Dawn on the Hills of Tʻang; Or, Missions in China |
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American ancient Asia Bible boards Buddha Buddhist called Canton capital Catholic cents centuries character China Inland Mission China Proper Chinese Ching Chou Christ Christian Chu Hsi Church cities classes Conference Confucianism Confucius converts death doctrine dragon dynasty early Emperor Empire evils fact faith famous Foreign Missions gospel Heaven honor Hu-nan hundred Imperial India K'ang Hsi Kuan Yin labor land later literary literature living Mencius Middle Kingdom minutes Missionary Society Mohammedan Mongols moral nations native Nestorian NEVIUS Occidental officials opium Peking period population ports preach Presbyterian present provinces race READINGS FOR CHAPTER rebellion reform religion religious Ricci River rulers scholars sects Shan-tung Shang Ti Shanghai sionaries southern spirits square miles stations STUDENT VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT SUPPLEMENTARY STUDY T'ai Taoism taught tion Tract Society truth villages West Western women worship writing Yang-tzu
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Page 149 - And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me.
Page 98 - It is in addition permitted to French missionaries to rent and purchase land in all the provinces, and to erect buildings thereon at pleasure...
Page 44 - Industrial Life of the Empire. — 1. While caste is unknown in China, there are gradations in society. A native writer has thus described these gradations : "First the scholar : because mind is superior to wealth, and it is the intellect that distinguishes man above the lower orders of beings, and enables him to provide food and raiment and shelter for himself and for other creatures. Second, the farmer : because the mind cannot act without the body, and the body cannot exist without food ; so that...
Page 47 - A child but a foot long requires three feet of cloth" for its earth-trousers. Yet they gladly endure their added cares ; for " What fastens to the heart-strings and pulls on the liver are one's sons and daughters." As children advance in years, remember the saying, " If you love your son, give him plenty of the cudgel ; if you hate him, cram him with dainties.
Page 76 - Jewish nation first made plain. All those who profess this religion aim at the practice of goodness, and avoid the commission of vice, morning and evening performing their devotions, and with a sincere mind cultivating personal virtues.
Page 63 - The ancients who wished to illustrate illustrious virtue throughout the Empire, first ordered well their own States. Wishing to order well their States, they first regulated their families. Wishing to regulate their families, they first cultivated their persons. Wishing to cultivate their persons, they first rectified their hearts. Wishing to rectify their hearts, they first sought to be sincere in their thoughts. Wishing to be sincere in their thoughts, they first extended to the utmost their knowledge....
Page 62 - Ceremony epitomizes the entire Chinese mind ; and, in my opinion, the Li Chi is per se the most exact and complete monograph that China has been able to give of itself to other nations.
Page 133 - Lamb, in the midst of the street thereof. And on this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve manner of fruits, yielding its fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Page 63 - ... father, and filial duty on that of the son; gentleness on the part of the elder brother, and obedience on that of the younger; righteousness on the part of the husband, and submission on that of the wife; kindness on the part of elders, and deference on that of juniors; with benevolence...
Page 53 - ... is still at the foundation, nearly all the other methods of worship being later additions and accretions. The worshipping of ancestors thus underlies most of their religion, and many of their every-day acts and deeds. ' Social customs, judicial decisions, appointments to the office of Prime Minister, and even the succession to the throne are influenced by it.