Nathan Sites; an epic of the East . ways thecharming and graceful hostess. Gowned in thechoicest silks and brocades, and supported on thearm of her maid, she could step daintily forth onher tiny bound feet, to greet one guest after an-other. She and her good husband were both givento hospitality, and never seemed happier them-selves than when making others happy. Some people say: China has rich men; whysend teachers and establish mission colleges?Others say: Only the poorest of the people be-come Christians. China has, indeed, many well-to-do men. Of such men, more than one havebecome follower
Nathan Sites; an epic of the East . ways thecharming and graceful hostess. Gowned in thechoicest silks and brocades, and supported on thearm of her maid, she could step daintily forth onher tiny bound feet, to greet one guest after an-other. She and her good husband were both givento hospitality, and never seemed happier them-selves than when making others happy. Some people say: China has rich men; whysend teachers and establish mission colleges?Others say: Only the poorest of the people be-come Christians. China has, indeed, many well-to-do men. Of such men, more than one havebecome followers of the Christ and benefactorsof their countrymen. But Chinas rich men, likeChinas rich mountains, still, for the most part,await the touch of the Master who will transmutetheir wealth into blessing to China and to theworld. In the founding of the Anglo-Chinese 214 THE TRIUMPH SONG College the Cliurcli gained a new point of contactwith rich men and young men, men who are thestrength of China to-day and will be her Transportation in China. XXXII HOME FROM THE FEONT HAPPY is the travelei who comes to astudy of one oriental country with tlieequipment of long residence in and Egypt, witli their utterly oriental pop-ulations and their enlightened western adminis-trative systems, are apt object-lessons for thought Mr. Sites, when in 1884, returning toAmerica as delegate to the General Conferenceof the Methodist Episcopal Church, he enjoyedhis first visit to Southern Asia and the Levant. In the Straits Settlements the Chinese are, infact, the predominant element in the among them have amassed wealth and livein princely style. At Penang Mr. Sites was en-tertained by one such merchant prince, whosefamily had emigrated from Foochow a generationor two before. At Malacca are memorials ofsome of the early English missionaries to Chinawho began their work among the Chinese herealong the Malacca straits. At Calcutta the traveler is sho
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