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Tales from the Middle Kingdom : Stories of China

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The stories collected in this little book have for the most part been taken from the pages of the magazine, “Messages of Love.” Many of these stories were originally written for this magazine, either by Mrs. Willis or different members of her family, and are those things which they have seen and heard.

Their first object is to present Christ, and the way of salvation through Him : but both stories and pictures present, very truthfully, life in some parts of China. And it is the earnest hope and prayer of those responsible for this work, that the stories going forth in this new form, may not only be the means of leading some sinners to the Saviour, but also result in stirring the hearts of some of the Lord’s people, young and old, — to “lift up your eyes and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal.”

‘What do you offer?” was the question put to Garibaldi by some young men at the street corner, when he summoned thenito enlist in his cause.

“Offer?” replied Garibaldi, “I offer you hardship, hunger, rags, thirst, sleepless nights, footsores in the long marches, privations innumerable, and victory in the noblest cause that ever called you.”

And the young men followed him.

The same offer holds good in many parts of China today, with this exception; the cause is more noble, the Victory is more certain, and there are wages from the Lord of the harvest, — such wages that, (as you may see for yourself in “The Standard Oil Job,”) a man would be a fool to exchange them for $15,000 a year.

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Internet Archive : Shanghai : The Christian Book Room., 2024

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trent_university; internetarchivebooks

Language

English

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575742645

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computer

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online resource

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Missionary stories

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Willis, A.F

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Suwardi

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https://archive.org/details/talesfrommiddlek0000will/page/n12/mode/1up

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Suwardi

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urn:oclc:record:1157965238

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