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0063 Among the Celestials : vol.1
天の間で : vol.1
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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