. The story of the China Inland Mission . ing at a quarter to ten. He wishes it to bein the saloon, as the sailors will be more likely toattend there than if we were on deck. I shouldlike you to be able to take just a peep at us, tosee how happy we all are. The LORD graciouslykeep us so. The captain and crew number thirty-four, which with our party makes fifty-six onboard. The Start Point light was the last glimpse of theshores of England ; and on the second Sunday,when Cape Finisterre faded from view, Europe alsowas fairly left behind. Madeira was sighted in thedim distance; and getting into
. The story of the China Inland Mission . ing at a quarter to ten. He wishes it to bein the saloon, as the sailors will be more likely toattend there than if we were on deck. I shouldlike you to be able to take just a peep at us, tosee how happy we all are. The LORD graciouslykeep us so. The captain and crew number thirty-four, which with our party makes fifty-six onboard. The Start Point light was the last glimpse of theshores of England ; and on the second Sunday,when Cape Finisterre faded from view, Europe alsowas fairly left behind. Madeira was sighted in thedim distance; and getting into favourable tradewinds, good progress was made tovv^ards the the end of August, more than three months fromthe time they first set sail, the Lannnermiiir enteredthe Sunda Straits, and the lovely tropical forests ofAnjer came in sight. Here for the first time thetravellers were able to leave the ship, and a delight-ful day was spent on shore in the pretty nativetown and Dutch settlement. We landed under a beautiful banyan tree, and. 270 THE CHINA INLAND MISSION. set out for the post-ofifice. The ground we trodon was strewn with coral, and we passed plenty ofpalms, orange trees, and bananas. Most of us gotletters. . We sat down in the post-office—a largecool room—and read our treasures. The rest of the day was spent in enjoying theshady woods and pleasant beach of the settlement,and making acquaintance with its interesting popu-lation of Malays and Chinese. In the evening wehad tea at the hotel, being waited on by Chineseservants ; and then, after resting in the garden andsinging some hymns, we went back to the boat,tired out with our long, happy day. Letters were posted at Anjer, telling of merciesreceived during the first part of the voyage ;amongst them one from Mr. Taylor to the friendsat Saint Hill, giving the following interestingaccount:— It would be difficult for me to convey to you in writingany adequate idea of the goodness of God to us all. Thishas been a
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