The Millions 1884 . has beentouched by this work. Now, I feel that, although we have come to this point,your presence here to-night means that Mr. Taylor mustgo forward and extend this work, so that many who arenow sitting in darkness may be brought into the gloriouslight of the Gospel. BHAMO. Now, as I have recently returned from Bhamo, I mighttell you the condition of the work there. You may knowthe history of that work, how GOD answered prayer whenwe first went to Burmah, and saw the king in Mandalay ;how he granted our request, and how we settled in Bhamo,about a thousand miles from the co
The Millions 1884 . has beentouched by this work. Now, I feel that, although we have come to this point,your presence here to-night means that Mr. Taylor mustgo forward and extend this work, so that many who arenow sitting in darkness may be brought into the gloriouslight of the Gospel. BHAMO. Now, as I have recently returned from Bhamo, I mighttell you the condition of the work there. You may knowthe history of that work, how GOD answered prayer whenwe first went to Burmah, and saw the king in Mandalay ;how he granted our request, and how we settled in Bhamo,about a thousand miles from the coast. Amidst manydifficulties and trials the work was carried on for year we have to record the first baptisms of theChinese there. Last July we received our two first con-verts. We have now a congregation of from twelve totwenty Chinamen really interested in the truth. They areregular attendants, and are classed by their fellow-country-men as Christians. Our great object in going into Burmah was to enter. CARRYING A GRANDCHILD Western China. China was not then opened fromthe east. It was my privilege to make with Mr. Henry Soltau the first jour-ney across China from thewest. It takes twenty daysjourney to Ta-li Fu. Nowwe have a station, and Clarke is living there :Mrs. Clarke passed away afew months ago. Then yougo on for twelve days to Yun-nan Fu, and now we have astation there also, in whichMr. and Mrs. Eason are re-siding. At Kwei-yang Fu, inthe Kwei - CHAU province,twenty days journey further,we have Mr. and Mrs. Broum-tons station. Further north,twelve days journey, youcome to our work at Chung-king, in Sl-CHUEN, and thengoing north-west reach ourstation in Chen-tu, the capitalof Si-chuen, and so on toHankow. Now, when we went toBhamo, eight years ago, fromBhamo to Hankow there wasnot a single mission station,and from Mandalay on toHankow, not a single Chris-— tian. In that long journeyof 2,500 miles I had the opportunity everywhere ofpreaching the G
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