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[Frontispiece: EVERLASTING PEARL. The photo was taken after her marriage to Mr. Lü.]
EVERLASTING PEARL
ONE OF CHINA'S WOMEN
BY
ANNA MAGDALENA JOHANNSEN
FOR SIXTEEN YEARS A MISSIONARY IN CHINA
WITH PREFACE BY WALTER B. SLOAN
SECOND IMPRESSION
CHINA INLAND MISSION LONDON, PHILADELPHIA, TORONTO, MELBOURNE AND SHANGHAI MORGAN & SCOTT, LTD. PATERNOSTER BUILDINGS, LONDON, E.C. MCMXVIII
PREFACE
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
EVERLASTING PEARL . . . . . . Frontispiece
A PRECIOUS BUNDLE
PLAITING SILK BRAID
A SOURCE OF GREAT DELIGHT
WRITING THE ENGAGEMENT DOCUMENT
ADORNED AS A BRIDE
THE OUT-STATION OF KUCHENG
ANOTHER JEWEL FOR CHRIST
EVERLASTING PEARL
CHAPTER I
BIRTH AND INFANCY
[Illustration: A precious bundle.]
CHAPTER II
FOOTBINDING
CHAPTER III
CHILDHOOD DAYS
[Illustration: Plaiting silk braid.]
[Illustration: A source of great delight.]
"Is there too great a burden on the shoulders of the Chinese Christians? Surely not. A little girl once was carrying a little boy on her back. Some one said, 'I see you have a big burden, haven't you?' 'No,' replied the little girl, 'that is not a burden; that is my brother.'"—Rev. Cheng Ching Yi, Edinburgh Missionary Conference.]
CHAPTER IV
ENGAGEMENT
[Illustration: Writing the engagement document. As binding as a marriage certificate.]
CHAPTER V
MARRIAGE—PART I
CHAPTER VI.
MARRIAGE—PART II
[Illustration: Adorned as a bride. A proud day in the young girl's life.]
CHAPTER VII
DARK DAYS
CHAPTER VIII
MISERABLE COMFORTERS
CHAPTER IX
BROKEN CISTERNS
CHAPTER X
WAYS NOT KNOWN
CHAPTER XI
THE MESSENGERS OF PEACE
[Illustration: The out-station at Kucheng. The place where Everlasting Pearl was converted.]
CHAPTER XII
THE BEGINNING OF CONFLICT
CHAPTER XIII
THE BATTLE GROWS FIERCER
CHAPTER XIV
LIGHT AFTER DARKNESS
CHAPTER XV
SAVED TO SERVE
CHAPTER XVI
PERSECUTION AND TRIAL
CHAPTER XVII
LABOUR AND FRUIT
CHAPTER XVIII
FRUIT MORE ABUNDANT
CHAPTER XIX
PREPARATION FOR FURTHER SERVICE
CHAPTER XX
DAYS OF SHADOW
CHAPTER XXI
THE SHADOW DEEPENS
CHAPTER XXII
ENTERING THE VALLEY
CHAPTER XXIII
ANOTHER JEWEL WON FOR CHRIST
[Illustration: Another jewel for Christ.]
"You are early at your worship, old grandfather. You are very earnest about it."
CHAPTER XXIV
CONCLUSION
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