in all, from this one town alone.

'I know you pray for us here. Eh, man! if the thing would move, if
the rain would come! "_As the eyes of servants_," etc. (Psalms
cxxiii., cxxvi.). I often read these Psalms together. And then I
think what would please me best as a master would be to see my
servant going ahead, energetically, and faithfully, and loyally
with his work, not moping about downcast. Then is not this what God
wants in us? So here goes cheerily and trustfully.'

'August 10, 1890.

'I cannot say God gives me all the victories I want, but He keeps
me in peace and faith, and that is not a little thing. My
devotional reading lately has taken the form of the Chinese Psalms,
and Schereschewsky's high Chinese notwithstanding (for which may he
be forgiven), they are very refreshing and strong. How like are the
heart-longings and soul-breathings of the old Judean hunted
outlaw--brigand, if you like to call him so--to the heart and soul
feelings of the educated Occidental of the nineteenth century! Poor
old Moses, another outlaw, what a battered old life he led, but
what a grand soul, and how wonderfully he outlived it all, and was
quite hale when called to die! How his people troubled him!--so
like the Chinese. Fancy Moses going up the mountain to die alone.
It is so nice to have a later glimpse of him in the New Testament
alongside of Elijah, who too was once under a cloud. God does not
keep up things. "As far as the east is from the west, so far hath
He removed our transgressions from us." Love to all.

'JAMES GILMOUR.'

'Ch'ao Yang, August 19, 1890.

'My dear Sons,--I have just got here after a very hard journey of
four days. It is summer and the rains are on; the roads are very
bad.

'Our first adventure was in a deep narrow gully going up a
mountain. We met a cart coming down. There was no room to pass and
no room to turn back. What were we to do? One of the carts had to
be pulled up the bank. Neither would go up. Both carters sat and
looked at each other. Our cart was heavy, the other cart was light.
After looking at each other awhile the other cart was pulled up and
our carter helped him down a