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WILLIAM L. STIDGER.

_Detroit, Michigan._

CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION BY BISHOP FRANCIS J. MCCONNELL vii

FOREWORD ix

CHAPTER

I FLASH-LIGHTS OF FLAME 19

II FLASH-LIGHTS PHYSICAL 33

III FLASH-LIGHTS OF FAITH 49

IV FLASH-LIGHTS OF FEAR 63

V FLASH-LIGHTS OF FRIGHTFULNESS 79

VI FEMININE FLASH-LIGHTS 101

VII FLASH-LIGHTS OF FUN 123

VIII FLASH-LIGHTS OF FREEDOM 145

IX FLASH-LIGHTS OF FAILURE 165

X FLASH-LIGHTS OF FRIENDSHIP 189

ILLUSTRATIONS

MT. TAISHAN, THE OLDEST WORSHIPPING PLACE
ON EARTH _Frontispiece_

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THE WALLED CITY OF MANILA 48

BEAUTIFUL FILIPINO GIRLS 48

KOREAN GIRLS WITH AMERICAN IDEALS AND TRAINING 49

STEPPING ASIDE IN KOREA 49

CONFUCIUS TOMB AT CHUFU, CHINA 64

RUIN OF THE MING TOMBS 64

GRINDING RICE IN CHINA 65

A CAMEL TRAIN ENTERING PEKING 65

THE TEMPLE OF HEAVEN, PEKING 112

A BEAUTIFUL THIRTEEN-STORY PAGODA NEAR PEKING 112

A WAYSIDE TEMPLE AND SHRINE 113

A SUNRISE SILHOUETTE, JAVA 113

OLD BROMO VOLCANO, JAVA 128

A SIDE VIEW OF BEAUTIFUL BOROBOEDOER, JAVA 128

NAKED AND OTHERWISE 129

A DOG MARKET 129

FLASH-LIGHTS FROM THE SEVEN SEAS

CHAPTER I

FLASH-LIGHTS OF FLAME

Fire! Fire! Fire everywhere!

Fire in the sky, fire on the sea, fire on the ships, fire in the
flowers, fire in the trees of the forest; fire in the Poinsetta bushes
which flash their red flames from every yard and jungle.

In the tropical lands flowers do not burst into b