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The heart of a continent : vol.1 |
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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 the essence of Christianity—the doing of good
to others—abroad.
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 everything was of the most rigorous simplicity.
There was merely a plain little house, almost bare inside, and
with stiff, simple furniture. Under such hard conditions, with
such plain surroundings, and shut off for ever from intercourse
with the civilized world, it might be supposed that these
missionaries would be dull, stern, perhaps morbid men. But
they were precisely the contrary. They had a fund of simple
joviality, and were hearty and full of spirits. They spoke now
and then with a sigh of "la belle France," but they were
evidently thoroughly happy in their lives, and devoted to their
work.
From these simple hospitable mission stations we made our
way to Sansing. Every day now it was becoming colder, and
at one place we were delayed for a day by a very heavy snow-
storm. We had to hurry along, for the missionaries had
assured us that in winter the thermometer fell to over 40°
below zero Fahrenheit, and had showed us a thermometer
which they had used, on which they had seen the mercury
fall to −47° Centigrade. The country we passed through was
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