f evil; He clears from the ground.
'_Niagara._--He lifts you out of the current on to an island.
'_Habit._--He sets you free from it.
'_Spider's fly._--He not only takes from the spider; but He sets it
free from the toils.
'_Jesus gives_ second nature; you are born again.
'But upon one _condition_, your consent. The _disease_ is severe:
you must obey doctor; if you do not submit to operation; not take
bitter drugs; then he does not heal.
'_Lead_ a man to Peking: not come, not follow: leave him: lead to
heaven, paths of holiness not follow, not reach.
'Has Christ saved you? If yes, visible to self and others. He is
not only an object of respect, admiration: He is the doctor into
whose hands you put your soul for treatment.
'_Two brothers_, Kite, Loe, Pet Dog.
'_John of Hankow's Liu_, see Chronicle; dead _v._ alive; sick (of
fever) _v._ whole. Is it last time? Mongols feel queer.
'_Missionaries._ Mongol doctor who had not courage to treat
himself.
'_S. S. Teacher_: Paul: be a castaway,
'Christ Matt. i. 21-23.
'Any religion good enough. No: no religion breaks bondage of sin:
go down to death in sin's slavery. Only Jesus can save from sin.
_Ask, and He'll do it._'
During the winters in Peking he still used every effort to get at the
Mongols frequenting the capital.
'The Mongols who visit Peking connect themselves with two great
centres. "The Outside Lodging," which is about a mile or more north
of the north wall of Peking, and is also called the "Halha
Lodging," because it is the great resort of the Northern Mongols,
and the "Inside Lodging," which is near the inside of the south
wall of the Manchu City of Peking, is situated close behind the
English Legation, and is also called the "Cold Lodging;" this name
being probably due to the fact that in the open space in this
"Inside Lodging" a good many Mongols camp out in their tents, in
place of hiring courts and rooms from the Chinese. These are the
two great _centres_ for Mongols in Peking. Many of them lodge in
the immediate neighbourhood, and even those who lodge in other
parts of the city frequent these two centres; so that, if any one
wants to know whether or not any individual Mongol has come to
Peking, he seeks him at one or other of these marts.
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