Yachow and Burma : the escape, the return . n light, as the steamer Lindula made her way into the mouth of the river,past Elephant Point and up to her mooring beside thelong wharf that forms the water front of the city ofRangoon. There was a buzz of excited interest, pointed withmany exclamations, as two Chinese missionaries madetheir modest way over the gang-plank toward a strange medley of faces—the brown of the Bur-man mingling with the darker hue of the Indian, and adash of Chinese yellow thrown in to offset the palefaces of the Anglo-Saxons ! And stranger yet was themedley of t
Yachow and Burma : the escape, the return . n light, as the steamer Lindula made her way into the mouth of the river,past Elephant Point and up to her mooring beside thelong wharf that forms the water front of the city ofRangoon. There was a buzz of excited interest, pointed withmany exclamations, as two Chinese missionaries madetheir modest way over the gang-plank toward a strange medley of faces—the brown of the Bur-man mingling with the darker hue of the Indian, and adash of Chinese yellow thrown in to offset the palefaces of the Anglo-Saxons ! And stranger yet was themedley of tongues, among which our Chinese was useless! A gharry quickly conveyed us to the Baptist MissionPress, to receive a hearty greeting from Mr. Phinney,the superintendent. An illustration it was of all thewelcomes afterward given us in all the places visited inBurma. The mission assembled in prayer meeting that eveningwas a rich experience for us. There was D. L. Dray-ton, a veteran of eighty-seven years (eighty-seven 31 32 YACHOW AND BURMA. years young as someone remarked), so wellpreserved, so sunny andhopeful, confident infaith as he still pursuesthe work begun nearlysixty years ago. A. was there, wThoselife has been given toBurman work, and J. , the translatorof the Shan Bible andpresent principal of theRangoon College, menwhose lives are historyand their companion-ship a blessing. Andothers too were there,younger but honoredfor their work and faith,a goodly assembly of fel-low-workers, larger thanwe had expected to see,yet needing reinforce-ment if the work is to beadequately carried on. Rangoon is a com-posite Oriental cityunder the pressure ofOccidental civilization,and a first-rate center BURMA THE RETURN 33 for mission work. Missions to Burmans, Karens, Telu-gus, Tamils, and English, are being cared for by theMissionary Union, in addition to the institutions forhigher education, the theological seminary, and the im-portant publishing house, a trio of far
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