The glorious land : short chapters on China, and missionary work there . evangelization. In somequarters the frequent i-epetition of appeals forcharitable help from Western lands creates theimpression of the unreality of the suffering, as ifChina were in a chronic state of flood. It must beremembered, however, how vast the area of theEmpire is, and the peculiar arrangement of itswater-ways. Even local and occasional disasters ofthis kind affect great multitudes of people. Thesudden rush of water down the slopes of theDorset hills, near Cerne, last summer, whethercaused by water-spout or thunde
The glorious land : short chapters on China, and missionary work there . evangelization. In somequarters the frequent i-epetition of appeals forcharitable help from Western lands creates theimpression of the unreality of the suffering, as ifChina were in a chronic state of flood. It must beremembered, however, how vast the area of theEmpire is, and the peculiar arrangement of itswater-ways. Even local and occasional disasters ofthis kind affect great multitudes of people. Thesudden rush of water down the slopes of theDorset hills, near Cerne, last summer, whethercaused by water-spout or thunder-shower, endangeredthe lives of only a few school-children out for theirpicnic. In China, many villages would have beenoverwhelmed. The bursting of the great reservoirat Johnstown, in America, was an appalling disasterindeed, but in China, with her dense population, andfewer appliances for relief and rescue, the terror andthe destruction would have been tenfold greater. The Yellow River, Chinas Woe, as it is called,though able, with right direction and control, to be. ^-%\ i-/.
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