The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . hat we make no apology for its introduction. Mercy softens the heart, and even a heathen may become the sub-ject of gratitude, and very delightfully manifest it, both by words andactions. A Chinese father, whose only child, a beautiful girl, had hada tumor of seven pounds weight, removed from her back, after she wasdismissed cured, returned to a missionary physician with a scroll, havingwritten on it a poetical inscription to thi
The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . hat we make no apology for its introduction. Mercy softens the heart, and even a heathen may become the sub-ject of gratitude, and very delightfully manifest it, both by words andactions. A Chinese father, whose only child, a beautiful girl, had hada tumor of seven pounds weight, removed from her back, after she wasdismissed cured, returned to a missionary physician with a scroll, havingwritten on it a poetical inscription to this efTect: A grievous diseasehad entwined itself about my little daughter. I had gone in variousdirections seeking for physicians of distinction, and had expended muchmoney upon them in vain. When I heard of the foreign physician inthe provincial city, I took my daughter by the hand, and repaired tohis residence with the speed of the courser. He received and treatedmy daughter, removing the flaw from the gem, and now she is a perfectpearl again. Our engraving is intended to represent the presentation of thisscroll, so beautifully indicative of Chinese gratitude. The Chinese Goddess Kouan-yn. 75 Paganism. 77
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