The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1894-07-18

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into the street and on either side of this
opening lives the inn master who can
see all who go in and come out. On one
side of the court is shed with troughs
for the animals. On the other two
sides are the rooms for guests These
rooms have dirt floor, have absolutely
no furniture except n table, a rough
bench, brick bed with straw mat on
it and plenty Of SCOT, cobwebs, bugs, fleas,
scorpions and various little animals that
might be expected to take up their abode
in room which has never a cleaning, is
occupied by all sorts of folks, and has a
mule court for its yard.
There is no back part, but you must
come and go through carts, wheelbarrows,
mud and in close proximity to mule
heels. There is scarcely any privacy to
be had, for if you shut the door they
tear the paper from the windows and
peep in, and if your door is open crowds
bolt right into the middle of the room,
spit on the floor and bring mud on their
shoes and stare at yon and examine
everything that is the least bit curious,
asking usually some foolish question.
If they wish to be specially friendly,
they smoke. Often they have eaten
onions or garlic and then they smell.
Most of those who come into inns this
way are dirty beyond my power of
description. One day one fellow sat
there unconcernedly and opening his
garment began to hunt for an unmen-
tionable little creature which he found
along the seams of his dirty dress. The
Chinese know very little about being by
themselves. When they go into these
inns they crowd in like cattle in pen.
Some inns are better than others, but the
best are such as most of you would
scarcely enjoy visiting,
TRYING TO PREACH.
Every day the crowds came in, and DIR.
Crawford and Brother Bostic preached
till they could hardly talk. l was much
interested in watching the various types
of men that came in. Some were curious,
some conceited, some jolly and wanted
to have pleasant chat with the foreign
err. Some seemed serious and some
asked intelligent questions. An inn is a
very good place to preach, and you can
always get all of it you want to do. Bostic
left us Saturday, and Saturday evening
DIR. Crawford just had to stop. He asked
me to try, said it wouldn't do any harm.
A man was in there who had with him
his little granddaughter and l saw he
loved her. tried to preach to him and
the others around little while. / ask
him if he loved his little girl and he
said he did. l told him she loved him.
Then j told him that there is but one
God and He loved men, that the idols
could not love men, that man made
them and God made man, so God was
greater than man and man greater than
the idols. 1t was the first time l had
tried to tell them OF God slove in their own
tongue. DIR. Crawford helped me now
and then. The crowd listened to me and
seemed to get hold of what l said. Late
in the evening we took walk up beyond
the city to the West on the side Of
rolling hill side and sat down there and
enjoyed the beautiful landscape stretch
ing out before us. Clusters of trees here
and there hid the low houses while
patches OF green carpeted the open field
with living beauty. On Sunday night |
we had a prayer meeting with two men
who seemed to be christians, though |
they have not joined the church. They
had had previous instructions and SEEM
ed eager for more. There with the dim
candle hanging shadows on the dingy |
walls of our little room in great heather
city with two cinnamon we knelt and
lifted up our hearts to the God of us all. |
The darkness covered us, the silent
stars swung in the heavens, the city |
slept but as we sang and prayed we felt |
that Gods eyes are not blinded by dark
ness nor his ears dulled at any time. Oh
how we ought to love Him who is able |
and always so willing to help and save
us. l tried to talk and preach every day
and OF course gradually learned more
expressions do long to be able to tell
these lost souls, of Jesus and his love.
1t will take year or two to become
able to preach much, but to be able to
tell them little is better than nothing.
They always want to know why have |
come. tell them that have friends at
home (they wouldn't understand church)
who love God and love the Chinese and
as they could not come they had sent me
to tell them that Jesus is their saviour
too, and God loves the Chinaman as well
as the American This is strange doc
trine to them because they don't have
any love in their religion. Brethren,
feel that what try to do is you doing it
as much as myself. Are we not working
together, dear brethren and sisters, to do
our Masters will He knows who of us
are faithful. Let us all try to work dill
gently, faithful for there is so much to
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