The Saint Paul globe., 1897-03-22
TREATED AS MIRACLES
achievements of Medical Mission
aries in China

,;.l Dr Kate G. Bushnell, of Evanston, ILL.,, de-
IlDeTea Ilot4H an address at First NJ. E. church
SrE.:e SrSserqay I morning on "a Medical Mission
medlclne in Chicago; DR.. Bushnell left for
Gnlna' IN 1873. Her post of duty was Kiu
hiang, en- the Yang Use river. a place beau
GItul dioto IN situation, reminding one in its imme-
ue"'e surroundings OF some Of the best bits
OF scenery in Switzerland, or in a more
marked degree of Jerusalem nesting in its
surrounding nils. The first six months were
CMdAeh M up IN learning the language, which is
most dlfncult, and then the labor began in
earnest BY strange circumstance the
k work opened up very suddenly. On a certain
HiSnt the mission priests were attacked nv
robbers who had strange idea that the mis-
slonarles were rich. The gate keeper was
nearly Killed while attempting to arouse the
III nlss'onaTies to their danger, and the lives
OF the ladies' were no doubt saved through his
brave action. As soon as the robbers were
gone, Dr. Bushnell took the gate keeper in
manu-, ued the arteries, staunched the blood
from the forehead to the mouth splitting the
nose, and by the help of the other two ladv
missionaries, who assisted had the gateman
out OF danger before morning though he
tainted away many times while thev worked
with him. The next morning they were he
slcged by visitors and officials with their ret
mues rl "a az attempting to solve the difficulty.
The officials demanded to see the injured man
ana when they beheld what was done il
seemed TO them miracle, and the doctor
was at once known as 'The woman who could
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and give sight to the blind for the mother
OF one of the officials had been healed of a
severe attack Of eye trouble, which baffled
the skill of the native physicians From This
time on, the work was more than one could
DO. The patients came from all the regions
round about with all sorts of maladies and
were treated and many healed Health broke
DOWN under the strain and assistance was
sent cut in the person of Dr. Ella Gilchrist
who gave herself heart and soul to the work
and the cause Of God prospered under their
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all sorts of opposition in their way even
accusing them of attempted murder of their
gate keeper, and warning the people against
them, himself came to such straits that in
his sickness he sent5for the PHYSICIANS osfen-
slbly for his WIFE. and he was raised to
strength and became their friend and sun
porter Two women came thirty miles in a
chinese wheelbarFow, one of them suffering
from bronchitis and the other from consump-
ton. Both had the idea that could be cured
and go home that night, since they had
stolen away to come. One-the eonsumptive-
consented to stay on the premises for a time
and it was found that, being a widow she was
fasting, as is expected of every widow. to
constantly remind her of her lost husband
1t was necessary that she should take nour-
shment but she refused at first until the
truth of Jesus dawned in her heart and she
said, "Oh, now | see; you mean that it is not
that which gOeth into the body that defles
but that which comes cut of the heart" This
was her first lesson, and she began to improve
and soon returned to her home with the new
truth in her heart and new strength in her
body, but without any promise from the doc
tor that she could recover After a couple of
years tidings came that this woman still lived
and that through her instrumentality every
idol in the town where she lived had been
destroyed, and her neignDors were trying,
under her guidance to worship God as He
gave them to see the light.
The work grew SO burdensome and the eli
mate was so trying that DR.. Gilchrist was
compelled to come home, If she expected at
al to prolong her life. In the last six months
they put up 1900 prescriptions, which will
give some idea of the amount of work done