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God Is Interested in Our Health

By William S. Sadler

HEALING POWER. NO. 2.

God Is Interested in Our Health.

"Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth." 3 John 2.

THE Creator takes a personal interest in our physical prosperity as well as in our moral well-being. Physical health and spiritual happiness are both precious in the sight of Him in whom "we live and move and have our being." Acts 17:28.

There is altogether too great a tendency to-day on the part of people to turn their bodies over to the doctors and their souls to ministers, expecting the former to care for their physical health, and the latter to look after their spiritual needs. In either case, men are unconsciously depending upon their fellow men to do for them that which only God can perform; for He is the only true source of health and healing for soul and body.

No human intermediary should be allowed to come between the soul and its Maker, between the sinner and the Saviour. While there are conditions in which the help of the godly physician and the consecrated minister may be necessary to physical or spiritual recovery, we should see to it that the afflicted one is taught to look to God as the Giver of both physical and spiritual life, as the only source of healing for soul and body.

For every truth that comes from above, there is sure to proceed a counterfeit from beneath; and not infrequently this counterfeit proves to be but an ingenious perversion of the truth itself. So it is with reference to health and disease. Upon careful examination we find that many of the erroneous teachings along this line are peculiarly deceptive. It has ever been Satan's plan and studied aim to cover his most dangerous error with sufficient truth to make it acceptable to those whom he seeks to deceive and ultimately destroy.

It is not singular that our enemy has chosen this particular point in the great controversy between truth and error, to accomplish his most cunning work of perversion and deception, for it is in the sphere of our physical and spiritual health that he can bring to the race the greatest amount of misery, suffering, and anguish, if, by his deception, he can lead them into the transgression of either physical or spiritual law.

We have to contend with an adversary of long experience and one highly practised in the art of deception; one even who led angels astray; and to-day the Christian's only safety lies in having the "mind of Christ," that He may be able to discern and detect the delusions and deceptions of the bogus healers now so abundant in the land.

Without such divine illumination, many are sure to be borne from their anchorage, only to find themselves adrift on a dangerous sea of plausible theory and fascinating error.

When hanging upon the cross, the Master said, "It is finished," and the utterance of those words was the last act in the completion of the plan of salvation for a fallen world. Christ became the "complete Saviour" of a sinful and suffering race. Jesus died to affect the forgiveness and healing of physical sin as well as for the atonement of moral guilt. The plan of salvation was designed to give man power over physical as well as spiritual transgression. And so there is a gospel of health for the body, as well as a gospel of grace for the soul.

Christ Jesus has become the Redeemer of the whole man,—body, soul, and spirit; so, by faith in His name, there is overcoming and keeping power for the physical as for the spiritual man. While the soul may be the inner sanctuary of the Spirit of God, it is expressly stated that our bodies are "the temple of the Holy Spirit." 1 Cor. 6:19.

Christ is "within you, the hope of glory;" and to-day He seeks pure hearts and clean bodies in which to dwell, and through which He may manifest Himself to a fallen world, and show forth His glory, "the glory of the only-begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth." John 1:14.

Physical law is one of the laws of God; its transgression is sin. "The wages of sin is death,"—spiritual and physical death. Christ lived and died to save us from the penalty of both physical and spiritual transgression; and to provide the human race with grace and power whereby they might yield obedience to all the divine requirements. Therefore, as ministers of the grace of life to a fallen world, every preacher of the Gospel, every Christian worker, every Christian, should interest himself in the physical good of the human race as well as in its moral welfare.

Some may say that it detracts from the divine dignity and sacredness of spiritual things to thus place them alongside the physical. To such we would say, Bring not down your spiritual life to a lower level, but rather raise the physical higher. Let things material be divested of their garb of carnality, and permit the mind of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus to manage the deeds of the flesh, thus experiencing the scripture, "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit." Rom. 8:1. W. S. SADLER, M. D.

"PAPA WASN'T ALWAYS BAD. DRINK MAKES HIM BAD."

IN a press despatch dated, New York, September 21, a touching story is told of a ten-year-old girl's testimony against her father, who was charged with having killed his wife on August 28. The scene was in a coroner's court, where an inquest was being held over the body of Mrs. Kate Walsh, and little Rosie Ann was the only witness. Her testimony is said to have been a struggle between a conviction of duty and a child's love of her father.

After the accused husband and father had been held by the coroner to answer for the murder, on the strength of his little daughter's testimony, the child rushed to him and kissed him lovingly. Afterward she is reported to have said:

"I suppose my papa must die, too, but he killed my mama. I hate to talk against papa, and I hated to get up in the court; but I took the oath, and I must tell the truth."

The reporter says that the little girl, who may soon become an orphan because of her own truthful words, is small and pale, and was dressed in becoming fashion for the duties of helping mother. She speaks with a studious effort at correctness, and in the eighth grade of the public school, which she attended last session, she was accounted one of the brightest scholars.

Since the day after her mother was beaten into unconsciousness and her father taken away to a cell, little Rosie has been living with her married half-sister, Mrs. Simons, in East Ninety-sixth Street, and yesterday she saw her father for the first time. Mrs. Simons and another married half-sister, Mrs. Tobin, accompanied her.

In Mrs. Simons' house last night, in a sad and serious way, the girl told of the tragedy.

"Papa wasn't always bad," she said, beginning her story with an excuse for her accused parent. "When he was working and wasn't drinking he used to bring me ice in the morning, and used to chop the wood and bring it up for mama and me.

"But sometimes before this last time I have seen him, when he was ugly and drinking and not working, hit mama, but not with an ax. Mama was proud and told me never to say a word about papa hitting her to anybody, and mama stood it a great many times, but papa would promise to be good, and then would break his promise. I don't think mama ever thought he would hit her with an ax, because when he was in a good humor he loved her, and she believed he loved her, too.

"I didn't like to go to court to-day, but they said I must, and when they asked me if I knew where the bad place was that people go to who don't tell the truth when they are under oath, I said it was hell, and the man said I knew what an oath was and must tell the truth.

"And I saw papa, and he said, 'Help, Rosie,' and the tears came in his eyes, and I felt like crying, too, and was sorry for him, but I had to tell all about how he hit mama with the ax, and he looked at me so sad all the time I was talking, with the tears just pouring out of his eyes.

"And then when I went back and told him good-by, and put my arms about his neck, we both cried until they took him away.

"Sometimes when papa would hit mama I would run away and cry, but last week mama felt so bad, and I knew that she had been worrying about papa, because he wasn't working and had been drinking, and I said to myself, If he dares to strike mama again I'll stop him.

"You see, it was this way. Papa had not been working for two days, and he was ugly and cross, and after he had had his lunch and a pint of beer he went into the bedroom to sleep. When mama was getting supper, he called her. She told me to tell papa she was too busy getting supper for our boarder to come to him then. He jumped out of bed, put on his trousers, but not shoes, and said he would show mama whether or not she would come when he called her.

"I followed him into the kitchen, and he picked up a bottle from the table, and was going to hit mama with it, but I grabbed the bottle, and then took all the other bottles and hid them.

"He hunted around the room and found the ax which mama used for cutting kindling, and then he hit her on this side of the face, and then on top of the head, and she called my name—Rosie—and fell on her face.

"I ran in where our boarder was sleeping, and, shaking him, told him, 'Wake up, Mr. Carroll; papa has hit mama with an ax in the head!' And then I ran into the hall and screamed, and our neighbor came and she put a pillow under mama's head and washed the blood off, and said, 'Never mind, Rosie; she's still breathing.'

"And then the policemen came, and they sent for an ambulance and mama was taken away, and she never spoke another word to anybody; she died without ever knowing me again."

"If your father is set free, will you go to him again?" Rosie was asked.

"I don't know. He'd have to promise to be very good, but I don't know then. He promised mama to be good, and then got cross and ugly when he was out of work and drinking. I love my papa, for he is my papa; but drink makes him bad."

"KNOCKING, EVER KNOCKING."

By Harriet Beecher Stowe

KNOCKING, knocking, ever knocking! Who is there? 'Tis a Pilgrim, strange and kingly, Never such was seen before; Ah! sweet soul, for such a wonder Undo the door.

No! that door is hard to open; Hinges rusty, latch is broken, Bid Him go. Wherefore with that knocking dreary Scare the sleep from one so weary? Say Him, No.

Knocking, knocking, ever knocking! What! Still there? O sweet soul, but once behold Him With the glory crowned hair; And those eyes so strange and tender, Waiting there: Open! Open! Once behold Him— Him so fair!

Did she open? Doth she? Will she? So, as wondering we behold, Grows the picture to a sign, Pressed upon your soul and mine; For in every breast that liveth Is that strange, mysterious door; Tho forsaken and betangled, Ivy-gnarled and weed-bejangled Dusty, rusty, and forgotten— There the pierced hand still knocketh, And with ever-patient watching, With the sad eyes true and tender, With the glory crowned hair— Still a God is waiting there. —Harriet Beecher Stowe.

THE WRONG DIRECTION.

A FRIEND of mine told of an engineer in one of our Western states who was completely lost one night with his engine. The night was very dark and he had to make the run to a certain city. After he had gone a considerable distance, everything seemed strange to him and he could not account for it. He stopped at a little station, roused the agent, and inquired where he was. After consulting the map, he found that he was going in the wrong direction. A switch had been left open and he was switched from the main track onto a branch road, and had he gone on very much farther he would have met with disaster.

He thought he was going in the right direction. He did not notice when the locomotive glided on the other track. Both tracks ran in the same direction for a short distance and then they separated, never to meet again.

How many men and women started right in life; from the home and family altar, from the knees of a praying mother; on the narrow way that leads to heaven; but they have been switched off, they are going in the wrong direction. A thought or a deed might switch our life from the right way. "There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death." Prov. 14:12.—Gospel Work.

LOSING ONE'S POSITION.

LOSING one's position or work is not always the most serious thing that can happen, tho when first facing the problem of such loss one may so regard it. Some years ago the young son of a saloon-keeper attended a Sunday-school. Because of its teaching, he began to feel that it was not right for him to tend the bar. He spoke to the minister about the matter, asking what he had better do.

"Decide for yourself," was the clergyman's reply.

"If I refuse to tend bar, father says he will turn me out."

"But what do you think you deserve if you do attend the bar?" he was asked.

"I think that I deserve to be turned out."

Here the matter rested for a while.

Later the boy, by his refusal, lost his place, and was forced to look out for himself. The minister helped him to secure a position. He worked himself up until to-day he is the greatest living authority upon a certain line. He is assistant in one of the largest libraries in the country, and is acquainted with ten or twelve languages.

Many have to decide between losing a position and obeying conscience. Loyalty to the right never fails of a reward. It often brings greater earthly good, and will always result in eternal gain.—Selected.

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THE ISLES OF THE BLEST.

By Helen Maud Merrill-Phelps

On the sunset seas floats the bright mirage On billows of shining gold, And gleams we catch from the mansions fair, Whose glories can not be told.

HELEN MAUD MERRILL-PHELPS.

Diligence and the Fruit of Toil

By Hesiod

DILIGENCE increaseth the fruit of toil. A dilatory man wrestles with losses.—Hesiod.

The Dignity of Manners

By Lord Chesterfield

A CERTAIN dignity of manners is absolutely necessary to make even the most valuable character either respected or respectable in the world.

THE EASTERN POLYNESIAN MISSION.

By B. J. Cady

A CONFERENCE of the Eastern Polynesian Mission was held at Vainrua, Raiatea, from June 27 to July 8. This mission is composed of the Society, Cook, Austral, Marquesas, Tuamotu, and Gambier Island groups and the island of Pitcairn. We now have four churches and one company in the Society Islands, one church in the Cook Islands, and one on Pitcairn. Each church was represented at our meeting. The ministering brethren present were Brother Gates from Australia, Brother Piper from Rarotonga, Cook Islands, and the writer, who is of the Society Islands. Sister Rosa Young, of Pitcairn Island, has been in Tahiti for some time, and was in attendance at the meeting, and it was there recommended that she and Winnie McCoy return to Pitcairn as soon as the way opens and take charge of their school.

We organized this mission three years ago, and this is our third conference. It was more largely attended than either of the previous meetings, so I trust that more good will result from it, as its influence will be more wide-spread. There were fifty-three in attendance at our Sabbath-school the first Sabbath, and fifty-eight the next Sabbath. Three were baptized during the meeting.

The matter of printing small monthly papers in the Tahitian and Rarotongan languages was considered, and it was decided to ask the Australian Union Conference to help us do this, if they favor the plan. Our people in the islands heartily favor it, and seem willing to do what they can to make the paper a success. It is very difficult and takes so much time for the living preacher to get to every part of the islands, but the paper can go and carry the truth to the most isolated.

The book, “Christ Our Saviour,” has just recently been printed in the Tahitian language, and is well liked. We heard of one young man who was so interested in it that he sat up all night reading it. All do not have such a keen relish for the truth, however, for the time has come when many will not endure sound doctrine, but turn away their ears from the truth to hear fables. Nevertheless, we are commissioned to “Preach the Word,” so let us do so by voice, by pen, and by the lives we live. All must have an opportunity to hear the truth, that it may be either a savor of life unto life or of death unto death to each of them.

B. J. CADY.

DEFECTIVE SIGHT.

By Luella L. Harmon

MANY people have defective sight. We speak of them as being near-sighted or far-sighted, while many are blind and see not at all. Some of these may correct the defect in the organs of vision by wearing spectacles.

In our Christian experience, many of us have defective sight, but are not aware of it, until we go to the great Physician, to be shown our defects, where some of us learn that we are so very near-sighted that we do not see farther than self; we do not see even the Physician. Others are able to see but their household, while some see as far as their neighbors.

All we who are near-sighted need to apply more of the love of this Physician, that we may see the precious souls far away. If, after a few applications, we find that we see as far as the coasts of our own country, let us not cease its use, but keep calling on the great Physician for more love until we see the souls way across the waters, clear into the hearts of Africa, China, India, and all the heathen lands. O, His love is a wonderful remedy. It heals every affliction; it is the true love that never fails us.

There are also those who are far-sighted and fail to see the home needs. Perhaps those who should be loved ones in our homes—so often an aged father or mother—are in need of our care and attention, or may be out in the enemy’s fold. Or neighbors may be perishing all around us without knowing the dear Father and His blessed Word.

But a short distance away there may be precious souls going down to perdition because no one points them to the path that leads upward unto eternal life, while the far-sighted one sits and mourns for an opportunity to go to some far distant country or large metropolis.

For this far-sightedness we must apply the same love, for we should never think of distant fields when we can not see precious souls close by. If we should cross the ocean without first having the love applied, we would be far-sighted when on the other side; the souls there would not appeal to us, and we would be looking, as Lot’s wife did, toward home. Love, more love for the far-sighted. It will enable us to see things near and far away; to give ourselves and all that we have for every precious soul.

Saddest of all is the misfortune of those who sit at ease in Zion, feeling satisfied with self and the condition of all the world; seeing nothing to do, no souls to save, nor heeding the pleas for help from those who do see. Calls come from near and far, from every quarter of the globe. To these souls, also, the great Physician offers the eyesalve and calls for them to anoint their eyes that they, too, may see. Unless it be applied freely now, and the scales fall from the eyes, these blind ones will never see into the city where the Redeemer is preparing mansions for all who accept and are healed by His wonderful love.

MRS. LUELLA L. HARMON. Flint, Mich.

OPPORTUNITIES IN CHINA.

By Editor

The Nebraska Reporter publishes a letter to Brother A. T. Robinson, president of that conference, from a young missionary to China, who has just completed her first year. We copy as follows:

“To-morrow [August 7] I shall have been away from the home land one year. During the past year we have heard of many uprisings because of opposition to foreigners and opposition to the government. When I first came to Canton, the American boycott was the subject of discussion, but of late we have heard practically nothing of it. We thank our heavenly Father for His loving care. Tho we were in no apparent danger, yet we know

not from how many unseen dangers He has kept us.

“I enjoy studying the language far beyond my expectation. God has been good to me in this line especially. On leaving the States, I asked God for a promise of His help. In answer I was given Isa. 33:19. ‘Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.’ By the time I have been in China one year, I will have read a book of conversations through twice, and the first four gospels, and ‘Pilgrim’s Progress’ half through in characters. In studying English this does not seem very much, but when reading these characters it is considerable. When beginning to read characters I spent two weeks on the first five verses of Mark’s gospel.

“This year will mean more to me so far as actual work is concerned. As I have seen the girls in Miss Thompson’s school so pleased to learn to read and learn of Jesus as their Saviour, I have longed for the time to come when I might work with them. Now is our day of opportunity to establish schools, especially Christian schools for girls. The government is improving its system of education for boys, and the education of girls is more favorably regarded, especially in the coast cities. As I have thought of the needs, and the limited means in our treasury, I decided to place the matter before you. There is abundance of room in Canton for several schools, as it is a city of two million people. The better class of people in Canton live in the western half, and as yet we have no work there. A house can be rented large enough to accommodate at least fifty pupils for fifteen dollars gold a month. Then as we can not do all the teaching ourselves, native talent is employed, which can be secured for five dollars gold. Then there is the school equipments. Should some wish to support a girl, we would estimate the cost at about twenty dollars gold per year.

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“I present these needs before you, confident that you will be glad to help this people. I ask not for myself, but for these precious, blood-bought souls, many of whom have no knowledge as yet of their Redeemer.”

SWING OUT.

By Isabel McDonald

SWING out upon the promises of God, Nor stay thy hand on crumbling earthly things; Trust not in princes bold, ungospel shod, Nor pin thy faith upon the word of kings.

Firm and secure is the foundation laid, The King of Kings Himself the corner-stone; In faith and truth His promises are made; Thou needest naught but His sure word alone.

Think not within thy heart how thou shalt stand, Nor look for help where mortal feet have trod; Trust Him who weigheth all things in His hand; Swing out upon the promises of God. ISABEL MCDONALD.

WHAT A LONE JAPANESE FOUND.

By J. R. Saunders

[J. R. SAUNDERS, in Baptist Argus.]

A PRESBYTERIAN missionary, some years ago, was laboring in a field some distance from Osaka, Japan. No preacher of the glad tidings had ever entered that place, yet to the missionary’s surprise there was found one man who was worshiping the true God and feasting on His Word. He had drunk from the pure fountain of life, and the purity and sweetness of the waters had given joy to his soul. The Holy Spirit had made this heathen understand the Master’s precepts; and he could talk of His wondrous works.

A number of years before, a Bible from China, printed in the Chinese characters, found its way into this man’s hands. He had not seen one before, and no one could tell him anything about its wonderful contents, but he could read the Chinese characters as every well educated Japanese can. Thus he went to work to learn what this Book contained. He soon found that this Book told him of the one true God whom all men should serve. This was opposed to the teachings of all whom he knew and had regarded as true and great men. What must he do under such difficult circumstances? The power divine led this heathen to accept the truth, to turn from the vain idols and serve the true and living God.

In his study of the New Testament he found that the Master whom he served was baptized. He thought he ought to follow his Lord in all things, but there was no one to baptize him. He went to a place where there was sufficient water and baptized himself the way his Master taught. When the missionary found him he was continuing in the things which he had attained unto, and was a cheer and a blessing to the missionary.

HOW I BECAME A SABBATH-KEEPER.

By Annie Plowman

I HAD been brought up in the Episcopal Church, and from a very young age I read and loved my Bible above all other books. As I grew into womanhood my heart was yearning for food, food, food. With this burning desire ungratified I left the English Church, in which my father was an ordained minister, and tried for a time the Presbyterian; then the Congregational, the Salvation Army, the Methodist, and finally the Baptist.

Many years went by in this way, until I cried out for God to satisfy my still hungry soul. Blessed be His name, he heard me, and by His Spirit alone He directed me to reading and studying the subject of Sabbath-keeping. O, how very, very clear it all was. I was fully determined to obey God in everything He would show me in His blessed Word. I was a true Sabbatarian for three years before I heard of another Christian keeping the seventh day.

From studying the Word, I saw plainly, too, that there is no present burning hell and that the state of the dead is an unconscious sleep; also that true baptism is by immersion. All was so very, very different from the teaching of the churches that I resolved on being led by the Word alone.

At the end of three years, Pastor A. G. Daniells came over to Auckland, N. Z., and I went nine miles out of curiosity to hear the Seventh-day Adventist minister, by whom I was rebaptized.

I need scarcely say—for my soul was at last satisfied—that I united with them, as they had "for thus saith the Lord" for every statement made.

I have never yet been sorry for the change, but praise God who led me so wondrously by His Spirit "out of darkness into His marvelous light," and has given me so many brothers and sisters in the same faith. I look for a glorious meeting soon, when Jesus comes in the glory of His Father and that of the holy angels.

Trusting I have not intruded too much and that this may strengthen some one or other to "search the Scriptures" and see for themselves if these things be so or not. ANNIE PLOWMAN.

OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

By Editor

FOUR converts are reported by Brethren A. J. Osborne and B. E. Beddoe, at Carson, Nev.

IN the Recorder, Brethren F. I. Richardson and J. E. Bond report six converts in connection with their tent-work at Flagstaff, A. T.

FIVE candidates were baptized in Mountain View on the evening of the 2d inst., by the editor of the Signs of the Times. The baptistry of the Baptist Church was used for the occasion.

WE have the annual announcement of the DuQuoin (Ill.) Intermediate School for 1906-07. The first term opened October 2, to continue twelve weeks. The courses include grades 7 to 12, together with business courses and other special studies, as may be desired. Address the principal, Prof. A. C. Haughey.

WRITING of a trip to the island of Lakemba, in the Fiji group, Brother C. H. Parker says: "There are nine towns on this island, and in all of them there is a great desire to hear the message. Pauliassi and I walked around the island in one day, and visited each of these towns. The distance is over thirty miles. The people were very open and anxious to talk. But, as it is in European countries, so it is here—the pork, tobacco, and liquor question is the stone over which they stumble and fall."

THE Union Conference Record, of Cooranbong, N. S. W., notes the death of Sister Sara M. Young, at Samoa, July 14, of pneumonia. Sister Young was a native of Pitcairn Island, and a graduate of the medical missionary class in the school at Cooranbong. After graduating she was sent to Samoa to connect with the sanitarium. The testimony of one who is not of our faith is: "She certainly lived the Christ-life, and literally gave up all her life for the good of others. She was greatly appreciated in her work."

AMONG those in attendance at the General Conference council and bookmen's convention at Washington, D. C., are Brethren H. W. Cottrell, president of Pacific Union Conference; C. H. Jones, manager of Pacific Press Publishing Company; and E. R. Palmer, secretary of the General Conference Publishing Committee. These brethren are all residents of our home town, Mountain View. Brother J. N. Loughborough, also of this place, was recently called to Battle Creek, Mich., to conduct some studies on the rise and progress of the Seventh-day Adventist work.

SINCE our two set-backs this year—by the earthquake and by the fire—our people have been thinking about what to do to assist in the emergency. We suggest that the best way to assist a publishing house, at all times, is to push the circulation of its publications. These are so varied that every one—old and young, rich and poor—can find something to handle. By the way, this is the people's part of the work anyhow. The publishing houses will have all they can do to prepare the ammunition when the rank and file of the people fully take up their legitimate place on the firing line. Christ has given "to every man his work," also to the women and children. Is it not time that all were finding their places? The little companies in the publishing houses can only do their own work. They should not be expected to do the manufacturing, and all the circulating besides.

SOON after Brother F. A. Allum and wife arrived at Shang Tsai Hsien, China, the book-keeping for the mission was assigned to Sister Allum. Writing of her experience to friends, she says: "There is considerable work connected with the accounts, and they were very perplexing to me at first. There are ten or twelve Chinese workers and they are paid so many cash a week. Then this is the center of the work in Honan, and all the workers are paid from here, and they are paid in dollars gold, so their accounts have to be kept in dollars gold. Several of the Hankow firms with whom we deal use only Mexican dollars (fifty-three cents gold equal one dollar Mexican), and as the price of silver is daily changing, we have to keep their accounts in Mexican money. Then at the bank they deal only in taels, and seventy-two and a half cents gold equal one tael, as a rule, but this constantly changes. Some days sixty-five cents equal one tael, and a few days after seventy-five equal one tael. So there are four different moneys in the one set of books." Concerning the language she says: "Three days after we arrived here, we started on the language, and we have a very good teacher. We had no idea that it was as hard as it is. There is no grammar, and just about nothing to help one. It is all memory work. We have several text-books, and a regular two-years course of lessons, and will be really glad when we can speak Chinese."

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