Very far east / by C. Winifred Lechmere Clift ; with preface by Albert A. Head.

  • Clift, C. Winifred Lechmere.
Date:
[pref. 1909]
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Credit: Very far east / by C. Winifred Lechmere Clift ; with preface by Albert A. Head. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Preface Three points impressed me at the Keswick Conven- tion this year. One was the object lesson which the Far East affords in the recent Revival. Secondly, the important position which Medical Missions hold in the sphere of work in evangelizing the heathen, and lastly, the unique place which persevering and believing prayer occupies in all that characterizes any forward movement amongst the nations. In the interesting and graphic description of experiences in daily life and daily work amongst the Chinese so brightly and attractively depicted by Mrs. Lechmere Clift in the following letters, we have these points in evidence— whether in possibility or reality. Why should the Far East have become so fascinating ? Whilst the world at large has been prone to make collections of curios and ancient lore emanating from the countries com- prising this part of the world, it would seem that within the last fifty years God has withdrawn the curtain of mystery and revealed to the Christian Church in the West the vast possibility and potentiality of the peoples of this great region. Ever since the early days of Morrison and Hudson Taylor, it would seem that the prayerful attention of those earnest in the missionary cause, had been seeking to follow in the footsteps of the Master who said, “ Where I am there shall My servant be,” and in the purposes of His great heart of love, strenuous efforts have been in operation