oor-posts
because the grandfather who has half the building is a heathen.

'In still another family, where only the husband is Christian, they
have the Christian colours, but the family is heathen.

'My heart is set on reinforcements. Can they not be had? I had
hoped Dr. Smith would have spent the winter with me, but he did
not. All the grace needed has been given me abundantly, but I don't
think there should be any more solitary work. I don't think it
pays in any sense.

'In addition, it is almost time I had a change. My eyes are bad.
Doctors hesitate over my heart, say it is weak, and that its
condition would affect seriously an application for life assurance.
This winter I have gone in for a cough, which is not a good thing
at all, and it would be well for the continuity of the work that
there should be a young man on the field.

'Don't be alarmed, though, and don't alarm my friends. The above is
for your own private information and guidance. I still regard
myself as in first-rate health.

'I am not satisfied that we seem drifting away from the Mongols. At
present, though lots of Mongols are around, our work is all but
entirely Chinese. I am still of opinion that our best way to reach
them is from a Chinese basis. This may involve a matter of years
ahead, and therefore it is that I am eager to see the future of the
work provided for by being joined by a younger man or men.

'Meantime I am trying to follow very fully and very faithfully the
leadings and indications of God. I have had times of sore spiritual
conflict and times of much spiritual rest, and my prayer is that
you and the Board may in all your arrangements and plans for
Mongolia be fully guided by Him. Oh that His full blessing would
descend richly on this district!'

Dr. Smith reached Mongolia in March 1889, and for the first time met his
colleague. He has placed on record for use in this biography his account
of that first meeting. On reaching Ch'ao Yang, Dr. Smith found that Mr.
Gilmour was not there. 'I followed the innkeeper,' he writes, 'to see
the spot where my devoted colleague had spent so many lonely hours. We
came to a little outhouse, with a kind of little court in front of it,
not many yards wide. The outer door was locked by means of a padlock;
but the innkeeper soon found an entrance by simply