Szechuan, by the Tibetan Border
By F. A. ALLUM.
WE have at last reached Szechuan, one of the westernmost provinces in China. A chapel has been rented in this city, and tomorrow we shall hold our first Sabbath meeting. Brother M. C. Warren is with me. We left our wives in Shanghai, where they will remain until we are settled in this new field. We spent thirty-nine days on a house boat coming up the Yang-tze-kiang, staying a few days on the house boat even after reaching Chung-king, for there are no foreign inns in the place. We are glad to be here. Since our work is now opened in Szechuan, it will not be a difficult thing to plant a station in Tibet, as the main road into Tibet lies through this province. Then, too, many of the people of Tibet speak the Mandarin language. Thus we can almost say that this last gospel message is at the door of Tibet. Since we are 1,500 miles from Shanghai, we deem it essential that a missionary doctor be located in this province at an early date. I hope the Mission Board in Washington will keep this matter in mind, and that next year a doctor may be supplied to this field. We thank God for his protecting care that has brought us and our goods safely through dangerous rapids and robber-infested regions. Pray for us.