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An Australian in China

CHAPTER III
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"Look," the people said, "at the foreigner; he had on foreign dress, and now he is dressed in Chinese even to his queue.

Look at his queue, it is false." I took off my hat to scratch my head.

"Look," they shouted again, "at his queue; it is stuck to the inside of his hat." But they ceased to follow me.
There are three Missionaries in Wanhsien of the China Inland Mission, one of whom is from Sydney.

The mission has been opened six years, and has been fairly successful, or completely unsuccessful, according to the point of view of the inquirer.
Mr.Hope Gill, the senior member of the mission, is a most earnest good man, who works on in his discouraging task with an enthusiasm and devotion beyond all praise.

A Premillennialist, he preaches without ceasing throughout the city; and his preaching is earnest and indiscriminate.


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