. In brightest Asia. ars, still evangelizing with ardor and power. Then there is the work of the American Congre-gationalists and the Presbyterians, with their great and influential press and their large schoolsand hospitals ; the college of the American Methodists, under Dr. Allen — tlie Jupiter Tonans as-an advocate of high views of educational agencies to the higher classes if we are ever to convertChina. The Church Missionary Society is here in force. A great cathedral adorns one of thefinest squares in the English concession. The Seventh Day Adventists, with schools and a hos-jjital, are
. In brightest Asia. ars, still evangelizing with ardor and power. Then there is the work of the American Congre-gationalists and the Presbyterians, with their great and influential press and their large schoolsand hospitals ; the college of the American Methodists, under Dr. Allen — tlie Jupiter Tonans as-an advocate of high views of educational agencies to the higher classes if we are ever to convertChina. The Church Missionary Society is here in force. A great cathedral adorns one of thefinest squares in the English concession. The Seventh Day Adventists, with schools and a hos-jjital, are scarcely behind any. The Bible societies, both British and American, are eminentlyaggressive and successful, selling through their numerous colporters hundreds of thousands ofBibles annually for hard Chinese cash. With all these varied agencies, Shanghai would seem verily a modern Antioch of strategicinfluence for the spread of the gospel through the Middle Kingdom. May the Spirit of all power give the gospel wing!. JUNK. INLAND SEA. 52 In BriorJitest Asia. CHAPTER VI. 5I?<? Ea5t(^r9 Ql^ii^a /T\i5sio9. /^ poot-Boat 5rip. Inland 60 Miles from NiXGPO, Oct. 24, 1890. IF you could now take me in in your vision, you would think I had reached heathendom am trying to write sitting in the bottom of my boat, —a boat about sixteen feet long andfour feet wide, covered with several sections of mats bent over bamboo bows, to protectfrom sun and weather. My baggage and bedding, and a few conveniences for our workerslivino- up the river, fill a part of the boat. My bunk of comforters occupies the centre, on which1 sittand at the stern, on a high seat, is my boatman, propelling with his feet the c)linder-shapedcraft, tapering at each end. There the fellow sits bolt upright; and with both feet on the handleof the oar, so arranged that the feet will not slip oif, he manages, by a deft use of his legs,acquired through much practice, to put the whole strength of his limbs, and body
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