Letters from the Far East . but thechrysanthemums in the garden still remained. Inthe afternoon we visited a number of little SundaySchools, held in different parts of the city. We went first to the place where the schoolgirls,who go out to teach in these schools, assembled andhad a short service before going out. The schoolsthemselves were made up mostly of small childrenfrom the streets. Probably nearly, if not all, werefrom heathen homes. They began by singing; and in every school weheard that song, which has perhaps been translatedinto more languages than any other, Jesus lovesme. Afterwar
Letters from the Far East . but thechrysanthemums in the garden still remained. Inthe afternoon we visited a number of little SundaySchools, held in different parts of the city. We went first to the place where the schoolgirls,who go out to teach in these schools, assembled andhad a short service before going out. The schoolsthemselves were made up mostly of small childrenfrom the streets. Probably nearly, if not all, werefrom heathen homes. They began by singing; and in every school weheard that song, which has perhaps been translatedinto more languages than any other, Jesus lovesme. Afterward we went to Mr. Sweets little were a few grown people as well as children. We ended by attending a memorial service for , held in the pretty new Baptist church. The church was tastefully decorated, and every onewas presented on entering with a white paper rose towear as a badge of mourning, and at the close of theservice with a picture of Mr. Sweet. This faithful servant of God entered into rest after36. LETTERS FROM THE FAR EAST $7 twenty-seven years of labor for Christ in China. Hewas the founder of Wayland Academy, and the boysof that school attended in a body; many of them weremoved to tears by the words spoken by the Chineseevangelist, who was himself nearly overcome by emo-tion. Near the close of the service a large picture ofMr. Sweet was unveiled. After the service we had dinner at Mr. Moores oldhouse, with Mrs. MacKenzie and Kenneth and Pro-fessor Ewing, and one or two other invited guests. Just as we were thinking of going home, we weretold that there was a large fire not far away. Accord-ingly we all went. It proved to be quite a disastrousfire, and numbers of families were made homeless. We saw them carrying furniture and bedding toplaces of safety. They had practically no apparatus tofight the fire. Monday, November 12, we returned to Shanghai,Mrs. MacKenzie with us. Thursday we visited the oldest cotton-mill in saw the raw cotton, and
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