MORE ABOUT THE MONGOLS

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then took down, the sooner

I

am

off

and away the

better.

Sabbath,

March

12,

Had

1871.

a walk before

breakfast, and found that without coat and gloves I

could stand the cold without

Oh

me

God would

that

wilderness

I

!

post brings

and this morning. food from heaven in the

give eager to know whether the Chinese passport or not, and also desirous of

am

my

being able to leave the matter in a

God, and to try and does not come

it is

Thy but

it

one's

more

is

or any incon-

in heart yesterday,

Cold

venience.

much

best.

It is

spirit

whether

feel that

of trust to

comes or

it

easy to sing

O

way, not mine,

difficult to live

Lord!

and

feel this

out in

life.

day Mahser, a young lama in a tent near to where I lived in Mongolia, the same who Early

piloted

in the

me

about

among

the tents on the

first

day of

Mongol New

He was going Year, called on me. with a companion and four carts of firewood up to the bazaar. After having sold them, the two tied

the

their

up

oxen outside

tea with me.

Two

my

gate and

Cossacks

made

came

in to

off with

drink

one of

the oxen and carts, but they were found after a little trouble. While in the young lama asked what was in

my New

the

life

explained shortly to him and work of Christ, and dwelt particularly on

Testament.

I


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