These Forty Years a Short History of the China Inland Mission
These Forty Years a Short History of the China Inland Mission
Howard Taylor
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In a surprisingly short time Su-chaii was reached and left behind, but half way between there and Chin-kiang they came to an unexpected standstill. The banks were burst, and the canal was dry. "Wliat shall we do?" said Mr. Rudland to the boat- man. 142 THESE FORTY TEAKS. "What shall we do?" replied the captain, "why, wait till they repair the canal. " "And when will that be?" "Who knows?" said the boatman. "Perhaps a month, or perhaps three. Whenever the mandarins have leisure. " "This will nev...er do, " thought Mr. Kudland. "Is there no other way from here to ISTankin?" "jSTo, no other way, " the man replied. But this did not satisfy the foreigner, and going into the city near which they were stranded he learned that there was no regular road, but one could go by footpaths between fields of rice, and by so doing he could save two or three days on the journey. "Praise the Lord for the burst canal'" he thought. "Surely Brother Duncan must be getting very low, and the Lord is caring for him.
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