Show items of the china mission r 4 ii u iaci c mill 1854 BROTHER GEO CEO A SMITH I will again tres spasa upon your limp ahne with it few further glimpses of nf scenes lit in asia after aate r our arri arriel al ul we spent a few days in trying to fill find d a location ilia king our busi business I 1 ies kno known wi for great gre at s were made regarding diug our business busine gs because it wis was rot il for persons to 1 isit til it country for other purposes than wit lation it in it ii short tinte linie the our guity of tile people wis satisfied ard we were ranked w til th other mission a ies we ve sought a plan lilan to live h or stay stav for we found tivit hi it unless it man li lad id cherew to pay atu his way it at quite it a I 1 high I 1 ig price pi ice lie could have ti the 1 exquisite equi sie pleasure of thia we ive were to told d it in plain and id positive I 1 luig guage in nige pur our only chance ws wis to find some I 1 berol beral person u iio ho caird little lor for popularity Lint one came caine forward arid and offered usa us a room und give us touch much inifi i information rori Dation ri girding tit us is ages tf of thit country our loom ana in ill tile the third story of nil ail old decayed wo n 1 I portion or of which had falen awn in w n but as ab this was AS out oin only chance we fel felt t q quite ditc at horne home after our demov if and thi our ben hinr 1 mr mi dud il folie proved friendly t to 0 O 11 while we in flit t land tile next ansi I 1 ness alis to find a place phee to pr tich after irai g we ave found on our r oni only y chance was the street pre to this tin s we lind ind i cited tile the american canul M alit ony who t anted it y siy say ing lie knew kuciw our principled and presumed we AO I 1 have ap pp por r success suc cos in ili allbia Cli iia yet tie he would i e extend to us da tie the wr we should oot not be molested should dave to preach in the trec ts did riot not cepin to debare we renew ou we visited a nu niler of cle cleby J y men of the baptist ill a d methodist order ant adgide brorn courtesy it was a mere hi bi uk I 1 k our only I 1 depend deperi dance ince w w ts salu 1 the god of is israfl ral who sent us for bius thus far iii un tiling aling presen presented led adiv any encourage I 1 ment tile the went weather lie r was iLek SelY I 1 hot I 1 ot in ill tile middle of tile dav the streets were deserted tle the saldie s il not ot allowed out ot of ba brae i ra lis ks only fiam ton 6 to 8 pm this was the time we fixed upon to preach ad a d llie ilie pot selected was tile parade ground our appoint appointment meni baili id ad verti verli zed we beglau be gijin to 6 deliver our ge to them our meetings at at first yere were well alluded for tint country where t is riot lift expected x pe tat a in HI the fil fallest lest chapels wilt wib bo be ver oser oyer I 1 fifteen or twenty at most irl alia 1 I 1 l d ti fi fidget 1 bet t ey said alvas not what they ex I 1 p acted to lipiro apar forche for aliey a anticipated nil of piri spin fual i wives vives ac whon they heard the first princia I 1 ra of the lh gospel josp lof of tile re organ zaan afi th he church and god 7 they felt digap painted our appointments extended I 1 ito to chree evenings per week afew a few came dame fo 0 oil our r I 1 to bl inquire more I 1 uly fully into ino our doctrines laut t to of air pu r raj errors roy few often r than ehni once caune no 1 1 I 1 our object now wis was to gather all the information we could coneg concerning riling the language of 0 the chinese rf cf their manners and customs and id the ebent f the revola revolution revo lulion tion going on oil in ili the ulterior interior for this purpose we wa visited many of them who could C spek speak a little Eti glish they seemed acx anxious i ons to know I 1 came fineto to griat country to teaell bom when those who could slid and peak sneah our haq language 9 biage would woud not believe us what wb it reason wo we had to expect them to believe wha what t we told them it not ul ui der stand US i to wander th t we sylvid did i not to come m e as other missionaries with plenty tf jf money to sustain ourselves asand qs and bot a burden 1 I 1 I 1 i I 1 1 lit in the meantime mp antime the editor begab an attack nuo by telling the stories of the judges co dying from the NY y advocate fec while other editors stood aloof the people cared so little for anything iti ni reli iou th thit that at s seldom el dom respecting it was allowed athey told us alen speaking upon the subject that they did not want to hear anything of tile the system our congregations in tile the meantime hrie 1 to a 4 cipher no iw one attending we hen began to blat the people individually ju so that we might alight clela clea our garments and bear a faithful testimony after having travelled so far the ithe heat of the atmosphere was wall very oppressive being reduced ditled in bad health bt owing to change of diet the manner berof of prepa preparing tac our oar spirits mirits wore were boi bei I 1 I 1 I 1 coming depressed and not perceiving a cheering ray of bope in all our lab labels orp our books were loaned and returned without our endeavors I 1 to teach tile the wv way of life and salvation ivas was I 1 unheeded by the americans and english the che soldiers turned away because of mid and we seemed alone alo ne ie yet our hearts were comforted that read bread b cast upon the he waters be fell on nd after many dalti I 1 heath health pace all abid happiness are with and wound w us my regards to yourself yo li r se if and family and my prayer for th in IB jesus christ our lord lora respectfully ar JAMES LEWIS |