国立情報学研究所 - ディジタル・シルクロード・プロジェクト
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Among the Celestials : vol.1 | |
天の間で : vol.1 |
CHAP. H.] FRENCH MISSIONARIES.
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help feeling the better for it. Their strong yet
gentle and simple natures, developed by the
hardships of their surroundings and the loftiness
of their ideals, and untainted by the contact
with worldly praise and glamour, impressed
itself on us at once, and, as we saw evidenced
in the people around, had affected the Chinese
likewise.
" Great deeds cannot die ; They, with the sun and moon, renew their light For ever, blessing those that look on them."
Others may bring discredit on the missionary
cause, and produce the feeling of hostility to it
which undoubtedly exists, but these are the
men who are a true light in the world, and
who will spread abroad the essence of Chris-
tianity—the doing of good to others.
This remote mission station established here
where no other Europeans had penetrated
was a source of the greatest interest to us, and
fulfilled our highest ideal of such a station.
There was here no elaborate costly house, no
air of luxury, such as may be seen in many
missionary establishments elsewhere, but every-
thing was of the most rigorous simplicity.
There was merely a plain little house, almost
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