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Show etreeat of v i s i t o r s . Of thèse who came to se© us in t h a t informai tray. not oa ny casse beggin^ to b© informed mor© speeifically as to what the Christian message ia ©11 about, aoï asking just ^hat th©y muât vio to b© savaâ. Tney came, r^tber, to e©e how we livad, end to aok about the clothco I wore, and how auofc XDQT ^hoes oost» &nci v?ho th© othcr members of my iaraily are, aad i: th© poopl© in Aaexiea rai se grain end veg© t a b l e s end i r a i t , and «bat sort of climat© th© United States ha s, « t e , ©to., et©. For sosie of ih® woman». -1 as* sure thee© informai friand ly contacta oeant acre than tha- meetings i e oonauetad. At a tioie like the présent, «?h©n there is r &ooô. aeal oi sntl-Christian propagaada, and aueh mis-inforai tion bein& circulât©d a© to why «.esioaaries ar© in 'China, it ie eureîy worth while to do a i l w© csn tovard brtaking oown préjudice and cultivâting irlondly relations sitfc thèse whom va ta»© t . And p a r a f e patiaace in action ia de*ilne with a erowd of euriselty s©ekera ie worth as inuoh as a sermon'on the valu© of patience. $© usaalty he à a gênerai meeting in the stomiag, and anotaer about four o'clook; with inioaoal vlslting in fcett-oea, et a i l heure. la the ovening w© hsd a mue h sas l i e r groap, nostly ehildrea and young folks o* th--j ' t e en ©g© ; aad our evehing meetings eonaisted largely of eina'îné. Acaong thèse yotm&er folke there waa on© i i t t l© s©ven-yetr-old ^ i r l rînn* i apeoltlly llkad,--Litt 1*5 Chon. On© ©veriin^ ai t e r w© had been aiii&in^ for neariy tn h Dur, ©he sald, "I think w© ou|pht to utop now, ana, giv© Miss Breok a chance to rest% -ah© rnust be tirefi,** Qn& moraine sho cane s ©on aftar breakfaet, and vas adfi.irin& the reasrkable whitenass ( .' ) os py banda, anl th© faot thtt ay fiaget m i l s w©r© eo b©f a t l f o i . I assurod her that her own oouid b© j a s t as beaatlful il eh© would eut theci ehort. Letsr in the dsy I h«©rd that ©fier sh© went ho E© ©fi© spent a 'long tim© scrubbing her banda &né outtlng her a s i l e . When ter esother inquired about her anwonted interast in «sehing her banda and csanieuring her a a i l s , . T û Chen snaworcd: "With Misa 3reok's hancl© :8o oie sa and white and ne e t , ooaid I £© a round with t$^ hands dlrty and ay nail-a antidy?* ÊhortLy beior© i left Haiao lu fang, on® wonea eek«d if I wouiàn't explein ïaore fully abeat pray©r, &nâ why s orne tim© s on© who was leading in prayer uaeâ only two or three sentences, w&ereaa at othar timas the prayem were longer, l was glad of ti*is opportunity to ©xplain about the valu© of p r ^ ©r as Qos^nunion with 'ttod", ©m glad that ©h© &eemed aatiafied with py ansrer. Lzisng those who oaia© to the aiternoon a©-ëfiips was © Mr. J* l ' I s a , «ho liT©d in another village a mile fro© Msiao ïu rang. H© ask©d m© on© dey ÎX 1 would please help him to st'iaighten ont th© tune of ••glory to His nam©,-' as ttaore was on© plaça thr-t h© never could siag quit© r i g h t , I© sooiaed aost grateful for th© sp©oitî h©lp I ^v© ai a. E© bas be©n s ©hurch m©mber for-sevoral y ©are, and*h© told m» tk&t he wished vary rnach ha oight leara to read, so he coula read the Bible for hlmeelf. I told him of a man in Hsia o Xa Fang who would be gl*â t© help him, if h© could corne ra^ularly, and aekc*d if he oculdn't coiae for i©v©ràl weeks a t least, so that he Ksi^ht iearn th© phanetic aifâpliiioation of Chines©, Ifr. T'i©n aaiâ he mi^fcit be able to arrange i t s cm© tira©©. Bat h© -aduôd: *I©u kaaw^ know, i t i s n ' t so ©asy to find tim©,-with only iive pores of land, and eoven or ©ight paopl© dépendent on oe© for a l i v i a g . ^o |
