James Gilmour of Mongolia : his diaries, letters and reports . oubles entendres. As for danger, he had made up his mindnot to carry arms, not to be angry with a heathen, happenwhat might, and—though he does not mention this—notto be afraid of anything whatever, neither dogs northieves, nor hunger nor the climate; and he kept thosethree resolutions. If ever on earth there lived a man whokept the law of Christ, and could give proofs of it, and beabsolutely unconscious that he was giving them, it is thisman, whom the Mongols he lived among called ourGilmour. He wanted, naturally enough, sometimes
James Gilmour of Mongolia : his diaries, letters and reports . oubles entendres. As for danger, he had made up his mindnot to carry arms, not to be angry with a heathen, happenwhat might, and—though he does not mention this—notto be afraid of anything whatever, neither dogs northieves, nor hunger nor the climate; and he kept thosethree resolutions. If ever on earth there lived a man whokept the law of Christ, and could give proofs of it, and beabsolutely unconscious that he was giving them, it is thisman, whom the Mongols he lived among called ourGilmour. He wanted, naturally enough, sometimes tomeditate away from his hosts, and sometimes to take longwalks, and sometimes to geologise, but he found all thesethings roused suspicion—for why should a stranger wantto be alone; might it not be. to steal away the luck ofthe land i*—and as a suspected missionary is a uselessmissionary, Mr. Gilmour gave them all up, and sat end-lessly in tents, among lamas. And he says incidentally thathis fault is impatience, a dislike to be kept waiting ! :»i S. THE VISIT TO ENGLAND IN 1882 141 The book met with a ready and wide acceptance. Itsoon found its pubhc It was only to be expected thatmany of the friends and supporters of the London Mis-sionary Society would welcome it. And there are others,like the reviewer, who have time and an interest innomads, who were certain to consult it. But in additionto these special classes the book did good service in somecases, by deepening the impression already made by otherfirst-rate delineations of missionary enterprise and endur-ance, and in others by creating respect for missions andmissionaries in minds hitherto strange to that feeling. Invarious editions very many thousands of the book havebeen sold during the nine years which have passed sincethe publication of the first edition. The success of his book led to the suggestion that hemight easily find much useful employment for his did contribute some papers to the Sunday at Ho
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