ve
yet seen. I am going for it both in Chinese and English, and it
pays as nothing else does. In Jesus is all _fulness_. Supply
yourself from Him. May the richest blessings be on you from Him!
Heaven's ahead, brother. Hurrah!'

The next was to the Edinburgh correspondent from whose letters we have
previously taken extracts.

'This mail was sent off February 2. It came back the same day. The
man was scared by robbers. He leaves to-morrow. We are well. We are
_idle_. Would you believe it? It is Chinese New Year time, and I
cannot go on the street with my stand. No people: soon will be. We
are thankful for the rest. It won't last long.... Oh, it is good to
have Jesus to tell all to. May He be more of an intimate friend to
you and to me! The troubles of this earthly life are not few. How
many were Paul's! I am reading Farrar's _Life and Work of Paul_. It
puts much new light on the epistles. What a time the man Paul had
of it! Yet he called them "light afflictions." How much lighter are
ours! And the same heaven he looked to is for us--the same
crown--not to him only, but to all who love the appearing of
Christ. You love Him. Rejoice and be glad. I _am_ so glad that the
crown is not only for such as Paul, whom we cannot hope to imitate,
but for those (ii. Timothy iv. 8) who have loved His appearing. We
_do_ that, don't we? May the joy set before us enable us to endure,
when endurance is needed! May your heart rest in Him! May your soul
cling to Him! May His light always shine on your path! May I
always, even in dark days and dark times, have His light in my
heart and soul! Don't regard me as one always on the sunny heights,
but as one often cast down, often in much feebleness, in much
unworthiness, and falling so far short of my own ideal. But it is
good to think that, in Christ, we are perfect, that He makes up
all.

'Parker and I read _Holy of Holies_, when together. It is a good
book. Meantime, he and I are three days' journey separate, and may
be so for a month to come yet. I hope he likes it. It is a little
hard on him, but I had to come here on mission business, and, if
needed, will return to him at any time. Looking again at Heb. vi.
4-6.'

His correspondent had asked him about this passage.

'It is said--it is impossible to "renew them aga