Among Hills and Valleys in Western China
Incidents of Missionary Work

A detailed account of missionary work in nineteenth-century China by Hannah Davies.

Hannah Davies (Author), Isabella Bird (Author)

9781108013888, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 November 2010

334 pages, 39 b/w illus. 1 map
21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.43 kg

Among Hills and Valleys in Western China, first published in 1901, is a detailed and accurate picture of missionary work undertaken by Miss Hannah Davies, who had made it her life's work to tour the Chinese provinces and preach her Christian belief, as well as encouraging local people to build places of worship and also helping those in poverty. Some of the sketches of life and character are extraordinarily descriptive and beautiful, and a remarkable journey is described in this series of letters and journal extracts. There is, amongst other stories, a fascinating account of an assembly addressed by Bishop Cassells, the first Protestant bishop in western China, and his heartfelt pleas to the people to help build a new church. The book is well illustrated, with an introduction by Isabella Bird (now Mrs J. F. Bishop), the nineteenth-century British missionary, travel writer and historian.

Preface
Introduction Isabella Bishop
1. The journey to China
2. China at last
3. Christmas in China
4. One of his jewels
5. 'Is it for me?'
6. Life at Lang-Cheo
7. En route for the far west
8. Sent back
9. Ta-Ku-T'ang
10. Up the Yang-Tsi again
11. By sedan-chair through Si-Ch'uan
12. Arrival at Sin-Tien-Tsi
13. What God hath wrought
14. China's sorrow
15. Visiting the villages
16. Daybreak in the valleys
17. Our boys' school
18. In and out among the people
19. 'Found of him'
20. Seekers after God
21. 'From strength to strength'
22. Through riverside markets
23. Shadows and sunshine
24. Day by day
25. 'Made nigh'
26. The opening of the chapel
27. Under his shadow
28. The little runaway
29. 'White unto harvest'
30. Gathered home
31. 'God meant it for good'
32. Signs of blessing
33. More baptisms
34. Trouble in the north
35. How the promise was fulfilled
36. Résumé of the work of the past year.

Subject Areas: Asian history [HBJF]