This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... WAXING STRONG IN FAITH Leaving the Home Department in the charge of the newly formed London Council and his children in the loving care of Miss Blatchley, who at No. 6 Pyrland Road also had the post of unofficial Secretary to the Mission, Mr. Taylor set forth once again, as already mentioned, to China ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... WAXING STRONG IN FAITH Leaving the Home Department in the charge of the newly formed London Council and his children in the loving care of Miss Blatchley, who at No. 6 Pyrland Road also had the post of unofficial Secretary to the Mission, Mr. Taylor set forth once again, as already mentioned, to China. His absence from England this time was to be almost exactly two years, extending from October 9, 1872 to October 14, 1874. In this chapter we purpose, in briefest fashion, to outline this period when the work was beset on every side with humanly insurmountable difficulties. Sickness, physical injury, death, lack of interest at home, and straitness of funds for long periods together hampered the Mission; yet, in face of all, God's servants waxed strong in faith, entered another province, and planned what seemed impossible advance. Let us first take a rapid glance at each of the more important stations, and then learn something of the trials and the hopes which exercised the hearts of the little band of workers on the field. Starting from the most southerly station in Chekiang, we find Mr. and Mrs. Stott and Mr. and Mrs. Jackson rejoicing over a steadily growing Church. Here in Wenchow, where in the early days Mr. Stott confessed that he was seldom out of trouble, there was a little company of fourteen communicants--the nucleus of what was to become one of the most flourishing Churches in the Mission. Choosing one Sunday as an example, we find on May 4, 1873, a congregation of some 300 people listening attentively, for over an hour, to a preacher who had, but a little while before, been one of the least promising of scholars. "I could not describe," wrote Mr. Stott, " the thrilling pleasure I felt as I sat on the platform beside him while he...
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