The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-10-21

merge ourselves in the thought of the
greatness OF the task and the posi-
bilities in character Of people who
. could accomplish such task.
The wall is said to be 5000 miles
long. 1t is thick enough for carriages
to pass on the top of it, inside the
parapets. The wall was not built all
at once, but section here and an
other there by the different tribes for
protection from their enemies. When
the king arose, who succeeded in unit
ing the warning tribes into one en-
pire, the different segments of wall
were joined and, suppose, strength-
ened and made into the great wall.
We were back at the station in good
time for the train and about II o'clock
started back for Pekin.
We stopped off on the way at Ching
Hua, where the American Indemnity
school, is located. 1t is supported, as
you probably know, by the indemnity
money for damages done in the Boxer
trouble, waived by America. The
grounds are beautiful. The site of
the school is the grounds of the sum-
mer palace of the fifth uncle of the
last emperor before the Baby" 1t
seems that when the late empress
dowager made up her mind perforce
that the Boxers were in the wrong, a
great many people, supposed to be
implicated, were beheaded or ban
ished. This Fifth Prince" was one
of those to whom was granted the
privilege of committing suicide. There
is some question as to whether he
really did or not, but anyway he van
ished and his grounds were turned
over to the board of education for the
school. They have fine corps of in
structors, nearly all of them chris
tian men and women. At present they
do intermediate and high school work,
but they hope in time to do work of
college and university grades. For
two or three years after the revolu-
ton the indemnity taxes did not come
in from the provinces and the school
had to be run on borrowed money,
but now they are once more receiving
their quota of the indemnity fund.
We reached home just in time for
supper and we were certainly tired
and dusty.
One of the pleasantest things about
the day was that we met several 9TH
err missionaries out there and one lit
tie woman, mot missionary" she
said, only that she believed very
much in the Lord Jesus" She is out
here visiting young man that she
helped through school. She seemed
SO glad to hear about the work and as
| told her little she said, Praise the
Lord" more than once in way that
warmed my heart. She was so active
she made me think of you, mother.
She was determined to be the first at
the top and she did it easily.
Friday we visited the Temple OF
Heaven, the Temple OF Agriculture,
the Temple of Confucius and llama
temple. OF course for christians the
Temple of Heaven holds first place
among the antiquities of China. for it
undoubtedly points to the fact that
the Chinese people must, at one time,
have had the same revelation that
was given to Abraham. The altar is
circular. of pure white marble and is
assembled by three flights of steps,
twenty-seven in all. A short distance
away is the altar OF burnt Offering,
and it was while the smoke was
ascending from this that the emperor,
once each year, assembled the white
altar to pray to heaven" No image
is there; nothing but the arch of
Gods blue sky l think you will find
in the life of Pastor Hoi the account
of how one of the emperors assembled
this altar at the time of an unusual
drouth and prayed prayer that
opened the heavens and brought rain
down upon the suffering empire. The
altar is in the midst of vast circu-
lar enclosure filled with fine old fir
trees and its quiet and fragrance af-
ter the dust and noise of the busy
reminds one OF the holy
of holes where God Of old dwelt amid
the thick darkness.
September 3d:-We are now in
on our way back to Foo
chow. This letter is already too
lengthy so ! will desist for the pres
ent and continue the account OF my |
trip in the next.
Everything is full" in Shanghai.
The war is making travelling. both
and cOastwise, irregu-
lar and shutting off many ships alto
gether, so many people are stranded
here for time We hear that one
boat is in and starts back to Foochow
in day or two. hope to have time
to select the organ and shall be so
happy to take it back with me.
Much. much love to each one Of my |
dear ones. God bless you all.
Mamie.