The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-02

which was 20 take them along some ~
the main roads of inner Mongolia ana
lead them 10 such important centres "a
Ia THu Kuu. Pakou and Jshol. On this
ucr1SiOn they carried with them copies oi
tho Scriptures Tor 81" Their first Im-
pr,s-inns Of the Mougul,ans w.r" of the
very l-.~t. hut Nj Hrdley'S companion
Wa surprised. aud perhaps somewhat
disappointed To- hnd that the men
d-,.-s.-d exactly like the Chimes. wearing
the uiI.,Ie tall tril,.s SubJ'Ct 10 the Mnuchu
dynasty have tu wear the plgtailD aud the
hin. gown. though the women differed
FROM the Chiu.-,e women ia having natural
feet a distinctive headdrps- aud very
long upper garment coming right down
tn the heels The Mongols form less than
half the population OF Innsr Mongolia to-
daV. however. as the Manchu rIleCs gen
.ratlnn- ago settled chinese families
among them seeking to provide for sur
plus populations ia poor districts one
result ~ that the district also hears the
nam. IT Outer Chill. the borders IT that
province having h..-n pushed further and
further back y. agriculture extended.
The. MonRols ia. travellers met seemed
tu them a much qu,rts-r and NOR" friendly
ps.upls than the chinese They were very
irss IA conversation. even the women
seeming to H. pleased at any opportunity
Of speaking 60 them; So different from
tn. ordinary Chinese woman, who ~
either wofulv densa ~ stupidity shy IN
the ngcs.nc,. 1t strangers. They fondly
imagined that I.Imaism. their form of
religion rec"ived from IndiN, ~ profcsss'd
bv all the rcuple- of the N-s. and they
think that every foreigner they meet is
a devotee II Buddha. In = later Journey
Mr. H~tl"y was destined 10 encounter
a very intelligent Lama who seriously
bellev"d that England adioined India.
All these Mongols speak Chinese with
a soft liquid accent that reminds OF"
IL Hindustanl and invariably drop thar
voi"-s IN gentle cadence At III" enc
" a sentence. never INDUCING IN the
harsh. strident tones IA which the average
Chinese addresses you. Their" Is NJ
intsrmarVvIng between the Races. and
pulyKamy il common the mental attitude
being why shouldn't a man have 10
many wives as he can AFFORD To keepgs
One ~ the surprising incidents Of this
trip was that IN" travellers came upon
an old man who. sixty miles from tho
nearest MISSION chapel possessed an
accurate knowledge 10 the leading events
in Old Testament history W" had bought
a copy u the Old Testament many years
hefor. and had read ~ mote diligently
than ~ common even among PROCESSING
Christians II would have been interest
ing 10 learn what the precise influence
II his study had been.
In the town Of TIA Ch eng Tzu Mr. Hedley
came upon one Of the converts Of James
Gilmour. who gave his life FOR the Mongols
This man. l.. San. made n very unfavorable
impression upon him. though he did not
learn until later on that he was precisely
the one who was perhaps the principal
cause - all the sorrow and an Xiety andu f'ad
by Gilmour IN his association with his
place James Cilmour had been dead
fourteen years when Mr. Hedl-y and his
companion visited this town: hut though
IN. little church had been dishanded.
thanks To IL San and others and nothing
had been done to keep h's memory fresh
among those people vel they found
that there Wsrr scores Of persons who
remembered HIM a. the embodiment Of
Kindness sympathy and love. and who
appreciated him after they had lost him
Gilmour's life IN Mongolia was n failure
A. men reckon a. but Mr. Hedley through
out hts volume pays heartfelt tribute
! to hts labors and influence Hts own
experience was that both Chinese and
Mongols even some IAmas bought the
Gospels readily and apparently agreed
with all he and his companion said ~ their
market plac. sermons. but that they
aTtsrward driftad away with no more
abiding interest than they would haze had
4 rv 81 hur Of doctor
work. h. declares With laudabls frank
hess is largely n matter ~ sowing seed
Nv ia. ways,de subject Ia all the
accidents mentioned ~ that connects ION
IN the GOSPELS In one town a friendly
Muhamm.dan was ~ delighted With a
cIr-nry Inspection 90 copy 1T the Book
ut Exodus aud the records Of Hoses that
h. ch--rtuly purchased a. Ia this place
they had an -Np"rienc" with the telegraph
COMPANY which ILLUSTRATES Chinese
MANNERS ART English. For over two
hours a certain offic" vas called without
sucC.-s- T. tranzpiT-'d later that the
clerks had been invited ~ feast and had
s-r-nrly left the urtirs Ia lnOk after it-'-f
IN ia. busy part ~ the day When their
message. had eventually been despatched
they received the following T'olit" letter
BISHOPS Gould aud Hedl-y = o the
Church Ia Tlu kou Dear Sir- That
vuur Telegram for Ti~ntsn ~" have been
-..nd out already ~ inst nov Yours
truly. " p
Pakuu they found ~ Ice one 80 the
MOST uniuu- ritie- - CHINA II boasts
o., but on. street. vet that street ~ seven
English mil"- long. since ia" 10" pt the
Liant renders anything 'l-. impossible
ia tho narrow valley h' mined ~ clD~-
with mountains A. .I"hol ,lIo' HV"rI.
whose uNicial nam. - on. ~ those dc
hghttul chinese titles. -Th" CItY ot Com
i,ls,s Virtue the travellers managed 10
infect the heautiful Euddh'st temrls-
and found hundreds - I.amas - all
ages and sizes spectators 81 play called
. Tn. Wicked Monk at an open air
theatre. their interest "a this perform
an,. probably h-ing ~. reason why adj
mission - The. facsimile in miniature ot
the Potato m"un -t"rv NJ Iha-a 49, pot
to 10. had
second trap ~ more modest pr-t..n-
-iun- though no less laboriouS. was
made. IN -om" OF the ryDaths beyond the