The Newtown bee., 1901-05-24

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Ewing said there was portion Of tn
city wall which the people of the lega
ton held; if they had not held 1T thei
position would have been untenable
Mr. Ewing spoke of the remarkable fac
that not one of the civilians in tn
British legation was killed and onl,
one slightly wounded. The civilian VIII
was wounded was DR. Gilbert Reid
who is tall and very thin. He receiver
a wound in the fleshy part of the leg
and Minister Conger humorously re
marked that the Chinese gave goot
evidence of their skill as marksmen, a!
this was the only place on DR. Rei(
where there was any flesh for bullet
to enter. This was remarkable wher
it was considered bullets were con
stantly passing above their head anG
landing dangerously near them. MI
Ewing showed bullet which struck
tree over his head and fell at his
feet. He stated that
HE BELIEVED THE CHINESE WERE
MORE AFRAID OF THEM
than they were of the Chinese. The
Chinese fired off thousands of fire
crackers to terrify the legationers.
When the fact is considered that the
legation was under fire IS days and not
civilian killed, the hand of Provi-
dence is plainly seen.
Another great danger which beset
the legationers was from fires. Fires
were set in buildings all about them,
but in every instance the wind changed
and they were saved, showing Divine
protection to a marked degree. Mr.
Ewing said great excitement was
caused when the Chinese set fire to the
principal Chinese library, adjoining
the legation; but they finally broke
through the walls, put the fire out and
added the library to their territory
controlled. Mr. Ewing exhibited one
of the curious wooden plates used in
printing taken from the library.
He then spoke of the marvellous way
God provided them food. When they
went in there they only had provisions
for three days for $500 people, but in
the territory they controlled they
found stored quantities of grain and
rice; then they had
PLENTY OF HORSE AND MULE MEAT
and came to eat it with relish. Then
again there seemed to be Divine Prov
idence IN the question of the water
supply. There is plenty Of water I'M
der Picking. You can dig down any
where and find water but it smells
badly and is vile and can only be used
after boiling. But in the British lega-
tion there we're number Of fine wells
Of water which smelled sweet and
tasted good; almost the only wells of
the kind in the city.
Then also the Hand of Providence
was seen In the dry season. Had it
been wet as usual the foreign troops
would not have been able to have
marched to Picking to their relief. One
of the military officers told Mr. Ewing
that from military standpoint their
preservation could not be accounted
for; that they naturally would have
been annihilated had it not been for
the Almighty. Men who were not
Christians who were in the siege rec
ognized this and one man was very
urgent when they came to leave the
legation that they should have serv-
ice of praise to God for deliverance,
which was done. Mr. Ewing said in
closing that the Chinese were not as
black as they were painted; that there
was hope of reaching them. He said
emphatically that the work of missions
was not at an end and that the seed
sown would yet result in a great har-
vest. During his address Mr. Ewing
exhibited one Of the frightful looking
Boxer swords, which he picked up on
the streets of Peking. 1t was about
three and one-half feet long, hand
made, and savage looking instru-
ment. He also showed some spheres,
dug up in constructing the trenches in
the legations, which showed that they
had unearthed the site of some factory
where cannon balls were made.
Mr. Ewing was made good use of
while here, and the close Of the day
found that he had attended and spoken
at no less than five services. The peo-
pie must at least have felt that they
had taken real journey through
China, over it's rough roads, in view
of it's Great Wall, on its river boats,
through the abominably dirty streets
of Picking and in the jaws Of a typhoon
upon the Yellow Sea. These visits OF
}bfight, wide-awake men who have
flived in foreign lands and studied the
| people are the next best thing TIC
placing yourself under the charge OF
Cook or Gaze and indulging in the
popular pastime of globe-trotting
At the Sunday achool hour Mr. Ewing
greatly interested the children by
singing in the Chinese verse of that
hymn which every child who has beer
brought up in a Sunday school any
where has loved to sing, "Jesus. loves
me, this l know" We are all going
to sing in Heaven, and there is no Ger
tainty that we shall use the English
language in our singing. Perhaps w
shall be allowed to sing each in the
language to which we were accustom
ed on earth; but the songs that w
sing will all be the same.
Twenty-Five persons came togethe
in the little branch school in Taunton
district, Notwithstanding the weathe
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