Child life in Chinese homes . a boy was famous for thefanciful style in which he would write or paint Chinese Chinese use their characters or written words for many decorativepurposes; several wordsare vrritten upon a silkor satin scroll and hungup in pairs upon thewalls of their clever Chinamencan take a word orcharacter and makeevery stroke in it havesome curious meaning,and looking like someparticular object in thewriters mind at thetime. This was afavourite amusementof the younger Yang;and one day, some yearsago, he brought me, when quite a lad, the word for f
Child life in Chinese homes . a boy was famous for thefanciful style in which he would write or paint Chinese Chinese use their characters or written words for many decorativepurposes; several wordsare vrritten upon a silkor satin scroll and hungup in pairs upon thewalls of their clever Chinamencan take a word orcharacter and makeevery stroke in it havesome curious meaning,and looking like someparticular object in thewriters mind at thetime. This was afavourite amusementof the younger Yang;and one day, some yearsago, he brought me, when quite a lad, the word for faith, which iswritten as you see in the picture. You vfiU notice that young Yang had evidently been stud3dngthe sixth chapter of the Epistle to the Ephesians, and has madeevery stroke of the character meaning faith stand for some part ofthe armour of God, in which St. Paul says the Christian is to beclad. On the left hand you see the shield of Faith, and below itthe sword of the Spirit. The helmet of Salvation rests above the. THE CHINESE WORD FOR FAITH. 174 CHILD LIFE IN CHINESE HOMES. girdle of Truth. Beneath these you see a Chinese shoe, for theChristians feet are to be shod with the preparation of the Gospel ofpeace, and below them you have a side view of the breast-plate ofrighteousness. A gentleman in Scotland who saw this clever picture-wordwas so pleased with it that he had it painted in colours on a piece ofglass, which was put into a neat frame and sent out to China. Thelast time I was in Yangs house I saw hanging upon the waU, evidentlypreserved with much care, the picture which had travelled so far. CHAPTEE VII. KAI-KWEI; OR, THE YOUNG SOLDIEE. Such a pretty girl as she was, with the tiniest of golden lilies. Soclever too ! Look at her embroidery; why, she could earn quite largesams by her beautiful handiwork ; and to think of her waiting for thatyoung soldier ! Why, he had been killed in the wars long ago,without the least doubt ! These were the opinions and remark
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