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 A BRIEF RECORD OF THE LIFE AND CONSECRATED 
 
 MISSIONARY LABOURS OF CHARLES WILLIAM 
 
 LAMBERT IN UPPER BURMAH. 
 
 WITH PORTRAIT AND TEN ILLUSTRATIONS. 
 
 LONDON 
 
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 8 & 9 PATERNOSTER Row
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 THE relatives and friends of our departed brother 
 in Christ, Mr. C. W. LAMBERT, have greatly 
 desired to put together for publication in small 
 book form, Letter and Diary extracts received 
 from him when in China and Upper Burmah, labour- 
 ing in the Gospel ; not only to show what God's grace 
 can accomplish in one who is wholly surrendered to 
 Him, but also that these lines might be used of our 
 good God to stir up others of His children to a 
 closer walk with Him, and to aid in kindling within 
 them an earnest desire to serve Him in the Gospel 
 of His Son in distant lands. And if these things 
 be accomplished, this Memoir shall not have been 
 
 issued in vain. 
 
 J. W. JORDAN. 
 
 October, 1896.
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 INTRODUCTORY MEMOIR, xi 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 BOUND FOR CHINA, . . .' . . . . 15 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF CHINA, . . . .38 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 APPOINTED TO LABOUR AT BHAMO, . . . ., . 48 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 MEDICAL STUDIES AND MISSION WORK AT MANDALAY, 63 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 WORK AMONG THE LEPERS AND SOLDIERS AT MANDALAY, 70 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 MANDALAY, 1892 A YEAR'S RECORD OF USEFUL SERVICE, 80 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 MANDALAY, 1893 SOWING BESIDE ALL WATERS, . . 88 
 
 ix
 
 X CONTENTS. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 MANDALAY, 1894 LAST COMPLETE YEAR OF SERVICE, . 103 
 
 CHHPTER IX. 
 
 GOES TO THIBAW GRAVE PERILS A MARTYR'S DEATH, 112 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 MEMORIAL SERVICE HELD IN MANDALAY IN HONOUR 
 OF THE LATE C. W. LAMBERT, ON 2 1ST JUNE, 1895, 
 AT THE MANDALAY MISSION HALL, . . . .127 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS RECEIVED FROM MISSION- 
 ARIES AND OTHER FRIENDS, . . . . .136
 
 THE MISSIONARY MARTYR 
 
 OF 
 
 THIBAW. 
 
 INTRODUCTORY MEMOIR. 
 
 CHARLES WILLIAM LAMBERT was born 
 on the 6th of April, 1856, and was the only son 
 of the late Multon Lambert, of Blackheath 
 Village, Kent. As regards his youth, there is 
 nothing of interest to record, with the exception that 
 on three different occasions he narrowly escaped 
 death. 
 
 When only an infant of seven months old, he 
 received severe injuries to his head while out with a 
 young nursemaid, who brought him home in a state 
 of unconsciousness, and would give no satisfactory 
 account as to the cause of the injuries. For several 
 hours he remained unconscious, and for some time his 
 life was despaired of. 
 
 Later on, at the age of nine years, he met with a 
 serious accident ; he was run over by a cart-load of 
 hay, the cart-wheel passing over his chest, which the 
 
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 doctor said would have inevitably proved fatal had 
 the wheel gone but very slightly lower. 
 
 Again, when he was about sixteen years of age he 
 was rescued from drowning whilst skating. 
 
 He was educated at Cambridge House School, 
 Blackheath, where, being naturally bright and quick, 
 he made good progress in his studies, gaining several 
 prizes and certificates. 
 
 After leaving school his musical education was 
 continued as a violinist, and he became a pupil of 
 Mr. Louis Ries, as his father hoped he would have 
 devoted himself to that profession. He was very 
 successful in his musical studies, being a clever 
 violinist and a good pianist, but he himself preferred 
 an active business life, which he subsequently decided 
 upon. 
 
 He was fond of dancing, theatres, and smoking, but 
 from the time of his conversion these worldly pleasures 
 were relinquished, and ceased to have any attraction 
 for him. 
 
 He yielded himself unreservedly to the Lord, his 
 only desire being to live for Him, and to be used for 
 His glory. On the second Sunday in June, 1883, he 
 was led to attend the open-air meeting and Gospel 
 service at the Alexandria Hall, Blackheath, although 
 previously he had expressed much opposition to this 
 work on account of the open-air services. Mr. George 
 Hucklesby gave the address, preaching from John iii. 
 1 6, and the words spoken in the power of the Spirit 
 went home to his heart, and he was led that night to 
 accept Jesus as his Saviour. A lady at the meeting
 
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 gave him a little book entitled " Safety, Certainty 
 and Enjoyment," which the Lord used in blessing to 
 his soul, leading him out into full assurance and 
 liberty. Soon after this he went to Hastings to reside, 
 where he remained for four years. He joined the 
 Y.M.C.A. there, and devoted his spare time to 
 Christian work, taking an active part in open-air 
 services on the beach and elsewhere. 
 
 During this time he became very much stirred up 
 about missionary work, and began to manifest a 
 longing desire to serve the Lord in distant lands ; 
 eventually he offered himself to the China Inland 
 Mission, and was accepted. He sailed for China on 
 Thursday, the 29th of November, 1888, and the 
 following pages will give, chiefly in his own words as 
 recorded in his Diary and Letters, the history of his 
 journeyings and missionary labours in China and 
 Upper Burmah, till the hour when the Cross was 
 exchanged for the Crown.
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 BOUND FOR CHINA. 
 
 rpHURSDAY, November, 29, 1888. Under weigh 
 for China about 1.30. Much impressed with 
 -L the novelty of our surroundings, and a little 
 depressed by the realisation that we had parted 
 from loved ones, perhaps for ever on earth, but much 
 joy in the knowledge it was for Jesus' sake, accom- 
 panied by the sure and certain hope of meeting them 
 again in the land where, with glorified vision un- 
 dimmed by sin, we shall gaze upon the face of our 
 risen Lord. 
 
 Friday, November 30. Rose 7.30. Dark morning, 
 rather tempestuous, rest was a little disturbed by the 
 unaccustomed noises which seem to be perpetual in 
 this busy ship. Three of our party are suffering very 
 badly from the sea voyager's terrible enemy ; the Lord 
 has been pleased to allow me to escape very lightly. 
 Reading and meditating on John xvi., was much 
 comforted by ver. 27 in connection with ver. 23 of 
 1 7th chapter. What a wondrous love this is that we 
 are made possessors of in Christ ! how little yet have 
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 height ! eternity alone will reveal this when ver. 24 of 
 chapter 17 will be fulfilled in us. To this glorious 
 event we hope to be used in seeking those other 
 sheep among the Chinese, for whom our Lord has 
 died. Entered the Bay about midnight, having 
 accomplished 272 miles. Had a conversation with 
 one of our passengers, who is a thorough sceptic, 
 queries the existence of a Creator, and his possession 
 of an immortal soul. He relaxed somewhat in his 
 views, but prides himself on his honesty and upright- 
 ness as a man. He is far from the kingdom ; pray for 
 him, also for one of the stewards with whom we 
 spoke, who is a Roman Catholic ; says he believes in 
 Christ, and His Immaculate Mother, the Pope, His 
 vicar on earth, and he was sure to be all right when 
 he trusted to the teaching of his Church. Martin 
 Luther, he said, was the vilest heretic that ever 
 lived, and if any one went to hell, he would. What 
 a rotten foundation this poor young fellow has to 
 trust in. He is so bright and cheerful, too ; but he 
 is open to conviction, and the Word is sharp and 
 powerful. 
 
 Saturday, December i. Glorious morning. Rose 
 at 7 o'clock ; went on deck to see the sun rise ; a 
 beautiful sight, the blue water all around, and the 
 blue sky above. The rising sun tipping the clouds 
 with a bright golden tinge unequalled in my experi- 
 ence. Had a rough night, but we are fortunate, for 
 the bay is what sailors would call like a millpond, but 
 to us, in our verdant state, it is otherwise. This has 
 been a magnificent day ; all are fairly well now. The 
 night is very grand, the heavens bright with our 
 Father's jewels, the water brilliant in its phosphor- 
 escent light, the darting fish studding it as it were with 
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 many a day. How marvellous are the works of the 
 Lord, in wisdom He has made them all. How rich 
 are we sons and daughters of the Lord God Almighty. 
 Praise Him, Praise Him. 
 
 Sunday, December 2. Rose 7.15. My first Sunday 
 on the sea, and not by any means the most unpleasant 
 I have spent ; it is delightfully calm. Not a very 
 eventful day in point of work for the Master. Had a 
 short formal service in the morning in first saloon. 
 They did not wish for a sermon, merely reading 
 prayers and other portions of the Church service. I 
 did not see my way clear to join in this, so stayed in 
 my cabin, and remembered the Lord. Had a very 
 precious time ; pray that the Lord may lead some to 
 see the truth more clearly, by gathering unto His 
 name outside the camp. We had a Gospel service in 
 the evening, but our passengers, almost without an 
 exception, seem to resent everything of a religious 
 character as an intrusion ; they will have the sham, 
 the outside form, but there is no desire to taste the 
 kernel. Ah, if they only knew what they are losing, 
 if they could only get a glimpse of the other side of 
 the veil, how different they would act, but the devil 
 has blinded their eyes and they are willing it should 
 be so ; may God in His mercy awaken them ere it be 
 too late. How devoutly is the goddess of pleasure 
 worshipped. 
 
 Monday, December 3. Rose 6.40. Glorious morn- 
 ing ; sea like a millpond ; sun shining brightly and 
 quite warm, so strange for December ; it is so delight- 
 ful to breathe the pure fresh sea air. After breakfast 
 we had a Bible-reading on chapter ii. of Hebrews, a 
 very profitable time. We then went in for Chinese 
 for about an hour and a-half. We are in view of the 
 Spanish coast, going along in splendid style. A 
 
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 number of porpoises are sporting about in front 
 of ship, it is very interesting to watch their 
 movements. 
 
 Tuesday, December 4. Rose 6.15, and hurried on 
 deck to view the grand old rock, Gibraltar, which we 
 have just sighted. I little thought this privilege 
 would ever have been mine. Many a thrilling 
 incident of battle, suffering and shipwreck could this 
 barren, gloomy-looking rock relate, if it could only 
 speak. Nothing to look at, but of incalculable value as 
 a national defence. One is reminded while gazing at 
 it of the Rock of Ages. What a solid foundation are 
 we on ; when all other rocks have passed away, this 
 Rock, our Rock, will still stand firm, solid, sure 
 (the only sure one), while eternal ages roll. Daily 
 Light portion for this morning, " Thou shalt go to all 
 that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command 
 thee, thou shalt speak. Be not afraid of their faces, 
 for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord." 
 What a precious promise for the missionary ! How 
 could we go to China to preach the Gospel if He 
 were not with us, and how useless would we be apart 
 from this assurance. " I am " is the exceeding abun- 
 dant for everything we need. Oh that we could 
 realise more fully the preciousness and need of 
 immortal and perishing souls. Chinese is progress- 
 ing slowly but favourably. Nothing has occurred 
 worthy of note to-day. Our next sight of land 
 will be Sardinia. The moon has not favoured 
 us with her presence yet, but the stars are very 
 brilliant. I am looking forward to seeing the 
 Southern Cross. 
 
 Wednesday, December 4. Rose 6.30. Still fine, 
 calm and mild ; no sight of land yet. Daily Light 
 portion for this morning (what a precious valuable
 
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 little book this is, such choice morsels of heaven's 
 food for the soul to feed upon) we get these comfort- 
 ing words, " He knoweth the way that I take." 
 How sweet to know that our way is the way that He 
 has sent us, and, therefore, we can assuredly say, 
 certainly He will be with us and in blessing us will 
 make us channels of blessing to those amongst whom 
 we are going to labour for Jesus' sake. May the 
 living water flow unhindered through us all, causing 
 glory's light to shine in the heathen darkness of 
 China. The barren land to bring forth fruit for His 
 glory. " He knoweth the way." Praise Him, give ye 
 glory to His name. Have no news, so will just give 
 an account of our day's work on board. Breakfast 
 8.30. Bible-reading 9.30 to 10.30. Epistle to the 
 Hebrews, chapter iv. Chinese, 10.30 to 12. We are 
 making progress, the Lord is our Helper. Walk on 
 deck and read. Luncheon 1.30. Reading, studying, 
 dinner 6.30. Studying exercise on deck, retire 10.30. 
 The living is excellent, accommodation good and 
 comfortable. 
 
 Friday, December 7. Rose 6.30. Daily Light 
 portion for this morning, 2 Cor. v. 21. How solemn- 
 ising to be thus reminded of the price He paid for 
 our redemption, the terrible soul anguish He endured 
 on the Cross, when thus literally made sin for us! How 
 intense must have been the agony that could have 
 extracted that exceeding bitter cry from His Divine 
 lips ! For me, Lord Jesus, Thou hast died, what can 
 I do for Thee ? Shall we withhold in face of such 
 love as this ? God forbid. All for Jesus. We had a 
 very happy Bible reading on Hebrews, chapter vii. 
 Considering Him our Great High Priest, only thus 
 can the Spirit change us into His image. Christ 
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 ful thought ? Now, for Chinese, the Lord is helping 
 us wonderfully in this ; we are making rapid progress. 
 I often think how much we owe to our beloved pray- 
 ing brothers and sisters at home ; surely through their 
 prayers blessings will follow our every step. Who 
 knows what Epaphras accomplished for the Colos- 
 sian Church? We have now entered the Bay of 
 Naples, the scenery is exquisite, beautiful indeed is 
 the approach to this city. Mr. Boroughs of the 
 " Sailors' Rest " has met us, and is kindly acting as 
 our guide. Some parts of the town are very modern, 
 and we can almost imagine ourselves walking our 
 own streets in England. We visited several places of 
 interest, the Municipal Building, the King's Palace, 
 the Grotto, and the old road to Rome, leading to the 
 Appian Way. On the cliffs outside this Grotto is 
 Virgil's Tomb, but it was dark, and time would not 
 permit inspection, so we glance and pass on. We 
 also saw the beautiful monument representing United 
 Italy four lions, one in the attitude of repose, Italy 
 asleep ; one partially roused drawing a sword from his 
 side with his teeth, Italy aroused ; one awake, erect, 
 the sword extracted, Italy awake ; the last in an 
 attitude of watchful defiance, Italy free and defiant. 
 Italy has an army of two millions at her com- 
 mand. The soldiers are very picturesque, and there 
 are plenty of priests. We are just now sailing away 
 from Naples, the moon is shining brightly, the stars 
 glittering, the sea perfectly clear and so blue, Naples 
 lighted up, and Vesuvius' flame illuminating the sky. 
 Can you imagine the picture ? it is marvellous. Praise 
 God for His wonderful gifts to the children of men. 
 God save Naples from the priests of Rome, Italy free 
 but in bondage. We saw a beautiful shrine to the 
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 occasion of their last deliverance from the cholera 
 scourge, through the intercession of the Blessed 
 Virgin. (?) During the time we were at the "Rest" Lord 
 Radstock's son dropped in, having just arrived at 
 Naples on a yachting trip. Rather remarkable in what 
 strange ways the Lord throws His people together. 
 We had a short time of fellowship in prayer, and he 
 then gave us a nice word from Exodus xxxi. 2, the 
 calling and filling of Bezaleel ; he then took his 
 departure and we ours. Took on a few fresh pas- 
 sengers, among them being a Catholic Priest, a native 
 of Ceylon, en route for that country, having received 
 ten years' training at Rome ; we shall know more 
 about him, I expect, later on. 
 
 Saturday, December 8. Rose late, our tramp 
 through the streets of Naples having tired us. We 
 are sailing by the coast of Italy, getting into the 
 Straits of Messina and sighting Mount Etna. What a 
 magnificent volcano this is ! It is 12,000 feet in height, 
 almost three times higher than Vesuvius. We are 
 just going down to our Bible reading ; there is abund- 
 ance of food for thought and meditation in this 
 wonderful Epistle to the Hebrews. I think we are a 
 long way from sounding its depths ; sometimes the 
 discussion gets rather animated, and one has to be 
 careful to avoid controversy, but if we are willing to 
 be taught by the Holy Spirit, God will reveal His 
 richest treasures to our gaze, and we shall be filled 
 with joy. After our reading we have a prayer-meet- 
 ing for China and loved ones at home. We are in 
 the Straits, the scenery all around is beautiful beyond 
 description. On one side, the town of Messina beauti- 
 fully situated, at the foot of a long range of moun- 
 tains ; on the other side, the lovely island, Sicily, at 
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 here and there a pretty winding water-course ; the 
 brightly-painted houses built close to the water's 
 edge, with the gaily decked boats moored to the 
 shore, all tend to make a picture so beautiful that I 
 cannot attempt to convey it adequately to your mind. 
 Calabria, celebrated for its brigands, is so pretty and 
 fascinating, one could almost wish to stop the boat 
 and take up their abode in this enchanting country. 
 We are now passing Rhegio, the Rhegium of Acts. 
 But these scenes are fast vanishing from our gaze as 
 we go on our way through the blue Mediterranean 
 Sea ; night is at hand, and it is getting rather tempest- 
 uous, we are to have a little experience of weather 
 that will put our sailing abilities to the test. The 
 Lord is my Shepherd. He is a very present help in 
 trouble. 
 
 Sunday, December 9. Ship rolling very much. 
 Rose in good time. Many absentees on account of 
 sea-sickness. We had a short service in first saloon, 
 consisting of reading prayers and lessons from Church 
 Service ; no opportunity for proclaiming the Gospel. 
 I cannot see the use of a bare form of service like 
 this, unless it be as a poultice to the conscience. We 
 had a very enjoyable and profitable Bible reading, 
 and in the evening a service previously announced 
 was conducted in our saloon, at which only two (I 
 think) outsiders were present. However, the Lord 
 blessed us, and a Mr. James, a missionary to India 
 (who has been home to recruit his health, and is now 
 returning to resume his labours), gave a very earnest 
 and stirring missionary address, taking for his subject 
 the Macedonian cry. I think we all enjoyed it, and 
 found it helpful. Our only possible way it seems, of 
 dealing with our passengers, is to speak to them individ- 
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 pray that the efforts thus made and the seed thus 
 sown may bring forth fruit to the glory of God ? Our 
 Catholic friend is popular on account of his very 
 broad views as to what God demands from us ; he 
 makes it easy for religion (so called), and the world 
 to go hand-in-hand, and this is the religion we know 
 the flesh is only too eager to worship ; how comfort- 
 ing it is to know that God has put a limit to the 
 power of the adversary. He that is for us is greater 
 than all that be against us ; it is only till He comes. 
 Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly. Another Lord's 
 day has come to a close, and we are a week's march 
 nearer our Jesus. Tis heaven where Jesus is and 
 nowhere else beside, onward, upward, homeward. 
 
 Monday, December 10. Rose late, having passed 
 rather a bad night ; had more rolling and pitching 
 than we have yet experienced ; it is not being rocked 
 to sleep, I found it being rocked awake. This 
 Mediterranean Sea is very beautiful, but it has been 
 by far the roughest part of our journey, and thereby 
 its enjoyment has been much marred ; we anticipated 
 a repetition of Paul's experience it was here they 
 were met by the Euroclydon, and ran under the island 
 of Acts xxvii. 1 6. The only incident worthy of note is 
 that one of the sails was split in half by the wind, 
 producing a little excitement which lasted about an 
 hour ; it is amusing and interesting to watch the black 
 fellows on board swarm like so many monkeys up 
 the rigging, yelling at one another in their not by any 
 means elegant jargon. None of them seem to under- 
 stand English, so they are utterly beyond our reach ; 
 what a terribly hard life theirs seems to be, entirely 
 destitute of all that makes life happy even in this 
 world ; and how sad to think they have no hope 
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 and perhaps none of terror, but without Christ it 
 must be separation from God, and for ever shut out 
 from heaven ; the Lord have mercy upon them. 
 
 Tuesday, December n. We had as usual a very 
 happy Bible reading ; there is gold in abundance in 
 this precious epistle ; but it wants diligent digging 
 for, in dependence upon the Spirit of God who reveal- 
 eth to every man as He will the things of God. We 
 are fast approaching Port Said, and at six o'clock we 
 are safely anchored ; but only for four hours, not 
 much time to take the bearings of the place. We 
 were agreeably surprised to find that a Commander in 
 Her Majesty's Navy, a Captain Brenton of the Fear- 
 less, was waiting to receive us, quite an unexpected 
 honour. He is an earnest devoted follower and servant 
 of the King of Glory, and manifested a very exemp- 
 lary spirit of brotherly love and humility ; it gives one 
 great joy to meet such faithful witnesses for the 
 Master in high places. He had not accommodation on 
 his boat for all of us, so Mr. Cooper and three others 
 availed themselves of his invitation to take tea with 
 him in his cabin, after which they are coming for 
 those of us who remain to take us ashore. In his 
 cabin he had photographs of his great grandfather, 
 grandfather, and an uncle, all admirals, and all dis- 
 ciples of Christ ; opposite these were hanging pictures 
 of their several naval engagements, and over them 
 the text, " Our fathers trusted in Thee." He has 
 four sons and one daughter, and his desire is that 
 they all may become missionaries. God grant it. After 
 landing, we entered the British and Foreign Bible 
 Society, and spent an hour in happy fellowship and 
 prayer. The captain gave us a very precious portion 
 from Hebrews xi., " He endured as seeing Him who is 
 invisible," and his profitable remarks showed that he
 
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 was deeply taught of the Spirit of God's truth. Endur- 
 ance is a quality we all need, and can only possess in 
 degree for testimony in proportion to our faith in 
 Him. Seeing Jesus, earth's clouds cannot hide Him 
 from the eye of faith, " Be thou faithful unto death." 
 There is nothing to interest one much at Port Said ; 
 the place is a den of moral corruption, it has the 
 reputation of excelling in wickedness almost any 
 place on earth. How longsuffering is our gracious 
 God ! may He deal in mercy and bless the efforts of 
 His servants here. We have returned to the ship, and 
 are making ready to start again for Suez. Ships are 
 not allowed through the Canal at night without the 
 electric light, so we have a dynamo brought on board, 
 and the light is placed at her head, and we start on 
 our voyage through this famous Canal ; it is night, so 
 we must reserve our curiosity until to-morrow. 
 
 Wednesday, December 13. How strange it seems 
 steaming on this narrow Canal, the result of such 
 stupendous effort, expense, and ingenuity, but what a 
 boon it is to the nations and what a saving of time 
 and labour. It is 100 miles long, and we have to go 
 down very slowly. On the embankment are funny, 
 little Egyptian children keeping pace with the ship 
 and crying for Backsheesh to be thrown them. We 
 pass a lot of camels employed to carry away the sand 
 as it is dug out ; these very sagacious animals lie 
 down to be loaded, and when the operation is com- 
 pleted they rise and start at slower than funeral pace 
 to their destination. We also pass the bungalow 
 where the French Emperor resided when he opened 
 the Canal. Ismalia is in the distance ; all around is 
 sandy desert, and the sky clear as I have never seen 
 it before. What a difference in our speed ! ships must 
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 such an entire contrast here in every way, all around 
 is calm and beautiful, so refreshing, quiet, and peace- 
 ful. We arrived at Suez in the evening. I am 
 unable to give much of a description of it, as we 
 were not allowed to land ; directly we anchored we 
 were surrounded by a swarm of boats containing 
 natives selling figs, dates, etc. These Egyptians are 
 magnificent fellows in point of physique, and in their 
 loose, graceful costume, present a really handsome 
 appearance ; in climbing they make almost as much 
 use of their toes as their fingers ; it must be a great 
 acquisition to have the lower extremities thus use- 
 fully trained. We have left Suez behind, and shall 
 soon be through the Gulf into the ' Red Sea. 
 Thursday, Friday, and Saturday we were sailing 
 through the latter. Friday we passed the town of 
 Mocha, but only just near enough to catch a glimpse 
 of it ; all I could distinguish was a mass of white 
 buildings. The heat here is intense, almost over- 
 powering. I have been much interested watching the 
 pretty little flying fish, sometimes traversing a 
 distance of 100 yards, a very beautiful sight to see a 
 flock of them glittering in the sun. The stars and 
 the moon shine with indescribable brilliancy in this 
 clear atmosphere. 
 
 Saturday evening our first-class passengers gave 
 a fancy dress ball, the actors in which, one blessed 
 with the possession of all his faculties, could not 
 envy, for it is almost too hot to lie still, and dancing 
 (apart from other reasons for refraining) would be 
 furthest from my thoughts ; however, they have 
 managed four hours of it, and any enjoyment they 
 have derived they have certainly earned. How it 
 makes one rejoice to be able to say, " None but Christ 
 can satisfy ; " these are broken cisterns which all must
 
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 find sooner or later, and without Christ all will perish. 
 God save them ere it be too late. 
 
 Sunday, December 16. This has been a very 
 happy day ; had a very, very precious time remem- 
 bering our Lord, and my heart was very much with 
 the dear saints in the homeland. The glory of all is 
 the Jesus we are remembering, that glory which we 
 are so soon to share ; it is only " Till He come." 
 " Peace, perfect peace. In Jesus' keeping we are safe 
 and they." The Lord has been very gracious to us, 
 it is His delight to be so ; we have much cause for 
 rejoicing to-night. We have had a glorious Gospel 
 service in our saloon, at which nearly the whole 
 of our fellow-passengers were present ; few have been 
 before. Selkirk gave a very telling address from 
 Joshua xxiv. 15. There was an earnest listening 
 spirit, and the Gospel was clearly put. May God 
 add His blessing to His own work. 
 
 Monday, December 17. Rose early. To see the 
 sun rise is a sight well worth seeing here. I have 
 been very unwell, so am afraid I shall not be very 
 interesting in this part of my Diary, and on this 
 account I have deferred filling it in for nearly a week. 
 To-day we have passed in our course twelve large 
 rocks called the " Twelve Apostles," and have also 
 been through the Straits of Babel-Mandeb, otherwise 
 called the " Gates of Hell." The sailors, I believe, 
 have given them this name on account of the number 
 of shipwrecks that have happened round this spot ; 
 however, we have got safely through them and are 
 fast nearing Aden, our next port for calling. 
 
 Tuesday, December 18. We are safely anchored 
 inside Aden harbour. Every one is astir early, and 
 there is quite a tumult on deck. They are making 
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 involves an immense amount of work for the Lascars, 
 and it must be terribly hard for the poor blacks 
 carrying such heavy bags of coal on their shoulders 
 from the barge to our boat, one incessant stream of 
 human beings going up and down the gangway for 
 about four hours; we take on about 3000 tons at 
 each port. The town of Aden is about four miles 
 from the port ; its most interesting feature is the 
 enormous tanks in which water is stored for the dry 
 seasons. Our main object in landing is to get some 
 fruit, if possible. There is nothing to be seen ; any 
 place more barren and desolate-looking can scarcely 
 be imagined. It is absolutely destitute of any trace 
 of vegetation on account of the intense heat which 
 prevails. I find plenty to interest me, of course, 
 watching the natives and the curious conveyances 
 drawn by oxen in pairs, and I am reminded of the 
 loving yoke which we have taken upon us and the 
 Precious One with whom we are yoked ; it is His 
 yoke. May we have grace to bear it patiently and 
 learn of Him. We visited what they please to term 
 the fruit market, finding the fruit was another matter ; 
 oranges and apples were i|d. each, and they were 
 very scarce. I inquired the price of a bunch of 
 bananas ; I was told 53. 6d. Before leaving I managed 
 to secure a bunch for 2s. 6d. ; with this and half-a- 
 dozen oranges we were obliged to be content and 
 hurry back, as we have no desire to be left in this 
 Crusoe-like place. We are back on board now, and 
 have leisure to watch the performance of the crowd 
 of little slim, native boys in their funny little canoes. 
 They have a chorus of their own, which they chant 
 very humorously, " I divee, sir, oh ! oh ! Yes, sir, 
 I divee, sir ; deeper down, sir ; you throw, sir, I divee, 
 sir." They will only dive for silver, they are really
 
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 very clever ; and dive from immense heights. They 
 never lose a coin, and are almost as much at home in 
 the water as the animals who people this element. 
 They are all perfectly nude, with the exception of the 
 Eastern girdles. We have said good-bye to Aden 
 now, and are in the Indian Ocean. Shall see no 
 more land until we reach Colombo, where we expect 
 to arrive on the evening of Christmas Day. 
 
 Saturday, December 22. The intervening days 
 have passed as usual, nothing of interest occurring to 
 relate. We are having pretty rough weather, fine 
 but a strong wind blowing causing a heavy sea. We 
 are looking forward to a time of rejoicing and bless- 
 ing on the coming Lord's Day. 
 
 Sunday, December 23. We have had a very happy 
 day, our hearts have been made very glad in the Lord 
 for His wondrous goodness to us. Oh ! that our faith 
 were stronger, that we might enter more fully into the 
 enjoyment of our blessings, and reflect more and more 
 clearly the brightness of the glory of our risen Lord, 
 in the darkness of this sin-stained world. What poor 
 mirrors we are, and how careful we should be to allow 
 nothing in our lives which would come in between our 
 souls and Jesus, and so hinder our reflection of His 
 image. We had a most happy Gospel meeting in the 
 evening, and again almost the whole of our passengers 
 were present. Macoun gave the address, selecting for 
 his subject Hebrews ii., How shall we escape, etc. ; he 
 delivered a very faithful message, and as it was our 
 last opportunity for preaching the Gospel on board 
 this ship, we are believing much blessing will result ; 
 it may perhaps be the last invitation to some. There 
 have been no manifest instances of blessing ; but this 
 must not discourage us, because results are with God ; 
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 crease ; for as much as we know our labour shall not 
 be in vain in the Lord. " Peace, perfect peace ; He 
 giveth His beloved sleep." 
 
 Tuesday evening, Christmas Day. We safely arrived 
 at Colombo after a very squally uncomfortable day ; 
 this is our last night on the Nepaul. At seven o'clock, 
 Wednesday morning, we ship on to the Bengal ; may 
 our stay on this vessel result in blessing to those with 
 whom we have travelled, by the grace of God. 
 
 Wednesday, December 26. The eventful time has 
 arrived, and we are taking our departure for the 
 Bengal. She is to my mind a noble ship, and every- 
 thing seems to promise a very happy termination to 
 our voyage. We have taken possession of our cabins, 
 and are now off for a spell on shore. This is a lovely 
 island, and from the impression I have received of the 
 place, I could very profitably and happily spend a 
 month here ; the streets and shops are most attractive, 
 and the vegetation is very pleasing and refreshing to 
 the eye after the dreary barrenpess of Aden and Port 
 Said. Colombo is a very fertile island, once famous 
 for its coffee plantations ; tea, I believe, is now its 
 chief production. One is struck with the multitudes 
 of natives in the streets which we visited, and the 
 cruel, merciless treatment they receive at the hands of 
 the French police. What a field for labour in the 
 Gospel is here ; surely there are many who would be 
 led to respond to God's invitation had they any one 
 to announce the message. The solemn fact that 
 strikes one everywhere is the vast number who know 
 nothing of Jesus ; truly the harvest is plenteous, but 
 the labourers are few. The professional beggars here 
 are very numerous, and most pitiable-looking objects ; 
 some of them are emaciated, hideous, suffering from 
 all descriptions of deformity, and of course one must
 
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 appear to be deaf to their cries, or one's pocket would 
 very soon be emptied. Fruit, here, can be procured in 
 abundance, and we load ourselves with a variety of 
 these valuable and bountiful gifts of our Father. 
 We are glad to get back to the ship for a rest. We 
 are joined here by Mrs. Cassidy, with two children, 
 also bound for China in the Master's service ; she is 
 from America, and has just lost her husband, who had 
 been a missionary in Yokohama ; she is a very earnest, 
 devoted Christian, and I am sure we shall be greatly 
 profited by her fellowship. We are off now for Penang, 
 at which port we are due Monday next. Thursday, 
 Friday, and Saturday have been very enjoyable days ; 
 my hopes have been more than realised with regard to 
 our change of quarters, the surroundings and associa- 
 tions are almost all one could desire, and there is no 
 hindrance, but rather encouragement in the Lord's 
 work. The second officer is a very advanced Christ- 
 ian ; the butcher is also one of twelve months' old ; 
 he has grown wonderfully in grace ; we spend some 
 of our happiest times with him in his clean little shop 
 ornamented with floral texts, we visit him every night, 
 and have a Bible reading ; there are I think three 
 others on board on the Lord's side. To-morrow is 
 the last day of the old year, which has been fraught 
 with such wonderful changes to many of us, and we 
 shall, all being well, spend it at Penang. 
 
 Monday, December 31. Anchored in Penang 
 harbour about 5 A.M. About 7 o'clock Mr. Sea of B. 
 and F.B. Society, and Mr. Eagger from the Saints in 
 Fellowship at Greenwich, came on board, and welcomed 
 us to Penang. What a joy it is to clasp the hand of 
 those from the homeland who are engaged in the 
 same glorious work for the same precious Master, 
 upon which we are so soon to enter ; these brethren
 
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 are very happy in their work, and were rejoiced to 
 meet with us. After breakfast we set off for the shore, 
 and made our way to the Mission house, where we 
 were hospitably received by Mr. and Mrs. Macdonald. 
 The house is delightfully situated, and seemed so 
 deliciously cool after our dusty walk ; we stayed here 
 for some two and a-half hours, having some prayer 
 and a short time of meditation over the Word, 
 Mr. Macdonald giving us a few helpful thoughts upon 
 the quotation, "Our God shall fight for us." How 
 needful it is we should get this assurance firmly fixed 
 and rooted in our hearts and minds, no fear of defeat, 
 no fear of non-success, only to trust and yield. This 
 is the most interesting and pleasant spot we have 
 yet visited, and it is swarming with Chinese, some of 
 whom are very wealthy ; most of the best shops have 
 Chinese proprietors ; it seems they flock to these 
 ports, and by their frugality, and industry, and ability, 
 very speedily acquire a competency, and then return 
 to China. There are numbers of eating-houses here 
 frequented by Chinese, who squat down on the edge 
 of the footpath, and have their food served them in 
 basins ; then they commence with their chopsticks. 
 I looked, but had no desire to eat. The vegetation 
 here is very luxuriant, the scenery beautiful, and there 
 is ample scope for labour. I could almost wish to 
 have stayed, but forward is our watchword, upward is 
 our path, glory is our goal. Have just returned to 
 ship, and have spent a most enjoyable day ; all the 
 Singapore missionaries came to see us off. 
 
 January I, 1889. New Year's Day. On our way 
 for Singapore ; we expect to arrive there to-morrow. 
 We can hardly realise we have entered upon the 
 threshold of another year ; we look back on the one 
 that has gone for ever, and we must fain mourn the
 
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 golden opportunities of service we have lost, and the 
 shortcomings and failures ; but withal we can truly 
 say, He has been faithful, He has led us all the way, 
 and goodness and mercy have followed us ; and the 
 same promise rings in our ears and gives joy to our 
 hearts, as we contemplate the hidden future that lies 
 before us. He hath said, I will not fail thee, nor for- 
 sake thee ; curiosity would like to lift the veil, but 
 faith says no, " Trust Him," " He knoweth the way 
 that I take." How precious to realise that we can, 
 this being so, launch out fearlessly on the sea of time, 
 knowing that all will be well ; tribulation may be our 
 portion, but be of good cheer. He says, " In Me ye 
 shall overcome." There is a drop of bitterness in our 
 cup, Mr. Cooper having to-night been suddenly taken 
 with pleurisy and inflammation of the lungs; he is very 
 bad, and will require us to sit up with him all night. 
 He doth not afflict willingly, and we know He has 
 some wise purpose in thus chastening his child. 
 
 Wednesday, January 2. Mr. Cooper much worse, 
 and we are apprehensive for his recovery ; the doctor 
 seems to be very dubious about him, but we are pray- 
 ing for him earnestly, and the answer will surely 
 come. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Mr. C. still 
 very bad, the fever has reached its height, and, praise 
 the Lord, has taken a turn for the better. I must 
 mention that on Wednesday we were at Singapore, 
 a most delightful place, studded with pretty hills, upon 
 which residences are built, and surrounded by luxu- 
 riant vegetation. We were met and entertained by a 
 Mr. Haffaeden, agent for B. and F.B. Society ; he is 
 a very genial, hearty servant of God, and his extreme 
 kindness very much added to the enjoyment of our 
 visit. The European quarter of the town very much 
 reminds one of old England ; the shops are very fine, 
 
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 34 THE MISSIONARY MARTYR OF THIBAW. 
 
 but no attempt is made to attract customers by fancy 
 window adornments. We visited the Strangers' Rest, 
 and partook of luncheon, being waited upon by 
 Chinese Christians; the climate is very tropical indeed, 
 and it is almost impossible to walk much. We had a 
 ride back to the ship in a rickshaw, a small hand- 
 cart carrying two, and pulled by a human horse, a 
 native ; this is to my mind a very pleasant and easy 
 mode of travelling, but I certainly would not like to 
 be the horse ; it was a three mile run, and our native 
 went at a good speed all the way ; these fellows' 
 powers of endurance must be tremendous, as they are 
 at it all day. We visited the English and Roman 
 Catholic Cathedrals ; both these places were very 
 interesting. 
 
 Sunday, January 6. Mr. Cooper is making rapid 
 strides towards recovery ; it is truly remarkable the 
 way he has picked up ; but the great Physician has 
 been at work, and His remedies never fail. Mr. 
 Cooper, Jun., took the service to-night, and we had 
 a glorious time and a good muster of hands. It has 
 been very rough to-day ; all the first-class passengers 
 are down with sickness, so they have had no service. 
 
 Monday, January 7. Still very rough. We are all 
 fairly well, and about the only ones to show up on 
 deck, which Mr. C. says is a feather in our cap as 
 missionaries. It is a beautiful sight, a fine day and 
 a rough sea ; the boat rides splendidly. Mr. C. is 
 still improving, is out of immediate danger, and very 
 cheerful. Mrs. C. has borne up wonderfully; she says 
 she felt confident from the first that the Lord would 
 restore him, and He has honoured her faith and 
 answered our prayers. 
 
 Tuesday, January 8. Mr. Cooper still improving, 
 but not yet able to leave his bed ; we have much to
 
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 be thankful for. We reached Hong-Kong 5.30 P.M., 
 and remain here until Thursday morning. At seven 
 o'clock we started with Mr. H., second officer, for the 
 shore, and our first landing in China is an experience 
 we are not likely soon to forget. We were anchored 
 a good way from the land, and started from the ship 
 in a very primitive Chinese junk, sand punt At the 
 last moment Mr. Macoun decided not to accompany 
 us, in spite of our persuasions to the contrary; the 
 hand of the Lord was in this, as we eventually found. 
 There were eleven of us in the boat as it was ; I was 
 sitting on the gunwale with my feet upon the bottom, 
 and when we had got about twenty yards from the 
 ship I felt water coming in the tops of my boots ; 
 we then found the boat was fast filling with water. 
 It was dark, and Mr. Home told the men to pull hard, 
 and truly they did pull for life. We were fast filling, 
 the gunwale at the stern, where we had been sitting, 
 going right under ; every now and then we had to 
 start baling, using our hats. There was nothing in 
 front of us on the shore but a high blank stone wall ; 
 but there was no time for hesitation, we must risk 
 scaling it. There happened to be an iron ring fixed 
 in the wall by a staple. Mr. Lachlan as best climber 
 mounted first ; we lifted him until his foot was placed 
 in the ring, from which he could just reach the top ; 
 with a spring he was safely up. Hayward was next, 
 as he could not swim ; I went next, and we were able 
 by leaning over to render assistance to the rest in 
 getting up ; we all landed safely, praise the Lord. 
 He has delivered us ; had Macoun been with us we 
 must have gone down soon after starting from the 
 ship. This circumstance ordained by God saved us 
 a ducking, and probably a watery grave. The eternal 
 God is our refuge, underneath are the everlasting
 
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 arms ; how safe we are in His keeping ; praise Him 
 for ever all ye His people. We spent the evening at 
 the Sailors' Home ; have made arrangements for a 
 meeting to-morrow. 
 
 Wednesday, January 9. Up early for a day on 
 shore. This is a large port, and apparently a very 
 thriving one. We get a good idea of the people 
 among whom we are destined to labour in the Gospel ; 
 so far our impressions of them have been decidedly 
 pleasing, they are industrious, clever, intelligent, and 
 seemingly affable. It is very easy to lose one's-self in 
 the streets, they are all alike. I started to find the 
 post office by myself, and wandered about a mile and 
 a-half in the opposite direction, my tongue being of 
 no service to me. I found my mistake at a police 
 station. I had to get into a rickshaw and ride back. 
 In the afternoon we went up the peak, 1800 feet high, 
 by an electric railway ; some portions of it are almost 
 perpendicular, and it gives one a very strange sensa- 
 tion to look down. However, we reached its summit, 
 and looked down on the most lovely scene imaginable. 
 After this we went to the Happy Valley, an English 
 cemetery, and this is a very garden of Eden for 
 beauty, filled with lovely tropical plants and flowers. 
 We had a very good meeting at the Sailors' Home at 
 8 o'clock P.M. ; two or three of us said a word for the 
 Master, and I trust it may receive His blessing in the 
 salvation of souls. 
 
 Thursday, January n. Preparing for departure. 
 We are off for Shanghai, the end of our journey at 
 present ; we expect to reach there Sunday evening. 
 
 Friday, January 12. Have reached the Mission 
 Home of Shanghai, and are snugly housed in our 
 very comfortable quarters here ; what can we say to 
 the Lord for all His goodness to us? But it is not
 
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 wonderful when we consider how much He loves us ; 
 " Like as a father pitieth his children." We are to 
 remain here until Wednesday evening; shall be trans- 
 formed into Chinamen on Tuesday. Here endeth the 
 first part of Diary ; may the Lord's blessing rest on 
 all the loved ones who peruse its pages, and their 
 prayers ever ascend to the throne of grace on behalf 
 of the writer, that he may serve the Lord Christ 
 faithfully in the heathen land, and be a channel of 
 blessing ; an instrument used of God by the Holy 
 Ghost in turning many to righteousness. God be 
 with you till we meet again in the flesh, or till Jesus 
 come and take us home. Praise the Lord.
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF CHINA. 
 
 WE started from Shanghai on Wednesday, en 
 route for Ganking. We travelled as first-class 
 natives (by the way there is very little differ- 
 ence first or third class) ; we were eight in 
 number, and were all bundled into one small cabin, 
 with scarcely room enough to contain us altogether 
 even in a standing position. Our food consisted 
 largely of rice, and some stores which we purchased 
 at Shanghai. Our trip down the Yangtsi took two 
 and a-half days. It being the depth of winter here, 
 and bitterly cold, everything has a barren and desolate 
 aspect. I played a few tunes on my violin to the 
 natives in the hold, and they enjoyed it immensely. 
 I made it crow like a cock in response to some of the 
 birds they were carrying with them, and they went 
 into roars of laughter. We arrived at Ganking 1.30 
 on Saturday. This is our first experience inside the 
 walls of a Chinese city, and what, strikes one most is 
 the filthy and crowded condition of the streets, and 
 the wretched, unhappy -condition of the people ; 
 nothing but the Gospel can lift this neglected race 
 out of the mire and filth of their state, body and soul. 
 The romance of Mission work very soon disappears 
 when face to face with the work itself; the grace and 
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 FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF CHINA. 39 
 
 power of God alone will carry us through. On 
 Sunday morning I went to a Chinese service. 
 
 February 25, 1889. I have very manifestly experi- 
 enced the help of the Lord in my studies. Difficulties 
 which appear insuperable to our eyes all vanish before 
 the presence and power of our Lord. Oh ! that we 
 trusted Him more unreservedly. He tells us, If thou 
 canst believe, all things are possible to him that 
 believeth. Let us believe, then, that He may do His 
 work through us ; we have need to pray much against 
 unbelief, because His power cannot be manifested 
 where unbelief reigns. The reasonings of the natural 
 intellect must be relinquished, when it is a question of 
 what He can accomplish. He is not confined to the 
 range of human intellect and reason, and there are 
 times when we must trust Him blindly as it were. 
 We have received news to-day from two brothers 
 who are labouring to gain an entrance into that 
 province for which Mr. Doward laid down his life. 
 The enemy has been coming in upon them like a 
 flood, they have been mobbed and violently handled 
 and threatened severely, pulled out of their house by 
 their pig-tails to be thrown into a pond, and were 
 with difficulty rescued by the Chinese officials (the 
 opposition to the Gospel is very bitter in the province 
 of Hu-nan), but they are very happy and trusting in 
 the Lord, rejoicing that they are counted worthy to 
 suffer shame for His sake. Their names are Lawson 
 and James ; it would be nice specially to remember 
 them in prayer, asking that the opposition may be 
 broken down. 
 
 March n. We have had the weather here for a 
 few days as hot as the height of summer at home; 
 but now it is so cold again that all our thick clothing 
 has to be resumed. The students (Chinese) are now
 
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 beginning to come here for their examinations ; there 
 will be probably 10,000 or 12,000 in a month or two. 
 We have now to curtail our walking exercise, as it is 
 unwise for more than three or four to go out at a 
 time, for fear that the knowledge of such a large num- 
 ber of foreigners being in the city should create a 
 disturbance. I had a very happy time yesterday, 
 Sunday, and a special blessing from the Lord. I had 
 felt depressed, so had a time of fasting and prayer, 
 and waiting upon the Lord ; and I did not wait in 
 vain, He blessed me. I told dear Hunt all about it, 
 and he prayed with me, and we had a breaking-down 
 time together. The Lord is very gentle and patient 
 with us in our weakness, but therein is His strength 
 perfected. Praise Him. Ah ! it is all through Him, 
 that is the secret, who hath loved and will love us to 
 the end. His own. He alone knows what it cost to 
 make such as we His own, and it is not only that we 
 are His, but He is ours. He gave Himself, and in 
 Him the Father hath freely given us all things. Well 
 might David say, " Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints 
 of His and give thanks," for in His favour is life, and 
 are not we by wondrous grace made the objects of 
 His royal kingly favour, children of the King of 
 kings and Lord of lords ; living in the light of His 
 countenance and His favour is as a cloud of later rain, 
 Prov. xvi. 15, and as the dew upon the grass, xix. 12, 
 bright, sparkling, refreshing and richly fraught with 
 Divine blessing, causing those upon whom it falls to 
 bring forth fruit in which even He can delight, the 
 fruits of the Spirit. Oh ! how little of that precious 
 cluster can the world distinguish in those who ought 
 to represent Him. I do long to be more like Him ; 
 it is so hard to be nothing and to do nothing, without 
 there being something of the flesh in it, but He is
 
 FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF CHINA. 41 
 
 able (praise God for this) to make all grace abound 
 towards us, and to keep us from falling and present 
 us faultless, to do exceedingly abundantly beyond all 
 we can ask or even think. The language is getting 
 very interesting. We are shortly to prepare for our 
 first examination. Pray for us. 
 
 May 5. The country now is very lovely, won- 
 drously beautiful to me. Mountain and valley scenery 
 is something I have not been privileged to see at 
 home ; but it makes one feel sad at times to look upon 
 the thousands of graves all around one everywhere, 
 containing all that remains of those who have never 
 known the love of Jesus and perhaps never heard His 
 name, and it is the only name given among men 
 whereby we can be saved. What multitudes are 
 being daily added to the number of those to whom 
 the joy of being with Jesus in glory will never be 
 known. Why has God chosen us to set His love 
 upon us and to give us His Christ? But for His 
 sovereign grace we would have been amongst those 
 who go down into the pit. Pray earnestly for me, 
 that I may be filled with the Holy Ghost, the flesh 
 crucified and the resurrection life of Christ manifested. 
 One cannot be long in China without feeling deeply 
 the necessity for this, the powers of evil are so strong. 
 The weather here now is delightful. How brightly 
 the sun shines, and the music of the birds is so charm- 
 ing. All speak of the glory and love of our Father 
 in Heaven. 
 
 May 28. One morning last week I was awakened 
 with the words, " The Lord is not here, He is risen, 
 the stone is rolled away." The next morning with 
 these precious words, " The Lord is with thee, whither- 
 soever thou goest and in whatsoever thou doest" 
 What a wonderful comprehensive promise is this ?
 
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 With Jesus near, what need we fear? With Him to 
 take us through, what is there we can't do ? Paul 
 said, " I can do all things." How ? Through Christ. 
 This is it, through Him all things ; apart from Him 
 nothing, and may we not say it too ? The same 
 Christ is ours, is mine. We each one have a whole 
 Christ. He is yours, He is mine, and I am His. Oh ! 
 let us be all for Him. He is soon coming to fetch us, 
 and we do not want to be ashamed before Him. The 
 devil is working very hard, and in Him alone are we 
 safe from his power. Thank God for the refuge He 
 has given us. We are hid with Christ in God. 
 
 August I. I have been preparing for examination 
 in my first section, and it has demanded all the time 
 I could devote to it, including that which I should 
 have spent in letter-writing, so you will not begrudge 
 me the loss of your letter. How good our Lord is to 
 us ! He has brought me through this examination far 
 more satisfactorily than I had expected. My score is 
 an average of ninety-one marks out of a possible 
 hundred ; you will rejoice with me in this, praising 
 the Lord, for the glory is His. I have just returned 
 from a trip of ten days on the lakes ; very lovely they 
 are, surrounded by mountains, some of immense 
 height, at their base beautiful valleys richly cultivated 
 with crops, and in one place where we landed, a 
 delightful winding stream of about three or four 
 miles, with wild luxuriant vegetation on either side ; 
 occasionally a pheasant would start up, and here and 
 there a bird with beautiful plumage ; the stream 
 (swarming with trout) was as clear as crystal in some 
 places. I was by myself, and sat down on a rock by 
 the side of the stream to read ; in a few minutes two 
 Chinamen discovered me and approached, in a little 
 while three or four more came up. They commenced
 
 FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF CHINA. 43 
 
 conversing, and I told them as well as I could my 
 object in coming to China to preach the Gospel of 
 Jesus and His power to save ; but my vocabulary 
 was soon exhausted. How one longs to be able to talk 
 to them. It is so different at home where people look 
 to have their ears tickled by intellectual eloquence, 
 and treat with contempt the grand old Gospel, and 
 yet this and this alone is declared to be the power of 
 God unto salvation ; intellect and eloquence are baits 
 of the devil to lure men on to destruction. Here 
 they eagerly listen to the simple story of the Cross, 
 but thousands of years of idolatry and superstition 
 has darkened their minds and hardened their hearts; 
 nothing but the power of the Holy Ghost can pene- 
 trate the thick darkness and cause the Word to give 
 light, and this power is ours ; do pray that I and all 
 His servants may be filled with the Spirit. On my 
 way back to the boat some lads ran after me ; when 
 I stopped they turned tail and ran away ; in a little 
 while, I being seated, one or two bolder than the rest 
 slowly came right up to me, and seeing I did not 
 gobble them up, the others came trooping back until 
 I had about twenty around me. Here was a glorious 
 opportunity of which I could make but little use 
 owing to my limited vocabulary ; they were happy 
 little fellows, they all wanted tracts but I only had 
 two or three ; a little chap, very pretty and full of 
 mischief, a dear boy, snatched the one I held in my 
 hand and bolted as fast as his little legs would carry 
 him, laughing merrily at his success. Chinamen do 
 not as a rule value what they get for nothing; if they 
 purchase them at the cost of a mere fraction it will 
 ensure them being read. On another occasion, being 
 asked at a house to drink tea, I gladly responded ; the 
 heat is so excessive one gets very thirsty. I sat
 
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 down, and in less than two minutes had about twenty 
 men and boys around me, plying me with questions 
 I could not understand. I let them have all the 
 Chinese I could muster, left one or two tracts and 
 came away. These country people are very affable 
 and hospitable, it is quite a pleasure to be amongst 
 them ; we visited a number of farms, and had a most 
 enjoyable time. I am quite brown with the sun. 
 There were six of us, and our cabin was twelve feet 
 by ten feet by six and a-half feet about. We slept 
 of course on the floor, had our meals with chopsticks, 
 prepared as nearly like English as our cook knew how. 
 August 14. I must ask you all to join in thanks- 
 giving and praise to God for His goodness to me. 
 He laid me down for five days with, malaria fever, 
 during which I suffered a good deal of acute pain, and 
 had no sleep the whole time. You know I have not 
 had much training in this school of affliction, and 
 I fear I was not very patient ; but I do trust I have 
 profited by our loving Father's chastening. The day 
 the mail arrived was my second day of convalescence, 
 and I can tell you it was a great joy to receive and 
 read your loving letters. The Lord has restored me 
 now, and I hope I am not ungrateful for His good- 
 ness. The doctor is an exceedingly nice fellow, truly 
 like his Master, taking the place of a servant. 
 I frequently go out into the streets to sell gospel 
 books, and it is surprising how freely they are 
 purchased by the people. It is trying not to be able 
 to converse with them, and the most difficult thing is 
 to clearly understand what they say to you. One 
 cannot answer the many questions. They are very 
 patient, and will even repeat the question perhaps a 
 dozen times to make one comprehend, and then they 
 are not angry if you do not understand. Sometimes,
 
 FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF CHINA. 45 
 
 as at home, the crowd is inclined for fun, and will 
 banter one a good deal ; it is then wise quietly to move 
 away. I want you to make special prayer that I may 
 be filled with the Holy Ghost, and so endued with 
 power from on high. In Christ all fulness dwells, 
 and all power is given unto Him, and He is with us 
 always. But yet He told His disciples to wait at 
 Jerusalem until they received the promise of the 
 Father, enduement of power from on high ; and when 
 the Gospel is preached in the energy of this God- 
 given irresistible power, the Word will quicken dead 
 souls into life. This is the blessing I am longing for. 
 September 2. I have not been studying for the 
 last few days, as I had a relapse of the fever and got 
 so very weak. My laying aside will throw me back 
 a good deal in my studies. My greatest difficulty 
 now is to get sleep, for several nights I have had 
 none ; but do not be at all anxious about me, I have 
 not been seriously ill, and we know He doeth all 
 things well. He is caring for you, He is caring for 
 me ; in fact, I think in a special way I am become an 
 object of His care now, so that trusting Him you need 
 not be in any way apprehensive about me. The 
 exhibitions we get out here are illustrative of the 
 devil's power in the deception of the human heart. 
 Hideous processions to propitiate the gods, and sin 
 and misery abounding on all hands. How terrible it 
 seems that such a mighty nation as this should be 
 buried in the darkness of idolatry and superstition. 
 It is wonderful the hold it seems to have upon the 
 hearts of the people, although many are sensible 
 enough to see the utter folly of it ; but the Gospel of 
 Christ, the power of God, can snap the chain and set 
 the sceptic free. Oh ! for more of the Spirit of Christ 
 to weep over lost sinners.
 
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 It is wonderful how the Lord helps in the study of 
 this language. He is abundantly answering your 
 prayers for us, and we need them much ; it is very 
 stimulating the knowledge that we have the prayers 
 of so many of the Lord's people, and it will help us in 
 all our work ; get as many to pray for me and for our 
 work in China as you can. Will you see that God is 
 inquired of in this at all the prayer-meetings in 
 connection with the Hall ? I shall ever remember with 
 gratitude my last night there, the place of my first 
 and last testimony for Jesus in England, and you 
 remember, dear mother, that you were there on both 
 these occasions. I well remember how I trembled that 
 first time. The Lprd has done wonderful things for 
 us since then, hasn't He ? We are all in the kingdom 
 now, our feet securely planted on the immovable 
 Rock of Ages. Isaiah xxvi. 3 and 4, margin, with 
 Christ in God nothing now can touch us but that 
 which is permitted by and comes through Himself, 
 and He loves us too tenderly to let anything befall 
 but what will be for our good. 
 
 Evermore His fadeless presence 
 
 Shall thy steps attend ; 
 Having loved His own, He loveth 
 
 Even to the end (eternity). 
 
 When thy heart most surely needs 
 
 He will most His love display, 
 But thou shalt enjoy it fully 
 
 When all need has passed away. 
 
 When faith is lost in sight we shall see Him as He 
 is in unclouded glory, and live in His glorious presence 
 for the ages unto the ages. What a glorious future 
 is ours, as sure as God's Eternal Word, made known 
 to us in His beloved Son.
 
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 September 16. I have not been very strong bodily 
 since my indisposition, but it is only weakness. I am 
 picking up rapidly every day, and am now able to 
 study again without much difficulty. News here is 
 very scanty, and life uneventful, except that the devil 
 tries one terribly hard, and one soon finds he is the 
 prince of the powers of the air ; but praise God, 
 although the devil is mighty, our God is Almighty, 
 and with God for us, and Jesus with us, and the Holy 
 Ghost in us, we need not fear the world, the flesh, or 
 the devil. It has been said that one man with the 
 Lord on his side is always in the majority, though the 
 whole world were against him ; yet the conflict is 
 real. I have had a longing for home since my illness. 
 I wonder if this is wrong, but He knoweth our weak- 
 nesses, and He will not suffer us to be tried beyond 
 our strength. I am going with Brother Selkirk to 
 labour at Bhamo for the present.
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 APPOINTED TO LABOUR AT BHAMO. 
 
 OCTOBER 1 8, 1889. We are now fairly on 
 our way to Bhamo, the place where we are 
 destined, I trust by the will of God, to labour 
 in the Master's service. We started from 
 Ganking, September 29. On Sunday the captain, a 
 nice man but a thorough sceptic, as I discovered from 
 a conversation I had with him the day previous, 
 asked me in the morning if I would play the organ at 
 their morning service. This I could hardly refuse to 
 do. He conducted the service himself. He said to 
 me, Why didn't God make a man that wouldn't sin ? 
 Because Adam took an apple we are all sinners ; it 
 seems to me, said he, that God and the devil are play- 
 ing a game. How true it is, the things of God are 
 only spiritually discerned, and so the devil blinds by 
 our own fancied intelligence. 
 
 October 30. We are now in Mandalay, the golden 
 city of the late King Thebaw, of Upper Burmah, 
 although why it should bear that valuable name I 
 cannot imagine, except it be for the lavish way in 
 which money has been expended in the building of 
 pagodas and idol temples, and idols and priests are 
 simply innumerable. But the former glory of Buddha 
 has departed from most of these places, thanks to the 
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 APPOINTED TO LABOUR AT BHAMO. 49 
 
 English Government and soldiery, but sufficient re- 
 mains to give one a full conception of what has been ; 
 their main object seems to have been to please the 
 eye, everything being very gay in colour, tawdry in 
 appearance, and flimsy in substance. This morning 
 before breakfast I visited the famous Incompar- 
 able Pagoda, or idol temple. It is a very beautiful- 
 looking structure. These people are very clever in 
 plaster moulding, and the designs are beautifully and 
 well executed. This is a square turret-shaped build- 
 ing, painted white and other colours, and is visible to 
 the eye a long distance ofF (the round conical shapes 
 are usually gilded with gold leaf, and look very 
 brilliant in the sun). The inside of the Incomparable 
 was formerly very dazzling in appearance, all round 
 were magnificent mirrors about 6 feet by 4, some 
 larger ; from the roof hung gorgeous chandeliers 
 (glass of different colours), large glass balls, also of 
 various colours, beautiful vases and reclining chairs ; 
 the pillars, the roofs, the walls, handsomely carved, 
 all gilded and inlaid with small pieces of looking- 
 glass ; you can imagine what such a place must have 
 been in the king's time. Now it is almost demolished, 
 and mirrors and chandeliers and things of value are 
 being appropriated and removed. It is impossible 
 almost to conceive the meaning of idolatry until 
 visiting such countries as this, and beholding the 
 terribly immoral, miserable, and filthy condition of 
 its people. There is nothing of real interest in the 
 city ; the country is beautiful and rich, and the climate 
 I should say not injurious or unpleasant. It is a fine 
 railway line from Rangoon to this city, very comfort- 
 able, and the stations are far more attractive than 
 most of our English ones ; and there was everything 
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 stations. We are staying at the boarding-house of a 
 Christian man who has been in the detective force at 
 Calcutta. We shall be here for five days. At 
 Rangoon we were hospitably entertained for four 
 days by a member of the American Baptist Mission 
 in charge of the press and store. They were very kind 
 to us hospitality is a distinguishing feature of their 
 character. We were very happy indeed among them, 
 and they were friends in need to us, as Selkirk was 
 very unwell, this being the cause of our stay there, 
 and delay here in Mandalay. I have been in good 
 health; how graciously the Lord has provided for us in 
 all these journeying mercies ! I am very glad to have 
 an opportunity of inspecting these places. 
 
 November 20. Again it is my joy to pen you 
 another letter. I feel much at times the distance 
 that separates me from my loved ones, but I am often 
 near you in spirit, and oftentimes I think we at the 
 same time are kneeling at the throne of grace, seek- 
 ing for one another our Heavenly Father's blessing ; 
 you at the close of the day, and I in the early morn- 
 ing hours. You will have read all about our arrival 
 at Bhamo. Nearly all our time is given to study, and 
 in spite of this it is terribly slow work. Our teacher, 
 Mr. Ling, comforts me in this style : two year goodee, 
 three year more goodee, four year very goodee, preach 
 the Gospel. It is extremely quiet here, except at 
 night, and then the rats have high jinks, tumbling 
 things about. Last night I was awakened by a 
 tremendous thud. I got out of bed to explore, and 
 found Mr. Rat had gnawed through the string by 
 which part of a ham was suspended, bringing it to 
 the ground, intending to have a comfortable meal, but 
 I disappointed him. The rooks are constant visitors 
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 thing else they see lying about ; they literally swarm 
 here. 
 
 December 12. Tuesday by invitation we dined 
 with Mr. B. He is exceedingly clever, a devoted 
 worshipper of the goddess Reason, and utterly pooh- 
 poohs the idea of anything which Reason cannot 
 explain. There is no such thing as faith, he says; 
 evolution is his doctrine; no one can know anything 
 except it can be proved. But he didn't prove how the 
 world evolved. I told him the apostle John had said, 
 " These things have I written unto you that ye may 
 know," etc. ; but he tries to upset one with some 
 abstruse scientific question. He is full of what the 
 world calls wisdom and knowledge, and yet utterly 
 destitute and seemingly impervious to true wisdom. 
 I trust the Spirit of God may lay hold of him as it 
 did of Nicodemus, and show him that man's wisdom 
 is foolishness. He is very kind, and has proposed to 
 teach me logarithms and the use of the sextant. We 
 are having good times with the soldiers, but I have 
 found it rather difficult to prepare an address every 
 Sunday, but the Lord has helped me wonderfully. 
 Divine power and love must be the source from 
 whence all true successful soul-winning service must 
 spring. 
 
 December 27. This is Christmas-time. Not much 
 like it out here. We were invited to spend it with 
 Mr. and Mrs. Roberts, American missionaries. They 
 provided a gigantic Christmas-tree and loaded it with 
 presents for the Cochin and Burmese boys and girls 
 and for the adults too: about 130 assembled. Last 
 Sunday morning I was greatly helped by the Lord 
 in preaching from the Cities of Refuge. I had much 
 liberty and there was great attention. Saturday 
 evening we had a most interesting time dealing with
 
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 a backslider, a soldier. He stated on being questioned 
 that he had been a Christian for three years, but for 
 the last twelve months he had been a backslider. 
 Showing him how basely he was treating Jesus, and 
 pleading with him, I asked if he would like us to pray 
 about it, but he said no, he wasn't willing to give up 
 sin. We continued pleading; still he declined to 
 
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 return to the Lord at present; but placing before 
 him the possibility of his being cut off, or of Jesus 
 coming and finding him in this condition, he said he 
 wouldn't like to meet Him, and was willing there and 
 then to return to Jesus. We gladly went on our 
 knees, and he confessed his sin and gave himself 
 afresh to the Lord. His prayer revealed a good 
 knowledge of the Word and showed that he was no
 
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 stranger to prayer. I have seen him since, and he 
 says he has taken his stand, but he will need much 
 grace and prayer to be faithful in the barrack-room : 
 these are terrible places for a Christian. 
 
 January 10, 1890. I was so glad to be remembered 
 by Mrs. Stapelton. As Miss Ellington, and my 
 teacher at the Blackheath Congregational Sunday 
 School, I remember her with great joy. She showed 
 great kindness and patience ; how unruly we were. 
 But I remember that I loved her very much, and who 
 can tell how much I owe to her influence ? 
 
 January 14. The language is becoming more 
 familiar, and soon I trust we shall be publishing 
 abroad the glad tidings of the Gospel in Chinese. 
 It will be principally aggressive open-air work 
 amongst traders and caravans coming and going, 
 so we shall not know much about the result, but 
 He will, and we will hear the record in the glory. 
 Our cook is anxious to know some English, so I am 
 teaching him the words most useful for our inter- 
 course. He knows about twenty or thirty. Sunday 
 morning service no soldiers turned up, so we had a 
 happy little Bible reading with three natives of Assam 
 who speak English. Dear earnest Christians, one is 
 struck at the different way the Gospel lays hold of 
 those who have never enjoyed its privileges, their 
 deep reverence and holy regard for God's Word. 
 They are deeply impressed by the wonderful truth 
 that believers are reckoned as dead and raised with 
 Christ. It is indeed wonderful that hell-deserving 
 sinners should be treated thus. Our God is rich in 
 mercy and marvellous in grace. Remembered the 
 Lord for the first time in breaking of bread with the 
 Chinese members. Had a very blessed time. 
 
 January 28. Yesterday, after the preaching of the
 
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 Word, two soldiers professed conversion. We had a 
 testimony meeting, a very happy time. Trezise has 
 been anxious for some time ; his family are Christians. 
 He says he has always known the way of salvation, 
 but has never been able to see it clearly. I told him 
 about the little book, " Safety, Certainty and Enjoy- 
 ment," and Mr. S. gave me one to give him. He read 
 it, and the light dawned upon him, and he saw it all 
 as clearly as possible, and said he felt so full of joy 
 that he wanted to shout it out in the barracks. Said 
 he could hardly wait for the mail, he was so anxious 
 to let his father know. His testimony was very 
 bright. We are at their request going to have a 
 prayer-meeting. Last week we had for five days 
 residing with us a Mr. and Mrs. M'Call from 
 Rangoon, friends of Mr. Soltau, and they wished 
 to stay at the house where he had lived, so we 
 received them. They had to sleep on the floor. 
 We borrowed three chairs and two knives, and then, 
 though in a rough sort of way, managed to get on all 
 right. They did not mind roughing it. I have never 
 met nicer people. It was as though I had known 
 them for years, and it was quite hard to say good- 
 bye. Mrs. M'Call made us accept a note for twenty 
 rupees, which far exceeded their expenses to us, and 
 made us promise that if either were sick at any time, 
 we would go to their home at Rangoon and let her 
 nurse us. How good of the Lord to provide such 
 friends ! I am so glad of the notes you send me ; 
 one can almost fancy one's self hearing the doctor's 
 voice. 
 
 February 4. Had a chat with a Chinese merchant, 
 and read with him part of Matthew xxvi. Find yet 
 great difficulty in conversing. Went with teacher, 
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 to them the Gospel, and they crowded round very 
 eagerly and seemed delighted to hear. We spoke a 
 few words as well as we could, and then distributed 
 about thirty gospels, which they received very 
 gratefully, many of , them being able to read ; we 
 announced the meeting for Sunday and then left. 
 On Monday four soldiers and myself had a prayer- 
 meeting in the fort, open-air, five of us and the Lord, 
 praising Him for His goodness. A very happy time, 
 asking Him to save souls and fill us with the Holy 
 Ghost. What mighty works could the Lord do with 
 vessels thus filled and ready to do His will ! 
 
 February 19. The Lord is continuing to bless 
 amongst the soldiers. One more has come home ; 
 there are now five saved ones brightly witnessing for 
 Jesus in the fort. One of the recent ones has just 
 expressed a desire to be baptised. I spoke, Sunday 
 evening last, from the Brazen Serpent, and was greatly 
 helped of the Lord. We visited another caravan last 
 Saturday and gave away some gospels, the men at 
 first being very reluctant to receive them ; we also 
 tried to speak a few words. The soldiers' work is 
 very encouraging; many are anxious, but fear of 
 their comrades is the great hindrance to their making 
 a stand. We have also two Assamese Christians who 
 understand English, and attend all our meetings. 
 
 February 28. Four men of a body captured with 
 a letter on them instructing them to- disarm the 
 British by treachery and take the fort ; the mouse 
 playing with the lion. The warm weather has set 
 in, it is rather trying ; has increased the fever very 
 much amongst the troops already. The wet season 
 commences about May ; this is the dangerous time. 
 
 March 14. Wednesday evening I spent an hour 
 in a tea-shop in the Bazaar (Chinese) reading Testa-
 
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 ment and talking to Chinamen to see how I could 
 manage. I had a dozen or more round me, and 
 I managed, though feebly, to explain the Gospel and 
 they said they understood me, but I certainly very 
 little understood them. The Chinese here represent 
 eight or nine different dialects ; however, I managed 
 to make friends with them. The inn was a filthy 
 place dirt never troubles these people. It is getting 
 intensely hot now, and the rains will soon be upon us. 
 Last night we had a meeting of soldiers ; two were to 
 leave us the next day. One, in testifying of his salva- 
 tion, said it was through a sermon of Mr. Lambert's, 
 in which I had stated that every time any one heard 
 the Gospel and went away unsaved, they made them- 
 selves responsible for the rejection of the grace of 
 God, and the oftener they heard it the greater the 
 responsibility; he said he couldn't stay away from 
 hearing it, so must give himself to Jesus. He is a 
 bright Christian ; to God be the glory. One has just 
 returned from a fighting column, been out four 
 months after Dacoits. He testified to the keeping 
 power of our Lord. Our orchard is now producing 
 plentifully, bananas and popier; this latter is a 
 splendid fruit, in shape something like a melon, very 
 delicious. I wish you could taste it. We shall soon 
 have pine-apples and mangoes ready. It is too hot 
 now to do much gardening. 
 
 April 17. We have lost all our old soldier friends. 
 The last two went last Wednesday to Mandalay. I 
 have had letters from two of them, and they seem to 
 be very happy in the Lord. Yesterday morning our 
 servant, Tai, went for a stroll, and on returning 
 thought he would take a short cut through the 
 English fort. He was immediately surrounded by 
 our Indian native soldiers and taken prisoner as a
 
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 Dacoit spy, I suppose. Four of them, with drawn 
 bayonets, escorted him down the road about a mile 
 to the guard-room close to our house. He shouted 
 as he went by, and our teacher told me it was Tai, so 
 I went at once and explained who he was to the 
 Inspector, whom I knew, and he at once released 
 him ; but poor Tai had a terrible fright, and, I think, 
 in future will give the military a wide berth. He is a 
 good fellow. I saw, Last week, a Burmese publicly 
 whipped with bamboo canes for stealing from one of 
 the steam-boats. The whipping post was brought 
 down within sight of the boat, the man secured to it, 
 spread-eagle fashion, and he then received fifteen 
 severe cuts. The poor fellow must have felt the 
 disgrace keenly as well as the pain ; every stroke cuts. 
 There are multitudes of little tiny sand-flies here, 
 that almost drive one crazy, buzzing in the ear. 
 They make a big noise, and only seem to go for the 
 ear and the eye. You cannot conceive what a plague 
 they are. They are no bigger than a pin's head, but 
 they are giants in effect. 
 
 May 8. It gives me great pleasure to tell you that 
 now I can understand and make myself fairly well 
 understood in the language, but yet am a long way 
 from being able to preach ; but this will come in 
 good time. 
 
 May 27. Sunday. At eleven o'clock we all went 
 to service for the dedication of Mr. Roberts' new 
 chapel. About 126 were present, including English, 
 Chinese, and Kachin. The sermon was preached by 
 a Kachin missionary. There are, I think, about 120 
 converts ; thirteen were to be received into fellowship 
 that day. What a seal of God's blessing on the work. 
 Most had come in from the hills, and very picturesque 
 they looked in their fantastic coloured dresses. At
 
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 5.30 we went to see the thirteen new candidates 
 baptised, the accompanying procession of mixed 
 people, about 200, in a long line, their gay colours 
 brilliant in the glare of the sun. When we reached 
 the river the bank was literally lined with natives to 
 witness the ceremony, and truly it was an imposing 
 and impressive sight, as each one of these precious 
 souls, redeemed by Jesus' blood from heathen bond- 
 age and Satan's power, were buried beneath the 
 waters of baptism setting forth death to sin and 
 resurrection to life in Christ. They were greatly 
 pleased with my violin, and, wishing to hear it alone, 
 I interested them for half-an-hour playing hymns, 
 and was the centre of an admiring crowd, or rather 
 the violin was. They said they would like to hear it 
 again. Three more soldiers have professedly come 
 out for the Lord. One is an American. He tells us 
 he went over from there to England in charge of 
 some cattle, got in bad company, lost his money and 
 enlisted. He showed me a letter from his father in 
 which the father tells him he might have been an 
 honoured man now in his native place if he had kept 
 straight. However, he has come to himself now, and 
 gave me a letter to read he was sending home, giving 
 an account of his conversion. God bless the testi- 
 mony ! Another one, a fine, bright fellow, is a 
 real north country Englishman. It is a treat to hear 
 him pray as if his heart was in every word. We 
 had a nice Bible reading. We are going through 
 Ephesians. 
 
 May 24. Last Sunday morning, after our Chinese 
 service, a Rev. Thomas, Wesleyan missionary from 
 Mandalay, called upon us ; said he had come up to 
 visit the soldiers, and could we put him up for a week. 
 We arranged to do so, and a very happy time we
 
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 have had. I have much enjoyed his visit. We have 
 been having meetings all the week. To-morrow, 
 Sunday morning, he preaches at New Army Chapel, 
 and then leaves for Mandalay. Sunday evening, I 
 preached, and we had one of the largest congregations 
 we have had ; three of the civilians came for the 
 second time. I took John iii. 3, Regeneration. 
 
 June 19. From June 6 to 16 I have been nurs- 
 ing Mr. E. C. B., of whom I have spoken before; 
 he has been delirious the whole time. I could 
 manage him better than any one else, so have almost 
 lived in the house with him ; the last three days of his 
 illness a Mr. W., friend of his, was with me. Poor 
 Mr. B. died, Monday evening, passing peacefully 
 away at nine o'clock without a struggle, and a half 
 smile upon his face ; but am grieved to say with no 
 word or sign that he had found peace in believing. 
 Mr. W. and I were with him to the last. He was 
 buried the following day at 5 o'clock in the evening ; 
 I was asked to conduct the service, or read Church of 
 England service for burial of the dead ; he was buried 
 with honours, nine guns were fired at intervals on our 
 way to the grave, the Union Jack was over the coffin, 
 on the top of which was his official sword and cocked 
 hat. The coffin was borne by non-commissioned 
 officers, followed by all the officers of the fort, with 
 General P. at their head; the most prominent civilians 
 also followed ; thus ended this eventful day. I am 
 glad to have had the privilege of attending him in his 
 sickness, as he was very kind to us, and I for one 
 shall miss him. 
 
 It is very encouraging to hear all are praying so 
 much for me, and I am sure the Lord is answering 
 your prayers. Last Sunday evening, in preaching the 
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 the Lord ; never before have I realised so much 
 liberty in speaking, except perhaps in that little room 
 amongst the dear Billinghurst Saints ; we had one 
 of our largest congregations, among them being three 
 sergeants who had not been before. I preached the 
 Gospel from Luke xix., Zacchaeus, and I spoke to the 
 Christians from I Cor. xvi. 13, expressing it as four 
 qualities which should characterise a Christian soldier: 
 watchfulness, steadfastness, manliness, strength,; and 
 I know by the liberty I had, and the rapt attention 
 that was given, that the Spirit was working in the 
 hearts of some ; the two new-comers, sergeants, I 
 know, were deeply impressed, and one private, after a 
 little personal dealing, professed to give his heart to 
 the Lord, and all said they received blessing and felt 
 power in the meeting. In the after-meeting all were 
 led out in prayer; one or two are anxious to be 
 baptised, and then to break bread. Are these the 
 droppings of the shower ? To God be the glory. One 
 dear fellow who is pressing hard for baptism quoted 
 Matt, xxviii., and said " The Master says be baptised, 
 and I must do what He says ; I mean to do all He tells 
 me in His Word." He lies awake unable to sleep for 
 thinking of Him ; there is no mistaking his earnest- 
 ness, he is brimful of the love of God and thirst for 
 the Word.
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 MEDICAL STUDIES AND MISSION WORK AT MANDALAY. 
 
 IN July, 1890, Mr. Lambert ceased working in con- 
 nection with the C.I.M., and leaving Bhamo, he 
 proceeded to Mandalay, visiting the Rev. Mr. 
 Wynston, who introduced him to an English 
 doctor ; this gentleman offered him employment in 
 his drug store at Mandalay, with an opportunity of 
 acquiring medical knowledge. This offer he was 
 led, of the L6rd, to accept, and from this time he 
 supported himself and carried on independent mission 
 work. 
 
 September 24, 1890. The doctor gives me the 
 benefit of all his medical knowledge by instructing me 
 how to treat cases ; he is very kind. There are a 
 good many Chinese here I can converse with. I am 
 very grateful to Mr. Joseph Jordan for his loving 
 letters, telling me of the interest and prayers of the 
 saints in fellowship at Greenwich. How much I have 
 to be thankful for. The Lord has been dropping 
 handfuls of purpose for me all along the way. Praise 
 Him for His goodness. 
 
 October 2. Sunday afternoon and sometimes 
 of an evening, I visit the Chinamen ; they are 
 very pleased to see me. Last Sunday some bor- 
 rowed my Matthew's Gospel in Chinese ; there are 
 
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 several thousand Chinamen here, and no one 
 labouring for their souls ; there is a splendid field, 
 and a wide open door for any one who will come. 
 Because it is a Burmese country, the Chinaman is not 
 thought of. I can read my Chinese Testament, so 
 keep up my Chinese by taking my daily portion thus. 
 November 20. Last night I commenced a meeting 
 for the soldiers in my room ; I have a large room, 
 
 INTERIOR OF DRUG STORE, MANDALAY. 
 {Mr, Lambert seated at desk.) 
 
 and we had a good number down, three of whom were 
 unsaved. We had a good time on Acts ix. (Paul's 
 conversion), and I am sure there was blessing ; we 
 had a real good prayer-meeting and some hearty 
 singing. We shall try and make this a sort of associ- 
 ation for the exercise of spiritual gifts ; this is what 
 they need, I am sure, and they enjoy it much better 
 than a formal meeting. I thoroughly enjoyed the
 
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 meeting, and I think we shall have some rich times of 
 blessing. Last Sunday evening I took the meeting 
 for soldiers in the fort ; Mr. Wynston is away. Rev. 
 Kelly asked me to preach in the New Judson 
 Memorial Chapel, but I could not ; perhaps I may 
 have the privilege some future time. I want to get 
 a few illuminated wall texts to put up in my room, 
 one or two " coming again " texts. I can meet with 
 no one here, not even missionaries, who believe in the 
 near return of our Lord, only to come in judgment ; 
 none look for a separate coming to meet His 
 blood-bought Bride, and they say they do not see 
 any advantage in the possession of this glorious 
 truth. 
 
 The soldiers' work is going on well ; we have some 
 fine Christians among the new arrivals. I want to get 
 a place where we can have meetings for Europeans 
 apart from any denominations ; I think it would be a 
 splendid thing ; it is much needed, and would give me 
 greater scope for active work. The doctor falls in 
 with it, and I think the Lord would approve ; will 
 you pray about it ; it is extremely difficult to launch 
 out here in Christian work. Last mail I received 
 another very kind and loving letter from Mr. Jordan. 
 I keep in good health ; the doctor says it is because 
 I take such great care of my constitution by abstinence 
 from smoking, drinking, etc. People at home would 
 be astounded at some of the revelations of European 
 life out here, and many hearts would ache and almost 
 wish their sons were dead. Ah, the only place of 
 security and protection is in the Lord. 
 
 December. Mandalay is a large square town 
 situated at the foot of beautiful hills on either side, in 
 front of us the great river Irrawaddy. The country 
 for miles round now is perfectly flat, owing to the 
 
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 energy and desire for comfort of our countrymen, laid 
 out with splendid metalled roads stretching away to 
 the hills. In the centre is Theebaw's city (now the 
 cantonment of our troops), where he reigned with all 
 his subjects around at his mercy. The palace is a 
 large straggling building nearly all of wood, beauti- 
 fully carved and ornamented with pagoda-shaped 
 turrets inlaid in mosaic style with coloured looking 
 glass. In its old days with the sun shining on it, or 
 when lighted, it would have presented a very dazzling 
 appearance. The interior now is all converted into 
 government offices, but there are many traces of its 
 gorgeous past in the chandeliers, golden pillars, carved 
 images, etc. The gardens are very fine, and there is 
 a good-sized lake. The inhabitants number now 
 about 120,000 of mixed nationalities. When one 
 goes on the hills, the eye rests everywhere upon 
 pagodas and idol temples innumerable. It is very 
 interesting to visit these places at night when" they 
 are brilliantly lighted by hundreds of little candle 
 lamps ; worshippers throng the place, streaming in 
 and out of the gates men, women, and children. 
 They kneel forty or fifty or more at a time in front of 
 a massive brass image of Buddha of enormous size, 
 repeating incantations, their hands placed together 
 and held out in beseeching style to the image. 
 Some of the poor women's faces look deeply in 
 earnest, all are devout ; the most deplorably destitute 
 bring their offerings of fruit, rice, or money. Scattered 
 at the larger temples are lepers in all stages of 
 disease, heart-rending sights. The Burmese are fast 
 bound by idolatry and superstition, and very small 
 apparent success has resulted from missionary effort 
 among them. They are satisfied with Buddha and their 
 pagodas, and it is most difficult to arouse an interest
 
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 in their minds for even the Gospel. But the Karens, 
 on the contrary, who were a people formerly oppressed 
 by the Burmans, seem a people prepared for the Lord, 
 and have received the message gladly, coming to 
 Christ in large numbers, and they make splendid 
 Christians and preachers. Now about the shops : the 
 few European establishments and some of the better 
 class native merchant stores are fine, useful, present- 
 able buildings. The Bazaar covers a large area ; it is 
 composed of dirty, cramped, little stalls, rented at 
 from a halfpenny to about threepence a-day, owned 
 by a rich Israelite. All kinds of marketable commodi- 
 ties can be procured here, fruit, meat, poultry, grain, 
 flowers, jewellery, good and worthless, silk and satin 
 in gay eastern colours, stores of all kinds. It is a 
 horribly dirty place, filled with women beggars and 
 coolies to carry one's purchases. This is where our 
 boys daily get our food supply. I give my boy one 
 rupee (is. 6d. per day), just for meat and vegetables ; 
 then I have to buy sugar, tea, milk, butter, firing, oil, 
 and any extras, and yet my boy tries to get more out 
 of me, and this is how he does it. He will provide a 
 fairly good breakfast at 12 o'clock, but at 8.30, when 
 I have dinner now, he will get next to nothing, and 
 this is either when one is specially hungry, or when 
 one has asked a friend to dine ; and when questioned, 
 he says, "Master no give enough money, sir ; bazaar no 
 get cheap," when, as a matter of fact, he can make 
 about four annas a-day out of me, and wants to make 
 more. When scolded they say, " Me Christian, sar." 
 Every day there are funeral or idol processions. On 
 Tuesday, a gigantic idol of solid brass on a large 
 square platform, on which was erected as a covering 
 for his idolship the indispensable pagoda ; the plat- 
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 or twelve oxen were harnessed to it to pull it. Two 
 graven images of priests in a devotional attitude were 
 placed in front of the image in the act of worshipping 
 it. Attached to each corner of the platform was a 
 young green palm tree, and following was a crowd of 
 enthusiastic devotees constantly showering rice over 
 the image. Then came four or five smaller idols on 
 carts drawn by four oxen. All these were being 
 taken down to the shore to be sent out by boats to 
 outlying districts. This is paying craft. No wonder 
 Demetrius was shocked at the probable fate awaiting 
 Diana when Paul and his companions preached a 
 living saving Christ to those who had known no other 
 gods but lumps of mud, and blocks of wood, and 
 stone, and brass. We need some Pauls in Burmah, 
 those determined to know nothing but Christ, preach 
 nothing but Christ, and live only for Christ ; no other 
 power will penetrate the thick veil of darkness cover- 
 ing the minds and hearts of this people. I do not, 
 and cannot believe in the idea which seems to prevail 
 among missionaries that the Gospel must be supple- 
 mented by education before these people can be 
 brought to Christ. The only supplement the Gospel 
 needs is a Gospel life from those who preach it ; God 
 help us to live it. We have had a season of refresh- 
 ing and much blessing from the visit of two Salvation 
 Army lassies. They have had meetings every night 
 but two for ten days. I was quite taken aback when 
 I heard how beautifully these sisters expounded the 
 Word, and how simply, clearly, and forcibly they told 
 the wondrous tale of Jesus' love. They were always 
 listened to with rapt attention, and none could help 
 being impressed by their intense earnestness. The 
 testimony of all is they have done us good, and more 
 precious than all, souls were saved. I had the
 
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 privilege of helping in their work. Strangers in a 
 strange land, they collected here I think some 350 
 rupees in support of their work, which I thought 
 marvellous for Mandalay, and in Rangoon 600 
 rupees.
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 WORK AMONG THE LEPERS AND SOLDIERS 
 AT MANDALAY. 
 
 JANUARY, 1891. You would be surprised at the 
 way the women work here. In repairing the 
 roads the flints are laid in heaps at the side, and 
 they are scattered on the roads from small 
 baskets. One woman places the basket between her 
 feet and rakes the stones into it ; then she helps 
 another woman place it on her head, and she goes 
 and throws them on the road. It seems very hard 
 work and a very tedious operation, but they do it very 
 quickly, and for this, working from seven in the 
 morning till five in the evening, they get four annas 
 or fourpence per day, not hour. What would our 
 British workmen say to this ? 
 
 March 5. Since last writing you I have been 
 seriously ill with bilious fever, so that last week 
 was compelled to miss the mail entirely. Praise 
 the Lord I am now all right again but rather weak. 
 One is taught by these battles how frail a thing is 
 this body of ours, and how precious a boon is God's 
 gift of health. And yet how men trifle with these 
 things, quite forgetting the body contains the im- 
 mortal soul. So many young men are living out 
 here who are completely wrecked by indulgence in 
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 sin, who might be leading happy, prosperous and 
 useful lives. And many die as they have lived, 
 moral wrecks carried off by perhaps a slight illness, 
 that would under ordinary circumstances have been 
 of no serious moment. I have received another very 
 kind letter from Mr. Jordan. How very good the 
 Lord is to me to give me so many kind loving 
 friends. We had no soldiers at the meeting last 
 night, and I hear the reason was they were not 
 allowed out because a plot had been arranged to 
 cut the throats of all the Europeans in Mandalay 
 and to set fire to the place, in consequence of 
 which mounted soldiers were patrolling the streets 
 all night. However, nothing came of this diabolical 
 conspiracy, but things must be in a very unsettled 
 condition, and of course an outbreak might occur. 
 Thank God we are in good hands, for He that 
 keepeth Israel neither slumbereth nor sleepeth. We 
 are safe from all danger while under His wing; we 
 will trust and not be afraid. A lot of Burmese are 
 waiting for their king to come back again. I am 
 thinking it is a vain hope. Praise God we know 
 that our King will come and reign and bring . His 
 redeemed with Him. The Chinamen are getting 
 hold of my name now, and hearing that I speak 
 Chinese many come to see me and ask for Misser 
 Lamer. Most of them who come in are Moham- 
 medan Chinese, generally well-to-do merchant traders. 
 They are fine big men. There are plenty of the 
 money-loving enterprising Chinamen in the Bazaar, 
 and when I can I take my Chinese Testament and 
 read to them or ask them to read to me. 
 
 March 19. Last night I visited for the first time 
 the Leper Home with Mr. Bestall, who is superinten- 
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 already has twenty inmates. This is very good work, 
 as it is most difficult to persuade these people to leave 
 their wretched hole they call home and go with a 
 foreigner ; but they very quickly find the change is 
 beneficial to be looked after, and cared for, and fed 
 and they are very pleased and happy. They speak 
 of Mr. Bestall as the great master, the great lord of 
 mercy. Of course it is their extravagant mode of 
 address, but it is an abundant reward to see their 
 thankfulness. It costs six rupees per month 'to feed, 
 clothe and tend one leper. They are truly pitiable 
 pictures of human misery ; one must see them to 
 form any idea of their dreadful condition. The large 
 Bazaar here is full of them. At every turn there are 
 several stretching their fingerless hands, in many 
 cases only arms, and crying, " A pice, lord, for pity's 
 sake. One pice, O lord, in mercy give." In the Home 
 they are brought beneath the saving power of the 
 Gospel continually, hearing the old, old story of Him 
 who died for leprous sinners. Surely His love will 
 touch many hearts and we shall meet them among 
 the purified and glorified ones in Heaven. 
 
 April 9. Last Thursday we got up a tea-meeting 
 in the Wesleyan soldiers' prayer-room as an induce- 
 ment for men to come and spend a profitable evening. 
 After tea for two hours we had Gospel addresses 
 interspersed with hymns as solos and quartettes. I 
 gave an address, and played the organ. We had a 
 very blessed and happy time, and I am sure the Lord 
 blessed this meeting. We purpose having a meeting 
 like this once a-month, and I believe it will be the 
 means of blessing to all and salvation to many. The 
 dear Lord has given me much liberty in speaking for 
 Him latterly, so different from what it used to be. But 
 oh! how little I seem able to do for Him. Opium
 
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 and drink are doing their deadly work, and every day 
 it seems increased facilities are being granted by 
 Government for the obtaining of drink. And these 
 black fellows will do anything to obtain it, having 
 acquired the taste, and degradation and misery over- 
 takes them far quicker than it does a European. 
 Saturday evening I conducted a meeting for soldiers, 
 and there are several who seem manifesting an 
 interest in spiritual things : many have given up 
 smoking as part of the old man. Monday evening 
 I went to take the Bible reading for Mr. Bestall, but 
 there was no oil in the lamps and all the lights went 
 out, so we had a prayer-meeting in the dark, praying 
 that we might not get into this condition, but that 
 our vessels might always be full and our light bright, 
 so that when the Master calls we may be ready to go 
 and meet Him. Troops keep going away from here 
 to reinforce the Manipur Expedition. Just now the 
 country seems rather disturbed, and things are un- 
 settled ; and every day prisoners, shackled and man- 
 acled, are being escorted through the streets. One 
 cannot help pitying them, they look so wretched, and 
 weary, and dirty. Their manacled legs only permit 
 of their taking very short steps, and they seem almost 
 ready to drop. They have to walk miles like this in 
 the broiling sun and dusty roads. 
 
 June 17. The Lord helped me wonderfully in the 
 services that I asked you to pray about. Rev. Kelly, 
 the Baptist minister, came down the other day to 
 thank me, saying all enjoyed the services very much. 
 I have received a nice long letter from dear Mr. Stratt, 
 in which he assured me of their continued interest 
 and prayers. I often wish there was a Y.M.C.A. 
 here ; how well I remember my four happy years at 
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 my letter at a missionary meeting, and it is precious 
 to know so much interest is shown in me, and so 
 much prayer is being offered up for the poor lepers ; 
 they are happy now, but it is not easy to lead them 
 to Jesus. When I was there the other day, one poor 
 old blind leper was counting a string of beads, and 
 repeating a prayer to Buddha. The keeper told me 
 he had been doing it all day ; he had a very pathetic- 
 looking face, and seemed so patient and earnest in 
 his occupation. I thought how happy he would be if 
 he knew Jesus and could talk to Him. The doctor 
 has been telling me he has been speaking to a lady 
 this morning, one of our patients, who, during the 
 recent disturbances, has been turned out of house and 
 home. Their place was surrounded by Dacoits and 
 set fire to. She managed to escape with her children, 
 with no clothes but what she had on, and no shoes. 
 She had to flee across paddy (rice) fields for four 
 miles ; the men had three crucifixes prepared, upon 
 which they would have killed them had she not 
 escaped (after disembowelling them they hang up 
 their victims on these crosses). Everything they had 
 was destroyed ; she has come to Mandalay to stay 
 for a time. Last Sunday evening I conducted the 
 service at the Wesleyan Chapel. We had a crowded 
 meeting, and in the morning I conducted the service 
 for the Baptists in the Judson's Memorial Chapel. It 
 is a splendid building, and I felt it a great privilege 
 to be asked to do this, although it came on me rather 
 unexpectedly. Mr. Kelly came in on Thursday and 
 said he was called away, and would I take it. I felt 
 tempted to decline, as two services seemed too much 
 for me. However, it was from the Lord, and I knew 
 He would be my sufficiency ; and He was, He 
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 I trust there will be blessing on His Word, that in 
 the weakness of the instrument His strength was 
 perfected. The Lord is stirring us up to seek for 
 greater blessing by prayer and more earnest effort 
 It is so easy to get into a condition of apathy, and 
 this is how the devil likes to keep us. How often the 
 Lord has to come and prod us up, but we don't 
 always like the prodding, do we ? 
 
 Mr. Joseph Jordan's letters have been a very great 
 comfort and help to me. Will you please specially 
 thank him for them, and for his prayers, which I much 
 need and value. 
 
 October 22. There are fifty-three lepers in the 
 Home now. One old man, who says he is 106, quite 
 blind. They seem happy and contented. The other 
 night I went up and the place was quite brilliantly 
 illuminated with coloured lanterns, made by them- 
 selves, very ingeniously ; this was one of their heathen 
 festivals. They were beating tin cans, clapping 
 bamboo sticks like castanets, others clapping their 
 hands and shouting and singing at the top of their 
 voices. This is to frighten away the devils. Is it 
 not sad to think of their being in this condition of 
 corruption and darkness ? surely they need our 
 prayers. For two Sundays I occupied the Wesleyan 
 pulpit. The attendance was very good and I realised 
 much the help of the Lord. I find it difficult to over- 
 come my nervousness in preaching, but the Lord 
 gave me much liberty and delivered me from fear of 
 man. The first Sunday I took for my subject the 
 Rich Young Ruler, who threw away eternal life for 
 worldly dross, applying the lesson to the thousands 
 who are doing just the same, selling their soul's 
 salvation for the devil's glittering baubles, and no 
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 what a terrible fraud it is ; and generally when it is too 
 late, the bargain has been struck, and they are unable 
 to escape the consequences. How many there are 
 who have been very near to Jesus and yet have made 
 this awful decision. I want Christ, I want to be 
 saved, but and this one thing has shut out Christ, 
 perhaps for ever. The next Sunday I took for my 
 text the Master's word in John vii., " If any man thirst," 
 etc. Men going here, going there, going everywhere, 
 restless, fretting, anxious, finding nothing satisfying. 
 While all the while rest, joy, peace, life is in their 
 grasp, for Jesus still stands and cries to all who 
 thirst, all who are weary, and hungry, and sad and 
 sinful, " Come unto Me." Yes, thank God, He lives 
 and saves, and keeps, even here, in dark Mandalay, 
 where Satan's power is so strong. Many of the 
 King's heralds are now proclaiming in this priest- 
 ridden land, the gracious invitation of Him who 
 breaks the power of sin and sets the prisoner free, I 
 trust God will bless His own Word ; although we do 
 not see the fruit always, yet we know our labour is 
 not in vain in the Lord. Go, labour on, spend and be 
 spent, our joy to do the Master's will, our reward to 
 hear Him say, Well done, faithful one. The reward is 
 for faithfulness, not for tabulated results ; these show 
 well on paper, but the Master does not ask for them. 
 He says, Be thou faithful unto death, and then the 
 crown, the glory when He comes to take us to Him- 
 self. He is faithful, though all else be false, and all 
 He has promised He will do. Let us be loyal, trust- 
 ful and obedient to Him, who has done, is doing, will 
 do, so much for us. I do pray the Lord will answer 
 dear Dr. M'Killiam's prayer for me, that I may be so 
 filled with the Spirit, that God may use me mightily 
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 increasingly so with him and all his helpers in the 
 work for Jesus ; and then the longed for showers will 
 be sure to come ; but all must be yielded, all must 
 be brought unto the storehouse gladly. There it is, 
 Master, all I have is Thine, use that and thy servant 
 as Thou wilt, and then the blessing will come, not in 
 drops, or showers, but floods. The great need calls 
 for constant increasing prayer. Brethren, pray for us. 
 November. Mr. Kelly has asked me if I could 
 spare an evening to teach his Burmese school lads 
 singing. I told him I was willing to do anything I 
 could to help in the Lord's work. Teaching them to 
 sing the Lord's songs will be one way of preaching to 
 them the Gospel. Pray that the Lord will bless me 
 in this, if He call me to the work.
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 MANDALAY, 1892 A YEAR'S RECORD OF USEFUL 
 SERVICE. 
 
 JANUARY, 1892. The battle against sin in 
 Burmah is fought against tremendous odds ; 
 everywhere the enemy seems impregnable on 
 
 all sides, but, " Fear not, for I am with thee to 
 help thee and fight for thee," removes all doubt about 
 the final issue of the conflict, so we dare not falter ; 
 defeat and impossibility are not in the Divine 
 dictionary. Only believe, and the walls of Jericho 
 will fall, and the sons of Anak become pigmies. I 
 wonder how much our unbelief is retarding the work 
 of Christ ; where this exists the power of God seems 
 withholden. It seems appalling to think that we, 
 His children, are by this sin staying the Lord's hand. 
 I feel it much myself. I have been very busy, as 
 Mr. Bestall is again away, and the meetings have 
 devolved on me. Last Sunday evening I had a good 
 time preaching from Romans ix. mistaken zeal and 
 self-righteousness, and the Lord blessed the Word to 
 two commissariat sergeants, not to their conversion 
 but conviction. Before, they were bitter opponents 
 to the Gospel, now they are resolved always to attend 
 the services. Monday and Tuesday I had Bible 
 readings. Next Sunday I preach again. Pray for 
 me ; I need it much. 
 
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 February 18. I am very sorry I have not mailed 
 for two weeks, but have been somewhat hard pressed, 
 and get so tired that the exertion of writing seems 
 almost too much. It is difficult to describe the feel- 
 ing of intense weariness one gets out here. It has to 
 be fought against persistently. I have been in 
 demand lately with my violin. The Baptist Mission 
 gave a sort of recital by their Burmese scholars. 
 They sang the hymns I had the privilege of teaching 
 them, and they gave some recitation in English very 
 well. I played my violin with Mrs. P., and the 
 crowds of Burmese, who had never heard it before, 
 simply thundered their appreciation, and I sang a 
 hymn in Sacred Songs and Solos, " Sitting alone with 
 life's memories." A beautiful thing, I think. I am 
 to play next Monday for the Rev. C., Town Chaplain. 
 It is very plodding work among the soldiers just now, 
 and we are waiting on the Lord for an outpouring of 
 blessing on His work. 
 
 March 10. We are plodding on in the work, but 
 we are longing to see more definite results. The 
 way is not smooth and easy. I find many rough 
 places, and ofttimes get faint and weary ; yet I 
 always find that at these times I get much nearer 
 to the Lord. It is then we feel our need of the 
 Rest-giver, and waiting on Him get new strength. 
 
 April. " The angel of the Lord encampeth round 
 about them that fear Him, and delivereth them." 
 How little we know the extent of these deliverances. 
 Ofttimes should we have fallen into sin but that He 
 knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, 
 but we must not forget the promise is to those who 
 fear Him, the fear that is born of love, lest we hurt 
 or grieve the One who loves us. I had a treat 
 the other evening. Got away from business at 4.30 
 
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 (my business hours are from seven in the morning 
 until six in the evening), and Dr. Stewart, Mr. Bestall 
 and I rode to a village called Amarapoora, a few 
 miles out, where Mr. Bestall is about to establish a 
 mission station. I enjoyed it very much. It is a 
 pretty place, exceedingly primitive, and where Dr. 
 Judson, the first missionary, was imprisoned and 
 suffered so much for the Gospel's sake. We are 
 having heavy rains and storms now, which is most 
 remarkable for Mandalay, and this keeps the weather 
 fairly cool. 
 
 May. What can bring such comfort to our hearts 
 as the thought that the Lord is with us always, and 
 that every step we take is bringing us nearer to the 
 time when we shall be with Him and see Him and 
 be like Him and never, never go out from His 
 presence ? If we want to hate evil, to be separated 
 from the world, to be kept from pride and selfishness, 
 it can only be by knowing Him who pleased not 
 Himself. If we assiduously cultivate His society, and 
 walk, talk, and live with Jesus, the world will lose its 
 charms, sin will lose its power, self will not be seen 
 or heard, and men seeing us will take knowledge of 
 us that we have been with Him, and will want to 
 know Him too. Let us pray for this. Oh ! how we 
 long to see the power of God working with us in the 
 salvation of souls everywhere. The deep need of 
 this is felt, and earnest prayers are ascending for a 
 revival in the Lord's work. I am thinking of starting 
 Gospel mission services in the lower part of my house 
 next month. The need is very great, but the diffi- 
 culties in the shape of opposition and indifference 
 are numerous. This will, of course, be quite unde- 
 nominational work. I trust that some may be led 
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 Day. Please put in a very special request for the 
 Lord's blessing and help on this venture. It is good 
 to know we are remembered by His servants at the 
 Throne of Grace. We shall pray specially for you 
 also at the Alexandria Hall. What a good thing 
 it is to have a Saviour out here where the devil 
 is so strong. He has marvellously kept me, and 
 I can be a witness that He can and will save from 
 all sin. His love is more than tongue can tell. 
 
 June. My prayer for you and each of us is that ( 
 as the years roll by and bring us nearer to Him, we 
 may get more like Him. Let Jesus Himself be more 
 and more our constant companion, and what con- 
 cerns Him and His glory become more and more the 
 subject of our thoughts and the goal of our efforts. 
 His service will be sweet to us in proportion to our 
 knowledge of and love to Himself; let us talk much 
 to Him and about Him, let us walk much with 
 Him, and let us live only for Him. I have been 
 in Mandalay just two years now, and they have been 
 full of His mercies. Truly the Everlasting Arms have 
 been around me. It is good to have the Lord for a 
 shield. 
 
 July. The weather has been very trying, and there 
 have been many deaths ; two young officers recently 
 out from England have died during the last two 
 weeks, and many soldiers are sick. We have not yet 
 opened my room, but hope to have it ready by next 
 week. I was asking and looking for some indication 
 that the Lord's hand was with us, when some one 
 gave me ten rupees for first month's rent, and I got 
 five from another source, and I trust I may soon be 
 able to tell of something done. 
 
 August. I so long that every corner of my heart, 
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 possessed by Him ; that there should be no " I " left, 
 but all Christ. When in His service we attempt to 
 walk upon the waters of faith, and difficulties and 
 opposition arise ; we can understand what made Peter 
 tremble and sink ; the / was not lost in Christ, and 
 self overweighted him. When we look down, or in, 
 or around, we are overcome. When we can keep the 
 eye fixed upward, looking unto Jesus, we are over- 
 comers, and like the fearless swimmer, instead of sink- 
 ing beneath the waves, we shall ride exultingly on 
 top of them. Oh, for the faith that will not shrink at 
 any earthly foe. Our little room is now in full swing, 
 we have had several meetings, good, not for numbers, 
 but for blessings received. We are now purchasing 
 an organ ; we have two punkahs, plenty of chairs, but 
 not quite enough lamps yet ; they are coming how- 
 ever. One of the S.P.G. priests said, "There's that 
 fellow Lambert running a show now, an irresponsible 
 man like him." Ah, he forgets and knows not that 
 we feel our responsibility to a far higher Authority 
 than that which bestows upon them their license, and 
 regardless of spiritual fitness makes them spiritual 
 teachers. We want and care for no other authority 
 than His commands to preach the Gospel to every 
 creature, and this we must obey. I am sorry to say 
 we are to have another change of regiments ; there 
 are one or two excellent Christian workers whose help 
 I have found really valuable, and who were heart and 
 soul in mission work. I shall miss them keenly, and 
 as the next is to be an Irish regiment, nearly all will 
 be Catholics ; however, the Lord will raise upborne to 
 help me. 
 
 The other night I went to see the Mohammedan 
 Festival, " running through fire." A trench is dug 
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 charcoal ; this is fired by means of oil, and when it is 
 all in a red-hot glowing condition with no flame it is 
 ready. We sat from eleven o'clock at night till one in 
 the morning waiting for this. In the temple adjoining, 
 a service was being held. When the fire was ready, 
 seven little boys, the " fire runners," went into the 
 temple among the worshippers ; then they commenced 
 shouting, singing, stamping, until they had worked 
 themselves into a pitch of frenzy ; then suddenly all 
 rushed out of the temple into the compound, the fire- 
 boys racing round, and with their bare feet leaped on 
 to the fire. They were able to cover it in about six 
 steps ; they ran round the compound and through the 
 fire, I think, four times. Mohammed is supposed to 
 keep it from burning them ; it is, of course, real fire, 
 red hot embers. I did not see the boys afterwards ; 
 they celebrate this every year. It is very difficult, I 
 should think, to impress Mohammedans with the 
 Gospel; they believe that Mohammed is coming again, 
 as we look for Jesus, and that he is to conquer the 
 world. I often have a chat with one who speaks 
 English, and he laughs at Jesus being the Son of God. 
 September. I never thought I should have stood 
 a hot climate so well. I really seem to enjoy very 
 good health, but I do not think I allow myself enough 
 sleep. I am seldom more than six and a-half hours 
 in bed, and the general opinion is, one should have 
 eight hours here ; but if I did not sit up a little time 
 at night, I should have hardly any time to myself, 
 and I feel I need to be receiving more plentifully 
 from the Lord, feeding more upon His Word, to be 
 able to feed the souls of others, because if we give 
 what comes not from Him, it is like giving a hungry 
 man stone. What a marvellous history is that of 
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 do I remember being so fascinated by a book ; it 
 simply sets one on fire to know what trust in God did 
 for him ; a gentleman here who knew him personally, 
 lent me his Autobiography. Our work in the Mission 
 is not making much progress, but we believe the Lord 
 is with us, and soon we shall see the signs of His 
 working among us in the salvation of sinners. We 
 have had them already in blessing to our own souls, 
 because there is full spiritual liberty in our meetings. 
 
 November. The mosquitoes are so numerous, and 
 so ravenous after the recent heavy rains, that it is 
 with extreme difficulty one writes or reads at all ; they 
 are fearfully trying to one's temper. Patience and 
 endurance are two of the virtues they essay to teach, 
 providing one is teachable. A gentleman, a commis- 
 sioner out here, who has just within the last few 
 months taken to the violin, has requested me to keep 
 him in practice and help him ; he comes nearly every 
 night at 9.30, and stays till 1 1 o'clock, so you see I 
 am hard at it now. Satan has not much chance with 
 me on the score of idleness. It is only for a month ; 
 he will make me a present, and I can do with it. 
 I am not in any way extravagant, and yet I find it 
 hard to make ends meet at the present low rate of 
 exchange. 
 
 There is not much progress at the mission-room. 
 Great pressure is brought to bear to hinder the work. 
 I told one of the apostles' successors that I thought 
 he was doing the devil's work, because he reprimanded 
 a soldier for his presuming to attend our meetings ; 
 he was highly incensed. We may have the purple 
 and fine linen, the scarlet and gold, the mitre and the 
 cross, the candles and the flowers, the fastings and 
 crossings, and bowing and prayers, but the work of 
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 produce a spotless robe, and without this none shall sit 
 at the Marriage Feast of the Lamb. What an awful 
 awakening awaits such blind leaders of the blind, the 
 retribution is dreadful to contemplate. We keep the 
 room open, and meet there for prayer and praise ; we 
 believe the Lord will yet bless the work in saving 
 souls. Oh, that men knew their danger, and felt their 
 need of Christ. 
 
 December. God has graciously given us an earnest 
 of the blessings we have been praying and longing for. 
 Two dear soldiers, after much struggling and long 
 resistance, have surrendered and yielded themselves 
 to Jesus ; they are fully trusting ; please pray that 
 they may be bright shining lights for Jesus, such are 
 needed so much here. They gave their testimony in 
 our little room last night simply and clearly, and we 
 are greatly cheered, and praise our good God, giving 
 Him all the glory ; we had a very happy time. The 
 Baptist missionary is going into the district, so shall 
 be preaching for him on Sunday ; may the Lord give 
 me a suitable word. 
 
 I hear from Selkirk with much regret of the death 
 of Bro. Macoun at Shanghai, one of our party to 
 China ; his loss will be felt, but it is grand to go into 
 His presence in full harness. To have this, no higher 
 bliss I ask. My earthly course when run, to meet in 
 Heaven the Master's smile. And hear Him say, 
 "Well done," C. W. L. May God grant us this ; let 
 us labour for it.
 
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 MANDALAY, 1893 SOWING BESIDE ALL WATERS. 
 
 N'OW for my first letter of the New Year. I trust 
 that we have all entered upon it with our faith 
 more than ever resting on Him, who has 
 brought us safely through the year that is 
 past. He is the same, and He will be with us 
 throughout these coming days. What they have in 
 store for us of trial, suffering and blessing is all 
 known to Him, and in Him there will be an unfailing 
 supply of grace for all our need. That which con- 
 cerns you and me is to follow and serve Him faith- 
 fully, and He will look after all the rest. I have 
 joined the Mounted Rifle Volunteers of Upper 
 Burmah, my chief reason being to get exercise ; and 
 this I have had and it has pulled me round marvel- 
 lously ; every one says I look better. The poor old 
 lepers have been passing away. One old woman, a 
 more hideous spectacle you could not imagine, what 
 she must have suffered God only knows. I saw her 
 just before she died, and it was a fearful sight. Before 
 she passed away she said, " I have no mother, no 
 father, no friends, no home, but Jesus will take me," 
 and surely He did. And there are the other poor 
 victims lying all around, knowing that perhaps very 
 soon they must follow. Is it not sad to drag out
 
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 such a pitiful existence as this ? Yet they laugh and 
 chaff, and smoke their cheroots, and enjoy their rice. 
 Pray for the lepers ! How often we shrink from 
 taking a plunge into the depths of God's faithfulness, 
 from motives of worldly policy, refraining from taking 
 a bold stand for God. I myself am very prone to 
 backwarding in this respect Peter I think never 
 made a mistake in being too bold, only in being 
 hasty. When that boldness was consecrated and 
 yielded to the Holy Ghost it became a mighty 
 power in God's service. It is this consecrated 
 courage and daring we need. We need it here 
 very much, and one or two of us are led to pray 
 earnestly for it. Brother Currie and myself have 
 been stirred up very much to pray about this, and we 
 will not let Him go until He bless us. Please ask 
 the Lord's people to unite with us in prayer for a 
 revival in Mandalay. 
 
 February. Last Sunday all the male missionaries 
 were out of the district and I was asked by both 
 Wesleyans and Baptists to preach for them, so we 
 had a united service at Wesleyan Chapel. I preached 
 from the love of God in Ephesians iii. its dimen- 
 sions and the filling with the fulness of God, endeav- 
 ouring to prove how much more blessed this was than 
 trying to fill the heart with what only made its 
 emptiness more keenly felt, viz. the world. Only 
 God who made it for Himself can fill it, and He 
 won't unless we let Him. I felt more of the power 
 of the Spirit and the presence of the Lord and less of 
 self than I think I have ever experienced, and I 
 firmly believe His word spoken then will not return 
 unto Him void. There was great attention, and we 
 had a good prayer-meeting afterwards. To God be 
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 only say we are going on and making all the effort 
 we can. But it is slow work, there is hardly any 
 response, no spiritual pulse at all ; a revival is what 
 we need and for this we must pray and work. Thanks 
 very much for contribution, also for the books ; they 
 will be a great help to me in the Lord's work. I 
 study a little Greek, Chinese, and Logic ; this has 
 helped my thinking powers greatly. The Rev. C, 
 English Chaplain here, is lying seriously ill. A 
 day or two ago Mrs. C. asked me to help bring him 
 downstairs to another room. I took him in my arms 
 like a child, and carried him down myself. It was 
 scarcely any exertion to me. He is a nice fellow, I 
 like him much. He too is fond of me, although we 
 so widely differ in spiritual things. 
 
 March. Two or three of the Lord's people here 
 have lately been awakened on the subject of the 
 Lord's return for His Church, and we have arranged 
 to spend one evening a week in searching the Script- 
 ures on this subject. This is encouraging to me, as 
 the Blessed Hope seemed quite lost sight of here, and 
 I myself had almost lapsed into silence on this (to the 
 Christian) vitally important topic. How infinitely 
 richer and more joyous it makes the spiritual life of 
 the one who is rejoicing in this Blessed Hope. Surely 
 it is a great step in the higher life. When this truth 
 is grasped and enjoyed, it brings the blessing of 
 holiness with it, because it is a purifying hope, making 
 us pure as He is pure. Now the light of this Blessed 
 Hope has dawned here, Mandalay, the Golden City (a 
 few short years ago buried in heathen darkness) will 
 have a company of the redeemed waiting and watch- 
 ing for the Morning Star. In three months' time will 
 be my tenth spiritual birthday anniversary of the 
 second Sunday in June, 1883, when in the Alexandria
 
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 Hall I was saved by the grace of God, cleansed in the 
 blood of Jesus, accepted in Christ the beloved, sealed 
 by the Spirit. Never once have I doubted my security 
 in Christ as an heir of eternal salvation, and now, 
 through the mercy of God, I am able to say, " I know 
 in whom I have believed and am persuaded that He 
 is able to keep unto the end what I have committed 
 unto Him." The way has seemed rough and difficult 
 at times, and the fight has been hot, but praise God 
 the shout is victory ; we are more than conquerors 
 through Him that loved us, and now my one supreme 
 desire is to live, love, and labour for Jesus. 
 
 April. Sometimes I fear when I am in a hurry my 
 writing is not very legible, although I am considered 
 a fairly good writer for left hand. It astonishes the 
 natives, they do not understand that it is from neces- 
 sity and not from choice I thus transgress the laws of 
 propriety. My services as nurse have again been in 
 requisition ; one of the A. B. missionaries who had 
 already one paralysed hand, last Sunday week by the 
 bursting of a soda-water bottle disabled the other 
 hand. The doctor came down for me to go up at 
 once with him and give him chloroform. I was 
 scarcely prepared for such an awful gash right across 
 wrist, severing tendon, arteries, and veins, not injuring 
 bones. I gave the chloroform, he went off, and doctor 
 tied up arteries and veins and sewed up the wounds, 
 and in about one and a-half hours all was over, he 
 came to, and we put him to bed. I stayed with him 
 all night with my hand upon his poor arm. He said 
 I had a beautiful hand ; it was magnetic, and soothed 
 and relieved him wonderfully. He was very bad for 
 several days but now is going on all right, and may 
 perhaps get the full use of his hand. It was very 
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 say, " I wonder why the Lord has done this." One 
 would have thought it was quite enough to lose the 
 use of one hand, and then he would cry and say, 
 " Well I have a proud spirit and the Lord must break 
 it." But the prospects are brighter now, and he is 
 very cheerful. He lost his wife three months after 
 marriage. The Lord is taking him through deep 
 waters, but He has promised they shall not overflow. 
 " Lo, I am with you always." 
 
 May. I have some grand news for you of the 
 Lord's dealings with us here. You know how, in 
 July of last year, we started our little mission work in 
 my house. We had long burned with a desire to do 
 something for the Lord here. We felt the need was 
 very great, and there was ample room, and I believed 
 a work untrammelled by denominational prejudices 
 would be owned and blessed by God. So in faith we 
 launched our little barque upon the deep boundless 
 sea of God's promises. We were sanguine and 
 expected great things, but God had a testing for us ; 
 our faith needed strengthening. Night after night, 
 week after week, month after month, for nine months 
 a few of us met in God's name and cheered one 
 another with His promises ; waiting upon Him 
 earnestly in prayer, believing, hoping, working, trust- 
 ing. We were beginning to think as many of the 
 Christians said, nothing would come of it in a town 
 so wicked and indifferent as Mandalay, but we be- 
 lieved, in spite of all, God would hear our prayers and 
 that the work was His, so we went on. This is how 
 the answer came in copious showers of blessing and 
 refreshing. About six weeks ago I received a note 
 from Rangoon, asking me to find quarters for two 
 Salvation Army lassies on their way to Mandalay. 
 This, though a difficult task, I gladly undertook, and
 
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 succeeded at some little expense. On their arrival I 
 at once placed the mission room at their disposal for 
 work. As this ensured them perfect liberty, they 
 were delighted, and we started a mission, April 16, 
 Sunday evening. It commenced with success. These 
 sisters were able, loving, and full of zeal. Every 
 night the room was crowded, and natives thronging 
 the doors. A virgin experience in religious work for 
 Mandalay. Singing, praying, testimonies, reading 
 the Word, short addresses, and urgent appeals com- 
 prised the methods. God owned the work, several 
 souls were saved, and, what is most important, 
 Christians were thoroughly awakened and revived in 
 strength and faith. Since the departure of these 
 sisters at the end of April, the Lord has enabled me 
 to conduct a mission in the hall. We have carried it 
 on every night, and interest is still as fresh as ever. 
 I am so inclined to be hindered by thinking what I 
 can and cannot do myself, and was staggered at the 
 thought of attempting any great thing for the Lord, 
 because I saw only my littleness, and lost sight of His 
 greatness, and now He seems to have thrown me into 
 this work to show me not what I can do, thank God 
 (I have learnt that is nothing), but what He can do 
 with an uncommonly poor instrument when willing 
 and ready to show forth His glory and His alone. 
 When all that would exalt the flesh is crucified and 
 buried, He will use us and not before. Last night we 
 had a specially good time the power of the Lord was 
 with us of a truth ; there are those who scoff and jeer 
 at Divine things, and yet night after night they come 
 to listen to God's message. We are looking to God 
 to break the strong hearts and subdue the stubborn 
 wills of these sin-enslaved ones, and He will. What 
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 powerful, sharp, when wielded by the Spirit ? May 
 the Lord make us experts in the use of this Divine 
 mighty weapon, and Satan's stronghold will fall and 
 his followers capitulate ; it will be so, it must be so, 
 it shall be so, for God's Word declares it. Only 
 believe and fear not. Of course this has called down 
 a great deal of opposition, but I feel the work is of 
 God, and He would have us go on. The doctor took 
 me to task about it. He said, " Look here, Lambert, 
 you can't go on like this ; what shall I do if you 
 break down ? You are doing any average mission- 
 ary's work in addition to your work in the business, 
 and no man can stand it." I said I must serve God. 
 He has called me to the work, I said. Paul was 
 enabled to work for his living while he preached the 
 Gospel, and God will do as much for me. " Well," he 
 said, " I tell you, as a medical man, you can't stand it." 
 But, as a matter of fact, I have been better since 
 doing this. When it is God's work He gives the 
 strength for it, because we have meat to eat the world 
 knows not of. A week ago some soldiers (brethren) 
 came to me asking for baptism, and I gave an address 
 on the subject that evening, and asked believers who 
 desired to obey the Lord in this to rise ; about nine 
 rose, some wanted believer's baptism only. I thought 
 it best to refer the matter to the A. B. missionary, 
 and he said the principles of his Church precluded 
 him from administering baptism except it was to 
 receive them into their Church. So I felt I might 
 have this privilege, believing that I could not dis- 
 please God thereby. As soon as it was known a 
 great outcry arose, and a minister, with whom I have 
 had much happy fellowship in the past, came down 
 and censured me severely for such action, saying 
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 teach these things, which were not essentials ; they 
 should be dropped for the sake of unity out here. 
 I replied I must teach God's truth, I believed I was 
 doing God's will, with a pure desire to please Him 
 only, and I must go on. I must consider His truth 
 first and what man thought of me afterwards, and 
 that any unity at the expense of truth would not be 
 God's unity. Last Saturday afternoon, a lovely day, 
 we went down to the Irrawaddy. (Miss Fay, A. B. 
 missionary, two Burmese Christian girls, a lady 
 whom I have had the joy of leading to Christ, some 
 Christian soldiers, and the three candidates for bap- 
 tism.) We sang a hymn, prayed, then I read and 
 gave a short address, and went into the water and 
 had the great joy of baptising these three brothers 
 into Christ's death. May their walk henceforth be in 
 newness of life. It was a solemn, blessed, and to me, 
 memorable time. There were a host of natives on 
 the steamers, spectators, and I expect they wondered 
 what it all meant. How we wished we could en- 
 lighten them. The Lord is greatly blessing us in every 
 way. Success always rouses the devil, and he has 
 tried his hardest to stop this work, but God seems to 
 say, " Go forward," and in His name we will. It is 
 hard to forfeit the good esteem of Christian men, but 
 what else can we do under these circumstances? 
 Everything clearly indicates that the Lord is with us, 
 and is leading us on ; then we must follow. I feel in 
 my own heart I have only done God's will and would 
 have to act the same again under similar circum- 
 stances, and there is not the least estrangement on 
 my part from any of the Lord's children. I can only 
 say I love all the brethren. As you have helped us 
 by your prayers and thus share in the blessing, please 
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 and pray for a continuance of His favours and that 
 we may be guided aright in all we do by the Holy 
 Spirit, ruled ever by a desire to glorify God. Surely 
 I come quickly. " Even so, come Lord Jesus ; " we 
 long for Thy return that we may see Thee and be 
 like Thee. 
 
 August 15. "To them that overcometh will I 
 grant to sit with Me on My throne. And they over- 
 came by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of 
 their testimony." This is not the time for silent 
 witnessing for Jesus. Thousands of voices from the 
 kingdom of darkness are proclaiming aloud their 
 hellish doctrines, trying to smother the voice of the 
 Spirit of God, and by the blood and the word we are 
 to conquer. The Lord is still blessing our mission 
 work ; on Sundays we get the room full. I always 
 preach then, and conduct three or four week meet- 
 ings. Mondays we have a prayer-meeting. Saturday 
 evening we have Bible readings on the Lord's coming, 
 the other evenings are general meetings. Dr. Kirk- 
 patrick, from Thibaw, has preached for us two 
 Sundays. He has gone now, and Mrs. Kirkpatrick 
 has conducted our meetings on the " Lord's coming." 
 They have been very helpful and profitable. She is 
 full of the Blessed Hope ; we are quite a little band 
 now, waiting for Jesus. The other Sunday evening I 
 was not well, and I got up to speak, feeling utterly 
 empty, not a word to say ; did not even know what 
 chapter to read. However, I opened the Book at 
 the 4th chapter, John's ist Epistle, and the Spirit gave 
 me precious liberty. The mission room was full, and 
 I could tell by the faces the word was with power. 
 After this exposition I preached a short address from 
 Peter's prayer and confession, " Depart from me, I 
 am a sinful man," and then we had half-an-hour for
 
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 prayer and testimony; nearly all stayed. I am sure 
 the Lord was working, although we had no definite 
 results. The doors are painted black, so I preach a 
 sermon all day in chalk upon them. I have now, 
 Stop, think, death, judgment, eternity awaiting you. 
 Are you saved ? repent, believe. You must be born 
 again. Jesus shed His blood for you. Of two ladies 
 who read it, one said it was cant, another said she was 
 so disgusted she wanted to rub it off with her handker- 
 chief ; but they can't rub it out of their heart if the 
 Spirit write it there, and I hope He will on many. 
 For a few days we did not have any meetings, as a 
 riot was anticipated, and the soldiers were detained in 
 fort, and kept in readiness for it, on account of the 
 heathen festivals. 
 
 August 23. The devil is trying to overthrow the 
 work of the mission hall. I have had notice to quit 
 my house ; I had thought this would necessitate my 
 giving up the Mission, but another place, far better, 
 has presented itself, a much larger house ; it was 
 formerly a hotel, and is in a prominent position ; 
 the lower part, or billiard or bar room, will make a 
 splendid meeting room, and will do far better service 
 for the Lord than it has done for the devil. It will 
 bring us into very close quarters with the latter 
 personage, as there are drinking shops all round. 
 The most popular European hotel is at the opposite 
 corner. The rent is a good bit more, but a friend 
 has voluntarily offered to find rupees per month 
 to cover one-fourth of it; so you see the Lord is 
 smoothing the way for us. Our borders will be very 
 much enlarged ; we shall certainly have larger 
 attendances, as we shall be in the most prominent 
 position in Mandalay for religious work. I often 
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 man put his arms around me and said, " This very good 
 man, my very dear good brother, except for one 
 thing, he not circumcised." But it is strange and sad 
 how bitter they are against Christ, and laugh to scorn 
 even now the idea of the Nazarene being their God- 
 sent Messiah. How one longs that the dark cloud of 
 unbelief might roll away, and the Sun of Righteous- 
 ness arise with healing in His wings; and He will. 
 Come quickly, Lord ; even so, come, Lord Jesus. 
 
 September. Last Sunday we had a very encourag- 
 ing meeting at our new mission room ; nearly all chairs 
 full. I preached from Isaiah xlv., and the Lord gave 
 me much liberty ; and I trust some drank of the 
 " Living Waters." I have such commodious pleasant 
 quarters, and large outhouses. The enemy has been 
 pressing me very sorely lately ; I feel he would 
 rejoice keenly at my overthrow, and will leave no 
 stone unturned to accomplish it ; but I am hiding in 
 Him, and I know I shall be kept, I have no fear as to 
 the issue ; but do not cease to pray earnestly for me ; 
 I owe very much to those of you who pray for me at 
 home. They build a wall too strong for the devil's 
 battering rams to shatter. 
 
 October. How much I have to praise God for in 
 that He has given me health and strength and 
 ability, not only for the performance of my business 
 duties, but also to serve Him. He has enlarged my 
 borders and enabled me to carry out a work for which, 
 certainly, but for Him, I was quite incapable. How 
 good He has been to us, encouraging us in every 
 possible way, and giving us signal marks of His 
 approval in this Mission. A fortnight back I received 
 a cheque for 20 for the work from Mr. Huntington 
 Stone of Greenwich, accompanied by a very kind and 
 helpful letter ; this will enable us to get the light we so
 
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 much needed and necessary furniture. It has certainly 
 relieved me from all anxiety, and it is so nice to feel 
 the Master trusts one ; then on the top of this He 
 sends your generous donation from home ; thank you 
 so much for this. For three nights we have had 
 Rev. Armstrong with us ; he has been in England for 
 two years, and has just returned. He takes a deep 
 interest in the Second Coming of Christ, and gave us 
 some very profitable and interesting lectures on this 
 subject ; the room was crowded, and evidently great 
 attention has been aroused in this direction. The 
 Sunday after his departure I continued the subject, 
 combined with the Gospel, as well as I was able ; we 
 had a full room, and I have never received more 
 earnest attention ; you cannot conceive how this helps 
 one in speaking. Sunday evening, Mr. Kelly, who 
 has just returned from America, preached for us ; he 
 is quite an orator, and gave a very powerful and 
 impressive sermon ; the room was crowded. 
 
 December. The meetings at the Mission continue 
 to be well attended. God is working and blessing. 
 I am busy now preparing the Burmese schools for a 
 singing gathering at Christmas ; we have a practice 
 almost every evening. 
 
 December. I am a little late, I intended this for 
 your birthday letter, but you will know I am thinking 
 of you in this far away land, and shall be specially 
 praying for you. I trust that every year may richly 
 add to your soul's prosperity. How quickly the 
 years seem to fly ; one rejoices at this, because we 
 cannot too quickly reach the goal of all our hopes viz., 
 to be with Jesus. The only sad thought is, we have 
 so misused our talents and time; we surely should 
 strain every nerve for the joy of being found among 
 those whom He counts faithful when He comes ; let
 
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 us make this our prayer for one another. I feel, 
 perhaps, more than ever my unworthiness for this 
 highest service, missionary labour; but I would like to 
 lay down my life in the Mission field for Him who laid 
 down His life for me ; it is not at all dear unto me, 
 for life's sake. I often feel I would gladly depart to be 
 with Jesus, but I have nothing to lay at His feet.
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 MANDALAY, 1894 LAST COMPLETE YEAR 
 OF SERVICE. 
 
 JANUARY. As the doctor has decided to sell his 
 business, I think of uniting myself with the 
 American Baptists for English and Chinese 
 work in Mandalay; my application is now being 
 considered by the missionaries, and will shortly be on 
 its way to America. I shall hear the result (D. V.) in 
 about four months. Pray earnestly about this. The 
 Lord is pleased still to give us success in the Mission 
 Hall. We get large attendances, but oh ! how hard 
 it is to encounter the indifference that is manifested 
 to the Gospel not resentment; that is not so hard to 
 fight. How we need to be filled with the Spirit. 
 Last Sunday I had great difficulty in getting my 
 subject for the address at the Mission Hall could not 
 fix upon one, I could get nothing, and my heart fairly 
 sunk at the idea of preaching. I went down on my 
 knees and told the -Lord all about it, and He gave me 
 Rom. viii., no condemnation, no separation. My 
 mind and heart were full then, and preparation time 
 was gone. Some one sent us down twelve extra 
 chairs, and the place was filled. I spoke to Christians 
 on our sonship and heirship, and afterwards to 
 unsaved on no condemnation. The Lord sustained 
 
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 me and the Spirit gave me gracious liberty, and 
 I believe the word was with power by the fixed 
 attention of all. Business is bad now, and the out- 
 look is very gloomy with the continued depreciation 
 of the rupee. Many of us will have to retrench con- 
 siderably, but it is hard to know how. Remedy 
 " Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is 
 stayed on Thee." I think the Morning Star is an 
 excellent and much-needed paper, and the most help- 
 ful and Scriptural of the kind I have seen. I trust it 
 will cause the light of prophecy to shine far and wide, 
 and lead many into the possession of our glorious 
 hope. I believe and hope we are very near its 
 fruition ; as the time of the end draweth nigh and the 
 day of glory approaches, the devil is gathering up all 
 his forces to oppose and harass the Lord's people. 
 
 March. I have had the privilege of putting up at 
 my house for three weeks a Mr. and Mrs. Clayden of 
 Salvation Army; their stay has been quite a treat, 
 and their fellowship a big lift on the way Home. He 
 was formerly in charge of a Mission at Chelsea, and 
 is well known to Mr. Eugene Stock. We had some 
 good and profitable meetings at the Mission Hall 
 with them. I feel it a great joy to be able to 
 give hospitality to the Lord's people. We have a 
 Mohammedan inquirer who wants to become a 
 Christian, but he seems to have no idea of coming to 
 Christ, only accepting the Christian doctrines because 
 all civilised people are Christians ; he cannot speak 
 English, so one of our Eurasian Christians is instruct- 
 ing him. Will you pray for him ? 
 
 May. How wonderful is God's love. I was so 
 comforted in reading that magnificent challenge in 
 Jer. xxxi. this morning, " If thou canst measure the 
 heavens and search out the lower foundation of the
 
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 earth." What mortal could do this? "Then will 
 I cast off Israel for all they have done." How much 
 more will He not cast us off who are His through the 
 precious blood of His beloved Son ; by the free 
 sovereign boundless grace of God we are eternally 
 saved and kept. The Lord continues to bless at the 
 Mission Hall. Our Sunday evening meetings are better 
 attended than anywhere in Mandalay, I think, and 
 there is good attendance at the Sunday school. 
 Some are very much incensed thereby, do not approve 
 of my presumption at all, think I am a very good 
 fellow and all that, but have no business to preach 
 the Gospel. What a good thing it is we have to 
 recognise but one spiritual Master, and that He has 
 said, "Ye are my friends if ye do whatsoever I 
 command you. Go ye and preach the Gospel every- 
 where," and " Lo, I am with you." There is much 
 opposition besides. However, if He is with us, it 
 matters little who is against us ; but we need very 
 much the prayers of the Lord's people. Thank you 
 very much for your donation of ten shillings; it came 
 just when needed, as the actual Mission funds had 
 just been three shillings overdrawn. I had just paid 
 a 'bill for hanging punkahs; imagine then what a 
 welcome surprise the gift was the Lord sent me 
 through you. He is always there at the nick of time 
 to help in need. 
 
 June. I have not been at all well the last few 
 weeks, but am pulling round now. I am taking 
 Fellow's Syrup with the present you so kindly sent 
 me, and I am now beginning to reap the benefit of it. 
 I went for a paper chase a few days ago on my new 
 pony and enjoyed it very much a three mile gallop 
 across country ; I am a pretty good rider now. I am 
 very thankful you have asked prayer for me, I want
 
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 to have clear guidance as to where the Lord would 
 have me be, and what is His work for me. I am very 
 glad the Lord put it into your heart to send those 
 extra copies of Morning Star; they have been a help 
 and a blessing to the Lord's children who are 
 earnestly looking for Him; many hearts hitherto 
 closed to Him as the Coming One for His Bride, the 
 Church, are now looking for Him and eagerly expect- 
 ing Him as the Heavenly Bridegroom. Oh ! how 
 this glorious hope ought to make our hearts throb 
 with delight and set our tongues on fire to herald it ; 
 but the devil keeps our tongue tied by fear of man. 
 We have a meeting, every Friday evening to study 
 this subject, and I believe many are getting interested. 
 We also have now some very happy prayer and 
 consecration meetings on Thursday evenings at one 
 of the missionaries' houses, only Christians, where we 
 make known fully our desires to the Lord and one 
 another, and pray for dear ones at home. God has 
 given us some gracious answers to prayer. Last 
 Friday evening I examined an English-speaking 
 native for baptism and church membership with us. 
 This is the first time I have enjoyed this privilege ; 
 his testimony was clear and satisfactory, and he will 
 be baptised this Sunday morning, 11.30, and received 
 into fellowship this evening. 
 
 August I have had another attack of fever, and 
 feel very low and weak. I lost this mail after all. 
 I am better, my fever has gone, but I feel rather 
 depressed and restless. There is a good deal of 
 cholera in Mandalay, and the soldiers are in conse- 
 quence again confined to the barracks, so the attend- 
 ance at our meetings is small. I have seen the 
 report of the A.B. Mission work. Rev. M'Guire 
 has kindly mentioned my work; he writes: "The
 
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 English work is now in quite an encouraging condition. 
 This is largely due to the consecrated labours of a 
 young man formerly a member of the China Inland 
 Mission, but now employed in a drug store in 
 Mandalay, who gives his leisure hours to this branch 
 of his Master's service. The meetings, which are 
 largely attended, are held in a hall well located for 
 English work." We do not labour for, or covet, 
 human praise for our work for Jesus, but recognition 
 is encouraging. 
 
 September. There is a great deal of sickness here 
 now, cholera is raging all round ; several Europeans 
 have been taken away, not all by cholera. The 
 weather is so very trying, I am not feeling well ; but 
 the cool season will soon be here, and I may be better 
 then. The soldiers are still prohibited from coming 
 to the Mission, on account of the sickness in the 
 town. God bless you all and watch over and keep 
 you continually. 
 
 October. Rev. M'Guire has heard from the Ameri- 
 can Board, and they seem disposed to entertain my 
 application. Rev. M'Guire is sanguine about the 
 appointment, so I want you to make it a very special 
 subject of prayer, and, that if this is His will, to pre- 
 pare and fit me for the work. Of course, nothing 
 definite can be adduced yet, and if the business is 
 sold quickly, I may yet spend the coming Christmas 
 at home ; how very delightful it would be to see you 
 all again. I am in somewhat better health, but not 
 quite well ; there has been a great deal of sickness 
 here this year ; several have died. Last week our 
 dharwar (or bill collector) died on the premises, of 
 cholera ; I was with him for some time. On Monday 
 a member of our Church was taken with the same 
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 night ; I was with him from nine o'clock until he 
 passed away, he went off very quietly ; did not seem 
 to suffer at all, but was too exhausted to say any- 
 thing; however, previously, he had said it was all 
 right ; he was not afraid. He had a wife and family 
 in India, whom he was expecting to bring to Manda- 
 lay in a week or two. The weather is very unhealthy ; 
 such quantities of rain falling. 
 
 November i, 1894. It is now within a month of 
 six years since I left all I hold dear on earth. How 
 much has happened since then ; much that has 
 appeared strange and incomprehensible ; but results 
 have proved God's dealings have been in wisdom, 
 love, and mercy, and we wonder how we could have 
 doubted Him ; how much we miss and lose by listen- 
 ing to this formidable hinderer to the Holy Spirit's 
 work in our hearts. These years have been replete 
 with trial, blessing, and instruction. God has con- 
 tinued to bless us in the Mission ; we have a large 
 hall now, but this is getting crowded out, we shall 
 have to enlarge our borders. Surrounded as one is 
 here by infidelity, immorality, and heathenism, it is a 
 privilege to witness for Jesus and declare His Gospel, 
 and it is a great responsibility also; the elements of 
 discouragement are many and great, and can only be 
 met and conjured in His strength and grace. 
 
 The doctor is very sanguine about completing 
 arrangements for disposal of the business very quickly. 
 The Mission hall is filled again now; the soldiers have 
 permission to come. I shall be very sorry to leave 
 this work. 
 
 November. I have received an offer which truly 
 seems to be of the Lord. Dr. Kirkpatrick of Thibaw 
 has asked me if I would look after his work there, 
 while he takes a much-needed rest; this would prob-
 
 MRS. KIRKPATRICK. DR. KIRKPATRICK. 
 
 MURRAY B. KIRKPATRICK. CLARENCE A. KIRKPATRICK. 
 
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 ably be for about twelve months. It is a great honour 
 and privilege to be asked to take such a position, and 
 the experience gained would be valuable ; I could 
 also continue my studies, which I have been compelled 
 to relinquish latterly. Please pray about this. 
 
 December. I have received a letter from Dr. 
 Kirkpatrick, asking me if I should be ready to start 
 for Thibaw the first week in March, as he would like 
 to leave about the middle of that month for America, 
 and he would then have a week or two to initiate me 
 into the work. I shall write him that, if the Lord 
 will, I am ready ; it will be about eight days' journey 
 through the jungle to get there, but this is a trip I 
 should enjoy. Of course there are many things which 
 make living in such an out-of-the-way place very try- 
 ing, worse than the interior of China almost, but if 
 God send me He will supply the needed grace. Last 
 week a poor young fellow (27) died in my house ; 
 he had been ill for months ; the last two days it 
 developed into cholera ; it was a sad death ; he was 
 utterly godless ; had been so in life, and maintained 
 his defiant spirit to the end ; would hear nothing 
 about Christ.
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 GOES TO THIBAW GRAVE PERILS A MARTYR'S 
 DEATH. 
 
 JANUARY, 1895. Thank you very much for the 
 motto card, " Nothing shall be impossible unto 
 you; " they are grand words. If we can only by 
 the Spirit apprehend the power of that assur- 
 ance, what a glorious testimony ours will be this year 
 to God's grace. Oh ! may we learn in our weakness 
 so to lay hold of God's almightiness, that seeming 
 impossibilities shall be nothing to us. 
 
 February. We have to praise the Lord still for 
 blessing in the Mission hall. 
 
 March 14. The doctor has disposed of his business, 
 and I am free, or shall be in a week or two. 
 
 March 20. I am starting to-day for Thibaw ; pray 
 that I may be made a blessing ; my Chinese will be 
 useful ; I shall write you how I get on. 
 
 Started on Thursday, March 20, at 5.30 P.M. 
 Resigned management of store at 10 o'clock on same 
 day. The first stage was ten miles out. I rode hard 
 to get in before dark, reached bungalow 7. 1 5 ; had a 
 good rest and started for Kyoungnu early, fourteen 
 miles ; got in at 3 o'clock. Next day did two stages 
 of seven and twelve miles to get into Maymyo, Satur- 
 day evening. The road was rough and hilly ; this 
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 place is some hundreds of feet above Mandalay. Here 
 I met Mr. and Mrs. L. and Mrs. W., and dined with 
 them ; my bed had to be on floor, as bungalow was 
 full. Sunday morning Dr. K. and family arrived, and 
 I spent the day with Dr. K. 
 
 March 25, Monday morning, 7 o'clock. Started 
 for Wetwin, twelve miles ; my daily portion of manna 
 was very encouraging, texts as follows : Luke v. 5 ; 
 Matthew xxviii. 18-20; Matthew xiii. 47; I Corin- 
 thians ix. 16-22; Galatians vi. 9; Isaiah Iv. n; 
 I Corinthians iii. 7. Arrived II o'clock after a hot, 
 uninteresting ride. Tuesday, 8 o'clock, started from 
 Wetwin to Cmathee, eleven miles. Wednesday, for 
 Thabye, thirteen miles, there we stayed two days, but 
 there was nothing much to be seen except pagodas ; 
 we went to the Bazaar, but as all the business was 
 done in Shan we could not understand anything. 
 Our next stage was Choungzon, eight miles. In the 
 short stages travelling is more difficult and tiring for 
 the animals. The country is more open now, and 
 one can enjoy the varied scenery. Now we go miles 
 down into a deep valley, where all around is culti- 
 vated for paddy, then up winding round to the top of 
 immense hills, to look down which makes one dizzy. 
 The sides, sometimes, seem almost perpendicular, and 
 one wonders if anything will frighten one's pony and 
 make one take a leap into space ; but there is no real 
 danger. At Choungzon there is a beautiful ravine ; 
 the bottom one cannot see on account of the dense 
 jungle ; but one can hear the music of the stream. 
 On the trees are numbers of monkeys skipping about 
 scared by our approach, this is the first sight I have 
 had of Jacko at home ; the scenery here is grand. 
 Our next stages Nyoungpwe, nine miles ; Payoung- 
 zon, nine miles ; and Loikaw, twelve miles (all valley 
 
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 and hill scenery) were accomplished without any- 
 thing worth recording. We had comfortable quarters, 
 and in the evening we sang hymns and read. I had 
 several patients to treat on the road, and was success- 
 ful in each case in my treatment ; one was a sergeant 
 in charge of an expedition on his return to Mandalay, 
 who had not slept for several nights for fever, and 
 was stiff with rheumatism. I managed to put him 
 square, and he was very grateful. One more stage, 
 Kuithi, eleven miles ; then Thibaw, six miles ; and on 
 Wednesday morning, 3rd April, at 1 1 o'clock, we arrived 
 at Mission House. It is well situated, large, roomy, 
 cool, and comfortable, surrounded by paddy fields, and 
 farther out on every side are high hills. It has a nice 
 garden, vegetables and flowers, and plenty of plantain, 
 pine-apples, and popier fruit. The native Christians 
 here make one's heart glad, they are so earnest, loving, 
 and helpful. On the first evening they came in to 
 welcome me, and we had some singing ; their voices 
 are good and harmonious, and they are much more 
 musical than the Burmese. I am alone at present, 
 but am expecting another missionary and his wife to 
 join me shortly. On Saturday, in company with 
 teacher Toon Hla, I visited the Sawbwa. He is a 
 sort of small king, and has been governing here for 
 thirty years ; he is hated now by his people in the 
 districts i.e., the head men and dacoits, or robbers, 
 because he is so faithful to the English form of 
 government. This prevents the head men of districts 
 from oppressing and robbing the poor villagers. The 
 Sawbwa knows he is unpopular ; he says he likes the 
 English very much ; his life is in danger on this 
 account, and the military force allowed for his pro- 
 tection has just been largely increased, as a rising was 
 feared. All is quiet now ; he was very affable and
 
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 kind, and expressed a hope I should soon learn Shan 
 and be able to talk with him, and be his dear friend. 
 He is very friendly to the Mission work, appreciates 
 fully its importance, and supports it liberally, but he 
 remains a Buddhist, and so has need of our prayers. 
 He has a shrine at which he worships, close to his 
 throne-room ; this has several beautifully carved little 
 idols in it, decorated by gilding and ornamentation of 
 coloured glass and stones ; to these every day are 
 offered fresh flowers, fruit, and incense. 
 
 April 7, Sunday. Went to three services all in 
 Shan ; could only sing, and play, and pray ; this I 
 did, and enjoyed the services heartily. 
 
 April 8. Had my first lesson in Shan. Oh ! how 
 helpless one feels when confronted with a language 
 like this ; everything depends on tones. After a week 
 of it I seemed more hopelessly mixed than ever, but 
 now it is three weeks, and the mud is settling and 
 I can read. Have started gospel of Mark ; this gives 
 one courage, but I am ahead of my history. I have 
 an hour at the hospital every day ; not much sickness 
 now, but at times seven or eight patients. We first 
 have a Gospel meeting they seem to enjoy this 
 and then we give them medicine and attend their 
 diseases. I have not seen any lepers here. 
 
 April 1 6. Mr. and Mrs. L. returned from Lashio 
 and stayed till Monday following ; this was a nice 
 change. I went to Namsin with them. The next 
 day I went to bed early, but was very restless ; woke 
 up at i o'clock, and was startled at seeing a brilliant 
 light through the window. I jumped out of bed to 
 reconnoitre, and was horrified at finding cook-house 
 in a mass of flames, and the thatched covered way 
 leading to house on fire also. I saw immediate action 
 was necessary to save house, and rushed down as
 
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 I was, bootless, etc. Oh ! how I hurt my feet. I 
 shouted for help, but the only soul about was my old 
 boy, stupefied from fright. I rushed up to my bath- 
 room, got my two buckets, shook my boy up, and 
 made him hand them to me filled with water from 
 a stream fortunately flowing through the garden 
 (thank God for plenty of water) as fast as he could. 
 I then shot the water over the thatch, a few feet 
 ahead of flames. When I had well saturated it I 
 could put fire out here, and house was safe. Of 
 course I had sent up a prayer for help, and for God 
 to keep wind back. He answered it. It was well 
 I had always kept up my gymnastic exercise, for 
 throwing that water. The cook-house was gone now, 
 and the other out-house would soon be in flames ; the 
 roof of tool-house had caught, so I turned my atten- 
 tion to that, and had thrown about a dozen buckets- 
 ful over and was getting fire under (had been working 
 an hour, and was black all over), when help came, first 
 the teachers and then some city men ; between us we 
 soon had fire all out. I suppose about 40 damage 
 done at least. Surely the Lord disturbed my rest ; 
 what would have happened if I had slept on another 
 half-hour ? All would have gone ; it is awful to think 
 of. My boy's statement is that it was incendiarism, 
 and the Shan boys living on the compound slept out 
 this particular night, that is why I was left helpless ; 
 this lends some colour to my boy's statement. It has 
 been a great trial to me, but the Lord is our help in 
 every time of trouble ; but for Him what would have 
 happened ? Two days after the D.C. sent for me to 
 see Sawbwa, who was taken suddenly ill. I went up, 
 but it was two hours nearly before an interview was 
 granted ; however, at last we were permitted to enter. 
 This was a wonderful concession, as it is rarely one
 
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 gets into their private apartment ; he was reclining 
 on purple velvet cushions, on a platform nicely 
 carpeted, his two favourite wives squatting near him. 
 There was plenty of gold drapery and hangings, 
 bright colouring and flowers, but apart from this 
 everything was old and dirty ; the throne-room and 
 all the palace just the same ; dirt never seems to 
 trouble an Oriental. He thought his cheroot had been 
 poisoned, as, after he had smoked it, he fainted. 
 I took half of it away to examine, but he is all square 
 now. Bazaar day is every five days, and then we go 
 and preach and distribute tracts. We have a zayat 
 now just finished for preaching. I took tea in one of 
 the booths with the Shans sitting on the ground. In 
 their midst they have little tiny china cups, and a 
 small kettle is brought in which tea is infused ; in 
 a little cup was, as I thought, sugar, I took some for 
 my tea, drank it, and found it was salt. What a 
 nauseous draught it was, I pulled a long face, thought 
 I had made a mistake, but found it was custom ; 
 however, I took another to make myself sociable. 
 I wish you could be dropped down into one of these 
 bazaars ; how amazed you would be at the dirt, and 
 the smells, and the queer-looking people, almost as 
 dirty as the dirt they walk on ; but I like the Shans 
 they are honest, and happy, and hospitable. I am 
 expecting the Rev. Young to join me in three weeks. 
 We have now (as the school is closed) class-reading in 
 Mark's gospel, but I feel at a great disadvantage, as 
 I cannot get the interpretation ; no one understands 
 English sufficiently. 
 
 April 30. Wednesday, I went to Burgoe Bazaar ; 
 the Mission have a zayat there, and quite a number 
 in the intervals of business listen to the Gospel. An 
 opium den is immediately opposite, very small, a
 
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 dozen crowd it. I went in ; it was full, mostly con- 
 firmed smokers, haggard, fleshless, vacant, wretched- 
 looking beings hopelessly enslaved ; but two were 
 young, strong, healthy-looking men, and this made 
 one feel very sad to think that in a very short time 
 they would be shattered wrecks of men like the 
 others. It is always Chinamen who run the opium 
 and drink shops ; we have cursed them with it, and 
 they are doing their best to spread the vice every- 
 where ; they know it pays, and that those who have 
 used it must and will have it at any cost. This is a 
 much busier bazaar than Thibaw, as it is the seat of 
 the largest pagoda in this principality, and the people 
 can combine worship with business ; this brings large 
 numbers together. This pagoda is approached by a 
 covered footway about 400 feet long ; in the grounds 
 surrounding, there are hundreds of small brick pagodas 
 and some smaller temples ; in one of these I counted 
 no less than 100 idols of wood, stone, and marble ; in 
 the centre, an immense wooden one representing the 
 god asleep. I thought of the Scriptures, " The God of 
 Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps." At the foot of 
 this was a living ponggee or priest fast asleep. On 
 either side of footway at intervals are large metal 
 bells with a deer horn underneath, with which they 
 are struck by the people ; these give a pleasant, 
 musical, powerful sound. The large temple contains 
 a shrine with a pair of little golden doors facing each 
 entrance, N., S., E., W., with an idol inside ; here the 
 worshippers present their offerings ; they prostrate 
 themselves, knocking their head on the ground several 
 times, then kneeling with hands clasped and out- 
 stretched, mumble a few phrases, get up, and go out ; 
 perhaps give a few flowers, burn a candle or incense, 
 and go away. There does not seem a particle of
 
 GRAVE PERILS. 121 
 
 reality with the majority of worshippers ; they seem 
 to know it is all mockery ; it is simply slavery to 
 custom ; they are taught if they don't do it, some 
 awful calamity will befall them. Occasionally you 
 see one whose earnestness and zeal indicates their 
 being actuated by some higher motive ; the way they 
 pray, the yearning, sometimes agonising looks they 
 give to the idol, show they are troubled in their soul ; 
 these surely would be seekers for the truth. We have 
 a zayat or preaching booth at each bazaar ; to-day, 
 one or two hundred heard the Gospel. Going home 
 we saw an alligator, my teacher and myself on our 
 ponies ; it was a young one about five feet long ; they 
 are very seldom seen. I was fortunate. I questioned 
 some who had been here for years, and they had 
 never seen one ; it was on land, and rushed by us 
 into the water, a few feet from us. On the other side 
 of the river wild elephants are plentiful. Teacher 
 told me last year they killed several men, and the 
 Tsawbaw sent an expedition of 100 men with guns to 
 hunt them, but directly they saw an elephant all 
 rushed back in a body without making an attempt to 
 kill it, and would not go again ; the Tsawbaw was 
 very angry. 
 
 May. Jesus is coming. Having had more leisure 
 for reading, I have taken the opportunity of studying 
 the Scriptures more closely on the subject of the 
 Lord's return, and with the help of the Morning Star 
 (this paper has been a treasure ; the Lord has made 
 the addresses streams of refreshment to me) the Holy 
 Ghost has given me much clearer light, and much 
 stronger hold on this wonderful truth ; how greedily 
 one drinks in all that helps one to a wider and deeper 
 realisation of this precious hope. The more one 
 dwells upon it and apprehends, the more tenaciously
 
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 one clings to it. One of the greatest, grandest, and 
 most Christlike of American Christians, who has just 
 stepped into the glory of his Master's presence, 
 gloried in this truth, and in all his work for the Lord 
 it influenced him powerfully, and no one was more 
 aggressive, more humble, more courageous, more 
 jealous of God's glory, or loyal to His Word than he. 
 I have been able to read some of his books here, and 
 truly they are an inspiration. Surely it is no feeble 
 testimony to the Scripturalness of this truth, that men 
 like Mr. C. H. Spurgeon of London and Dr. Gordon 
 of Boston (America), the two greatest preachers of the 
 two greatest nations, preached it, taught it, rejoiced in 
 it, worked, waited, and watched for their Lord's 
 return, and yet it meets with such bitter opposition 
 from so many of the Lord's people. What can be a 
 more powerful stimulus to activity and earnestness 
 in Christian work than the conviction that the Master 
 may come at any moment and cut short for ever our 
 opportunities for witnessing for Him. If we really 
 believe the time is short, 'shall we not labour more 
 fervently, and testify more sincerely and effectively ? 
 I trust the Morning Star will be used to the opening 
 of many eyes to look for this blessed hope and 
 glorious appearing. How one exults in the prospect 
 of being among the living ones caught up in the 
 midst of witnessing and working for Him ; where is 
 the heart that would not thrill with delight at such a 
 thought ? Behold, I come quickly, occupy till I come. 
 I say unto all, Watch. Even so come, Lord Jesus. 
 I have been in Thibaw now five weeks, and being 
 alone, have been thrown more entirely on the Lord 
 than has been my lot hitherto. This has been good 
 for me, and I have had some precious times of com- 
 munion, and I have got nearer to the Lord than I
 
 GRAVE PERILS. 
 
 123 
 
 have ever been before, and He has drawn very near to 
 me ; it has made me long to get nearer, nearer, ever 
 nearer. May this be so with us all. I have had 
 leisure too to examine myself; when one looks at 
 one's own heart, with what relief and gladness one 
 looks away to Jesus, and remembers that God looks 
 at us now through Him, the perfect, holy, sinless 
 
 THE MISSION HOUSE, THIBAW. 
 (The scene of Mr. Lambert's assassination.) 
 
 Lamb of God, whose precious blood has made us vile 
 rebel sinners fit to stand before Him accepted in the 
 Beloved, dear to God's heart even as Christ Him- 
 self. 
 
 May 12. Sirra Toon Hla and San Myat preached 
 to-day ; the services were very enjoyable. No one 
 interprets English sufficiently for me to be able to 
 take one, so I must wait. We read one and a-half
 
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 hours in Mark's gospel every morning, and then have 
 dictation ; can read now fairly well ; as soon as I can 
 talk a little, I want to visit the villages round with 
 tracts and a preacher to get accustomed to the people 
 and their ways, and to get them accustomed to me. 
 I am having trying times, cannot trust Joseph my 
 cook, do not sleep at night fearing further mischief. 
 I believe now he had something to do with the fire. 
 I cannot get rid of him until Mr. Young arrives, as I 
 do not know what he would do in revenge. 
 
 Friday, May 17. I went with two of the preachers 
 to Burgoe Bazaar. For about three hours we had 
 quite a crowd of interested listeners, many of them 
 asking questions continually. I have never realised 
 before as with this people how powerful are the fetters 
 of customs ; but we know that to Him for whom it is 
 our privilege to live and preach to these souls for 
 whom He died and whom Satan has blinded and 
 hardened, though they be gates of brass and bars of 
 iron, all must give way before the victorious onward 
 march of Christ and His Gospel warriors. All the 
 barriers created by the prince of darkness and his 
 followers must fall and crumble and disappear. 
 Nothing is impossible with our God. All things are 
 possible to faith in Him. He said and Paul proved 
 it : God gives all His missionaries the faith that will 
 not stagger at any of His promises. May Christ so 
 fill each one that everything may be looked at 
 through Him, and Paul's experience and triumphs 
 shall be ours, and disability, disappointment, and dis- 
 couragement be unknown. The Gospel, which is 
 God's power unto salvation to all who embrace it, 
 shall accomplish that whereto He has sent it viz., 
 it shall gather out from all people and nations a 
 people for His name. Ours not to reason why, ours
 
 A MARTYR'S DEATH. 125 
 
 not to make reply, ours but to do perhaps not die, 
 but work, wait and witness for Him who said, " I go 
 away, I will come again ; behold, I come quickly, 
 occupy till I come." Soon the " This do in remem- 
 brance of Me " will be changed into the " Enter thou 
 into the joy of thy Lord," caught up to dwell in His 
 presence for ever. Mr. and Mrs. Young are on the 
 road ; in a few days they will be here. May they be 
 abundantly used of the Lord in this their new sphere of 
 labour, and may our fellowship with one another in the 
 Lord's work be for His glory, and for the help and 
 upbuilding of all in faith and love and good works. In 
 the hospital we are getting somewhat busier. Teacher 
 Toon Hla says I read excellently now and give the 
 tones very well. This is very encouraging, but I am like 
 the Eunuch whom Philip met, "I want understanding 
 of what I read;" of course this will come in time. This 
 morning, Sunday, I read with them in the Shan 
 Bible-class in the chapel. I cannot do anything in 
 English, as none seem able to interpret intelligibly. 
 I am trying to commit John iii. 16 to memory in 
 Shan, then I can preach the Gospel. 
 
 A few days after writing the foregoing paragraph, 
 Mr. Lambert's life was taken by a band of Dacoits. 
 It occurred about 8.30 in the evening of the 23rd of 
 May, 1895. He was, at this time, alone in the 
 Mission House ; his servant had left him for the 
 night, and gone to the servants' quarters about forty 
 yards away, where there were two Mission teachers 
 a boy and a woman. Only a little time had 
 elapsed when they heard the sound of scuffling, 
 people running about the Mission House, and the 
 report of a gun ; the dog was barking violently all 
 the time. They went towards the house but were
 
 126 THE MISSIONARY MARTYR OF THIBAW. 
 
 afraid to enter. The boy called Mr. Lambert several 
 times, but no reply came. He then started up the 
 steps, but stones were thrown at them, so they ran 
 away to the chapel, about a quarter-of-a-mile off, to 
 alarm the other teachers, and in less than half-an- 
 hour seven men reached the Mission House but too 
 late. Mr. Lambert had been cut down with dahs 
 (native swords) he was quite dead. The body 
 which was found lying close to the money chest 
 in the safe-room was badly mutilated, a heavy gash 
 over the head. The head almost severed from the 
 body apparently by a single stroke, a deep gash over 
 the shoulder and back, five gashes on the left arm 
 and one on the thigh. He fell on the lantern he was 
 carrying and broke it to pieces, his clothes catching 
 fire and burning a little. It is probable that he fired 
 the gun to give the alarm, as shot marks were found 
 over the door of the room where he had been sitting. 
 The murderers took nothing with them in the way 
 of plunder, with the exception of two guns. Mr. 
 Lambert's watch was found lying on the table near 
 the lamp, a revolver on the organ close by, and a 
 little loose money was found in his pockets. 
 
 On the wall close to where his body lay was this 
 motto, " The coming of the Lord draweth nigh," and 
 thus was fulfilled the desire of this young servant of 
 Christ : " I would like to lay down my life in the 
 Mission field for Him who laid down His life for 
 me."
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 MEMORIAL SERVICE HELD IN MANDALAY IN HON- 
 OUR OF THE LATE C. W. LAMBERT, ON 2 1ST 
 JUNE, 1895, AT THE MANDALAY MISSION HALL. 
 
 ESOLVED, That this meeting, convened in 
 
 K memory of the late Mr. C. W. Lambert, and 
 composed of Christians representing several of 
 the Protestant Churches in Mandalay, do put 
 on record its sense of the high Christian integrity and 
 devotion of our departed friend, and of the deep 
 sorrow and loss occasioned by his sudden and tragic 
 removal. During the four years he spent in Manda- 
 lay he was in and out among us, and always known 
 as a true, consistent Christian devoted to evangel- 
 istic work. The Mandalay Mission Hall and its 
 work is largely due to his earnest zeal and untiring 
 devotion. 
 
 Resolved, That Rev. T. W. Thomas be requested 
 to convey to the relatives of the late Mr. Lambert our 
 sincere sympathy with them in the sad loss they have 
 sustained. 
 
 PROGRAMME. 
 Singing, No. 454, Sacred Songs and Solos. 
 
 Scripture Reading (Psalm ciii.) and Prayer by Rev. 
 A. Woodward. 
 
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 128 THE MISSIONARY MARTYR OF THIBAW. 
 
 Singing, No. 592, Sacred Songs and Solos. 
 Remarks by Chairman. 
 
 Address, Rev. J. M'Guire. Subject of Address : 
 " Consecrated Young Man." 
 
 Solo, Rev. A. Woodward, " He knows," 377 (S. & S.), 
 Congregation joining in Chorus. 
 
 Address, Rev. T. W. Thomas. Subject of Address : 
 " The Man as I knew Him." 
 
 Resolutions. 
 
 Singing, " The Christian's End," by Surgeon-Captain 
 
 and Mrs. Pridmore. 
 Benedictions by Chairman. 
 
 The Hymns sung were chosen because known to be 
 special favourites of Mr. Lambert ; " Praise 
 Him " he sang at Thibaw a great deal with 
 the Christians. 
 
 REMARKS BY THE REV. T. H. BURIIOE 
 (CHAIRMAN). 
 
 " We meet this evening in memory of one whose 
 presence we all miss. He has often met us here in 
 services of song and prayer and preaching. When 
 last we saw him it was with little thought that we 
 should see him never more. When the wires flashed 
 to us the message, ' Lambert was killed,' it sent a 
 thrill of horror and of sorrow through us all, and 
 probably we have thought more since then of the life 
 he lost than of the one which he found, for his was 
 one of those paradoxical cases concerning which our 
 Master has said, ' He that loveth his life shall lose it, 
 and he that hateth his life in this world shall find it 
 unto Life Eternal.' This life is sweet ; we cling to it
 
 MEMORIAL SERVICE HELD AT MANDALAY. I2Q 
 
 with all the tenacity of our being. ' All that a man 
 hath will he give for his life.' But there is something 
 even more precious, and that is Christian character. 
 Character we designate by various epithets. We 
 hear or speak of a hard character, a bad character, a 
 beautiful character, a noble character, and each term 
 conveys to us a very clear conception of the person 
 to whom it is applied ; not of what the person has, 
 not of his surroundings, but of the individual. For 
 character is not what a man possesses, not his circum- 
 stances, not even his life, but it is the man himself. 
 We therefore hold character to be the one great 
 essential for this world and for the one which is to 
 come. We build it here we shall enjoy or lament it 
 there. 
 
 " The character of our departed friend and brother 
 was both beautiful and noble. Conscientious almost 
 to a fault, earnest, sympathetic he moved among us 
 doing good, and we remember him to-night for what 
 he was, and may I not say for what he is. 
 
 " Before he left us he had several ways from which 
 to choose. He chose the one by which he lost this 
 life, but because of the principles which led him to 
 that choice he found the Life Eternal. But it is not 
 for me to speak at length of his life or work. I leave 
 that for those who knew him longer, and for that 
 reason, if none other, knew him better." 
 
 ABSTRACT OF ADDRESS DELIVERED BY REV. J. 
 M'GuiRE AT A MEMORIAL SERVICE HELD IN 
 HONOUR OF MR. C. W. LAMBERT, 2iST JUNE, 
 1895- 
 
 " I am sure that we all feel this to be a very solemn 
 and, in fact, almost a sacred occasion. 
 
 I
 
 130 THE MISSIONARY MARTYR OF THIBAW. 
 
 ." Brother Lambert was one of us a few short months 
 ago ; he was here going in and out among us. Now 
 he is not here. He is no more. And we are met 
 together to-night in honour of his memory. 
 
 " When Mr. Lambert went to Thibaw he went 
 because he thought it was his duty to go, and duty 
 with our brother was only another name for the will 
 of God. He hoped, too, that the way might be 
 opening whereby he should be released from secular 
 employment and enabled to give all his time to more 
 congenial labours, to more direct service of the 
 Master. The way was opening, too, but how differ- 
 ently from what our brother thought ! Yet certainly, 
 if we believe in the God who ever lives and loves, 
 the God who clothes the lilies, cares for the sparrows, 
 and numbers even the very hairs of our head, we 
 cannot believe that He permitted our brother's hopes 
 and purposes ruthlessly to be dashed upon the 
 ground. That would be to give stones for bread, and 
 a serpent for a fish. God permitted these hopes and 
 plans to fail only because he had some better thing 
 to give. Paul, with his apostolic gifts and wonderful 
 success, said that ' to depart and be with Christ was 
 far better' than even Christian service here on earth. 
 We see only a part, and that a very small part ; we 
 behold the dreadful tragedy, the bruised, wounded 
 body ; but our eyes are holden and we do not see the 
 glorious entrance into Paradise and the Saviour's 
 loving welcome. What matters it if the way to 
 service here be closed if the way to glory yonder is 
 opened ? What matters it if life here be cut off if 
 there is an abundant entrance into the house not 
 made with hands? God makes no mistakes. He 
 makes all things work together for good to those who 
 love Him.
 
 MEMORIAL SERVICE HELD AT MANDALAY. 131 
 
 '"Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, 
 
 But trust Him for His grace ; 
 Behind a frowning Providence 
 He hides a smiling face.' 
 
 " In thinking how I might best say a few words in 
 memory of Brother Lambert, the words, 'A conse- 
 crated man,' came to me as a subject about which, 
 perhaps, some profitable thoughts might be clustered. 
 Certainly Brother Lambert was a consecrated man ; 
 his consecration, his devotion to Christ, was his most 
 distinguishing characteristic. It was that which 
 brought him to this land. Some men leave home 
 for adventure, some for honour, some for wealth ; but 
 it was to gratify no earthly transient desire that our 
 brother said ' Good-bye ' a last good-bye as it proved 
 to his aged mother and turned his face towards this 
 far-off land. 
 
 " A missionary purpose inspired him. He wanted 
 to have a part with those who are labouring for the 
 evangelisation of China. I do not know the circum- 
 stances which led him to Mandalay, but when I came 
 he was here, and the first meeting I attended he led. 
 It was a meeting for the soldiers. In the drug store 
 he was employed all day. It was hard work, requir- 
 ing great carefulness and painstaking. Yet, because 
 his heart was in Christian service, see how much he 
 accomplished for Christ. We know of several soldiers 
 led by him to Christ, and doubtless eternity will show 
 that there are many more. 
 
 " Then, too, he started, and so long as he stayed 
 here was the mainstay of the work in this ' Mission 
 Hall.' I was thinking to-day what a blessing it would 
 be to our Churches if all the members should have 
 such zeal. How rapidly they would grow ! How 
 good would be their report from them that are
 
 132 THE MISSIONARY MARTYR OF THIBAW. 
 
 without ! May the Lord help each one of us 
 earnestly to lay to heart the many precious lessons 
 taught us by our brother's life and death." 
 
 ABSTRACT OF AN ADDRESS GIVEN BY THE REV. 
 T. W. THOMAS AT A MEMORIAL SERVICE 
 
 HELD IN HONOUR OF THE LATE C. W. 
 
 LAMBERT, 2iST JUNE, 1895. 
 
 " I first met Mr. Lambert at Bhamo, in the year 
 1890. He was then working under the auspices of 
 the China Inland Mission. The main characteristics 
 which impressed me then were those of earnestness 
 and sincerity. Mr. Lambert soon left the China 
 Inland Mission and came to Mandalay. He spent 
 a little over four years in this city, working hard all 
 day and doing mission work in the evenings ; for 
 although he had left the Mission body with which he 
 was first connected, he never ceased to be a missionary. 
 Mission work was that to which the Lord had called 
 him, and he delighted to do his Master's bidding. 
 
 (#.) " He was a good man, and that in the noblest 
 and best sense of the word. He was not merely 
 good. He was not ' faultily faultless.' He made it 
 the first object of his life to be good in order that he 
 might do good. Like Him from whom he derived all 
 his graces his goodness was of an active nature. 
 Sympathetic, he was ever ready to help those in 
 trouble. Kind, he was always ready to do a Christ- 
 ian service. 
 
 (.) " He was an earnest worker. Those who listen 
 to me to-night can bear testimony to this fact. This 
 hall is a monument to his memory. It has ever been 
 connected with his name and owes its very existence 
 to his exertions. He was ever ready for God's work.
 
 MEMORIAL SERVICE HELD AT MANDALAY. 133 
 
 A Bible-class, a preaching service, was ever a delight 
 to him. He was not a silent member either. He 
 had decided views of his own and was never afraid to 
 state them. Many through his exertions were 
 brought to God's house who otherwise would have 
 been walking the streets. No time, no occasion was 
 ever out of the way if he could do good. In the 
 Master's service he was happy, out of that he was 
 never at ease. The law of the Lord was his delight. 
 
 (c.) " He was a consistent man. I mention this 
 because the grace of consistency is so rare, and 
 because Mr. Lambert was such a bright example of it. 
 Whatever came in his way it had ever to give place to 
 the will of Him whom he served. Whether it was a 
 matter of personal pleasure or self-gratification, if it 
 came between him and Christ, it had to go. He was 
 ever loyal to Christ, and His commands were not 
 grievous but joyous. There are many who select 
 their religion and then try to make it square with 
 their work. Mr. Lambert first chose his religion and 
 then squared his work by that. Everything was 
 looked at from the standpoint of Christ. I have 
 reason to believe that Mr. Lambert had had to battle 
 hard against the flesh. Before he became a decided 
 Christian his tastes did not run in a religious groove. 
 To some it is natural to be quiet and religious, to 
 him it was not so. By the grace of God he was 
 upheld, and by that grace he overcame. These 
 seemed to me the distinguishing characteristics of 
 the man, and they were apparent to all who knew 
 him. Let us go a little further and see on what his 
 faith was based. From whence did he draw the 
 grace which produced in him such a character. 
 
 (i.) " First I would mention his implicit trust in 
 God"s Word. This is an age of criticism, of doubt.
 
 134 THE MISSIONARY MARTYR OF THIBAW. 
 
 The very foundations of our religion are being scrutin- 
 ised. Inspiration and revelation are being discussed 
 on every hand. Is our Bible inspired ? Is it God- 
 given ? May we rely on it ? How far can we trust 
 the word of prophets or apostles ? With Mr. 
 Lambert there was no question as to whether the 
 Bible was inspired. There were some questions 
 which he was content to leave open. But the Inspira- 
 tion of God's Word was not one of them. To the law 
 and to the testimony was ever his answer in times of 
 doubt. As the . captain relies without misgivings on 
 his chart, so did Mr. Lambert rely on God's Holy 
 Word. It was a light unto his feet, and a lamp unto 
 his path. He not only believed in the Scriptures 
 he read them. The Bible was his constant com- 
 panion. It was the Bread of Life on which he fed. 
 It was as a sword in his hand by which he cut down 
 his foes ; it was a light that guided his thoughts and 
 his actions. 
 
 (ii.) " His belief in Christ and consciousness of 
 acceptance. Christ to him was no mere miracle- 
 worker ; no mere teacher of morality. Christ to him 
 was the Eternal Son of God, by whom he had direct 
 access unto the Father. The idea of a human priest- 
 hood was abhorrent to him. He believed that he 
 came into the presence of the Father through the 
 Son. Christ was ever with him ; His personality and 
 His presence as real as the face of his friend. That 
 consciousness was to him a fountain of strength. He 
 knew that he was accepted in the Beloved. Christ 
 was the Saviour of all that believe, but in a very 
 special sense was He his Saviour. He did not wait 
 for the great hereafter to know whether Christ had 
 received him or not. The Spirit bore witness with 
 his spirit that he was born of God. The sun did not
 
 MEMORIAL SERVICE HELD AT MANDALAY. 135 
 
 always shine, but he knew that it was ever there. 
 The sun was permanent, the cloud but a passing 
 shadow. Thus, conscious of Christ's acceptance, he 
 was strong and overcame. 
 
 (iii.) " His belief in the Second Coming of Christ. 
 I believed with him that the Lord will come again. 
 In this all Christians are agreed. When will He 
 come ? How ? For what purpose ? When these 
 questions were discussed we disagreed. At first we 
 argued ; he tried to convince me and I tried to turn 
 him. It was of no use, however, and we at last 
 agreed to disagree. Mr. Lambert believed that 
 Christ would soon appear ; would reign with His 
 Saints at Jerusalem. I could see no sign of Christ's 
 immediate appearance and no ground for supposing 
 that Jerusalem would become the place where He 
 would reign. I am bound, however, to confess that 
 his belief in Christ's immediate appearance was to 
 him a source of inspiration, a spur to duty, a spring 
 of energy and hope. He lived as ever in his Master's 
 presence ; now he has gone to be with Him whom 
 he served, and for whose Coming he was found 
 waiting. 
 
 " These have seemed to me the main character- 
 istics of the man, and the sources from whence he 
 drew his zeal in the cause of Christ. His death 
 teaches us many lessons. We know not when our 
 Lord will come. To us to-night the words, ' Be ye 
 also ready, for in such an hour as ye think not the 
 Son of Man cometh,' are peculiarly significant. May 
 the Lord grant that we also may be found ready."
 
 CHAPTER XL 
 
 EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS RECEIVED FROM 
 MISSIONARIES AND OTHER FRIENDS. 
 
 MAY 30. Mandalay. From Lodges Fort Duf- 
 ferin and Hezel Dale LO.G.T. 
 I am directed, on behalf of the members 
 of the Independent Order of Good Templars 
 in Mandalay, to convey to you our heartfelt sympathy 
 in your bereavement. We have had the honour of 
 counting your son as a dear friend and a thorough 
 worker, not only in our especial cause, but in every- 
 thing that was right and good. We had hoped to 
 have long counted him as one of our brothers here, 
 and have had his co-operation in our work, but God 
 has willed it otherwise. 
 
 He has left behind him an example of unflinching 
 devotion to duty; and although we shall long mourn 
 him as lost to us, yet we shall feel the richer that 
 we have had the advantage of his example, and 
 shall always look back on his memory with loving 
 regard. Our comfort is, that our loss is his 
 gain, that our Heavenly Father has taken him to 
 be where all trials and troubles are past, and the 
 weary are at rest, and where we hope to meet 
 him again. 
 136
 
 EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS. 137 
 
 Mandalay, May 30. Your son has died gloriously 
 on the field of battle, in charge of the Shan Mission 
 Station, by the hands of men whose dark hearts have 
 not been lighted by the glorious light of the Gospel 
 of Jesus Christ. I know a few of the Christian 
 converts who will greatly mourn his loss, and they 
 will sorrow most of all because they will see his face 
 no more. 
 
 Mandalay. We all had great respect for your 
 departed brother, because of his genuine Christian 
 character and devout earnestness in all evangelistic 
 work. While in Mandalay he used all his spare time, 
 often we thought to the detriment of his health, in 
 Christian work in connection with the Mission Hall 
 which was started and maintained by his efforts. In 
 England it may not mean much for a young man to 
 do the Lord's work, but in' this climate and with the 
 godless and vicious surroundings we have in a place 
 like this, it is quite exceptional for a young man to 
 remain as true to the Saviour as your brother did. 
 
 Henzada, May 29. Your son was a faithful follower 
 of our Lord and Master, ever seeking to lead others 
 to Christ, and seeking to bring those who knew Him 
 into a closer walk with Jesus. 
 
 St. Leonards, May 30. Many thanks for so kindly 
 writing to me, giving me the sad tidings of dear 
 Brother Lambert's death. At our Midsummer Break- 
 fast I read that part of your letter relating to the
 
 138 THE MISSIONARY MARTYR OF THIBAW. 
 
 dear martyred one, and which was received with the 
 deepest sympathy and touchingly commented on by 
 one of our speakers, the Rev. Mr. Cowen. I could 
 not help feeling a sorrowful thrill of joy that one so 
 intimately associated with our Hastings Branch 
 should have been thought worthy to enter the 
 martyred throng. 
 
 Thibaw, June 15. We must admire Brother 
 Lambert's fidelity to his trust, the loyalty to duty, 
 the spirit of self-sacrifice, and the courage that kept 
 him at the post of duty till his life was so rudely cut 
 off. I trust that his example may inspire many 
 another with courage. His noble martyr spirit may 
 lead many another soul to greater activity and truer 
 consecration. " Faithful unto death," he has gone to 
 receive the Crown of Eternal Life. 
 
 Mandalay, June 25. I doubt not but that your 
 son, and my friend, is now wearing the Martyr's 
 Crown, the Crown of Life reserved for those who 
 are " Faithful unto death." Mr. Lambert was a 
 friend to me, I loved him as a brother. We often had 
 sweet communion together. I had known him for 
 five years, I knew him as a missionary and as a lay 
 voluntary worker in the vineyard. He was faithful 
 and true. His labours have brought forth much 
 fruit; God was with him. He had been in an uneasy 
 state of mind on account of a fire which had burned 
 the cook-house. But he was hopeful, trusting in God. 
 He was a true servant of his Master, and is now gone 
 to receive his reward. Out of this seeming evil good 
 will come. The land of the Shans will be the sooner
 
 EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS. 139 
 
 Christianised because he laid down his life for 
 them. 
 
 Torquay, June 4. Though personally unknown 
 to you, perhaps you will remember my name, and 
 that it was my great privilege a few years back to 
 enjoy the friendship of your dear son ; and it was 
 with intense sorrow that I have just read in a local 
 paper of his sad death. I feel I must write and tell 
 you how deeply I sympathise with you in this great 
 trial that has come upon you ; but I feel sure that 
 the grace that enabled you to give him up for China 
 will support you now that he has been called into the 
 presence of the Master he loved so well, and served 
 so faithfully. I still cherish the happy times we 
 spent together at Hastings, and it is with deep 
 gratitude that I bear testimony to the help he was to 
 me when first starting the Christian life. I am sure 
 I shall be only one among many that will bear you 
 up in prayer at this time. 
 
 Philadelphia, July 30. Dr. K. writes : I had 
 anticipated great pleasure in the possibility of work- 
 ing in the near future with Brother Lambert on my 
 return to Burmah. Our loss, his gain. For us sorrow, 
 for him " far better." 
 
 Philadelphia, September 15. I have recently had 
 letters from many of the native Christians at Thibaw ; 
 they say how they all learned to love Brother 
 Lambert, and how faithful and able he was in teach-
 
 140 THE MISSIONARY MARTYR OF THIBAW. 
 
 ing them the Bible. The ordained pastor, My Toon 
 Hla, said he loved us because his heart was so strong 
 for Jesus. Another preacher said, The new teacher 
 was so like Jesus, he loved us all. 
 
 Philadelphia, October 15. Last Lord's Day I had 
 the privilege of speaking at one of the largest Baptist 
 churches in this city, and at the close of the service 
 some friends came to me and offered to pay the salary 
 of a missionary to go out to the Shan work that 
 Brother Lambert left so suddenly, and also to pay for 
 the support of one or two native preachers on that 
 field. Yesterday a grand young doctor came to tell 
 me that he wanted to go out to the Shan work. So 
 that it seems that the dear Lord is raising up workers 
 for that field where they are so much needed. 
 
 Mandalay, October 25. Your son's martyr death 
 has already awakened others to lead more zealous 
 lives for the Master. " He, being dead, yet speaketh." 
 
 We copy an extract from The Shaftesbury, monthly 
 organ of the Hastings and St. Leonards Y.M.C.A., 
 July, 1895: 
 
 "FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH. 
 
 "Those who were at the Annual Breakfast were 
 deeply grieved when the president read a letter con- 
 taining the sad news that Charles William Lambert,
 
 EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS. 141 
 
 one of our old members, had been murdered in 
 Burmah. He for several years took a prominent 
 part in evangelistic work, and was characterised by 
 an intense earnestness for the spiritual welfare of all 
 with whom he came in contact. He was a clever 
 musician, and used his talent to the highest advantage. 
 From the time of his conversion he had a strong 
 desire to go into the Mission field, especially China. 
 In 1888, at the age of thirty-two, he offered himself 
 to the China Inland Mission, and was accepted. An 
 inspiring farewell meeting was held at the Y.M.C.A., 
 the members presenting him with a medicine-chest. 
 He sailed for China on November 28, 1888, and after 
 labouring in that country for some time he went to 
 Mandalay, in Burmah, where he spent nearly five 
 years with an English doctor. On the return of this 
 gentleman to England, Mr. Lambert went to Thibaw, 
 in the Shan States, Upper Burmah, to relieve Dr. 
 Kirkpatrick, a Baptist medical missionary. He met 
 with a hearty reception from the Christians, and also 
 from the Swabaw or king of the district. Notwith- 
 standing this he was murdered by some natives on 
 May 23, 1895, but for what reason we do not know. 
 We trust that such a noble example of faithfulness to 
 Christ, even unto death, may be the means of arousing 
 some of our members, so that the gap now created in 
 the Mission field may soon be filled up." 
 
 In remembrance of the Valedictory Meeting 
 held in Exeter Hall, November 12, 1888, a Chinese 
 Testament was presented to C. W. Lambert "As an 
 expression of the hearty and loving regard of the 
 Members of the Young Men's Christian Association,
 
 142 THE MISSIONARY MARTYR OF THIP.AW. 
 
 and with the prayerful hope that his ministry may 
 be largely owned of God in ' turning many to right- 
 eousness.'" Daniel xii. 3. 
 
 GEORGE WILLIAMS, 
 
 President, London. 
 
 The following letter was received from Sir George 
 Williams after receiving particulars of Mr. Lambert's 
 death : 
 
 LONDON, I2th December, 1895. 
 
 DEAR MADAM, I am in receipt of your favour of 
 yesterday's date, and in reply, I thank you very much 
 for sending the copy of the proceedings at the 
 Memorial Service of your beloved son. It is a great 
 pleasure to me to know that he was a member of the 
 Y.M.C.A., and also that I had the gratification of 
 presenting him with a Chinese Testament. With 
 Christian regards, and again thanking you, yours 
 faithfully, GEORGE WILLIAMS. 
 
 We copy an extract from the September number 
 of the Morning Star: "In a letter received from 
 Chitral a few days ago, a soldier writes to thank us 
 for our paper, and tells how much he and many 
 others owe to that young martyr. The soldier says, 
 ' God greatly owned and blessed his labours for the 
 Master in Mandalay, and he is gratefully remembered 
 by many Christian men in the army. Since starting 
 on this (the Chitral) expedition I have met a sergeant 
 of the Royal Engineers who was moved to tears 
 while speaking of Brother Lambert's death. I
 
 EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS. 143 
 
 have also received a letter from a sergeant in 
 the ist D.C.L.I., at Chakavota, who laments this 
 loss, though he rejoices in the gain to Mr. Lambert 
 Thus,' he continues, ' there are two ; one from the 
 north, and another from the south of India, who have 
 been much blessed through him, and I am certain 
 that there are many more in India and Burmah as 
 well as others in England and Scotland who will be 
 much pained to hear of his death.' " 
 
 IN MEMORIAM C. W. LAMBERT. 
 
 Another Standard-Bearer 
 
 Is called unto His rest, 
 The call came unexpected, 
 
 But Jesus knows what's best. 
 
 It was his blessed privilege 
 To preach the Living Word, 
 
 And now, though absent from us, 
 He's present with the Lord. 
 
 He told the wondrous tidings, 
 
 In China's distant land, 
 And for the Lord who saved him 
 
 He boldly took his stand. 
 
 And then in Burmah's sunny clime, 
 
 He took up his abode, 
 Proclaiming still the wondrous theme, 
 
 Behold the Lamb of God ! 
 
 But now his work is over, 
 He's entered into rest, 
 
 And with the Band of Martyrs 
 He will be fully blest.
 
 144 THE MISSIONARY MARTYR OF THIBAW. 
 
 When on that glorious morning 
 We meet on Canaan's shore, 
 
 With this, our dearly-loved one, 
 Not lost but gone before. 
 
 And then throughout eternity 
 With Jesus we shall dwell, 
 
 And this shall be our joyful song, 
 He hath done all things well. 
 
 T. STRATT. 
 LONDON, July, 
 
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