The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-18
Letter From Mi.. cr.c. FAR

eOn NAAeS xoSO oSE
On . House Boat from
Chinkiane to Yanschow,
sSeptsmber 2, 1872.
Ny Dear Ffiends:- 4
The MILDLY Of July I left for
Chikungshan mi Honan 2 Province,
where spent my vacations. Cbikung-
shan lis a beautiful mountain resort.
All of the houses are built on top Of
the mountain, therefore everybody
has good view. From nay window
[ could see down into the. valley with
its lovely little rice patches, and
across several mountain ranges.
Chikungshan, ing: ire, is something
like heaven, because all worldliness
is excluded. I never met 10 many
truly consecrated and spiritually
minded people in my life. ~
We had two conferences. Among
the speakers was DR.. A. C. Dixon.
He preached the gospel pure land
simple, and everyone received a great
blessing from his messages.
While at Chikungshan I spent sew
eral hours each day in studying CHI:
rese, and in reading books on China,
but l also 'tramped quite bit, went
swimming about three times q week,
and also went on two picnics. en-.
joyed my summer veryi much and
thank God for leading me to Chikung.
shan. sv.
/ would like to- give you a bit of
cur experience while travelling to
show you how God watched over us,
raised up friends to help US, and. gave
Us opportunities to witness for Him.
On the way from Taichow to Chin
kiang I had the opportunity to tell
the good news of salvation to a wo
man and a girl who had never heard.
L know It was done very poorly, but
Gods Holy Spirit can take our poor
ly spoken Chinese and use it to the
saving of souls. The Chinese Ian
guage has so many words which are
similar in sound. The word for
"sin" and the word for mouth" are
similar. I told the woman that all
people had sin, and she thought said
everybody had mouth. She quite
agreed with me.
Louise Woodbridge and I had a
lovely trip up the river. The scenery
was beautiful, and the company con-
genial. We had the opportunity Of
speaking to the captain concerning
his soul. He is rank Confucianist,
and very hard to reach.
When we reached Hankow God
raised up friends to help us with our
baggage. We spent Sunday at the
China Inland Mission Home.
On the train to Chikungshan we
had the privilege of doing personal
work with return student. He had
been in America for six years, and
had not been won for Christ. We
took his address and sent him some
tracts.
On the train returning from Chi
kungshan we travelled with some love-
'ly friends who helped US to get on
the river boat at Hankow. On the
boat we came in contact with a Rus
sian refugee, girl Of about twenty
two or three. She was on her way to
Shanghai to get work. We certainly
felt sorry for her as she did not have
any friends, very little money, and
was not well. She was going to a
place called, Home for Foreign Wo-
men," I am afraid she will find it
hard to get work in Shanghai as it is
overrun with Russian refugees.
Louise and 1 gave her some money,
and when she gets off the boat Louise
will see what kind of a person meets
her. When we come across incidents
like this one we truly thank God for
our blessings.
When our boat arrived in Crinkiang
I was expecting a servant to meet me.
but he did not. Some members of
our Mission were down at the wharf,
and-they helped me with my baggage,
and to engage a house boat. had
he glorious opportunity Of preaching
Jesus to the boatman, his wife, his
children and his helpers. The boat
man promised me to go to church at
Yangchow or Chinkiang and hear the
gospel.
I tell you Of these people so you
an join me in praying for them.
The woman, the girl, the captain, the
return student, and the boat people.
I have reached Taichow and am
living in the Girls School. They are
so kind to me and 1 just love every
one Of them. I pray God that I ma
be blessing to them. Mrs. Harms
berger will return in few days, and
I will live with her.
Please pray for me very especially
this fall and winter that I may be
used Of God to win souls. Thank you
for your prayers and interest.
Very sincerely,
Grace Farr.
Nashville, Tenn, November, 1922.
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