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CONTENTS

Introduction by Rev. Thomas De Witt Talmage
Preface by Rev. John Gerardus Fagg

Chapter 1 - The Ancestral Home
Chapter 2 - Call to China and Voyage Hence
Chapter 3 - The City of the "Elegant Gate"
Chapter 4 - Light and Shade
Chapter 5a - At the Foot of the Bamboos
Chapter 5b - At the Foot of the Bamboos
Chapter 6 - The "Little Knife" Insurrection
Chapter 7a - The Blossoming Desert
Chapter 7b - Si-boo's Zeal
Chapter 8 - Church Union
Chapter 9a - Church Union (continued)
Chapter 9b - Church Union (continued)
Chapter 10 - The Anti-missionary Agitation
Chapter 11 - The Last Two Decades
Chapter 12 - In Memoriam

• Dr. Talmage-- The Man and The Missionary By Rev. W. S. Swanson, D.D.
• Venerable Teacher Talmage By Pastor Iap Han Chiong
• Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D. By Rev. S. L. Baldwin, D.D.
• The Rev. J. V. N. Talmage, D.D. By Rev. Talbot W. Chambers, D.D., LL.D.
• Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D. By Rev. John M. Ferris, D.D.

APPENDIX

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

• Rev. John Van Nest Talmage
• Chinese Clan House
• Buddhist Temple, Amoy
• Pagoda near Lam-sin
• Chinese Bride and Groom
• Traveling Equipment in South China
• Pastor Iap and Family
• The Sio ke Valley
• Glimpse of the Sio-ke River
• Scene in the Hakka Region
• Girl's School; The Talmage Manse; Woman's School. (Kolongsu, opposite Amoy)
• Pastor Iap