. Ada Beeson Farmer : a missionary heroine of Kuang Si, South China . igners, that theydo not care for their dead. Her body lay in state one dayto give the Chinese Christians and friends an opportunityto view the remains before the coffin was closed. The Christian women brought many roses and orangeblossoms, for it was just the beginning of spring when allnature was clothing herself in new garments of glory andbeauty; with these the body was almost covered after it wasput in the casket. The funeral sermon was preached byMr. Weldon Smith, Mr. Hess assisting in the other partsof the service. The
. Ada Beeson Farmer : a missionary heroine of Kuang Si, South China . igners, that theydo not care for their dead. Her body lay in state one dayto give the Chinese Christians and friends an opportunityto view the remains before the coffin was closed. The Christian women brought many roses and orangeblossoms, for it was just the beginning of spring when allnature was clothing herself in new garments of glory andbeauty; with these the body was almost covered after it wasput in the casket. The funeral sermon was preached byMr. Weldon Smith, Mr. Hess assisting in the other partsof the service. The litde chapel was filled to the utmost,there being many heathen present. On Thursday morningthe Christians all wearing white, Chinese emblem of mourn-ing, escorted the casket to the grave. The streets were lined with people, and as the solemnprocession moved out the city gate to the hills beyond, manyof the heathen people stopped and wondered why such anice funeral should be given to a wife, a woman, and alsoreflected and exclaimed aloud, that after all the foreign. 1. Mrs. Farmer standing on the right, 2. Mrs. Farmer standing on the extreme left of the and 4. Views of Mrs. Farmers fresh-made grave. Ada Beeson Farmer 301 devil had some heart. She was buried in a beautifulspot upon one of the foot-hills of the Western Mountainfamous as the location of a noted Buddhist monastery. Thehill overlooks the city, rivers, and surrounding country formiles, and there like Sarah of old, when buried in Canaanby Abraham, she holds the land for which she gave herlife, until that glorious advent of Jesus Christ when thekingdoms of this world shall all become His. In the case of one so faithful in prayer and whoseprayers prevailed so at the throne of God, we are sure thatthe question if not voiced in words, has at least been raisedmentally, why did not God grant her the desire of herprayers when she had such faith and trust in Him for heal-ing? Why did He not grant the same to the great
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