. In brightest Asia. pecimens of Chinas youngmanhood, enlightened by the gospel and forsaking his superstitions, shall rise up, Luther-like,and stir this sleeping emiDire with Christ-like power. Returning to the city, we made rapid visits to the several missions, all American, viz. : Tothe Methodist, the large and influential Philander Smith Memorial Hospital, the boys andgirls schools, chapels, etc. ; to the Presbyterian, the Friends, and the Disciples missions, all up the Tatig-tse-Kiatig. 63 in flourishing visited several of thenoted temples, includingthe Confucian, seco
. In brightest Asia. pecimens of Chinas youngmanhood, enlightened by the gospel and forsaking his superstitions, shall rise up, Luther-like,and stir this sleeping emiDire with Christ-like power. Returning to the city, we made rapid visits to the several missions, all American, viz. : Tothe Methodist, the large and influential Philander Smith Memorial Hospital, the boys andgirls schools, chapels, etc. ; to the Presbyterian, the Friends, and the Disciples missions, all up the Tatig-tse-Kiatig. 63 in flourishing visited several of thenoted temples, includingthe Confucian, second inrank only to the great onein Pekin. We said farewell toour cordial host and guidefor the day, and, weariedin body though filled withhigh appreciation of whatwe had seen, under escortof one of the Presbyterianmission servants, wepassed out of the gate ofthe city just before itclosed for the night, andby two boatmen werepropelled in our house-boat, snugly sleeping,meanwhile, down to thelanding, to catch the mornin. steamer to Hankow. ^^ov)(^ I^au; C^elestials- At the landing, four miles down a small stream from Nanking proper, Mr. L. and I had anovel experience while awaiting the arrival of the •• up-steamer. To this landing, after our visitto the great Ming capital, we were kindly sent in the comfortable mission house-boat of the Pres-byterian missionary, Mr. Lieman. We left at dark Wednesday evening, having arranged to slee]3in the boat, near the landing, so as to be on hand on the arrival of the steamer next morning at4 oclock. As a matter of fact, the steamer did not come until the following morning at thathour, and there were about 200 Chinese to wait also during that thirty-six hours. That w^jt aday ! Not a word of our language did these Chinese understand, nor did we understand a dozenwords of theirs. How they did swarm about us, and smile and chatter! How they did examineour clothing and all else about us, even Mr. false teeth, and quiz us! and how by degrees
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