William Scott Ament, Missionary of the American Board to ChinaRevell, 1911 - 377 pages |
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... Chinese proverb sums up the thought when it says : He starts from the plain who ascends the heights , He proceeds from the near who journeys afar . The missionary life is such a life of progress . The simple common life of a man takes ...
... Chinese proverb sums up the thought when it says : He starts from the plain who ascends the heights , He proceeds from the near who journeys afar . The missionary life is such a life of progress . The simple common life of a man takes ...
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... Chinese inn , with black walls and brick floor , sleeping on a Chinese brick bed , the abode of fleas and other worst inhabitants , having to deal with men whose business it is to cheat and lie , surrounded each day by hundreds of ...
... Chinese inn , with black walls and brick floor , sleeping on a Chinese brick bed , the abode of fleas and other worst inhabitants , having to deal with men whose business it is to cheat and lie , surrounded each day by hundreds of ...
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... Chinese woolen boots and mittens . I also carry skates , for fear I shall reach the overflowed land where carts cannot go , and I must go many miles on foot . I have men to carry my luggage and I go with skates till I reach a preaching ...
... Chinese woolen boots and mittens . I also carry skates , for fear I shall reach the overflowed land where carts cannot go , and I must go many miles on foot . I have men to carry my luggage and I go with skates till I reach a preaching ...
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... Chinese cart which will be covered and will be very hot . I can occasionally exchange the cart for a donkey . I expect to meet Mr. Good- rich at Liu Chiu , one of our stations . He is an old ex- perienced missionary , and his presence ...
... Chinese cart which will be covered and will be very hot . I can occasionally exchange the cart for a donkey . I expect to meet Mr. Good- rich at Liu Chiu , one of our stations . He is an old ex- perienced missionary , and his presence ...
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... Chinese history and folk - lore , and if I do not write much upon the subject now it is because I am laying in materi- als for future use . China is a country especially whose insti- tutions and history need to be mastered , not in a ...
... Chinese history and folk - lore , and if I do not write much upon the subject now it is because I am laying in materi- als for future use . China is a country especially whose insti- tutions and history need to be mastered , not in a ...
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Page 55 - In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round: And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills, Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
Page 302 - Amid the Muses, left thee deaf and dumb, Amid the gladiators, halt and numb.' As the bird trims her to the gale, I trim myself to the storm of time, I man the rudder, reef the sail, Obey the voice at eve obeyed at prime: 'Lowly faithful, banish fear, Right onward drive unharmed; The port, well worth the cruise, is near, And every wave is charmed.
Page 222 - LET nothing disturb thee, Nothing affright thee ; All things are passing ; God never changeth ; Patient endurance Attaineth to all things ; Who God possesseth In nothing is wanting ; Alone God sufficeth.
Page 97 - Be strong! We are not here to play — to dream, to drift. We have hard work to do and loads to lift. Shun not the struggle — face it; 'tis God's gift.
Page 362 - I WALK down the Valley of Silence — Down the dim, voiceless valley — alone! And I hear not the fall of a footstep Around me, save God's and my own; And the hush of my heart is as holy As hovers where angels have flown!
Page 126 - And the sleep in the dried river-channel where bulrushes tell That the water was wont to go warbling so softly and well. How good is man's life, the mere living! how fit to employ All the heart and the soul and the senses for ever in joy!
Page 116 - OF such is the kingdom of heaven, No glory that ever was shed From the crowning star of the seven That crown the north world's head, No word that ever was spoken Of human or godlike tongue, Gave ever such godlike token Since human harps were strung. No sign that ever was given To faithful or faithless eyes Showed ever beyond clouds riven So clear a Paradise. Earth's creeds may be seventy times seven And blood have defiled each creed : If of such be the kingdom of heaven, It must be heaven indeed.
Page 88 - Tis just what we are and do; Then give to the world the best you have, And the best will come back to you.
Page 212 - Ask God to give thee skill In comfort's art: That thou may'st consecrated be And set apart Unto a life of sympathy. For heavy is the weight of ill In every heart; And comforters are needed much Of Christlike touch.
Page 363 - In the hush of the Valley of Silence I dream all the songs that I sing; And the music floats down the dim Valley, Till each finds a word for a wing, That to hearts, like the Dove of the Deluge, A message of Peace they may bring.