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Excerpt from John Kenneth Mackenzie: Medical Mission to ChinaIt was on the early morning of Easter Day 1888 that, after thirteen years of active service in China, Dr. Mackenzie was suddenly called to rest from his labours.During this time he had been used by God in a wonderful way to overcome the great prejudice existing in China against Western medical science, and was the means of founding and conducting the first Government medical school i...

Excerpt from Cross and Crown: Stories of the Chinese MartyrsHen I was at home on furlough, and met many of the young people who will, I hope, read these pages, the Rev. Arnold Thomas, of Bristol, and many other ministers and Christian workers, told me they thought the heroic deaths and sufferings, for Jesus' sake, of so many Chinese converts ought to be put on record. The story, they said, was a legacy to the church universal, which should not...

Excerpt from James Gilmour and John Horden: The Story of Their LivesThe accompanying pages are the result of an attempt to sketch the life of James Gilmour from the standpoint of his fellow workers in the North China mission field.The book is not an abridgment of any former work, but consists principally of the writer's personal reminiscences, and extracts from letters written by Mr. Gilmour to herself. And her husband. For other letters she i...

Excerpt from Child Life in Chinese HomesWhen I arrived there, how extraordinary the little pig-tailed boys and small-footed girls looked to me, and how much I wished to be able to understand them when they were chattering away to each other in words which sounded so strange to me!About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an imp...

Excerpt from The Land of the PigtailThis old writer knew little about foreign countries, but young China of to-day is anxious to learn from and visit the great lands of the. West. It is well, therefore, that the young people of England should become' better acquainted with the' life of a people whose \existence numbered several thousands of years before the 'roman legions set sail for the White Cliffs 'of Albion.About the PublisherForgotten Bo...

Excerpt from Cross and Crown: Stories of the Chinese MartyrsHen I was at home on furlough, and met many of the young people who will, I hope, read these pages, the Rev. Arnold Thomas, of Bristol, and many other ministers and Christian workers, told me they thought the heroic deaths and sufferings, for Jesus' sake, of so many Chinese converts ought to be put on record. The story, they said, was a legacy to the church universal, which should not...

Excerpt from James Gilmour and John Horden: The Story of Their Lives About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare c...

Excerpt from John Kenneth Mackenzie: Medical Mission to ChinaHis labours, indeed, had no small share in giving that impetus towards foreign methods in medicine and surgery which has of late been so noticeable. But while thus singularly successful as a physician, it was in the consecration of all his powers to the attainment of a yet higher end than even the healing of bodily disease that Dr. Mackenzie was specially remarkable.About the Publish...

Excerpt from The Land of the PigtailThis old writer knew little about foreign countries, but young China of to-day is anxious to learn from and visit the great lands of the. West. It is well, therefore, that the young people of England should become' better acquainted with the' life of a people whose existence numbered several thousands of years before the Roman legions set sail for the White Cliffs of Albion.About the PublisherForgotten Books...