Excerpt from Memorials of Rev. Carstairs Douglas: Missionary of the Presbyterian Church of England at Amoy, China, 1877 The following extract from one of his letters, dated Amoy, 22 December, i869, gives an example of these. I am quite up to my usual strength, I just got back last night from my first two-week country visit of the winter, having been away thirteen days at Anhai, kwan-kio, and Chin-chew I visited also a new place, where a station is growing up, called Siong-si, at the mouth of the Chin-chew river. My long walks on this journey have been as follows Friday 20 miles, Saturday 20 miles, Wednesday 27 miles, Thursday 17 miles, Friday 9 miles, Saturday 37 miles, Tuesday 20 miles. The 37'14 life: value for discipline and training. A brother missionary writes, He was famous for the long journeys he used to perform on foot in his missionary tours. If He had a very intimate acquaintance with all the best walks among the rugged Amoy hills, and it was a special delight to him, when he could get any of the younger missionaries to join him, to ramble over them, and through their quiet valleys. Another writes, One of the most delightful features in his missionary character was his exceeding helpfulness towards younger labourers. Lhe had ever a cheery and encouraging word for them, delighted to furnish them with books, to explain difficulties and answer questions, and would rouse them up to physical exercise when they were inclined to over study. Above all, his own example was a daily stimulus to diligence, perseverance, method, and con centration in the work of a missionary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.