p o li c e t r ue t o h is p r om -

senthimw ithse era l

northo thecit w here

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o t he c hi e o p ol ic e w ho

li erece i edbothhim

hospitabl andenterta ined

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lprisoners andMrs.

ngreatagitation.

e " s h e sa i d " a n d wo r sh i p

e ss o m e rc ; i t i s I f e a r

ethe irwTath.

e e n te r ta i ne d a nd c a re d f o r

w h t h en s h ou l d I w o r s hi p t ha t

k nock m headtoyou

ei edthef o llowing

e o po lice :

iv il lageassoonas

estartedandw alk ed

adoptedbrother.

n o a f a i rs i n a nd a b ou t

e d at o n ce . " W h o o t h e

eenmurderedandwho

acherw asbruta ll mas-

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othe irf a ith.

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eath.

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rink o w ater. The to ld

nk asthe w eregoing

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a nd f i t h so ns w it h hi s

allk il led asthe w ere

aith.

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hiptheirgods buta ll in

w ouldratherdiethanden

hersk il ledinthemission

d t h e B o e r s br i ng i ng i n

u i r f o u nd t o b e

w e a n d a Mr s . W a ng . T he

andlook edtiredand

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e w er e l ed t o t he m i ss i on

death.

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t t we n t - o u r o t h e C hr i s-

l e d b a h e l pe r C h i a w e n t

nandw ithnothingbuta

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e rs w it h gr ea t br a e r .

e B o e r s co m in g t he

drenin thecenter

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s spearsandguns

heldoutlongerbutf orthe

ungtothe irlegsand

thehelperC hia f e ll;

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n.As Changcame

ungeathim butthespear

hingit hethrustit

s n e ck a n d c al l in g o ut ' E e r

h e p us h ed t h e B o e r b e o r e

hus escaped.

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ueue w hichw asw rapped

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side andthetw oes-

o p o Hc e i n he a i -

heard buthismindw as

rectionb w hathe

tv il lage— thatMrs. Yen

adbeentak enprisonersb

edto thechie

isinghimtof leetothe

turnedinhastetoTsun-

plansf orsa ingthe

mounta inpeak PastorLiu

nephew sw iththeothers

t he c i t . A t t he s a me t i me t h e

n to t h e he a d B o e r t o in -

rs. A terthreeda sthe

m en t o $ 6 0 a n d —

:

w i e a n d ch i ld t o a n in n

r s o m e da s a t e r wh i ch

eo thechie o po lice

he7thmonthI saw them

onethousandB o ers

sandw ef ledtoaca e

ref ormorethanamonth

e er. DuringthistimeI

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ctordeemnigitnecessar to

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mainedthere f ora

egantoarri ethatthe

atedatTientsinand

ersbegantodisperse . He

entsin.Onhis wa

ng sso ldiersf ightingthe

a t P i n g An C h en g t h e pl a ce

Christianshadbeentaken

ogetherinthatregion

e r v i l l a ge s w er e b ur n ed t o t he

oldiers.

f ew w ^ eek sinT ientsin

erehef oundacom-

r e nc h a nd R u s s i an t r oo p s

etothesettl ingupo

rgeproportiono thepeo-

aso thesurrounding

th e o f i c ia l w ho h a d ha d c ha r ge

llthesetroubloustimesen-

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erstothepalaceo

. Whilethe w erecon-

edthatthischildhadre-

edandthe w ere ledtosus-

C hristians. A tera

outandbeganpla ing

B o e r s w h ic h c on i r me d

t he r ea so ne d " I f t he w er e

earratherthanpla

datoncethe w ere liberated

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totherehearsalo the

ndi idua l butthatw eshould

n o r ma t io n b o t he r s co n -

dconducto theonein

w eresurethatcerta inmodest

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gs. Wedisco ered

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osto themembers.

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ce itsf oundation.

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w an t

s a i d t he

p ar t

f r o m se -

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atedf romcollegeI w as

cia lposit ionthroughf riends

d a t h e r w h oh a d be e n a

o m u n cl e w h o wa s a

ance llor butw aspre-

o b a re i a l s er i c e he l d

P k e a n d a s y o u a ll

principa lo the I nterme-

theuprisingI took m

t o f i n d th a t th e B o e r s we r e

ut m w i e a nd b ab ie s I n t o

es w how ereheathen and

e r s a n d w it h m m o t h er

omeotherf riends f led

deso thepart w ere

a inesduringtheda and

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ountainshepherdto

randk eepusI n ormed

hereabouts.

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dusthatthepresenceo

nteedpeaceatthelatter

curedpassageand

et , acerta inC hristian

a ingf urnishedusw ith

o de r a o u r e p e ns e s. H e re

thePresb terianmission

mentasteacherso

o thecountr w ar-

n andthencetoPe-

meetingwasay oung

f i t - o ne s u mm e rs w ei g hi n g

wohundredandf i t

emeetingit leak ed

i someyearsago this

edC hinesew omenin

r ice andsupposing

n d th e ir d e st i na t io n t he o f i c e

n er h e c on c ei e d a n in -

tter. I nT ientsinheaga in

dwomengatheringatthe

w hichincreasedhishatredand

orantpeople w ho

morethanthef ore igners

kerand awor-

s andduringacertainNew

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eancestraltablets hehad

nds. Onhisreturnhe

thada llow edacattoup-

urthesacri ices andin

rstbeatandthendismissed

ant.

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p t he p i pe } " a s ke d C on -

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as w i th o p iu m pi l ls " s a id

o opiumpills in-

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gan resultotherthana

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r i e n ds . " T h e re a t e r a

y o u wi l l ob t ai n a s ur e c ur e

ndnouncerta int .

hospita l? No I

eunder thein luence

l " h e e c l ai m ed r e me m-

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ngo w aterthanw ashis

u r gi n g o h i s f r i e n ds ; a n d

adedtoappl f o radmission

dhew asshutupina

e w d a s t r ea t me n t hi s

anentl destro ed.

ssistantstriedtore-

tonandbook s buta llto

rar graduate ha -

w itha llde erenceto its

ucianismlendsto itsv ota-

eonl uneducatedfo llow ers

g a e h i m co p ie s o t h e

darinor spokenlan-

arousedw ithinhima

pa o plebeiantaste .

o Martin sE idenceso

openedw ithasneer

erencew hichsoonchanged

n t er e st a n d f i n a ll t o

a i d h e to h i ms e l ; " a r e

bletowritebooksin our

andhereadthe bookwith

appliedf orbaptism

totheschoo lhew as

erhispupils address-

a e t ha t to s a t o y o u wh ic h

l u en c e up o n ou r f u t u r e r el a -



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ll i y ousodesire ; but

emaininschoo lI w il lbe

etyouk now thatI amde-

stianli eherea ter.

u de n ts l e t a n d he f o u nd

essit o seekingotherem-

hoo l.

rthePek ingUni er-

teacher disco eredand

ichposit ionhestil lre -

ermo ementbrok eout.

ecamenecessar tose l -

wasmadethechair-

mmitteeo theC hinese

p l e th a t th e a d i c e o a n

scales attwohun-

undsismoreva luablethanhis

meterregistersone

ewperhapsendured

hesiege thoughhis

micandgastronomicrather

h e k ep t a d ia r w h ic h h as

asa goodcirculation

hina he l ik eman

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N G

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i t h o w ha t h e ha d b ee n

n g o ne y e a r " h e s a s

returnedtoPek ingf orthe

ndingtheannualcon-

ried the lattere entcom-

rd a n d th e c on e r en c e be g an

oreturntoourw ork as

ad ourned; butw esoon

road

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m

ks

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w ith

a s t he w o ul d e as i l d i s-

rst ians. I there orere-

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w histl ingbulle tsandshriek -

a f e w d a s t h e d i d no t d is -

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t h e mi l i ta r o f i c er s a s an

tionI retainedtil lthe

malcondition.

ngI nthepo licestation

ct theC hineseo that

eupasubscriptionw hich

nttome nodoubt as

u s ed i t t he p r es e nt e d me

nstead.

dthatI t leak edoutin

sduringthemeeting

tionedb Mr. Wang

ose era lhundredounces

t as s o on a s t he c o un t r b e -

euphisposit ionandsalar

andwenttohisappo intment

i n g h i s y o u n g wi e i n

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w a s a st r on g c la s s a n d h e w as

andasaconse uence

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ecessaril menw hoha e

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l i a t io n o C hi n a a n d is

mingo thek ingdomhere.

tov isitsomeo the ir

t ionw iththeuni ersit had

ed. ThisyearI hadthe

Sept. 9I landedinShan

herethegreatwallo

themounta ins f ina ll buries

steppedf romthetrain

houghthecrow dandga e

lcome. Thisw asTseng

eisk nowntohispatronin

Heisoneo ourgradu-

9 5 a n d is t h e pr e ac h er i n

est eagerf orsouls

shisdutiesaspastoro the

gani edandhaschargeo

tanA ssociationo te le -

whomheisdoinga noble

thef ear ultempta-

progresse posesthe

thek nowledgeo thew ork

ngmenb y oungDurst

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TeMu-shih w hose

d i n g o t h a t f e l l d i se a se o

I w asobligedtopushon

ShihMenC hai adistance

e r t he m o un t ai n s. T h is j o u r-

ndonk e s butasthere

an w ew aitedtil lthe

oneo thebeastsw hich

dmeback . Whatw as

enitappeared to f indno

ramef ittedo ertheani-

ups. A com orterfo lded

woodenarrangement

andropesstrungonthe

ps. I nthisw a , escorted

ma n c ar r i n g on a p o le n e ce s -

bedding w ithoutw hichone

hina I setout. We

ta i ns f o r de d a r i e r w i th

tones saw themountains

s o n e e r s i de h i d un d er t h e

erpoureddownits

oneagerl toa o idthe

dtoen elopus; and

w hichhadnow grown

a eprecioustimeeating

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r o ad w a s sl i pp e r ; t w ic e

n ce I s p r a ng a n d sa e d m -

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m b o , w i th a t e rr i i e d

pedtotherescue he lpingme

gblow sontheun or-

w iththeother. R ece i -

oo herepliedshame-

ud n ot b e h el p ed . I t o ld h i m to

notmindme; didhe} '

esI ask edthedistance.

l at er ' T we nt - i e li ; ' l on g

ee li ; ' t he na ga in ' O a ll o s e e n

o i n te r e r ed . * D o n t a s k

e ll s l ie s . B u t i t ma h a e

road. A tlastthewalls

b e o r e ou r e e s a n d

ghthecit w ew ereatthe

epastorandthey oung

orthesummerwere

f e a st f o r a s i s to b e e -

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tlack inginhospitalit ,

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s Li u K u a n g- c h i n g a

t - t hr e e y e a rs o a g e o

w i ll n o t at t em p t to d e sc r ib e

w ork speak f orhim. The

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pectingthe irpastor s

orherhusband and

ndthey oungmanmen-

esswiththerace andw ith

romtheirf aces. It

e ce i e d o n m f i r st v i s it

a v e r d ea rl l o e d pu pi l.

ene changedabeauti ul

r M r. L i u s f a c e as h e s ai d

p r a e r a n d y o u a re

e lc o me I e e r r ec e i e d .

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a n d f a m i l ; n o t so M r .

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w astobemadeameansto

werethrownopenand

a r ri e d o n Sa t ur d a ;

st i l lthee eningmeal

hurchmembers both

oursupper( onthistrip

oC hinesecustomandate

ang-ch ingandTsa i-hsin

withthechapelkeeper

w ello v o icesshow ed

r untilwithinhal an

t he s t or o a f u l l ho u se .

eyoungmenreturned and

. A sthe camein

rfaces I lookedupandsa id

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urch andw asade out

ponthedi ineser ice .

o rl d l - m in d ed s h re w d ol d

riorabil it hadbeenlarge l

ga llthispropert . She

t h e st u f , a n d no p e rs u ad -

ea eherhometobe

ts o r t hi e e s w hi l e sh e w or -

ple.Mr.Liuthought

t t o g et h e r ou t o t h e

erhusbandthathebring

thme.Thetemptation

a n t o i n u i re o a l l th e

a r - aw a c o un t r , a n d to

i e y e a r s o ut f r o m Am er -

eo ldlad , andshe

erece i edhermost

a a n d le t h er r e st o n m k a ng

s it a n d th e n ou r y o u n g

mostrespect ull andgentl

a r e. I n e e r h ea r d an -

searchingthan his

se esw ouldbe

thenw ithglow ing w ist ul

echarge. I w asmo ed

t I w a s in t h e v e r p r es e nc e

tenedI w asatlastled

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earntounderstandthis

ucanhelpme w hoamso

o ldheartcaughta

meant f orsheseemed

d ' I w il lthink aboutit

ch; I promise.

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e andtheplaceo the

rcuit. The j ourne o

pictures ue andw asac-

ootandpartl ondonk e s.

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heprett , narrow stone-

h ei r t r el l is e s o s u a sh v i n es

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dnessw ithin.

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unit hadgathered but

echurchmembers w ho

spenttw oda satthis

rngmoreandmoreo Mr.

- o r ge t u l w or k a nd i t s r es u lt s .

s e em e d to t h in k o

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r ea c h b u t wh o se w i e h a s

— oneo thoseun or-

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ainoury oungpreacher

en c e a n d th e wi e a n d

toMrs.Gamewell s

reeyears course . It w as

oman withhershrewd

motion asshesa id: ' O

a n d m d a ug h te r -i n -l a w is g o in g

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talk edtome andnow I

m s o n s w i e t o b e a

w or k ; a n d as t o m s e l , I

r so ld a nd I w an t to d oa

be o r e I d i e . I d o n t w a nt

handed. A ndsothiso ld

ttlehome w hichshe b

ll ingcloth w orkinginthe

i ng a nd e e r t hi ng b d a a nd

ather loom has

d booksinw hichshe is

otmorethanha l ado en

ehero ism. Man aman

db anuneducated

n a s f a s t a s he b u il d s up a n d

eatthisdecision costw hat

s ac ri i ce .

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isde otiontohispeople

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n uired

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g . " W h d o y o u as k } "

d sh o wy o u m c u ri o s " s a id

e hibitingacupboard

w ine-cupshehadinduced

inhisTemperance

u e s t io n h e ha d s e e n t -

nehundredandtw ent

probation.

ubleshew asstationed

uit onw hicharetw o

a o Y I n g a nd H u an g T u

he d i st r ic t s u f e r ed l e ss t h an i n

herewasno litt leplundering

rsasw ellasb thecommon

s o t h e f i t h m on t h

-Pekingrailroadwas

reB o errumorsandthe

mnastics butthough

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