Letters from the Far East . usof the days of old, when the poor, the halt, the maimed,and the blind came to the Master. We longed forpower to help them all. One day we saw a young girl, with a man who wasprobably her father. They had come in one hundredand twenty li (forty English miles), which is a longdistance where traveling is so difficult. She had somebone disease, and the doctor was obliged to tell herthat she could not be cured. Our hearts ached for her as the tears filled her eyeswhen she realized that her journey had been fruitless;and we wished the Great Physician were again on earth
Letters from the Far East . usof the days of old, when the poor, the halt, the maimed,and the blind came to the Master. We longed forpower to help them all. One day we saw a young girl, with a man who wasprobably her father. They had come in one hundredand twenty li (forty English miles), which is a longdistance where traveling is so difficult. She had somebone disease, and the doctor was obliged to tell herthat she could not be cured. Our hearts ached for her as the tears filled her eyeswhen she realized that her journey had been fruitless;and we wished the Great Physician were again on earthto heal and bless. The patients who come to the dispensary, and needfurther treatment, are sent to the hospital. One day three men walked sixty li to ask for helpfor one of the outstations. It was about to be closedup for want of money to carry on the work. A Chris-tian man from Hangchow offered to conduct meetingsand do Christian work there for fifty dollars, Mexican,a year, including house rent; he to find his own Front View of Kinhwa Hospital, with Benches in theYard for the Christmas Celebration
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