The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-25

hI(SlDloIy ~ L
u-ncbow. China, relates this thrilling |
svnerience: Mr.. Upton, Mrs. Hayes,
~ little boy and gentleman of the
CHRISTIAN and Missionary Alliance
,Iission. started in a boat down the
sivar 70 attend services on one Of the
nontoons held for the foreign COM
munity. r. -I
han usual, W we did not think it
nnsafe to GO. AS we reached the
noint where the Flu river empties into
The West river we notlced 10 our sur~
nr;se and horror that a rope attach
"a 20 the shore on n side, extended
entirely across the mouth of the river
20 a boat on the other side that was
being pulled across.
"Tbe was was so very swift at this
,aint that it was impossible for us
70 stop, as we were going with the
tide. Our boatwOmen called out
therefore to them to slack their rope
50 that we could pass over. This
this call they gave no heed, although
,hev were asked to do so two or three
times.
suddenly our boat struck the
rome. swung around sideways, filled
with water and the next instant 1t
turned bottomside up with all of us
under it, Gagged inside as 1t were by
he sides Of the boat.
'Mr. Upton was the only one in
the party that could swim very much
but what use was his knowledge OF
swimming when we were all caught
under the boat together. The mo-
ment that the boat turned over on
ron Of us all became still and no M
knew where the others were; each
one was struggling to escape from
under the boa
II did not have any hope that Ar
thur could escape, being q child, as
the water was so swift that I did not
think it possible for anyone to get to
him to help him.
when | finally came to the surface
what was my great surprise and JOY
but to see him Just in the act Of
climbing on top of the upturned boat.
How he did 1t no one knows as the
bottom of the bOat was very slippery
and there was no human being there
10 help, but l feel positive that / saw
a hand holding or to his right arm,
lifting him up, and the only expla-
nation / can give is that it was the
hand of an Angel sent by God.
One by one we were rescued by
srasping hold of boats nearby, or in
one or two cases, by help given by
Chinese boatmen. Mrs. Hayes had
the hardest time Of all of us and was
finally pulled out Of the water by
Chinese when she had become thor
oughly exhausted and had ceased tC
struggle, as her lungs had become en-
gorged TO quite an extent with water
Il became separated from her the
moment the boat overturned anC
could find no trace Of her until nearly
one hour later, after l reached home
again, she having returned with Ar
thur first while we were searching
Tor her. we not knowing positively
that she was safe except from genera
reports of some Of the boat people.
The agony Of mind of both Mrs
Hayes and myself was awful, a.
neither of us knew the other wa
safe except from general reports o
.he chinese, although Mrs. Jaffray ha'
told me that she had seen som
thinese some distance away rescu
Mrs. Hayes.
The latter Is quite all right agail
!pr which we all feel thankful. w
.hank God for the wonderful wa
mat He saved u lives, for humanl
speaking, 1t does not seem poSSibl
mat We could all hope to escape i
mat swift stream"
How Hospital Work Pays.
Dr. George w. Leavell. who weT
some months ago to help in the Sou
.hern BAPTIST work at Wuchow, Chin
,ehs or very interesting cases in tn
hospital in Wuchow:
Few days ago q woman can
~ me hospital here In Wuchow an
asked admtttance. She and her hu:
pshu are members of the 81 WO,
.nuIcn, and as they heard of the no:
Ia mere they had come these sc
mnnes Tor treatment. A week ae
yesterday We operated on the woma1
he ho husband, being "a Christian, h;
I'll at the bedside of the woma
y and has actually waite
her, which no heather Chine.
man would do. Each time we ha,
LII inns woman we have been in
SSheis IS with the faith of those tv
sta Christians, since they co
ThSan'iy thank God for the blessin
bad. husband has been seen at IL
''" "Te reading the Bible to his viii
10 the third wife of a heather can
uhe hospital in a chair. She w
for IN the hospital under treatme
ana several weeks before operati,
tma improved every day. During tt
scar she heard the gospel from Mi
o,iett and the Rihle woman w