Chapter 2 A Week-end in China 13-22

Hongkong, wonderful for situation and for trade 15

Swatow, and our arrival there 15

Chinese customs, and English collection of them 16

The mission compound of Swatow, one of our noblest 16

Dr. William Ashmore, and his organizing work 17

William Ashmore, his son, and his Bible translations 17

A great Sunday service in a native New Testament church 18

The far-reaching influence of this mission, manned by many Rochester graduates 18

Our expedition to Chao-yang, to see the heart of China 18

Triumphal entry into that city of three hundred thousand inhabitants 19

Impressed by the vastness of its heathen population 20

Mr. Groesbeck, the only minister to its needs 21

An address to the students of his school 21

A great procession conducts us to our steamer at Swatow 21

Shall we be saved if we do not give the gospel to the heathen? 22