Yachow and Burma : the escape, the return . ew meaning was being actedinto the word and thought of fellowship, and to usbrotherhood was being amplified and singularly blessed day closed with a couple of meet-ings in English, which gave us the freedom of our BURMA THE RETURN 35 mother tongue and contact with the sons of mothers faracross the sea. It was Christmas morning and Christmas wishes werebeing passed. With them came a tiny square envelope,prettily ornamented by a love-guided pen, addressed To the mission-aries from WestChina, and withit a roll of rupeesand some muchwishe
Yachow and Burma : the escape, the return . ew meaning was being actedinto the word and thought of fellowship, and to usbrotherhood was being amplified and singularly blessed day closed with a couple of meet-ings in English, which gave us the freedom of our BURMA THE RETURN 35 mother tongue and contact with the sons of mothers faracross the sea. It was Christmas morning and Christmas wishes werebeing passed. With them came a tiny square envelope,prettily ornamented by a love-guided pen, addressed To the mission-aries from WestChina, and withit a roll of rupeesand some muchwished for por-traits. But whyrupees? Insidethat envelope,within a carefullydesigned borderof daisies, youmay read, Pleaseaccept in Hisname/ the free-will offerings ofyour brethren inChrist. InChrist, andtherefore thefeeling togeth- pagoda. er that so truly expresses itself as coming frombrethren. The pride of Rangoon, from a Burmans view point,is in the delicate and much-worshiped Shweydagonpagoda, whose gilded spire is everywhere visible in a. 36 YACHOW AND BURMA Rangoon landscape. But beneath the slowly changingform of external Buddhism a new force is being intro-duced and beginning to work, that shall finally supplantthis idle, helpless system with the realities of faith andlove made common to men in Christ. From the Irawadi to the Salwen, a days ride on thesteamer, is a transition in a large sense. Moulmein is the antithesis of Rangoon. Quiet inhabit, classic in setting, the difference is one of disposi-tion and circumstance. A noisy, jubilant, bustling youthis Rangoon—a sedate, complacent, attractive spinster isMoulmein. The environment of mission work here isof the most desirable order, and the corps of workers isin happy congruity with the work and setting. To meet and know the parents of Ah Sow and AhSyoo was a privilege highly prized, and we look uponthat large, active Christian home as a new annex to ourheritage of friendships. Chinese in origin, Burmese indevelopment,
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