[Gutenberg 11754] • Forty Years in South China: The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D. by Fagg, John Gerardus -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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FORTY YEARS IN SOUTH CHINA INTRODUCTION. PREFACE. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS CONTENTS I. THE ANCESTRAL HOME II. CALL TO CHINA AND VOYAGE HENCE III. THE CITY OF THE "ELEGANT GATE"[*]

DESCRIPTION OF AMOY AND AMOY ISLAND

ANCESTRAL WORSHIP INFANTICIDE IS CHINA TO BE WON, AND HOW? WORSHIP OF THE EMPEROR.

IV. LIGHT AND SHADE.

THE CHIANG-CHIU VALLEY.

BREAKING AND BURNING OF IDOLS. THE CHINESE BOAT RACE AND ITS ORIGIN. THE CHINESE BEGGAR SYSTEM. TWO NOBLE MEN SUMMONED HENCE.

V. AT THE FOOT OF THE BAMBOOS

OPIUM.

ROMANIZED COLLOQUIAL. CHINESE SENSE OF SIN. PRIMITIVE LAMPS ZEALOUS CONVERTS. THE TERM QUESTION. WHAT IT COSTS A CHINESE TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN. PERSECUTED FOR CHRIST'S SAKE. "HE IS ONLY A BEGGAR." PRINTING UNDER DIFFICULTIES. CARRIER PIGEONS.

VI. THE "LITTLE KNIFE" INSURRECTION

THE "LITTLE KNIFE" INSURRECTION.

HOW THE CHINESE FIGHT.

VII. THE BLOSSOMING DESERT.

SI-BOO'S ZEAL.

AN APPEAL FOR A MISSIONARY.

VIII. CHURCH UNION. IX. CHURCH UNION (CONTINUED). X. THE ANTI-MISSIONARY AGITATION. XI. THE LAST TWO DECADES.

FORTY CONTINUOUS YEARS IN HEATHENISM.

"AUGUST 8, 1877. CHINESE GRANDILOQUENCE.

XII. IN MEMORIAM.

DR. TALMAGE-THE MAN.

DR. TALMAGE-THE MISSIONARY. VENERABLE TEACHER TALMAGE. REV. JOHN VAN NEST TALMAGE, D.D. THE REV. J. V. N. TALMAGE, D.D.. REV. JOHN VAN NEST TALMAGE, D.D.

APPENDIX.

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