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I. THE ANCESTRAL HOME	1
II. CALL TO CHINA AND VOYAGE HENCE	11
III. THE CITY OF THE “ELEGANT GATE"[*]	16
DESCRIPTION OF AMOY AND AMOY ISLAND	17
ANCESTRAL WORSHIP	18
INFANTICIDE	19
IS CHINA TO BE WON, AND HOW?	21
WORSHIP OF THE EMPEROR.	23
IV. LIGHT AND SHADE.	24
BREAKING AND BURNING OF IDOLS.	25
THE CHINESE BOAT RACE AND ITS ORIGIN.	25
THE CHINESE BEGGAR SYSTEM.	26
TWO NOBLE MEN SUMMONED HENCE.	27
V. AT THE FOOT OF THE BAMBOOS	31
OPIUM.	33
ROMANIZED COLLOQUIAL.	33
CHINESE SENSE OF SIN.	34
PRIMITIVE LAMPS	36
ZEALOUS CONVERTS.	36
THE TERM QUESTION.	36
WHAT IT COSTS A CHINESE TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN.	38
PERSECUTED FOR CHRIST’S SAKE.	39
PRINTING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.	42
CARRIER PIGEONS.	42
VI. THE “LITTLE KNIFE” INSURRECTION	43
THE “LITTLE KNIFE” INSURRECTION.	44
HOW THE CHINESE FIGHT.	47
VII. THE BLOSSOMING DESERT.	49
SI-BOO’S ZEAL.	54
AN APPEAL FOR A MISSIONARY.	56
VIII. CHURCH UNION.	57
IX. CHURCH UNION (CONTINUED).	64
X. THE ANTI-MISSIONARY AGITATION.	78
XI. THE LAST TWO DECADES.	83
FORTY CONTINUOUS YEARS IN HEATHENISM.	83
CHINESE GRANDILOQUENCE.	86
XII. IN MEMORIAM.	89
DR. TALMAGE-THE MISSIONARY.	92
VENERABLE TEACHER TALMAGE.	96
REV. JOHN VAN NEST TALMAGE, D.D.	97
THE REV. J. V. N. TALMAGE, D.D..	97
REV. JOHN VAN NEST TALMAGE, D.D.	100
APPENDIX.	102

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