Forty Years in South China: The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D

About this eBook

Author

Fagg, John Gerardus, 1860-1917

Title

Forty Years in South China: The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D.

Credits

Produced by David Newman in honor of Barbara Talmage Griffin (1918-2004), great-granddaughter of the subject of this biography

Language

English

LoC Class

BX: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Churches, Church movements

Subject

Talmage, John Van Nest, 1819-1892

Category

Text

eBook-No.

11754

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11754

Release Date

March 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.INTRODUCTION. — BY REV. T. DE WITT TALMAGE, D.D.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.I. THE ANCESTRAL HOME
7. 7.II. CALL TO CHINA AND VOYAGE HENCE
8. 8.III. THE CITY OF THE "ELEGANT GATE"[*] — DESCRIPTION OF AMOY AND AMOY ISLAND — ANCESTRAL WORSHIP — INFANTICIDE — IS CHINA TO BE WON, AND HOW? — WORSHIP OF THE EMPEROR.
9. 9.IV. LIGHT AND SHADE. — THE CHIANG-CHIU VALLEY. — BREAKING AND BURNING OF IDOLS. — THE CHINESE BOAT RACE AND ITS ORIGIN. — THE CHINESE BEGGAR SYSTEM. — TWO NOBLE MEN SUMMONED HENCE.
10. 10.V. AT THE FOOT OF THE BAMBOOS — OPIUM. — ROMANIZED COLLOQUIAL. — CHINESE SENSE OF SIN. — PRIMITIVE LAMPS — ZEALOUS CONVERTS. — THE TERM QUESTION. — WHAT IT COSTS A CHINESE TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN. — PERSECUTED FOR CHRIST'S SAKE. — "HE IS ONLY A BEGGAR." — PRINTING UNDER DIFFICULTIES. — CARRIER PIGEONS.
11. 11.VI. THE "LITTLE KNIFE" INSURRECTION — THE "LITTLE KNIFE" INSURRECTION. — HOW THE CHINESE FIGHT.
12. 12.VII. THE BLOSSOMING DESERT. — SI-BOO'S ZEAL. — AN APPEAL FOR A MISSIONARY.
13. 13.VIII. CHURCH UNION.
14. 14.IX. CHURCH UNION (CONTINUED).
15. 15.X. THE ANTI-MISSIONARY AGITATION.
16. 16.XI. THE LAST TWO DECADES. — FORTY CONTINUOUS YEARS IN HEATHENISM. — "AUGUST 8, 1877. — CHINESE GRANDILOQUENCE.
17. 17.XII. IN MEMORIAM. — DR. TALMAGE-THE MAN. — DR. TALMAGE-THE MISSIONARY. — VENERABLE TEACHER TALMAGE. — REV. JOHN VAN NEST TALMAGE, D.D. — THE REV. J. V. N. TALMAGE, D.D.. — REV. JOHN VAN NEST TALMAGE, D.D.
18. 18.APPENDIX.

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