Forty Years in South China : a Biography of the Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D.
Forty Years in South China : a Biography of the Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D.
Fagg John Gerardus
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The emperor afterwards re- pented of his act, and on inquiry after the man learned that he had drowned himself. He sent out boats in every direction to search for his body, and also to make offerings to his spirit. His body was Digitized by Google Light and Shade, 85 not found. But from that time to this his body is thus searched for every year and his spirit thus appeased. This celebration is universal through- out the empire and wherever there are colonies of Chinese, throughout the islands o...f the (East In- dian) Archipelago. " The same good feeling continues to exist at Amoy as formerly. We are on the best of terms, so far as we can judge, with all classes, the officials and people. The mandarins receive our calls and return their cards. All of them but one have vis- ited us at our houses. Some of them call on us quite frequently. This places us on a high vantage ground. The people will not fear to listen to us, attend our meetings, and visit us at our houses, as they would if the mandarins kept aloof from us.
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