Excerpt from The Chronicle of the London Missionary Society, 1899, Vol. 8 Hina. - Ku1ing, from no less a testimony than thatl otpdr. J ohn - who, till the year before last, used to laugh at the Hankow heat, and had but little sympathy with those who tied for refuge to Chefoo, J span, and other plaoss - is proving itself to be a magnificent sanatorium. Dr. J ohn himself wonders now how he could have endured the heat of that furnace (hankow) for so long a time. Indeed, it is now a marvel to most of us how the missionaries in Central China have managed to get along without a sanatorium for so long a period. But think of the 1m in life and health sustained by the missions in the years gone by 1_ Many have come up to Kuling this year broken down in health and spirits, and have returned complete] y renewed in body and mind. Some have come up in a dying condition, and are now rejoicing in the enjoyment of a fulness of life and hope. As to the children, I do not suppose they could be healthier or stronger in any part of the world than they are at Kuling. This message is the best kind of thanks that can be offered to those who so generous] y helped to provide the Rest houses at Kuling. 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.