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Show .' fa [ m mtgjC i LEU ian>#dtji» 190?* njt My dear frieads, dea see that wc tìn. GhinglLintsinsehou) people bave gone north fon the sninioer - f i f t y «five^iles nerth.We fìnd i t venp >ìeai i t nani a i t h the larger house and. yard, mah v'iMes ani areesi to give us ahaua $ and riti? he knock country tir to bre&th|to say nothing' of the coinpanionsinip of the f r i end e here.'lhe middle of 3ep;tember w i l l find uè agalli s e t t l e d in Lia . Ching fon another year of aork?anx! Will we hapa find us with mach te show for uur sananer of rest and study» - : ..- '** Idnìs is a, qui e t summer -nomin^.A pedtle naia is f a l l i n g out of doorj&Por two ./ho l e months^almost the whole oT'th.is frovinee are without r a i n . I n some ^ x places the crcpa were so head fh?t/chep aere pCLled for fuel.Between.here and Lin Oliìng where enrJnp r a i i a ere £ eam,ar 4jib the land l e s e sanefr ,the comi arici sa. • ne, t u tenfiane outaXna f h èw leaveuj we-re curleà feven in , the early morning «un.Cottoli and pta*iiu% ,benne ine. m i l l e t were. stffill attive, but boa couló nney he e;xrecte-c to ferra seadf khenprfee , of a i l k é t wentiui -cara* *ly a third,&nc? other iy\ produce aldOff; pa*oif)rtiona t a l p a 'Xdif se yrefe gfftciouajj jj oapn era e. e.h day seemed to nriup fattine uoarer*l}m pei) -lemof "Sham Tung are very wany and very no or.Thoa sancii a iòt XXpvyMyó^lmQw v/h >, i t ie tic .£L?a ys "he mnpry^aud if t h l e is trae in a gooc yei F,.wmt^ml3 ? I ej0 co ^4^y 1*\ • hen crop. tt i l ? Theatre c c n ^ a à e s aere "'naie .eoo- keok v ì l l a g e . to vìl3.age/,ao they vere hireu,and holai \ atr s il de o • 6 fch« o< of vie, ropirdg-to gain h i s favor.Often a l i day ano far into l i-.dt sre coulu he«y * the n'i e cordane elaaor od* t h e i r music*at come near~bp v£ll| .e.Gooe were' m'Aeri CUt of t h e i r temples and n'àaeca in. tdie san that they i ight See boa lioxkina dry i t wau.bilica branchee e. ne placea over the tenne ana from linea f l u t t a r aa ptper pn i * e wer< noi Ine o jly : i ; e n ; x t I 6 I r r n . . x n . i we, | ath* ered d a i l p fea- mayer hy ourselves or wild tao n o a . n . L , <-fà ite or r i t h our Christiane-, and. inany times in the aay i Le loó&aì at me ditt e, $ t i or mtA the bine sky a i t h i t a spft ary cloueepae asked the lovinp a'ather ahove t o ^ • h a v e p i t y o a t i i ì s great people and, send them r a i n . It is sìx days sirice the f i r s t ' r o i n fall»! « hit * i arance it ino a t e l'the orn|4g hxxe xL I uam s t i l i nùstina tire fa m e re "-ere cut Lahfcing ikie « o l i 1" ) I - bar Ph.,, cìrtce m j . m rvestc t s jnnt èf J a n c i f Iacea,, knlé off i l a t i l l a t e uhey hope to realine ro ! in front the beane,eorr.^ i ci sweet • otatoex that 1 ' "s. ' . i xnp .uà. .e cine die been averted rad tiro ne-r a r e to be ri^^ aiit, of ro non o l i i be scarcefae a i rith fehot od gco| i .rgjamd priceg will ha" h i g h . I ILIIOW tliat you a i l l ^ p r a y a n - • be gìv-ers wisdora So deal vaiaX thejeixòblems that theee conditions w i l l bring to us#. Ine nane i,n ove r. J LW? I 1 ma- o u in the xyniyiy" trees areascouldì ; - < on an* n ie ' c r i d U l p . l t must be becauee eacli hnas g ^ t t e a hia eait so andbb^iea» Ine l i t t l e brown sparrows ane t ^ i t t e n i n p eontentadly in the 'aietcnit. viue as i f qtuite w i l l l a g to nave the sua chine c a r i a koah in aar h e a r t s we a li min.', i t in a beautiful ..orici an • feq be limner in if ;1 mach iiiore^- glad. ttian they/ulioagli the trou.hlee in our ahurch fardi;, y odici of a ;nuc i •ione nature thah eaafe thè se of t i c ,!m JtaùltjC oh ef . or; i« m. en i là Ld^rJ ni. own MIUO a u i t . Missionary' f i f e uoes bave i t s own d i f f ì c u l t i e s and p e r p l e x ì t i e s , a n d the further one enters into the worfe t rat la to be a i e the airone evidenteilgiiS becoae^but so too do h i s peculiar eneom^ agements and joys,and h ì l ^ V T i i B worh and pknftness in doiap i t decorno prcat> er as the montile pò by* u p a- -- - 4 txiie ben been a very busy though quiet sunimer.We ceni hardly r e a l i s e that it io ^orc than h if pone*And when i t bah naicned there ,s I mxi^ t e d a y v i ì n uuteo earlji »orni i 1 to b i ee- brj ; li kdj' I nave taken»the dadle talke ire larve enpoped egp.ectelly tnose alien Dr.A.n» # Salita lias been with usatine eveni'r.e ne bave splpt topether ce^ebi 4 - d i a ' . . r or weadìrrt .anaiveraarp ,ro,,a.-; afta, the two n, ar babiee of t h # | sta* tic.n?, n, r o d a t o nort of BL%% yy , , yy (U, .111 we- p r i a e the ne ;crp of the vyny timeé rhezi we nave net for felloaship orni nrayer and c o n a a l t a t i o n . _ You Cirri et j an Jtx-h,enver da iena a, alno contributo, te 1.e;n d.B.M.f. iy vacadxeu aline, m racemi:, feelf i . 1 o,1 u i i e j . . in nart your g i f t do ine, ana you m •- ' e,: that I tirai].; yen for i t . Sincerely your friend» |